The 3 richest people in America own as much wealth as the bottom half of the nations population. STOP. My rant needed some kind of stats and that is why.
Today the Big E own almost of the everything, not just there. But here and everywhere and they do it so nicely and decently. But its ugly. Competition is good. But not monopoly.
In India the independent optician worked really hard to introduce their brands and lenses to the market that was so difficult to upgrade and to sell even a value progressive lens. They they finally had it going and then there goes, in the name of lateral integration or what not, labs opening stores, stores opening ecom, and what not.
And the labs that started out promising that they cater to independent only were just lying, they show the sale and then slyly allow them to be sold.
The independent optician of the US of A too would have been in the same grass and now way ahead after being chewed and used.
So I wanted to know
It might have made them stronger, and move ahead.
1. A strong point that you think you could have done THEN to not allow this to happen NOW?
2. There are for sure brands that vow to sell only to independents, but does the end user actually want to buy them?
And then
3. Do you think, you should have left this business and done something else. Lets keep aside for now, ""the winners don't quit" as I can see none of you'll have and are still at it.
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