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Old 06-18-2009, 03:40 PM   #1
Clodfobble
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With only one brand of toilet paper, one brand of orange soda, one brand of bread, etc. this reduces the size of the market to about a third of what it previously was. Now there is no need for aisle marking, as there are only 4 aisles.

This allows the prices to drop dramatically, at least for the things people recognize, and then this in turn attracts a certain type of customer, which the store is full of. Imagine the Walmart clientele but a little less discriminating about their products. They don't shop per se, since there's no decision about which toilet paper to buy, they just fill their carts.
It's the communist ideal of shopping!
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