Horizontal Integration

What Does Horizontal Integration Mean?
When a company expands its business into different products that are similar to current lines.

Investopedia explains Horizontal Integration
A hot dog vendor expanding into selling hamburgers would be an an example of horizontal integration. Compare this to vertical integration.

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