
Originally Posted by
Honkey_Kong
GNC only pushes 3rd party products when they get a good PM (GNC talk for commission) for the product. And technically they're only supposed to push one of those if they get you to purchase 2 P3 items and an OMS (those nasty Starburst-like sups at the counter).
The salesmen don't give a flying fvck about margin in there. In fact when I worked there, I don't recall ever hearing the word "margin" while I worked there. Of course their P3 items and multi-vitamins give them the best margin, and that's what they require their employees to sell the majority of.