Thus, we expect the margins for its company-operated stores to remain relatively unchanged since a rise in comparable sales should help offset the increase in input costs.
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"Due to the current weak market, we wanted to offer attractive prices to our customers to boost their morale, " the spokesman said, explaining the decision to cut its car prices despite an increase in input costs.
While Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke insists on calling inflation subdued and transitory, various companies have indicated that they have been forced to acknowledge a pickup in input costs and inflation in their outlooks, as prices begin to be passed on to consumers.
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That process did result in public input, as well as resulted in numerous comments from various folks who have concerns about this issue.
The Department of Justice, in reaching out to media organizations and public interest groups, is doing the right thing in terms of soliciting input in how to improve the guidelines for when they can issue subpoenas like they did in the Associated Press case.
If companies do not or cannot pass on the rise in their input costs to consumers, they will either have to cut costs by sacking people (not a policy that finds much favour in China) or accept lower profits.
Now, before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let's be clear: in its current stage, the system is cumbersome and aimed at those with disabilities, but Samsung's already proven that it's interested in alternative input methods, and this could certainly be the logical conclusion.
In any business, an employee's input in the direction of his company rises along with his salary.
They said Rove, who engineered the Republican victory in Congress in November 2002, has been granted major input in U.S. foreign policy as part of an effort to prepare Bush's reelection campaign in 2004.
According to the lead author, Dr. Paul Ridker of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, the pharmaceutical company had no input in the study's design and didn't see the final data analysis until the study was submitted for publication.
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Meetings will be held in public and input will be received from "civil society", where too much in the EU before has been decided by politicians behind closed doors.
And oftentimes, particularly when you're in the minority party, you're voting on legislation that you had no input in that strikes compromises that you yourself would not want to strike.
The Hong Kong government, in its consultation on healthcare reform in 2008, solicited input from the private sector in such areas as enhancing primary care and reform of health-care financing.
The new Philips displays also boasted a DVI (Digital Video Input) connector in addition to the conventional VGA analog input.
It is understood that Ubisoft regretted its lack of creative input in the film.
Include patient input in the design and development process, and build in feedback mechanisms.
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It is neither a major input in manufacturing or a generator of income.
Neither USAID nor any agency of the US Government had any role or input in this audit.
Mitch McConnell, say Congress should put off action until the voters can offer their input in November.
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"If you feel you have no input in the company, no amount of amenities will fix that, " Tompkins says.
But the Bush administration is taking a different approach and will have only limited input in what a bank does.
Is the brand anchored to welcome consumer input in evolving the brand identity and positioned for success in social media?
In his motion, Halfon has called for a "footballing revolution" at the FA, with fans "having more input in decision making".
We expect commoditization of smartphones, reduction in mobile phone input costs, and competition with GSM phones to push down CDMA phone prices further.
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As some of the heat goes out of the world economy, the cost of oil (and energy generally, another large input in petrochemicals) may fall.
Mr Hill said he had written to Justice Secretary Chris Grayling to ask whether the rumours were true and if so, requesting his input in the decision-making process.
As the race has remained in a virtual deadlock, pressure has been mounting on party officials to find a solution that lets Michigan and Florida have some input in the nomination process.
Cottonseed oil is also the primary input in the production of Olestra, a frying fat that glides through humans without leaving a trace of fat or calories, and is also an important source of vitamin E for pharmaceutical producers.
This means that smart has one of the largest fleets of electrically driven vehicles on the roads worldwide and a trove of customer experience and wishes that have been input in the third generation smart fortwo electric drive.
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