However, for some the time is right to begin expanding globally in developed, buying foreign distribution networks, technology and even brands.
One deduction here is that Icahn may be moving in the direction of content distribution with buying into the restructuring of these two companies.
Mr Nasser has also started to revolutionise distribution, buying independent dealers in cities such as San Diego and then merging them into company-run superstores.
Local food need not be organic, but buying direct from small farmers short-circuits industrial production and distribution systems in the same way that buying organic used to.
Wasson is en route to forging the first global pharmacy chain, with worldwide buying power and a massive distribution network.
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"The fate of these companies is still in the hands of their lenders, but overall things are starting to look a lot better, " says Conrad, who's still more comfortable buying companies with large, established distribution areas.
Low margins will keep outsiders (including banks) from buying or marketing their way to mass distribution.
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"Buying what you're selling during a distribution has a strong tendency to artificially inflate the price, " says Columbia Law School securities expert John Coffee.
Research Frontiers strenuously denies that it was manipulating the stock or buying shares improperly, because the period of distribution is spread out over five years.
Yet there is no national payments system for buying goods online, there are few reliable distribution channels for delivering them, and online buyers are not confident about security.
CEO, has restored its financial fortunes, rescuing it from near-bankruptcy by buying back licences and keeping a tighter control on distribution.
Local restrictions notwithstanding, GM doesn't want the additional cost of building a national distribution center until more people are comfortable with buying big-ticket items online.
For my outlook to change on the current market, the indices would have to stage a robust follow through day, where a sufficient inflow of demand, like institutional buying, for example, balances out all of the recent distribution we have seen.
But now that states and municipalities are in financial trouble and buying a best seller online seems mundane why let this growing distribution channel skate on taxes, government bosses wonder?
It has a strong incentive to seek the widest possible distribution for the channels to help cover the huge upfront costs of buying sports rights and to maximise advertising revenue.
Again, a few simple changes requiring proof of real safety, such as shooting lessons before buying a weapon just makes common sense, not only to prevent irresponsible gun distribution, but to ensure that future generations of gun owners obey the traditions of the hundreds of years of millions of thoughtful, smart gun owners in America.
Essentially, the retailer is buying excess capacity from the manufacturer at a lower price--and getting exclusive distribution in the mix.
Also interesting to note is that despite the rise of digital distribution and the always controversial sales of used games, people are still buying games new.
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The Australians have been aggressively buying up American wine firms, largely to improve their access to the all-important distribution networks for American supermarkets.
Cuomo's office said it is looking for information on whether Intel penalized computer manufacturers for buying processors from competitors, paid customers for exclusivity, and illegally cut off competitors from distribution channels.
Saban proposed buying Pat Robertson's Family Channel, which went to 70 million cable homes, to expand distribution in the U.S. At first, Fox and News Corp. people were divided.
Like other insiders of his day, he made another fortune playing shorts on the way down, then spent the Great Depression buying up underpriced assets at fire sale prices, using his cash hoard to quickly enter new businesses like liquor distribution the moment Prohibition was lifted.
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