Chinese telcos, especially China Unicom first came out with the strategy of selling low cost smartphones to attract more 3G subscribers. 3G subscribers are typically heavy data users and help China Unicom in increasing its average revenue per user.
Selling gasoline below cost is no way to generate sufficient cash flow to keep refineries up to date.
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Telecom gear maker UTStarcom grew tenfold in four years by selling low-cost phone systems in China, then suddenly stumbled.
Problems have included price controls, which prevent below-cost selling, rigid labour laws and tough zoning regulations, which make it extremely difficult to build big stores.
In the 1990s, it was easy for Dell to use its direct-sales model to take share from companies like Compaq that were selling through higher cost retail stores.
Other analysts have noted that many newer tablets - particularly 7in (18cm) models - were selling at almost cost price, leading to minimal profits despite the boom in units shipped.
He told the Telegraph that the government had acknowledged the importance of price by introducing a ban on selling alcohol below cost, but said this did not go "far enough".
There are exciting retirement solutions available to 401k participants with low balances today that have attracted little notice because they do not involve selling additional high cost investment products to the masses.
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In this case, we paid up for puts, and offset the cost by selling expensive calls.
That move makes much more financial sense than either ramping up production or selling the drug at cost.
Bankers Life and Casualty Co. has been selling these low-cost, low-benefit dollar policies for a decade, but Brian E.
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Driving the reduction in hedge fund short trading is the escalating cost of selling stock short in the last few years.
They haven't compared the cost of selling a product on the Internet with that of selling it in the traditional retail outlet.
He could have covered the cost by selling 10% of his shares.
The rise in the dollar price reflects, among other things, an attempt to claw back some of the increased cost of selling in that currency.
The only hardware store in Harrison is selling replacement fenceposts at cost, but even that break won't help ranchers who can't afford to feed their catle.
"There should also be an end to discounted drinks, such as two-for-one deals, happy hours and supermarkets selling alcohol at below cost prices, " Mr Craik said.
Rather than sell service to marketers as a customer giveaway, NetZero peddles its own brand, aiming to offset the cost by selling advertising and targeted marketing research.
In November, the bank reported a third quarter loss of 2.85bn euros for the July to September period, mainly due to the cost of selling its Greek operation Emporiki.
He didn't shy from using the words "sorry" and "deeply ashamed" when we discussed the mis-selling scandal that has cost SSE dear, in a record fine and moreso in its reputation.
But perhaps the most interesting item to note is that after its recent price drop, Nintendo has been selling the 3DS below cost, causing them to lose money on every sale.
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In France, Italy, Spain and Belgium the cost of selling one house and buying another (estate-agent fees, stamp duty and legal fees) often amounts to more than 15% of the price of a home.
On Thursday, Mr Bush said he would keep America's system of licensing and monitoring steel imports and he promised to act promptly against any country judged to be selling its steel below cost in American markets.
DeFontes said the owner was selling partly because of the cost of insurance and security.
S's big selling-point remains the cost-cutting reputation of its chief executive, Peter Burt.
For example, a company with multiple business lines might use an ERP app to synthesize customer and business information from the different businesses in order to spot cross-selling opportunities or identify potential cost savings.
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In addition, satellite TV providers like DirecTV and Dish Network continue to lag the cable TV companies in their ability to offset program cost increases by selling their customers increasingly faster broadband services, per The Wall Street Journal.
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As his career took him around the world, he discovered youth entrepreneurs like a 19-year-old in Kenya who is bottling water and selling it at half the cost of importers, giving access to drinking water to more people than ever.
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In this strategy, called a zero-cost collar, your costs are limited to your transaction costs alone, since your proceeds from selling the calls will zero out the cost of the puts.
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