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Analysts worry that high product development costs and rising commodities prices could lower profit margins for the next few quarters.
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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.
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Less obvious to customers, behind the scenes Kia and Hyundai more closely integrated their product lineups to save development costs.
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The company listed several factors, some of which were decreased by-product credits from lower metals prices, higher development costs in Peru, industry-wide cost pressures and the issues at Manantial Espejo.
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This new ownership will provide many opportunities, including continued product improvement, increased marketing support, funding for new product development, and manufacturing support to help control and reduce costs.
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Investing in product development around the world, including China, Ford faced higher commodity and structural costs, while it saw sales increase and it paid off its debt.
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Over the past few years, Ryan has implemented an improved methodology for product delivery at Sprint which has reduced product cycle times and saved the company millions of dollars annually in rework and development costs.
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For an indie developer overheads can be close to zero, development costs are cheap and there is no reliance on retailers having shelf space for your product.
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The restructuring process, which began in 2009, is expected to reduce manufacturing costs, increase efficiency, facilitate far more flexibility in labor requirements, and will also help reduce product development time by 30% that will enable the company to launch new models faster.
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