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if it's being sold in a store, that store has real estate, and presumably the real estate costs for business locations may be somewhat tied to other real estate
by mgkimsal 8y ago
if it's being sold in a store, that store has real estate, and presumably the real estate costs for business locations may be somewhat tied to other real estate-related pricing (individual housing, primarily). Those prices would affect the bottom line of the retailer. $21/sqft vs $80/sqft would probably have an impact on the margins many businesses would have.
- paxys 8y agoAmount of traffic in a store in a popular location usually makes up for the increased price. Plus a lot of companies run some retail stores at a loss just for the advertising.
- baddox 8y agoWell, clearly stores couldn’t charge much of a premium for items that aren’t impulse purchases and can be shipped from elsewhere in the country, because people would just have them shipped. Relatively small expensive items like phones and laptops would definitely fall into that category.
- kyleblarson 8y agoIf this were a feasible business model a multistate / multinational company would have already tried it and succeeded.
- softawre 8y agoA business that doesn't have brick and mortar shops in high cost locations? All internet businesses?