So, the long Journey of Stanley Cup has ended, and unfortunately Canucks was not the final winner. But in my mind, they are always the winner.
I went downtown today to watch the final game. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am not a big fan of hockey (I love soccer), but I really like learning and experiencing about new culture. So I brought myself out to downtown at 3pm. As soon as I arrived, I started look for a sports shop that sells Canucks tshirt. I not only found the store but also a ironic situation. The owner of the store probably knew that the demand of Canucks related products will temproraly be very high, so it is very likely that he/she prepared a big stock of them. Tshirts were being sold incredibly quickly that a lot of people had troubles finding the right size. However, there were many caps left unsold in stock. The owner was right for predicting the demand for t-shirts but not for the caps. At the end, the owner decided to give out 50% discount on all the NHL caps. I think the owner made the right decision there because it is fairly obvious that the demand will be in a great recession during off-season (that’s why I was thinking maybe I should buy the t-shirt after the game, but that would be no fun). It might have looked like a simple marketing where you just need to get as many stocks as you can when you know that the demand will hit its peak, but it turns out that it’s not actually as simple as it looks. You might actually suffocate some loss by being too greedy!