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What Supermarkets Don't
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Phose of you isha have visited London seventy have probably beet to
he London Eye, the capital’ Iandiark Ferris wheel. Ont a sunny shay
sont can purchase a cappaiceine from Casta Catee und sit an siya the
capsules on the wheel rotate high above, occasionally passing between
on and the sun. one of TifeS simple pleasuses
Everywhere you look around the Exe ge can see vendors with
ceace resources, trving te exploit that scarcity: Costa Cotte isthe only
colfée bar ithe immediate atea, for instance. Phere yao 4 one so
‘venir shup doing brisk business. Hur the mast bios example is the
London Eye itself, Ie towers aver niost of London's snus farnot bute
ings and isthe world’s largest observation aeheel, The scateity power is
learly considerable, but i is not wlingted: the Londen Eve may be
aque, but it i ale optional, Poupe van always choose not to go. Far
ther along the river the Millennium Dome (4 volossal government
sanded white elephant designed tor millennial veebtations) 1 simarly
uniques “the Lingest fabric structure in the world,” boasts the local a
dhority. Yer the Dome hay proved a commercial disaster because
rniqueness alone wast't cnonuh to perstuale peuple to pay enough 0
lover the vist casts uP its construction, Businesses with scarey poswer
‘canner forge us te pay unlanited prices tor their proxuets, but they can
hhuove trom a variety of strategies 7 myke us pay amore, I'S tne Fae
the Uulerwer Romennist to ger to work and find out more.As the only cotfee provider keside the London Eye, the Costa cotfee
bar wields plenty of scarcity power over the customer, I's not innate to
‘Costa but is reflected glory from the amazing setting, :\s we know, be-