http://www.happycapitalism.com/2009/06/supplying-under-served-markets/ A true believer in the happiness-inspiring powers of capitalism. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:32:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.happycapitalism.com/2009/06/supplying-under-served-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-18 paull Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:22:08 +0000 http://www.happycapitalism.com/?p=1179#comment-18 Glad to see interest in North West - I live in one of the remote communities where they are basically the monopoly retailer and can price as they like. For me, holding a few units makes me feel a little better when I buy groceries here (my wife and I spent about 16K in that store last year). My only concern about them is that they seem to be venturing outside of monopoly markets and I am not sure how they will fare in competitive markets. Still, as long as they are focused on remote, non-competitive markets where most people are working for the government, they will do fine, maybe a distribution cut when the tax changes come into effect. Glad to see interest in North West – I live in one of the remote communities where they are basically the monopoly retailer and can price as they like. For me, holding a few units makes me feel a little better when I buy groceries here (my wife and I spent about 16K in that store last year). My only concern about them is that they seem to be venturing outside of monopoly markets and I am not sure how they will fare in competitive markets. Still, as long as they are focused on remote, non-competitive markets where most people are working for the government, they will do fine, maybe a distribution cut when the tax changes come into effect.

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