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by ldoughty 1491 days ago
Then the competition moves money from profit markets to undercut you... making it impossible to compete... your competition subsedize the costs and effectively sell for 20% below cost until you agree to sell or close shop
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How can they sell vitamin c at 10x the bulk price and at the same time undercut you?
small businesses generally can't launch everywhere. a big drug manufacturer can switch to selling at cost in a region for a few months to kill the profit opportunity of a young competitor. also, once they've done that a few times, it prevents others from trying