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Adobe Systems Struggle to Justify Product Price Differences of up to 50%

GLOBAL software giant Adobe Systems today again was struggling to justify product price differences of up to 50 per cent between software it sold in Australia and the US.

Last month during a visit to Australia, Adobe president and chief executive Shantanu Narayen looked uncomfortable in the face of repeated questioning about whether Adobe would reduce the prices of other products after it announced a 20 per cent cut in the price of its Creative Cloud software product from $62.99 to $49.99 a month for annual subscribers this week.

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