Changes in product mix and higher product costs had an unfavorable impact on gross margin.
During fourth quarter, we anticipate continued aggressive promotions and coupled with increased product costs significant margin pressure.
He also had access to pricing information and details about component and product costs, the suit said.
Lower product costs should also help PVH in the coming months, says Deutsche Bank analyst Dave Weiner.
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But with rising product costs and consumers worried about their jobs, marking up the price of goods becomes a delicate business.
Product Supplies: Many companies rely on the massive, steady volume they sell through Wal-Mart in order to drive their product costs lower.
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Common causes of slipping margins include increased product costs, increased shipping expense, finance costs, sales and discounting or inventory shrinkage due to theft or waste (food business).
As product costs include mainly capital and labour, and the capital costs for companies are nearly the same in every country, the real differences are in wages.
Americans aren't feeling higher prices in the form of inflation yet (raw commodities are a small proportion of final food and product costs), but shipping methods are changing.
Especially, when that impacts jobs and product costs.
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The price that the buyers have offered for the discount retailer, which competes with other club-membership stores like Costco as well as big-box stores like Wal-Mart to bring in loyal customers with lower passed-through product costs, is fair, say some analysts.
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Management increased inventories in support of sales growth, new store openings, product introductions and higher product acquisition costs.
Analysts worry that high product development costs and rising commodities prices could lower profit margins for the next few quarters.
While you might not have heard the term freemium, if you use any Web product that costs you nothing, then you have direct contact with the freemium strategy.
Product development costs have come down, democratizing the ability of more and more people to become entrepreneurs, and more people to create goods, and provide services to broader audiences.
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In the buyout offer's prospectus, Clarins said currency rates and product development costs could cause year-end earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to falls as much as 14.5% from last year.
Automotive margins have been under pressure due to increasing commodity prices as well as higher material and product-related costs.
At the same time, it has expanded its product line and reduced costs.
Low costs on product that fetches high prices is every company's dream.
The key proof point for both companies will be whether investment in their product will quantifiably reduce costs in the way they project.
Or at least close enough in cost that people actually buy the product based on lifecycle costs rather than just the initial sticker price.
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Due to the non-cyclical demand for their product and above average costs to relocate, healthcare tenants also prefer long-term leases to make their expenses predictable.
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While these savings are expected to come largely from organizational streamlining, the company will also target areas such as real estate, information technology, product and service procurement costs, overall general and administrative expenses, and a significant reduction of suppliers in order to further lower costs and improve quality.
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Certainly this strategy cuts costs and improves product quality, but it has another unintended consequence: it nurtures corporate complacency.
Less obvious to customers, behind the scenes Kia and Hyundai more closely integrated their product lineups to save development costs.
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Higher commodity costs and costs to support product markets slightly offset sales in North America, the U.S. auto company said.
Analysts continue to predict higher component costs and possible product shortages in the weeks ahead as companies including Toshiba Corp.
Marquee value stocks like Alcoa, Dow Chemical and DuPont are caught in the pincers of rising feedstock costs and declining product pricing.
The increase was planned to support sales growth, store openings, product introductions and expanded assortments, and higher product and raw material acquisition costs.
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