Service Industry DLC for Capitalism Lab

From: "Capitalism Lab Newsletter" <info@PROTECTED>

Date: January 31st 2025

Introducing the Service Industry DLC for Capitalism Lab

Service Industry DLC expands the game by allowing players to build and manage shopping malls, diverse service firms like fast food restaurants and coffee shops, and enhance their supply chains with import, export, and logistics companies. It introduces integrated retail spaces within apartment and commercial buildings, a challenging "Cash-strapped Startup" mode, and six new scenarios to test strategic skills.

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Pre-order Service Industry DLC Now

Service Industry DLC is now available for pre-order. By pre-ordering, you will receive instant early access to the DLC's fully featured beta version, allowing you to experience all the exciting new features listed on this page.

The official release of the DLC is slated for the first quarter of 2025, following a period of thorough testing and fine-tuning to ensure optimal gameplay balance.

Shopping Mall: Construct and manage bustling shopping malls, each a bustling hub of commerce housing many retail outlets under one roof. From chic boutiques to electronics stores, you'll curate the ultimate shopping experience for your virtual consumers.

Drive customer traffic to your mall with a dynamic mix of stores that appeal to a broad audience. This exciting feature utilizes a smart algorithm, factoring in the type and mix of stores, to determine and boost the customer traffic in your mall. Not just one, but all stores benefit from this increased traffic, demonstrating the attractive principle of collective growth within capitalism.

Service Firms: Diversify your business empire by opening fast food joints, pizzerias, cake shops, and coffee shops. Experience a unique blend of production and sales in a streamlined 3×3 layout, where ingredients are prepared and sold in one fluid operation. This exciting new feature combines the best of manufacturing and retail, offering a fresh and dynamic way to engage with the game's market ecosystem.

Import Company: The Import Company expands your supply chain options by enabling direct purchases of goods from overseas markets. This facility proves especially valuable in early gameplay, providing flexible access to resources before establishing full production capabilities.

Export Company: Maximize your profits with the Export Company! When local markets reach saturation, don’t let your products sit idle. Ship your surplus goods, raw materials, and semi-finished products internationally to tap into global demand. It’s particularly useful in Survival mode, offering a strategic path to expansion.

Logistics Company: It offers a simple and straightforward revenue stream that complements a company’s overall strategy. As your business grows, the Logistics Company scales with it, boosting freight capacity and profitability. When combined with Digital Age DLC, your logistics company can also generate additional revenue from e-commerce deliveries.

Integrated Retail Spaces in Apartment and Commercial Buildings: Now you can set up retail or service firms directly on the ground floor of your apartments and commercial buildings, unlocking new strategic opportunities for your empire.

New Apartment and Commercial Buildings: These new buildings are available in both 2×2 and 3×3 base structures. When the “Apartment and Commercial Buildings Have Retail Space” option is enabled, the new 3×3 buildings can accommodate large retail stores, like department stores, adding even more depth to your city's economy and design.

Cash-strapped Startup Mode: Experience the ultimate entrepreneurial challenge with Capitalism Lab's“Cash-strapped Startup”mode. Start your business journey with just $1 million and prove your business acumen by building a retail empire from scratch. Instead of buying property outright, you'll need to lease retail spaces in shopping malls – just like real-world startups. This realistic approach forces you to make strategic decisions and carefully manage your limited resources.