The impact on consumers may be more significant, because companies are keeping the lid on wages, their biggest singlecost.
对消费者的影响也许更为意义重大,因为企业一直在控制着他们最大的成本:薪酬。
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They could join forces to buy aluminium cans, as well as raw ingredients such as malt. This is the single biggest cost of each drink they sell.
他们可以集中力量购买铝罐,还有例如麦芽这样的原材料。这是他们每卖一瓶饮料的单个最高成本。
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The gap between the cost of building a phone and its price in the shops should widen further as previously components are packed onto a single main microchip.