Commerce meant to cost you money?

I'm running out of money cause my driver aren't doing well enough to get their 1,000,000 bonuses in my league. So I'm looking at ways to make more money and I notice stuff like Clothing, Momoribilla, etc is all costing me money, I thought this sort of stuff is meant to make you money?

Ethan - It's not worth having commerce unless you can set a hefty amount of marketers on it. By hefty I mean atleast 30 or more.

There is an outlay to start with but it is a way to make money.
There is also a balance between how big a mark-up you make and how much stock you can shift.  Sell cheap and make a little money or sell expensive and hope you actually sell stuff.  I also was in the position of having no money so having as many people as possible on commerce did help to make me some money - it is all about learning what the best balance is for the reputation of your team.

I have never seen the Popularity scale change, is that normal? :D

So popularity of 5 isn't a bad thing then?

I have 36 staff working in commernce, 9 on each section. Would you say I need more or should I decreases the mark-up to something like 70?

I don't want to be negative but you really have to work that out for yourself.  I don't know how 'popular' your team is etc.  But I set my mark up at 70 and it seems to work ok for me - so good luck and experiment.  I think that is one of the fun aspects of this game you can make some really daft choices and people arn't getting hurt.  Not like in the real world - I think bankers must have thought they were playing a game!!

 lmao

Loving the political satire Jake.