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Maybe someone more skilled in business practices can help me answer
these questions:
Why do companies that sell similar products (especially big box stores
like Walmart/Kmart or HomeDepot/Lowe's) typically build stores right
across the street from each other?
What are the competitive advantages of doing so?
thanks
-chris
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| (...) While i'm probably not anymore skilled than you, I'd gather a guess that confidence is a huge motivator in such decisions. If one can supply the same product more cheaply; chances are, a few years down the road; only one will remain. (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) My guess is: 1) Zoning. Most major stores are zoned such that they can only be put up in a particular area. Hence you know that often such stores will at least appear in the same vicinity. 2) Competition. Most likely there are a good mix of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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