'The markup on eyeglass frames is 300%': The unexpected secrets that make different industries work

A lot of industries operate in ways that they don't want us to know.

In fact, it is often the secrets that they rely on to turn a profit and keep their whole business model operating. No matter what work experience you might have, you have probably realized that it gave you a lot of insider knowledge about things that the customer or equivalent is none the wiser about. They can ask to see the manager all they like, but they are never going to get these kinds of revelations from them.

Even in those sectors that do not directly face the public, they have plenty of processes that they like to hide for the sake of doing business. We never know what might be happening behind closed doors in pretty much every kind of industry that we may have interacted with, without working for them or having more intel.

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It is only natural to be nosy about the industry secrets that are so often kept from consumers, and thankfully, some people are more than willing to spill the beans about them all. When somebody asked people about what we might not know about the behind-the-scenes of their chosen industries. Some may be more obvious, but others are true surprises.
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