A monopsony/near-monopsony retail channel charges SMB suppliers a heavy shelf-toll (commission + promotion + display fees) AND launches house-brand replicas of the SMB's best-selling SKUs at a lower price. The SMB's volume collapses while the retailer captures both the toll and the margin. Recurring pattern in concentrated retail markets; remedies are slow (unfair-competition litigation, antitrust regulator action) relative to the speed of revenue loss. The pattern shows up in different jurisdictions with country-specific deadlines, fines and vendor ecosystems — but operators face the same underlying squeeze. Filter by country or industry above.
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