Sentences with phrase «lose profit margin»

Similac made the ad because breastfeeding rates worldwide are higher than they have been in years, and they don't want to lose their profit margin.

So based on your argument, Professor King, it is no coincidence that some of the strongest arguments about the potential damage of this Coles pricing policy have been made by other milk processors, given that you outline that milk processors are probably the ones at the greatest risk here of losing profit margin?

And the end result is that Amazon is making tons of money on ads — money they don't have to share with authors or publishing houses — while the books themselves become completely devalued, the publishing houses lose their profit margins in the constant fight to just keep getting some sales, and authors soon find themselves getting nothing for their books.

The Pro, unlike Nintendo and MS, is in position for a price drop without losing profit margin, gaining more market share to boot.

This fact has been particularly true for merchants, who do not want to risk losing their profit margin.

Not exact matches

GM has abandoned several money - losing markets over the past three years as part of a broader strategy to boost profit margins and conserve capital to fund electric and automated vehicles as well as new models for core markets in China, the U.S. and Latin America.

It is famous for undercutting the profit margins of competitors, and for its willingness to lower prices even though it's losing money — so long as doing so helps it win market share.

This is entirely down to the board AND Wenger, he's lost the plot and the board are more than happy because the profit margin stays up and the expenditure stays waaay low.

Often kids meals are priced almost as a lost leader and there is very little if any profit margin on them for the restaurant.

During its truck - and - pony show, I Tweeted that the new Ford F - 150 has LED headlamps and taillamps, a 360 - degree camera, and loses up to 700 pounds because of its profit - margin - sucking aluminum.

* We balanced the profit to be gained by maintaining control over pricing on low - margin Kindle books against the profit lost by pulling high - margin print books and decided not to do this

Making the profit margin near zero if not at a lost?

This is complicated: Are ebooks cheaper from the consumer's perspective, or do they offer larger profit margins than printed books, which are distributed in some fashion among the distributor, author, and publisher (some of whom may win, and some of whom may lose)?

And don't forget to add a profit margin and consider tax ramifications or you will be losing money!

While the first commenter (cdreimer) echoed the sentiment that Amazon's KDP Select resulted in fewer sales numbers «for no reason last year» and the Smashwords ones grew, the second voice (Darren G. Burton) introduced a skeptical series of questions how authors could afford to lose their low profit margin.

Amazon is expected to sell the tablet for up to 20 % — 25 % below margin, recoup lost money and then sail into profits through selling all the various content available online through Amazon's store — movies, music, books and the Android Appstore.

Note Amazon is supposedly losing $ 50 per Kindle Fire, and historically Amazon, despite high revenues, has very low and minuscule profit margins.

Make sure you have a positive profit margin - otherwise, you'll actually be losing money every time you make a sale.

If you lose, you fill up the margin that is lost while profits would add up automatically.

This is sometimes known as the variation margin, where the futures exchange will draw money out of the losing party's margin account and put it into that of the other party, ensuring the correct loss or profit is reflected daily.

Just don't forget about the danger of margin - call / stop - out and that the money could be earn you more profit if you'd invest it in something other than the long - term losing position.

Retailers also say the ability to set minimum spending requirements for credit purchases is crucial because they often lose money on small transactions since interchange fees can eliminate their profit margin entirely.

Then you have Microsoft possibly destabilizing their profit margin, by lower the price so soon regardless of how long this sale goes on, because the Xbox1 may just fly off the shelves from this deal, but it will also compound their loses in the process.

Others reluctant to invest expenses in the technology lose out in the efficiencies which can actually improve profit margin.

The pricing for such a move to a larger firm usually involves: (1) a compensation cut for the acquired lawyers, a function of higher overhead and thus lower operating margins in many larger law firms; (2) the need for a profit for the acquiring firm to be derived from the work and revenue generated by the new addition; and sometimes (3), a deal feature that allows the acquired lawyers to monetize and harvest some of the built up value in their firm that would otherwise be lost if they were to wind down.

Saying that Apple needs to sacrifice profit margins to succeed, and even potentially a willingness to lose money, ignores the fact that it pursues exactly the same strategy with the iPhone.