Demerits of specialisation include:

• There is superior risk in providing only a restricted range of products or services, i.e. individual traders are not capable to enjoy risk bearing economies of scale
• Repetitive and Specialisation tasks can become boring and de-motivate the worker. In this case, Natalie may get 'fed up' with selling only flowers
• There is a restricted customer base if firms specialise excessively in the provision of one or two products only; this therefore reduces their profitability.