Sentences with phrase «cost race to the bottom»

The cost race to the bottom is a real problem in some states.

Not exact matches

«Global supply chains are a huge turnaround opportunity,» said Niedermaier, describing the garment industry as engaged in a «race to the bottom» as it cuts corners to keep costs down.

In a recent call with 360pi and Retail Systems Research, RSR analyst Paula Rosenblum said the «big lie» is that in a race to the bottom on pricing, the company with the lowest costs wins.

In a race to the bottom, Ryanair will win: it still has the lowest unit costs in the industry.

The airline industry's cost - cutting «race to the bottom» continues, safety advocates say, despite the passage of a broad - ranging aviation safety law in wake of the Flight 3407 Clarence crash three years ago.

«You could move to a single national exam board which would stop the «race to the bottom» but the change would be disruptive and threaten innovation and cost control,» the chairman explained.

«We talk about a race to the bottom in apparel production with production chasing the lowest costs,» Rivoli says.

That being said they may be smart in abandoning the consumer market because with all these low cost baytrail tablets (and the race to the bottom) it would be very few consumers who would understand / tolerate paying $ 800 for the tablet (even though the specs / digitiser warrant it which we in this niche community know).

[* Perhaps I should call it a race to the top & bottom: If the more recent trend towards passive investing (plus robo - advisers, etc.) continues, or even accelerates (though I'm not yet convinced... if investors grow more confident, many will enthusiastically (re --RRB- embrace active investing), brokers will have no choice but to choose a low (est)- cost online model, or simply drop out of the arms race & opt for a high (est)- cost hand - holding model instead (i.e. old - fashioned mahogany office wealth management).

But most brokers also appear: a) to be fairly / over-priced relative to their current profitability / return on equity, and b) to be in a race to the bottom *, both in terms of market - making and offering the lowest cost & best technology, so the underlying business dynamics aren't necessarily all that compelling.

But creating a new fee arrangement should not only be about cutting costs or a race to the bottom.