pricing power

Even before BHP and Rio decided to team up, China had been trying to undermine the pricing power of the big iron-ore firms.

I call it getting small. Every company wants to seem like the corner store, but have the global pricing power and distribution of Walmart.

China is worried that such a deal would place excessive pricing power in the hands of a single company.

The mobile Web changed all that -- and in the process hastened the erosion of their pricing power.

Rio and BHP have said the JV will be "production-only" , combining infrastructure and budgets but not pricing power.

Ironically, that could potentially hurt companies' pricing power by taking spare cash out of struggling consumers' pockets.

A few overlapping services might go, but neither airline would have too big a chunk of the market and thus undue pricing power.

The pictures you describe are a form of " product sabotage " , a tactic used by companies with some pricing power .

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (the OPEC cartel), with its strong pricing power, still plays a role.

But the acquisition of developable plots is largely left to a few companies with lots of pricing power.

China's government had feared the pricing power of the pair together, which with Vale would dominate the market for seaborne iron ore.

China is the biggest importer of many of these commodities and wants pricing power to match buying power.

"These are survivors. The industry has been consolidated, pricing power is stronger, activity levels have picked up sharply, " he said.

In order to achieve its pricing power, China should speed up the free convertibility of RMB and increase the international flow of gold.

Due to lack of confidence in the current shipping market, ship repair the pricing power gradually shifted from the shipyard owner.

The Auto Parts industry is highly fragmented leaving individual firms with no pricing power and limited benefits from economies of scale.

Well before the recession, retailers and manufacturers already fretted that they were losing their "pricing power" .

While still in a position of pricing power, steel makers are concerned that over time, their high prices will affect sales.

The balance of pricing power has shifted in the miners' favour due to the emergence of China as a voracious consumer over the past 10 years.

In these days, China as a net petroleum importer lacks in pricing power which impairs China's national interests.

This permits the winning players to exercise more pricing power, use operational gearing and squeeze economies of scale to deliver returns.

That's important for the industry to regain pricing power across the board.

That, in turn, solidifies Google's position as the dominant ad market, and strengthens its pricing power.

Some economists argue this makes no sense, despite the fear of a loss of pricing power to a Chinese monopsony.

The best performers will be companies with high fixed costs, strong pricing power, low leverage and low policy risk, he says.

Greater pricing power enterprises are unwilling to let go, will bring to market balance certain risks in the future.

This, along with capacity constraints, means that the pricing power in India currently resides with producers.

More than anything, overcapacity undermines pricing power.

It also improved its pricing power by seizing the right timing in the market and adjusting loan rates accordingly.

All things being equal, the more competitive the industry is, the lower the pricing power, and hence profits.

Absent a sustained pullback in Chinese output, pricing power for global steelmakers will be constrained.

China was opposed to this idea, fearing that a combined BHP-Rio would wield too much pricing power over iron ore supplies to Asia.

But will regulators bless the deal? Global customers of iron ore believe it will entrench the miners' pricing power.

Own sales network will not only allow effective increase in profits, is also on the international market for more pricing power.

But if growth in the volume of exports continues to fall away, increased pricing power will be cold comfort for China's economy.

As costs decline, profit margins are widening despite a complete lack of pricing power.

"There's been no real move in pricing power in this sector, " said Credit Suisse auto analyst Stuart Pearson.

That gives dentists more pricing power relative to other medical providers.

Many other firms in American Lawyer's top 100, lacking their pricing power, maintained profits only by cutting headcount.

Li & Fung forecasts that factories will recoup some pricing power this year.

A change in the pricing power of suppliers?

It appears manufacturers are testing out their pricing power.

A consolidated entity would enjoy stronger pricing power and hold a better position to compete with South Koreans.

Pricing power will return and commodity prices will shoot back up.

Google's rebound in the third quarter also reflected a partial recovery in its pricing power.

At present, pricing power because of the volatility of global financial crisis further aggravated.

They'll cut jobs and spending, with negative effects on GDP and pricing power, Lapthorne says.

The most likely explanation lies in the potential pricing power that a combined BHP-Rio would have over iron ore.

And the agents actually had pricing power in housing rent market.

This is because profit margins are under pressure in the large deficit countries as there is no pricing power.

"The government is a huge buyer and seller and Wall Street has all the pricing power. "

We have pricing power, and it gives us an even better competitive advantage.

Yet companies' pricing power has increased to the highest level on record.

That may, in turn, improve pricing power.

That gives you pricing power and generates moreleads.

It will also give the new firm greater pricing power.

China's rise hasn't given it more pricing power in global energy markets.

Grocery stores, for example, will have pricing power they haven't experienced in years.

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