Jet is perhaps best known for an algorithm that encourages bulk buying, an area where Walmart.com has fallen short and could energize its sagging online growth.
Jet's model of encouraging bulk buying would complement Walmart in areas where the retailer has lagged, according to Neil Saunders, a retail analyst with Conlumino, a research and consulting firm.
Its this bottle fever, and the multi-bottle minimums that certain clubs impose on weekends, that had New York City officials threatening to crack down on bottle service earlier this year, arguing that it encourages bulk drinking.
Eric Fellner, a lead producer of "Billy Elliot," said the creative team would be making some changes to the dialogue of the musical that might serve to broaden its appeal and encourage more bulk sales, which make up an important part of any show's income.
Ensuring that prices of all cigarettes were high enough to encourage the bulk of smokers to think about quitting would necessitate very large increases in taxes and prices price increases of up to 50% per pack (more than double the large increase in prices resulting from the most recent increase in excise/customs duty in April 2010).
Money was allowed to flow freely across borders and, in an era of floating exchange rates, the constraints on credit growth were much reduced.As capital flows accelerated, the banks were encouraged to bulk up like fitness freaks taking to steroids.
Amazon is also making the Dot available in discounted packs to encourage buying in bulk.
My publisher understood this too: as I was finishing my last book, they sent me a cheque to encourage me to bulk out my blog and create a social media strategy: safe in the knowledge that any increased awareness of my life would, by extension, lead to increased awareness of my book.
We value bulk purchases and encourage waste.
One problem is the coalition's drive for efficiency through consolidation and bulk purchasing, which may encourage yet bigger deals.
Social-media culture also might encourage young people to buy cheap clothes in bulk.
