Cannibalization occurs when an investment takes customers and sales away from another part of the company.

by 1907, noun of action from cannibalize.

The loss of sales in established products experienced by a firm resulting from its own introduction of new products that are partial or complete substitutes. That is, the new product "steals" some of the sales of the established product.

A competitive factor that reduces a product's sales, such as the debut of a competing brand.

Occurs when the introduction of a new product causes sales of existing products to decline.

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If a new product takes sales volume away from another product made by the same company, the new product is said to “cannibalize” the other product.

   The diminishing of a product's sales or potential sales due to the introduction of another competing product; i.e., rather than bringing in additional sales dollars, some of those sales are split between the old and the new item.   Capital

 A competitive factor that reduces a product's sales, such as the debut of a competing brand.CAO:

A sale that would have occurred on one form of payment, but now occurs with a different form of payment offered to the shopper. Merchants prefer incremental sales over cannibalized sales.

The breakdown of muscle tissue by the body for the purpose of obtaining amino acids for other metabolic purposes.

The act of cannibalizing.