This is leading to
a more fragmented market and lower prices.
Not exact matches
The retail
market is extremely
fragmented — in the United States, for instance, no company owns
more than 1 % of the
market.
«The deal should enable cross-selling opportunities in both [Express Scripts»] and eviCore's customer bases, though we note that the eviCore therapeutic end
markets are much
more fragmented.»
We believe the Statoil acquisition strengthens the company's business risk profile by adding an established, profitable c - store and fuel retailer with a strong
market share of
more than 30 % in the mature
markets of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark with good growth prospects in riskier,
more fragmented Eastern Europe.
The ratings on ACT reflect Standard & Poor's view of the company's position as a leader in the
fragmented and competitive convenience store (c - store) industry in North America, as well as in the
more concentrated Scandinavian
market; its solid profitability and cash flow; and its intermediate financial risk profile.
Video surveillance is a surprisingly
fragmented market, with no player controlling
more than 5 % of the whole.
They might look
more favourably on a deal that creates a viable rival to Deutsche Telekom and adds cross-border scale to a
fragmented market.
The church looks
more and
more like a mirror of North America's
fragmented consumer
markets.
Ongoing consolidation attempts across the Australian dairy sector, continuing
market expansion in China and a change in long - term strategy severely affected Fonterra's ability to edge in on the highly
fragmented Mexican dairy sector - of which no single company controls
more than 10 per cent.
It is far
more fragmented among its competitors: roughly 46 % of the
market is supplied by containerboard producers who have less than 2 % of the
market.
Natasha Valeeva, report author and supply chains analyst at Rabobank, said: «The European
market has witnessed some notable M&A deals in recent years, but we expect
more in the future as firms respond to headwinds in what is still a very
fragmented sector.
However, industry experts argue that as vehicles continue to differentiate and
market segments
fragment into ever - smaller niches, it will become
more difficult for auto makers to incorporate a standard for airbag components and locations.
It was also
more apparent than ever that these cheaper tablets, which probably do not follow Google's guidelines, will further
fragment the Android
market.
When it comes down to it e-book taxes are tremendously
fragmented in the EU and I think they would be better served with a common VAT on e-books in order to foster growth and allow
more players to enter the
market.
Based on the announcement, it seems that publishers and digital books distributers in China may have to play by China's rules, and it could potentially mean a
more fragmented e-books
market with a new standard.
With a bit of worry I have observed over the past year or two that the eBook
market is becoming
more and
more fragmented.
So we're still actually in the contraction, although now it's slowly expanding, with the
market being
more fragmented but also
more international.
And with the need for
more velocity comes the need for
more ephemerality: Each appearance by the celebrity on the smartphone screen must manage to be both instantly attention - grabbing and instantly forgettable, so as not to overtax the brain of the viewer while at the same time building up the «mental availability» that is crucial to selling brands, especially in highly
fragmented, mass -
market product categories like fragrances, mobile apps, and clothing where the Kardashians do especially well.
The bulk of the story is contained in the following two sentence
fragments: «Consider «bear
market funds» as a kind of stock
market disaster insurance... [they] should make up no
more than 5 % of your stock portfolio.»
It's
more a reflection of the fact that in a
more normal (even low growth) economy Grafton will re-acquire the confidence and capacity to renew its bolt - on / roll - up acquisition strategy (in a still v
fragmented market).
VOD's
market is much
more fragmented.
We think the outperformance is a testament to the
more fragmented, less efficient nature of international small cap
markets.
The console
market it just
more fragmented than the PS2 generation.
As fashionable as it might be to own a work by Mr. Lyon — to say nothing of photographers like Cindy Sherman, Andreas Gursky or Richard Prince, whose pictures have fetched
more than $ 1 million at auction — the medium of photography still represents a tiny
fragment (about 2 percent) of the global art
market.
The three scenarios developed are Modern Jazz, which represents a «digitally disrupted,» innovative, and
market - driven world, Unfinished Symphony, a world in which
more «intelligent» and sustainable economic growth models emerge as the world drives to a low carbon future, and a
more fragmented scenario called Hard Rock, which explores the consequences of weaker and unsustainable economic growth with inward - looking policies.
As the legal
market splinters into ever - smaller and
more specific
fragments, it's
more useful than...
More specifically, it acknowledges concerns that the
market is «too
fragmented», consumers need legal services too infrequently, and even that the profession is «culturally averse» to
marketing.
Where directories come into their own is internationally, where the
market is
fragmented, where information is
more scarce, and where local firms are keen to pitch themselves as the preferred referral destination for foreign and international law firms.
No sign of anything similar on the legal front, where
markets are much
more fragmented... [
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No sign of anything similar on the legal front, where
markets are much
more fragmented and legal change prompts obsolescence.
«The American consumer
market has never been
more fragmented,» read one slide.
Tez is launching today on iOS and Android in the country and will see Google linking up with several major banks in the country by way of UPI (Unified Payments Interface)-- a payment standard and system backed by the government in its push to bring
more integrated banking services into a very
fragmented market.