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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: energyplay who wrote (7416)	7/1/2006 2:34:04 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218128

<<What's the barrier to enrty ? ... Prime Locations under long term leases ?>> ... Yes, but not really a permanent barrier. <<Heavy investment in luxourious fixtures or specialiezed equipment ?>> ... yes, the centers are huge (10-50k sqft) but again, not really a permanent barrier. <<Speciallized training of staff, and retention policies that incentivize them to stay ?>> ... yes, yes, yes. <<Specialized exclusive beauty care products ?>> ... starting to distribute, for revenue generation at minimal aditional cost. <<Brand name and advertisng investment ?>> ... yes, and an awesome sales force. <<This can be an easy to duplicate business, and competition can hurt volume and prices....>> ... same as Starbucks and McD ... the scale is already large, covering fixed marketing and enabling quantity discount on purchase, and will hopefully grow grow and grow some more. Chugs, J