Its nonregulated wholesale operation supplies 7, 000 megawatts of power to customers like General Motors and Eastman Kodak.

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To end these inefficiencies, WH Smith has decided to use its own wholesale operation, which already supplies more than 40% of the market, to establish a national distribution system.

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Papyrus, which started as a small family wholesale operation, has grown to include the brands Carlton Cards, American Greetings, Paper Thread, and four hundred and fifty Papyrus retail stores nationwide.

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He wanted power plants and a wholesale trading operation to protect his investment from price-cutting regulators.

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It wound down its wholesale mortgage operation, Decision One, in September 2007, and its earnings rose 13% last year.

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Behind this retail chain is a wholesale buying operation: Graff Diamonds International is vertically integrated, taking stones from the rough shapes that come out of the mine to the display case.

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Operation Compassion says it values goods at the estimated retail price less 40% to approximate wholesale value, which is the usual standard used in the nonprofit world.

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China Integrated Energy, Inc. (CBEH) : A non-state-owned company, China Integrated has three main businesses: the wholesale distribution of finished oil and heavy oil products, the production and sale of biodiesel, and the operation of retail gas stations.

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