History A-Level
Cost reduction and market expansion
What Cost reduction and market expansion means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cost reduction and market expansion
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Canal carriage lowered transport costs and widened distribution, making goods more competitive in distant markets.
Topics that use Cost reduction and market expansion
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Josiah Wedgwood: china and canals, 1759–87 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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