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The retail apparel industry in major Nigerian commercial hubs features hundreds of independent tailoring businesses. Each firm designs distinct garments, exercises limited control over its pricing, faces minimal barriers to market entry, and sets prices independently without triggering strategic price responses from rivals. Which market structure best classifies this economic environment?

  1. Monopolistic competitionCevap
  2. B
    Oligopoly
  3. C
    Perfect competition
  4. D
    Monopoly

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Monopolistic competition
Monopolistic competition is defined by a market structure containing a large number of relatively small firms producing differentiated products with free entry and exit. Because each tailor produces unique clothing styles, each firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve and has limited price-setting ability, while the large number of sellers ensures no single firm's actions directly force a reactive pricing strategy from competitors.

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1
Analyze market parameters from the scenario
The sector features many small firms, product differentiation (unique clothing styles), low entry barriers, and non-collusive independent action.
Market classification depends on seller concentration, product homogeneity, entry conditions, and degree of price control.
2
Compare features against economic market models
A market with many buyers/sellers and free entry resembles perfect competition, but product differentiation and price-setting power shift the classification to monopolistic competition.
Homogeneity is essential for perfect competition; differentiation creates brand loyalty and downward-sloping demand for individual firms.
3
Rule out oligopoly and monopoly
The absence of mutual interdependence eliminates oligopoly, while the presence of hundreds of competing tailors eliminates monopoly.
Oligopoly requires strategic interdependence among a few sellers, and monopoly requires a sole supplier.

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