" Yum recently reported a 12 per cent annual same-store sales decline in the first quarter and weaker margins.
My driver, a chain-smoking, sweaty little man who introduced himself as Gholam, drove nonchalantly and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth: terrible what is happening in your country, yar.
Falling raw milk prices caused by a supply glut have boosted margins more than discounting hit revenues.
Other factors cited included too much competition, low margins, poor customer service and an uncommercial business model.
Leave white space in the margins and in between jobs.
We are a software company with 80% gross margins that sells per seat.
Samsung had a iron grip on major markets including China, and huge margins helped turn the firm into one of the world's largest and most recognizable tech brands.
They point to the lower margins achieved in Europe relative to the US, where two giant operators dominate the national market.
Taxesare sky-high, infrastructure is poor and profit margins are razor thin.
The ministry's intention is to help to increase airlines' profit margins, allowing them to spend more on safety.
A patent dispute has dealt a blow to Xiaomi's international expansion, leaving the fast-growing Chinese smartphone maker facing a temporary ban on sales in India and further pressure on margins.
Offer customers a reason to support your cause, then make sure your margins allow for some profit to keep that business afloat.
The increased costs are expected to be passed on to diners as restaurants and cafés serving sushi put up prices to maintain their margins.
Sadly, lots of industries are intensely overcrowded and offer miserable margins, with little time or money for kind words and sympathetic employment policies.
With already slim margins, the shop would be forced to shut down or abandon the storefront where it has been since 1906 (the business itself dates to 1700).
" Fierce competition among bandit phone firms continues to drive prices down while prices for more advanced technology continues to go up, causing many of the companies to close simply because they can't make the margins they did a couple of years ago.
McDonald' s was facing concerns about fatty foods and about beef; competition squeezing margins; andgrowth from international markets was slowing.
Based on those margins, 'Shawshank' has brought in more than $100 million.
That said, Barclays believed that the company 'has all the building blocks in place to substantially improve its margins over the next 3-5 years.
Only print things out when necessary, and print double-sided and reduce the margins.
