| PullusPardus said: they cant "Refuse" to sell something, it probably just went out of stock , since sony themselves didn't care to make as many, or they didn't ship. the last time a store tried "refusing" to sell something, it went bankrupt (it was GAME i think?) |
Sure they can. Obviously you have no idea how stores operate. A store has only so much square footage (square meters/metres) of retail space, therefore they only provide shelf/peg space for products they believe will sell well or they known they can sell.
If a product doesn't sell they can easily either return the merchandise to the vender (consignment) or clearance and discount it.
Walmart here in the US routinely denies venders shelf space, even before a single item is sold to Walmart. There's a whole process where a vender has to sit with a buyer and sell them on the product, then sell them on a price. If you're a vender like Pepsico, and you want market dominance with your products, Walmart is awesome. Because as long as you can give Walmart an outstanding price, they'll dedicate a huge amount of shelf space to you. Where as another retailer may actually offer a variety of venders and a larger amount of shelf space for them, Walmart offers fewer venders but huge amounts of shelf space.
A retailer has full control over what they offer for sale in their stores, with few exceptions. If ASDA decided to pull PS Vitas out of stores, they did so because either they don't sell well across the country, or they're pulling stock back for inventory for their online operation. I.e. the PS Vita and games would be available only for purchase through the ASDA web site.
