Sentence examples for centralized buying from inspiring English sources

Two or more outlets that have common ownership and control, centralized buying and merchandising operations, and similar lines of merchandise are considered corporate chain stores.

The Newspaper Association of America, for example, is discussing providing advertisers a central place to buy ads in different newspapers by building a centralized buying system.

It is also shifting to centralized buying of merchandise to take advantage of its size and plans to build several transit centers to better stock stores.

Essentially, because of centralized buying and the commissary system, everyone in the World Trade Center ate the same food, although it was prepared in different ways and sold at different price levels.

"We remain cautious on the near term prospects of these shares as Macy's works through and implements its new centralized buying structure," said Credit Suisse analyst Michael Exstein.

The Web is also allowing large companies to centralize buying.

Because management has moved to centralize buying decisions in Atlanta, he said, "it's going to be very difficult to go into these smaller markets and have the micro perspective to figure out who these people are and how to satisfy them".

"They could get rid of duplicate stores, centralize buying and expand their private-label business," says Laurence Leeds, chairman of Buckingham Capital Management.

The company's recently launched platform Transis automates and centralizes the media buying and selling process across 10,000 national and local sites.

And the company uses centralized procurement to buy fuel for the entire Entergy system, paying lower prices for bulk purchases.

Inventory management also improves, as the buying function is centralized and all items are stored in a central warehouse, available to fulfill demand from anywhere in the country.