Sentences with phrase «with slimmer margins»

For a discount retailer like Wal - Mart with slim margins, theft can be a serious drain on profitability.

Severally in recent times, Wenger has been deploying defensive reinforcement anytime we are leading with a slim margin and it has always worked especially at the dying minute of games.

But when you throw a POD platform into the mix, the pie gets sliced further, so booksellers get closer to 40 % or even as low as 25 % — which is a much less attractive purchase for them, if even feasible with their slim margins.

A product with slim margins and spotty customer service.

The leadership qualities that once paved the path to success are now merely the price of admission to play in a high - stakes game with slim margin for error.

Not exact matches

As for the Senate, the Republicans» margin of control is much slimmer (51 to 49, if we include the two independents that often vote with the Democrats).

While some might see this as a negative it really isn't, the appliance business while doing well with sales carries very slim margins.

These markets were not just crowded with low growth but also had slim margins.

Grey brought ministers from conservative denominations to a meeting with the United Methodist bishop, and eventually forged a coalition that won a referendum by a slim margin.

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The slump into the red triggered a breach of its loan covenant with National Australia Bank and a January 30 deadline to patch up its margins and provide a strategy to slim down its cost structure.

They'd tack one more on with an empty - net and escaped by the slimmest of margins.

The betting on this game has been quite even, with early bettors favoring Louisville and the points by a slim margin.

I'm sure everyone is familiar with the idiom «You can't teach an old dog new tricks», its the most applicable phrase when i think of describing Martinez, I'm not saying he's that old but the point i'm making is that he is getting older so the margin for error or correction is slim.

On fourth - and - goal from the 5, Murray ran up the middle and dove into the end zone, making it past the Tiger tackle by the slimmest of margins to take the 38 - 37 lead with less than two minutes to play.

This one from Phoenix in 2016 included some wheel rubbing and bodywork contact for good measure, too, with Kevin Harvick beating Carl Edwards by one of the slimmest margins in Nascar history.

A slim four - point margin separates the leading quartet in the Italian championship with Napoli top with 42 points from 17 games, one point ahead of Juventus.

Since then, the club has survived and thrived by the slimmest of margins; first, a 2 - 2 draw in a relegation showdown with Sheffield Wednesday to survive the drop in the Championship.

But Lipton also recognized that even with the IDC on their side, the Democrats would be holding an extremely slim, one - seat margin in the chamber — and that's assuming they hold every seat they've got in the upcoming elections.

Skelos is a longtime lawmaker who became Senate majority leader for several months in 2007 before the Democrats took control of the chamber last year with a slim 32 - to - 30 margin.

The poll also shows that among voters who say they always go to the polls, Cahill, Pataki's former chief of staffi, leads by a slim 36.1 % to 33.6 % margin, with 30.3 % undecided, the memo says.

As of Election Day, first - term incumbent Republican supervisor Marybeth Majestic had been ahead of Democratic challenger Lisa Lindsley by a slim margin of 22 votes, with more than 100 absentee ballots still outstanding.

With the election set to be closest political contest on Britain for a generation, authorities are particularly concerned about any irregularities, given the margin of victory could be very slim.

If the IDC doesn't re-up their deal with the GOP it could be difficult for the Republicans to lead with such a slim margin in the chamber.

Hearing officers with the New York State Board of Elections have ruled that Democratic congressional candidate Juanita Perez Williams has enough signatures, by a slim margin, to be on the primary ballot.

Democrats hold the State Assembly by a huge margin, while Republicans control the State Senate with only a slim and cobbled - together majority.

The Republicans hold a slim 32 - 31 margin currently in the chamber and that is only because Democrat Simcha Felder of Brooklyn conferences with them.

This becomes particularly problematic as you get leaner and your «margins for error» with your calorie intake become very slim.

The margin was very slim with Another Century beating out the Monster Hunter by around 2,000 units.

We're going with Tony on this one, though by a slim margin.

The statewide scores also got a bump from a new state law that allowed elementary and middle school students who failed the exams by slim margins to retake them with a parent's permission.

I - 1240 passed by a slim margin statewide in November, with just over 50 percent of the vote.

With two Republican senators opposing her, DeVos was confirmed by the slimmest possible margin only after Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie - breaking vote.

The Haldex - equipped Volkswagen Golf R costs nearly # 3000 more than an equivalent GTI with its optional Performance Pack, but it continues to undercut the rear - drive M135i by a slim margin.

It is also very fuel - efficient, and in a business where profit margins can be slim, that goes a long way with caterers.

Both organizations used to do business with Google until the beginning of 2013, but found that the hardware margins were slim and many people did not have access to Google Play.

The company has seemingly stopped carrying devices from all those companies due to its growing relationship with Apple and slim profit margins on hardware slashed to the bone.

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

Not content with making slim margins on hardware sales, the company has launched a new online ebook store to help differentiate themselves in a crowded Australian digital scene.

Margins on Samsung rebranded to Nook, I am sure were quite slim AND required a minimum order requirements that B&N was not comfortable with.

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At the time of this writing, Sotheby's shares have been under another kind of hammer — down more than 25 % since the third week of June from just shy of $ 47 to $ 34 on the close of business before Labor Day; and with slimmer and slimmer margins I can't see how that will change anytime soon.

With the difference of 11,608 - to - 11,607, Shelly Simonds won the Virginia House of Delegates seat by the slim margin of one vote.

The prospects of businesses ever recovering from these sorts of uninsured losses are slim to none, because so many of us out of necessity work on such thin margins to begin with.

That said, we would go with the newer Android, and vote for the Mi 4i, but again, the margin is a slim one.

If you're a salesperson who's unhappy with your split, what does your broker's slim or nonexistent profit margin mean to you?

I have no experience with them, however I am very suspicious of any similar type organization because I know how slim tax lien margins can be a a large scale.

Figuring out how folks are saving and buying second properties within 2 years based solely on the, in my book, slim margins most folks are okay with (from what I can see) is a mystery.

With the competition you may need to work on a little slimmer margins.