Ag Retail and Porters Five Forces

A foundational mental model to anticipate change, competitive dynamics and identify opportunity.

I have long been passionate about the entirety of retail businesses. The history has always caught my attention.

From retails inception, people exchanged cows and sheep in trade as far back as 9000 BC.

The first proper currency extends as far back as 3000 BC in Mesopotamia.

The first retail stores come in a bit later. By 800 BC in ancient Greece, people ha…