Sentences with phrase «narrow profit margins»

Traditional book publishers work on very narrow profit margins, so they are wary of taking risks.
Still, he says, the combination of narrow profit margins and lower volumes will shake out the market this year.
Even if it does turn a profit, equity only does so once, and never again, leaving you with what typically is a very narrow profit margin.
Eventually he and a handful of fellow farmers sent an open letter to Mackey, complaining that the new rating parameters were «onerous, expensive,» and shifted the cost of marketing to growers, «many of whom are family - scale farmers with narrow profit margins
There are two scenarios that we could potentially see: a rise in profits for Bethesda from players seeking narrative single - player experiences, or Bethesda suffering from narrow profit margins from high - budget AAA titles.
The top three US equity benchmarks closed mixed with the Dow slipping as IBM plunged 7.5 per cent after it reported narrower profit margins in the first quarter and no revenue growth unless one factors in help from a weak US dollar.
Some of its underperforming stores have been hurt by high rents that have squeezed the already narrow profit margins that supermarkets operate with.
While traditional banks shy away from mortgages, citing narrow profit margins and tightening regulations, Quicken Loans and other online lenders are filling the space.
Despite seemingly endless wrangling among developers over how to handle increased Bitcoin transactions volumes and sometimes narrowing profit margins for miners, existing mining companies are steadily growing and new miners are coming online.
It will certainly contain more complicated terms of employment, such as vacation pay, medical care and other fringe benefits that the already battered and narrow profit margin real estate corporations can not afford to pay.
Book publishing is a small industry that mixes art and commerce and works with narrow profit margins
Rather, the current economic downturn is likely to focus its damage on asset prices - the U.S. dollar, home values, low and mid-quality debt, and equity prices (largely through the combination of narrowing profit margins and lower valuations).
Franchise owners have complained about the chain's ever - expanding menu and its narrower profit margins.
Plateauing real estate returns and narrowing profit margins have spurred investment in local property technology startups.
My hard copy books on Lulu sell for about $ 12 and leave me a narrow profit margin.
If you're making a small purchase from a local business, like a morning bagel on your way to work, the cost of a credit card transaction for such a small item can eat up the narrow profit margin, which might lead the merchant to raise prices.
The trend is driven by higher overhead costs, narrower profit margins, and an oversupply of realty services, say experts.
The trend is driven by higher overhead costs, narrower profit margins, and an oversupply of realty services.
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