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"Often in companies, you'll see tensions between sales and marketing. Sales people will want to give ..." — Charles Duhigg
Often in companies, you'll see tensions between sales and marketing. Sales people will want to give discounts to clients because they often get paid a commission based on how much they sell. So they're always pushing to give discounts because that will increase sales. Marketing, however, is judged by overall profitability.
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