Remarkable things from this article:
1. The strength of the Tide brand
2. The resourcefulness of drug addicts
3. The complicity of people facilitate this type of black market by not asking questions
"Suds for Drugs" by Ben Paynter
Published in New York Magazine, January 6, 2013
http://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1/?src=longreads#print
Eric
That is such an odd thing. Who'd think Tide would be so popular? I guess I get people reselling to stores but to druge dealers? What are they doing with it? Good for tide.
ReplyDeletePresumably the drug dealers are just intermediaries -- selling them to the bodegas or resale stores. But it is crazy that Tide is so damn popular that it can have this kind of effect.
ReplyDeleteIt's also a little discomforting how much of the detergent market that Proctor & Gamble controls...
Why is that discomforting?
ReplyDeleteIn general, it concerns me if one enormous company controls the #1 and #2 (and probably other) brands in a particular market. It may not meet the definition of a monopoly, and perhaps there is no harm done to consumers. But as we discussed with InBev and concentration of production power in that industry, this situation makes it easy for others in the supply chain to get squeezed and/or for consumers to get bilked.
ReplyDeleteOr as a football coach would say, ya gotta have competition.
Eric
Agreed i just feel in this particular matter it is trivial
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