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Originally Posted by youcanhandlethetruth
Very sorry to hear that - was it purposefully crushed or did it fail becasue it just couldn't compete ?
I totally agree with you - the need for small businesses is important - people should be prepared to pay a little bit extra if it ensures healthy competition, e.g. before they shop at Tesco to save a few pence.
Well at least we still live in a free open market society.  |
I've come to the conclusion from looking at the experiences of others in the same predicament that most small businesses are purposely crushed by various forces combined and those that aren't are requested to sell out to bigger groups (an offer you aren't expected to refuse).
You can't compete for merchandise buying. If you buy specialist merchandise or designer or hand crafted or whatever to be out of the department store and supermarket bracket you get hammered with gigantic rentals and can't sell enough to make your existence worthwhile. Because you can't buy in bulk you die.
If you hit on a novel idea and start a small enterprise some really big noise notices you are doing well and standing on the brink of the franchise market, but in the small business league, so this entity will buy you out or use its capital to start up in opposition to you. You sell out if you have any brains. You learn not to care about what you've made or loved and end up incredibly p*ssed off.