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Old 06-24-2009, 05:45 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by griffonwing View Post
Take me, for example. I would love to open up a small pipe and cigar store. I would cater ONLY to those types of tobacco, and none other.

Would I make more money if I decided to include cigarettes? Yes.

But I would choose not to, only because that is not they design plan of the business, and it's not the direction I wish to take it.
Your problem is going to be finding enough pipe and cigar smokers in the vicinity of Harrison, AR, to keep a brick-and-mortar store afloat. Now this kind of specialty store would work well in a metropolitan area. So, if you're going to be able to be profitable, you'd be compelled to expand to mail-order or Internet sales. Or, you relocate to one of those major cities where you'd expect to find a critical mass of customers.

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