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Brands Are Handing Out Freebies at Walmart as Online Ads Lose Appeal
17Oct By adminNo Comments
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Brands Are Handing Out Freebies at Walmart as Online Ads Lose Appeal

[ad_1] Online ads are delivering less bang for the click these days, so brands are turning to an old brick-and-mortar marketing gimmick: handing out free samples at the local supermarket. In stores across the US, companies are doling out everything from small-batch nut butter and sanitary wipes to Halloween-themed Oreos. While warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam's have been offering freebies for years, more retailers are discovering that samples provide something digital marketing can't: a chance for shoppers to try products before buying them. After conducting a successful trial, Walmart Inc. recently announced plans to expand samples to more than 1,000 locations. In May, grocery giant Wakefern Food Corp. said it would put freebie vending machines in 95 ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer s...
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“Freebies At Cost Of Taxpayers’ Money May…”: Supreme Court
26Aug By adminNo Comments
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“Freebies At Cost Of Taxpayers’ Money May…”: Supreme Court

[ad_1] New Delhi: Freebies are extended utilising taxpayers' money and may push the State towards "imminent bankruptcy", the Supreme Court said on Friday, as it directed that the pleas against the practice of political parties promising pre-election handouts be listed before a three-judge bench. Observing that issues raised before it require an "extensive" hearing, the top court said though all promises cannot be equated with freebies as they relate to welfare schemes or measures for the public good, fiscal responsibility cannot be dispensed with under the guise of electoral promises. It said these schemes are not only part of the Directive Principles of State Policy but are also a responsibility of the welfare state."Freebies may create a situation wherein the State Government cannot pr...
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Pay For Freebies From Budget, Don’t Burden Utilities: Nirmala Sitharaman
26Aug By adminNo Comments
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Pay For Freebies From Budget, Don’t Burden Utilities: Nirmala Sitharaman

[ad_1] Ms Sitharaman was speaking at the FE Best Bank Awards event in Mumbai.Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said political parties that come to power on pre-poll promises of freebies should pay for those through budgetary provisions.Citing the example of free electricity being promised in many states, the finance minister said the burden for the freebies should not be thrust upon the power discoms or gencos."If a promise has been made to the people at the time of the election, you are looking at a quid pro quo. You should be, as a responsible party, assume after you come to power, make a provision in the budget for it," Ms Sitharaman said, speaking at the FE Best Bank Awards event in Mumbai.She said in the case of the power sector, there have been cases where...
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There Needs To Be Debate On “Serious” issue Of Freebies: Supreme Court
24Aug By adminNo Comments
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There Needs To Be Debate On “Serious” issue Of Freebies: Supreme Court

[ad_1] The Supreme Court said there must be a "debate" on the "serious" issue of freebies.New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there must be a "debate" on the "serious" issue relating to the practice of political parties promising freebies and asked why cannot the centre call for an all-party meeting on it.The court said until and unless there is a unanimous decision among political parties that freebies are going to destroy the economy and have to be stopped, nothing can happen as it is only political parties that would make such promises and contest elections and not individuals."....Why do not the Government of India call for an all-party meeting?" the Supreme Court said."There must be a debate. The issue is serious, there is no doubt about it. The question is, why do not al...
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