<p>Marketmakers are traders who set the price on a financial market, because they have an obligation to buy.</p>
<p>Can a supermarket be viewed as a marketmaker (like market makers that operate on the financial markets)?</p>

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2022-10-24T17:31:30.710Z
Can you please provide a reference for your definition of marketmaker?
Giskard
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2022-10-24T17:31:57.760Z
Also, the supermarket does not have any obligation to buy, so I don't think it fits your own definition on this count.
Giskard
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2022-10-25T11:06:18.630Z
I think it is often the case that they have a contract with a supplier where they have to buy a certain amount for a certain period, so in that case they have.
Keep_On_Cruising
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2022-10-25T11:16:52.633Z
"A certain amount", and from that supplier, not from anyone, so that seems different. Have you tried selling stuff to a supermarket? Not much of a market in this sense.
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Can a supermarket be viewed as a marketmaker (like market makers that operate on the financial markets)?
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# Can a supermarket be viewed as a marketmaker (like market makers that operate on the financial markets)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-24)

Marketmakers are traders who set the price on a financial market, because they have an obligation to buy.

Can a supermarket be viewed as a marketmaker (like market makers that operate on the financial markets)?

**Tags:** markets, retail-economics
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you please provide a reference for your definition of marketmaker?  
> **username_1**: Also, the supermarket does not have any obligation to buy, so I don't think it fits your own definition on this count.  
> **username_0**: I think it is often the case that they have a contract with a supplier where they have to buy a certain amount for a certain period, so in that case they have.  
> **username_1**: "A certain amount", and from that supplier, not from anyone, so that seems different. Have you tried selling stuff to a supermarket? Not much of a market in this sense.  

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