Sentences with phrase «slim profit margins»

But it's worth remembering that rail companies have very slim profit margins.

The hospitality industry typically operates on a fairly slim profit margin and no child wants to be left behind — or help finance — someone else's edge.

And this is why the price of books has gone up, so publishers can keep their very slim profit margin.

Bringing your own canvas bags is not only the chic, green thing to do, but it will also help ingratiate you with the farmers, who are operating on slim profit margins.

Many stores suspended relationships with Amazon recently, such as Walmart and Target, as they were tired of making slim profit margins on the hardware.

With the price of resins and other crucial ingredients going up, the company has needed to work with slimmer profit margins.

Not to spit on publishing, but seriously, what to do about ebooks and slim profit margins pales in comparison to the cultural impact libraries have and the financial challenges they're currently facing.

Pricing your print book too high can edge out potential buyers (especially in high - competition genres where slim profit margins mean high - volume sales).

Running a new solo practice already provides a pretty slim profit margin, and the idea of finding the capital to buy the equipment and pay the monthly service fees and percentages seemed unlikely at best.

It is an approach which may result into slim profit margins that fall short of the investors» targets.

Many retailers find themselves in the predicament of making very slim profit margins.

«Any discussion about raising the minimum wage needs to recognize that small employers often have to operate under very slim profit margins,» Randy Johnson, senior vice president of labor, immigration, and employee benefits at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote in an email.

The Niwot, Colo. - based shoemaker reported sales of $ 363.8 million, up almost 10 percent from the same quarter in 2012, but the slimmer profit margins sent the stock down 20.2 percent on Thursday from the previous day.

Most medical billing companies struggle with chaotic internal operations due to sporadic growth and slim profit margins.

Many small businesses are already operating on a slim profit margin, and labor mandates like the state paid family leave program and minimum wage increase stretch their finances even more, she said.

They also say they're being pressured to sell first - line treatment for less than $ 100 per person per year, which is not feasible given their slim profit margins.

If you are an independent, you already have a slim profit margin if you are also the publisher.

Wanting to give consumers access to its products through the biggest single pipeline available, Hachette may relent on the price at which it sells books to Amazon, squeezing its slim profit margins even further.»

Then on Wednesday, a post appeared on the Post's Wonkblog comparing the Amazon / Hachette fight to the debate over net neutrality: «Wanting to give consumers access to its products through the biggest single pipeline available, Hachette may relent on the price at which it sells books to Amazon, squeezing its slim profit margins even further.»