As en-bloc market heats up, agency space gets more crowded
Growing competition threatens to compress commissions, with some newcomers quoting ultra-low fees
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COMPETITION is stiffening among marketing agencies in Singapore's collective-sale scene, with both incumbents and newcomers eager to grab a piece of the action amid renewed buying and selling interest.
Fresh faces joining the crowded arena have, at times, pushed into the scene by undercutting rivals on the commission rates or terms of appointment. That has also meant them proposing "unrealistically" high reserve prices as they vie for jobs, agents told The Business Times (BT).
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