Market share

The size of market share, expressed in terms of turnover or sales volume, measuring the enterprise s position in the market in question as compared with competitors.

In the product market, a firm competes with other firms for market shares.

The company had more than 37 per cent of the world market share in 1996.

It was argued that the issue is not so much related to market shares as to entry barriers if new operators are prevented from entering a specific market, the incumbents enjoy market power independently of the market shares they have.

The former related to leveraging existing products in new markets and creation of new market segments.

As a result, the sector lost 29 per cent of its market share.7

But this does not prevent the industry insiders to be optimistic about the prospects of iPhone7 many people think that iPhone7 will be likely to become the last major upgrade of Apple's iPhone series, although it can be seen from the data released by the market research institution IDC that the market share of iPhone will decline to some degree.

In the case of Indonesia, the top five chains account for 60 per cent of the market.

Tedco Industries' pre merger share of the relevant product markets was. (i) 65 per cent of the bedding market (ii) 36 per cent of the furniture products market (iii) 24 per cent of the case goods market and (iv) 11 per cent of the upholstered lounge suites market

Supermarkets accounted only for 10 per cent of the market, although both their share and their value are expected to grow rapidly in the years to come.

Hypermarkets in Thailand, for instance, cannot be considered to have and to abuse market power, since each of them has a market share below 35 per cent.

Carrefour the largest foreign firm is number four, with a market share of 9.9 per cent.

Non EurepGAP compliant suppliers therefore even risk losing domestic market shares.

According to some views, market power can be exerted by a retailer only if it has at least a 35 per cent share of the market.

For instance, Amazon s share of the online retail market in the US is already at 34 . By 2020, this will likely to rise to 50 . In China however, Amazon s market share is less than 1 , a far cry from that of Alibaba and JD.com.

But they're getting very, very cheap, and look at the interesting implication of it. As they get cheaper, the premium brands, the Sonys and such, are losing market share, and the no names, the Apexes, are gaining them.

As market shares increase, steady progress in lowering costs can be expected to continue through economies of scale.

A survey of price setting behaviour in 654 United Kingdom companies found that competition (as measured by numbers of competitors or market shares) increased the frequency of price reviews. See Simon Hall et al., How do UK companies set prices? , Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, May 1996, pp. 180 192.

A slightly growing global market and a very small UNICEF market share of 1 per cent leaves room for growth for many years to come.

A study of 670 British companies found that market power (estimated by high market shares) led to reduced levels of productivity, and that more competition (as measured by increased numbers of competitors or lower profit margins) was associated with higher rates of total factor productivity growth.

However, developing countries can only convert their competitive advantage into increased market shares if markets function in a way that is not impeded by distortions.

According to other views, a much smaller market share, as low as 8 per cent, could suffice for a retailer to have market power.

Green tea is likely to take over some market share from herbal and decaffeinated teas, although it may have an impact in the black tea market as well.

Tourism remains buoyant, maintaining its share of the market with rising annual figures.

By contrast, higher income developing countries had a distinctly larger market share of more than 15 per cent in 1995.

This is market share of Apache Web server one of the critical applications in Web based communications.

Even if an SDR Substitution Account is established, it is unlikely that the dollar s share in international reserves would fall to an insignificant level. The dollar will remain important for many countries as a vehicle for intervention in foreign exchange markets, as well as for invoicing and for denominating internationally traded securities.

Distribution systems have reduced the market share of traditional travel agents, although high street travel agents still dominate the market in terms of distribution.

As globalization proceeds, however,dynamic exporters have been taking over the market shares of weaker commodity exporters in world markets.

For transnational corporations (TNCs) and large companies, this related to export markets whereas SMEs were more specifically concerned with domestic market share, including increased market opportunities as suppliers to TNCs.

India has been successful in capturing a small but growing share of the world export market for software.

The black tea market is dominated by ready to drink teas, accounting for 80 per cent of the sales in the black tea market.

Of the more than 20 stock markets in Africa, most are undercapitalized they account for some 7 per cent of the capitalization of emerging stock markets and list no more than a handful of companies.

The market in Japan, itself a tea producer, is the largest in the world in terms of sales value.

Thirdly, developing countries had not maintained their market share in international food trade, that share having declined from over 40 per cent in the mid 1960s to less than 30 per cent at the present time.

Some were concerned that unwillingness to engage in mutual recognition agreements may be based on a deliberate will to protect market shares.

Their market share in global trade in manufactures amounted to 21.3 per cent in 1995, as compared to 15.2 per cent at the start of 1990.

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But Europe managed to hold its share of global exports during that period more effectively than did the US. European companies have been more successful, on average, at maintaining their share of emerging market demand than have US companies.

As already seen, developing countries have increased their shares of the international steel market significantly over the past years.

The US shale revolution divided OPEC according to the quality of its members' crude oil. Exporters of light sweet crude such as Algeria, Angola, and Nigeria lost nearly all of their market share in the US, while exporters of sour or heavier crude, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have lost little.

Markets are a very strong force.

Middle income developing countries fared somewhat better in comparison, with a market share of 5.4 per cent in 1995, although in their case as well the share was slightly smaller than at the start of the decade.

In fact, PepsiCo holds a 25 share of the market with products like Quaker cereals and fortified Tropicana juices, which qualify for FDA approved health claims. Coca Cola, General Mills, Kellogg, Kraft, Nestlé, and Groupe Danone all have market shares ranging from 4 to 7 .