Book giants target Internet selling
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Book companies, such as Barnes & Noble Inc. of New York, NY, Toronto, Canada-headquartered Chapters Inc., Borders Group Inc. and Bertelsmann AG, a publishing company based in Germany, have strategies to gain a significant market share in the Internet book selling market. The online book market, which is dominated by Amazon.com Inc., is estimated to increase to between $2.5 billion and $3 billion in yearly sales in 2002, according to Derek Brown, an analyst for San Francisco, CA-based Volpe Brown Whelan. Amazon.com has advantage over its competitors since the company pioneered the Internet book selling and the company has a more efficient management.
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Has strategies to gain a significant market share in the Internet book selling market
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1998
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Business forms maker aims to regain dominance
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Moore Corp. Ltd. aims to recapture its dominance and strength in the industry with its restructuring plans. Moore, which has a new outlook and a revamped strategy, hopes that the its costs reductions, employee layoffs and plant closings will bring an end to its profit decline. Analyst Nick Majendie of C.M. Oliver stated that Moore's termination of several management positions left the firm without the guidance of experienced business veterans, while its reduction in sales office employees left the firm without the staff it needed to sell its products.
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Aims to recapture its dominance and strength in the industry with its restructuring plans
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1998
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Boeing profit set on autopilot, but analysts fear a bumpy ride
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A company forecast for the company Boeing is presented. The company is expecting a 30 percent boost in the share prices in the next twelve months.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2005
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