Why can a tea shop or a tobacco hotel continue to operate without closing down?

The product has high profit, few guests stay, and there is an online shop. Many people usually find one thing when wandering in the street, that is, there are always some shops selling tobacco, alcohol and tea on the street. From the outside, these shops are always empty, and there is not even a customer at ordinary times. But after we walked in, we found that the salespeople and bosses inside were not worried at all, and people were playing with their mobile phones happily. Why? Are all the tea shops and cigarette shops run by rich second generation?

Actually, it's not like this. People usually earn less money than you think. These products have a high profit margin. For many supermarket owners, they rely on many customers to make small profits but quick turnover every day, but these tobacco hotels are different. People usually earn a lot by selling a bottle of wine. I have a relative who owns a liquor store. He said that only one customer can offset today's cost price every day. He said that the price of these things is basically four or five times the purchase price.

Even so, why are there so few customers in tobacco hotels? I feel that I only go in for one day, because the products inside are too single, and the customer's needs are very clear before I go in to buy tea or wine.

Another reason is that the guests in these shops stay for a short time, because everyone goes in to buy tea or wine and doesn't have to go shopping for a long time. Finally, it is because most of these stores have online stores, and the guests who walk into the stores are individual customers. If the boss wants to point these people to make money, then the store will definitely close down.