Economists sometimes distinguish between planned and unplanned cannibalisation.

有时，经济学家区分了计划取代和非计划取代。

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The Internet presented many firms with difficult decisions about cannibalisation.

网络的出现，使许多公司面临着艰难的取代抉择。

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One is cannibalisation; about a fifth of CitiDirect's deposits, for instance, have come from its own branch customers.

其中一个是“同根相残（cannibalisation）”。 举例说，CitiDirect五分之一的存款来源于原本属于自己分支的顾客。

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If anyone at all knew what that cannibalisation rate would be then the answer would be simple.

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But there will be some level of cannibalisation, where customers who would have bought the full price, high profit, model will now trade down.

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