horizontal integration
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It's a saga of racial segregation being overcome by horizontal integration — the economic term for assembling an array of different but complementary businesses under a single umbrella.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2015
Several attendees debated the merits of vertical or horizontal integration for a regulated market. "We don't want Maryland and Virginia suing us," Orange said during that discussion, in reference to Nebraska and Oklahoma's lawsuit against Colorado.
From US News ● Feb. 9, 2015
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- buying out the competition
- market consolidation
- lateral integration
- buyout
- acquiring a competitor
Possible Antonyms
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- organic growth
- entering a new market
- vertical integration
- internal expansion
- expanding up the supply chain
