Cannibalization

I want to point out that I've heard the word cannibalization over the last several years, but I have not seen a single instance of one property cannibalizing the other.

There's no longer any worry in corporate boardrooms about "cannibalization" -- one division of the company stealing sales from another. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"I don't think we can have what's called cannibalization of gaming in Illinois, where there's so many different places there's gambling that it ends up hurting the overall product," Quinn said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A new loan customer at Kansas City-based Missouri Bank typically means a lost customer somewhere else, a process Burcham called cannibalization. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Part of this trend comes from the substitution effect in consumer spending, the so-called "cannibalization" of other businesses by casinos. ❋ Mark Bergen (2011)

However, it also said the so-called cannibalization rate of the low-end notebook market will be in the 30% to 40% range. ❋ Unknown (2010)

BTW - This doesn't mean I'm abandoning my recommendations for internal linking with good anchor text for either usability, keyword cannibalization or to provide an initial boost. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What Paul and I ended up with at the end of our cannibalization was a pistol design that was appropriatley powered, but with a much larger "back end support" than anticpated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In its most recently reported quarter ended June 27, Apple partly blamed an 11% decline in iPod revenues on "cannibalization" from the iPhone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whole Foods partially blamed heightened competition, Hurricane Katrina, and "cannibalization," which means the company is eating its own market share with new stores. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Since then, downtown businesses have been relocating from one city-center address to another in what McKeever describes as a "cannibalization," with few new players taking residence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Is it all macro related or is there something else going on such as kind of cannibalization? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Internet; that the proposal would eliminate network neutrality over wireless networks; that the proposal will lead to the "cannibalization" of the Internet; that Google is partnering with Verizon to secure support for Android; and that the proposal represents two companies trying to legislate the future of the Internet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because of overexpansion that caused what is referred to as "cannibalization" ❋ Unknown (2009)

The studies also look at the possibility of "cannibalization" of existing gaming markets around Iowa's 17 state-licensed casinos if new casinos are built, among other factors.

So the "cannibalization" argument-that the iPhone app could interfere with Kindle sales-is silly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Any "cannibalization" figures from Sprint or Boost are completely without merit because of this. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While he declined to disclose growth projections, Iger anticipates the increase will come from two places: "cannibalization" from other Disney businesses as well as new business, especially on the international front. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"cannibalization" (too much product in the marketplace) haven't materialized, except that some independently financed fringe movies are being crowded out of the multiplexes. ❋ Unknown (2008)