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Originally Posted by DPK
Clustering is common among retailers, especially competitors. It's why you'll often see a Burger King a stones throw from a McDonalds as well. These kind of "convenience" retailers have similar models which cause them to end up in similar locations. It also has been shown to yield increased traffic to a particular area when there's more of one thing.
They do it for a reason, it's not all that crazy when you look at the rationale behind it.
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Yes, it is not crazy, just likely to get rid of a competitor. You'll notice that the two competitors rarely survive intact under that situation. But I do understand how each is reluctant to give up that "perfect" location after all the planning that goes into it. Thanks for the description of the phenomenon.
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