1. Jewelry
It is hard to budget with jewelry. Retail jewelers can markup their products anywhere from 100% or more.
2. Art
In general, quality art in your local gallery can be marked up anywhere from 50% to 500% of what the artist sells it to them.
3. Razors
The razors have to fit the stick, and that is why companies such as Bic and Gillette can afford to charge high markups for their branded razor products.
4. Printer Ink
Similar to razors, the ink cartridge must fit the printer so companies are able to charge very high margins for these products. Printer ink accounts for approximately 16% of the market cap of HP a computer giant for example. Link
5. Software
Although software companies take on a lot of risk and competition, the successful ones do typically sell for a generalized 20-40% margins.
6. Information
Now that information can be digitally sold the cost is very minimal so the distributors are able to charge decent prices without the cost of physical distribution.
7. Cosmetics
Retail markups for cosmetics is usually around 50%, doubling the cost for the average consumer.
8. Pharmaceuticals
Although the industry has many restrictions and regulations, high prices are not one of them. Markups of certain medications can be in the 1000’s% when looking at retail cost vs. cost of the active ingredients.
9. Beverages
Margins are large across the beverage industry. From water bottles to branded fruit drinks to expensive wine, the retail markup is quite large.
10. Mattresses
