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The Barrier to entry is probably capital costs.

Probably difficult at this point for enough lowly workers to pull their money and form a company, open stores, and compete with a Whole Foods.

The mega corps already dominate and can undercut anything that is starting up.

Amazon is kind of like a fiefdom where if they see someone building a castle in the distance, they can send some knights out to attack before it gets too big.



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