Buggy whip

A buggy whip is a coach whip used for driving on horses harnessed to a buggy, or small open carriage. The buggy whip industry ceased to exist with the introduction of the automobile, and is cited in economics and marketing as a classic example of an industry ceasing to exist because its market niche, and the need for its product, disappears.

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Coach whip - Buggy - Automobile - Economics - Marketing - Market niche

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Buggy whips are not entirely gone. A resurgence of interest in carriage driving among aging baby-boomers now too old to ride their horses has allowed a few die-hard buggy whip manufacturers to stay in business. Foremost among these is a company in Westfield, Massachusetts.

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Baby-boomer - Westfield, Massachusetts

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