This Halloween, are king-sized candy bars a better deal than fun-sized ones?
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The micro-econ on Halloween candy is a small window into consumer price sensitivity and unit economics. Retail and CPG operators should treat this as another data point that “value signaling” — perceived generosity per unit — matters as much as absolute price.
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