A market is any place where buyers and sellers interact to exchange goods or services
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Buyers create demand in a market because they want to buy goods or services. Sellers create supply because they produce or sell goods or services.
The levels of demand and supply will then influence the prices that the goods and services will be on sale at in the market.
Markets can exist in shops, at farmer’s markets, online through apps and marketplaces, or anywhere buyers and sellers meet.
Examples of markets Grocery market
Second-hand market
Mobile phone market
Supermarkets like Aldi, Tesco and Dunnes are all sellers in the grocery market.
Consumers are the buyers that shop in their stores for food and household items.
Buyers and sellers can interact online on apps like Depop, Vinted and DoneDeal to buy and sell clothes and other items that are often second-hand.
Companies such as Apple, Huawei and Google are sellers who supply mobile phones.
Consumers and businesses are the buyers who create the demand for these phones.
In this chapter we will explore factors that can change the quantity demanded and quantity supplied for goods and services, and how changes in the demand or supply for them can impact on prices in a market.