Her village has joined forces with others to sell in bulk to the three wool processing firms in the southern city of Arequipa, in an effort to expand their bargaining power.

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Ls, allowing them to pull together, say, shopping centres from several different portfolios and sell them in bulk to a single investor.

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It is much easier for big western companies to deal with large agri-businesses, to which they can sell fertilisers and equipment in bulk, and from which they can buy vast quantities of grain, sugar beet and sunflower seed.

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Companies that buy prescription drugs in bulk would sell cards to Medicare patients.

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Years ago, when I worked at a winery in New Zealand, the winemaker there would often receive samples from other wineries looking to sell him juice or finished wine in bulk.

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The diet continues at Bank of America, with the firm announcing Monday that it has agreed to sell the bulk of its remaining stake in China Construction Bank (CCB) to private investors.

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Earlier this year, shops in Australia were forced to restrict sales of infant formula, as Chinese customers and tourists bought them in bulk to send them home or to sell them online.

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This has resulted in bulk buying of baby formula from other countries to sell for profit in China.

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The wholesalers, such as Hong Kong-based Offshore Incorporations Ltd (OIL), sell companies to legal and accounting firms, banks, corporations and also (often in bulk) to web-based resellers.

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Salesforce is managing to cross-sell existing customers on new non-sales automation offerings, while also grabbing new customers interested in bulk buys.

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