Returning unsold copiesSourced
Young newspaper sellers won a buyback agreement
In 1899, young newspaper sellers in New York stopped selling two publishers’ papers in protest at wholesale prices. They bought copies before reselling them, leaving unsold papers as a loss. After roughly two weeks, prices remained unchanged, but the publishers agreed to buy back unsold copies.
The price stayed the same; the risk of leftovers changed.
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