The Buyers' Market and Soviet Consumer Goods Distribution

During most of the Soviet industrialization period, consumer goods enterprises and the distribution network could rest assured that almost any consumer product-any size, color, style, and quality-would be sold if offered to the public. This was the nature of the market during that period; the sellers held the upper hand, and they tried to fulfill their plans without being concerned much about the demands of buyers. But in the postwar period, especially after the death of Stalin, the production of consumer goods and personal incomes increased simultaneously, and gradually more and more consumer demands were answered. A concern for consumer welfare was emerging. With the advent of buyers' market conditions, no longer were all consumer goods that arrived on the market automatically sold; inventories accumulated and the problems of the trade network multiplied

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