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1. Not really because 9 times out of 10, a new bolt on company is a new supplier. Most products where you’re getting a benefit from container scale are already there when they sell to thrasio. Combining two factories products is…
1. Not really because 9 times out of 10, a new bolt on company is a new supplier. Most products where you’re getting a benefit from container scale are already there when they sell to thrasio. Combining two factories products is…
https://twitter.com/Molson_Hart/status/1485374988718907398
inefficient and a headache. Like I said, weak returns to scale. The other problem is timing. You’ve got to have two shipments ready at the same time and they’ve got to fit together.
2. 3pl savings are very minimal because of huge assortment of product (headaches) and inability
2. 3pl savings are very minimal because of huge assortment of product (headaches) and inability
to negotiate better pricing with FedEx ans ups because you’re using Amazon.
3. By and large the so called “mom and pop” business owner grinds way harder than the thrasio 9-to-5er and is probably more knowledgeable and smarter. Plus it’s easier for the mom-and-pop to blackhat
3. By and large the so called “mom and pop” business owner grinds way harder than the thrasio 9-to-5er and is probably more knowledgeable and smarter. Plus it’s easier for the mom-and-pop to blackhat
4. Sure you get some diversification but at huge cost. Plus if you look at the aggregators many of them have like 20 LLC’s. That’s a diseconomy of scale.
Sorry guys, the people who wear fancy suits who try to be more polished than I am don’t know what they’re talking about.
The aggregators by and large, absent operational heroics, are screwed.
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The aggregators by and large, absent operational heroics, are screwed.
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