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lab coat and goggles for college

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Soft demand (-40.6% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 22Growth 5Conversion 26Competition 16Returns 19Price range 78Avg price 79Brand share 6Review moat 25Quality gap 50

Avg price

Great$16.63

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$12.11–$25.84

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Quality gap

Good4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Okay2.1%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Review moat

Okay3,979.09

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Market size

Bad$90K

$90K/yr · 256K searches

Returns

Bad7.5%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Competition

Bad81%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad98%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Growth

Bad-40.6%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Competition

The top 5 products capture 81% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

12

Top-5 brand share

98%

Open market

0%

  • NY Threads43%
  • VOGRYE21%
  • COZY SCRUBS20%
  • Snwquik9%
  • Red Kap5%
  • Dickies2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%10%$9K20%$18K30%$27K40%$36K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 11 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -40.6% search growth over the last 90 days.
18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Size-Overall29%

“Fits perfectly”

Value For Money10%

“Good value for the price”

Quality-Overall7%

“The coat is made well”

Material Quality7%

“The material is thick enough to feel durable and substantial, which really helps sell the look”

Pockets/Compartments5%

“large pockets”

Durability4%

“Very durable”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“As described”

Comfort-Overall3%

“comfortable”

Color3%

“The white color looks crisp, and the design gives a neat and confident appearance”

Length2%

“Perfect length”

What buyers complain about

Thickness14%

“It's not the thickest”

Material Quality8%

“Very cheap & light materials and loose stitching”

Size-Overall7%

“is on the longer side”

Quality-Overall6%

“Cheap”

Sleeve Fit6%

“short sleeves”

Smell6%

“Smells terrible”

Wrinkles3%

“It did arrive with some wrinkles”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“I can get it very dirty”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“Misleading pics”

Arm Fit3%

“Arms are way too short for the size chosen”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall49%
Sleeve Fit9%
Length9%
Material Quality6%
Chest Fit4%
Shoulder Fit4%
Thin4%
Quality-Overall3%
Advertised Vs Actual Product3%
Value For Money2%