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There will be additional transportation cost as manufacturers will be required to reach retailers or consumers themselves.
Increased warehouse cost as wholesalers hold most of manufacturers products.
A lot of cost on information searching as an additional transaction cost as manufacturers will need to the market and specifically customers specification.
They will incur loss as they are not close to consumers in supply chain hence most of their products Will be supplier driven goods.
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