Currently, according to the same source, the company is only profitable on a contribution margin basis, meaning it's earning a profit on each individual Instacart order.
Arbitrage (exploiting differences in price between similar assets) is only profitable if magnified by leverage.
"Not all of that work is profitable, it is only profitable because it is part of a much larger publishing cycle".
Dr. Wolfe at U.C. Davis said that bariatric procedures were only "profitable by a small margin" for hospitals.
They say the hunt is only profitable because of the high prices live dolphins can fetch when sold to aquariums and dolphin shows.
"Although the feed-in tariff is given nationwide, it is only profitable in western China which is rich in sunlight resources," said Lin Boqiang, an energy expert at Xiamen University.
Private firms then bid to run these routes, many of which are only profitable thanks to public subsidy.Outside London, companies can set up and run any routes they like.
"Not all of that work is profitable, it is only profitable because it is part of a much larger publishing cycle". The traditional publishing model means the proceeds from JK Rowling and Stephen King allow a publisher to put out the fourth volume of a little-known poet, he adds.
Franke says that Helpling's marketplace model, which connects people wanting to have their home cleaned to 'vetted' cleaners, is only profitable at scale.
