That allowed companies to charge high prices for it. The demand and supply curves are shown in the figure below as S1 and D1. During 1970s and 1980s high profit margins attracted more players into the market and the product gradually started to commoditize. Companies started to experience economies of scale and greater efficiencies...
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Companies started to experience economies of scale and greater efficiencies. This ultimately shifted the supply curve far to the right (S1 to S2 on the figure below). During the same period of time the status of a luxury product was stripped away from the bottled water and products such faucet filters, refrigerators with drinking water and office water coolers were introduced...
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