But China's soaring wages and prices are undermining its international cost advantage.

但是中国急剧上升的工资水平和物价正逐渐消弱其在国际上成本的优势。

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Their cost advantage and ability to maintain brand recognition and customer loyalty are essential elements of Zara's capabilities that build value in the company.

他们的成本优势和保持品牌认可的能力以及客户忠诚度是Zara在建立自身价值的基本要素。

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The key advantage to this is the cost of implementing and sustaining this functionality.

这其中的关键优势在于这些功能的实现和维护成本。

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Fuel, after all, is not just a source of emissions for the shipping industry, it is a cost, so higher fuel prices mean that more efficient shippers will have a greater cost and profitability advantage.

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The latter, after all, enjoys two distinct advantages over the former: (1) Orbiting sensors and interceptors are cheaper to build and maintain — on the order of a 3-to-1 cost advantage — and (2) they offer continuous, global defense coverage.

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Local manufacturing and distribution should bring a big cost advantage over Fuji, and lots of goodwill from the Chinese government.

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