But for any given store, falling revenue on a fixed cost base translates to significant pressure.
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Given the high fixed cost base related to operating a steel mill, margins will also decline if a plant is not operated at optimal capacity.
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The firm, partly funded by Statoil, Norway's energy giant, estimates that each will cost about as much as a fixed-base turbine placed in 30 or 40 metres of water.
Building turbines on land can be just as controversial, suitable locations for fixed-base shallow-water turbines are limited and a new generation of big turbines will need lots of space: only a couple can be placed in each square kilometre.
He added that Tesco should have an advantage over its traditional rivals with its lower fixed-cost base, benefiting from its Internet base as well as its ability to set up shop at Tesco hypermarkets.
With over 70, 000 users in North America, the company appears pretty close to saturating that market, at least with the fixed-income client base that has traditionally been its strength.
With over 70, 000 users in North America the company appears pretty close to saturating its market here, at least with the fixed-income client base that has traditionally been its strength.
In the 1990s, he moved from traditional skydiving to Base jumping, leaping off fixed objects and using a parachute to break the fall.
And competition between Google, Facebook, Yahoo, fixed and mobile operators to seize control of the data opportunities of a global and very large customer base in mobile (at least 4 times the size of the fixed line internet population) is impacting on other sectors.
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Under this system, the dollar is defined as a fixed weight of fine gold, and the monetary base consists of gold coins.
In addition, the company is also gaining operating leverage as it opens more than 200 new stores by 2005, allowing fixed costs to be spread over a greater sales base.
It is a source of base load, low-carbon and largely fixed-cost power for many utilities.
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The fixed costs of content acquisition will be spread out over a smaller revenue base, implying that Netflix will lose operating leverage.
His choice of Ms Miers a nice but ineffectual woman of no fixed views led to an open revolt from Mr Bush's base.
Accounting and legal departments have become more necessary and are large blocks of fixed costs that lend themselves to being spread over a larger employment and sales base.
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