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To: DiogenesLamp
You don't feel the whip until they have secured their power.

And a month later they have competition. The barriers to entry in online retail are very low. Anyone can sell online and can scale their operation from small to large with little difficulty. A little guy can't do same-day delivery but almost any traditional retailer can.

59 posted on 06/20/2017 7:44:14 AM PDT by palmer (turn into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure)
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To: palmer
And a month later they have competition. The barriers to entry in online retail are very low. Anyone can sell online and can scale their operation from small to large with little difficulty. A little guy can't do same-day delivery but almost any traditional retailer can.

No one is going to be able to match their economies of scale. That is entirely a function of how much product they move, and once a threshold is achieved, it will then become impossible to offer prices lower than the behemoth who currently has most of the market.

They can reduce their profit margin lower than your cost of doing business.

102 posted on 06/20/2017 8:20:09 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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