The retail industry -- e.g., clothing stores, grocers, and hardware shops -- understands the cost of keeping a large inventory.

零售业——例如服装商场、杂货店和五金店——可以理解维持一个庞大的库存所需要的花费。

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That included China's bottom-line iron ore price and every steelmaker's inventory, production cost, schedule and manufacturing details.

备忘录里有中方铁矿石价格底线以及每家钢铁制造商的存货、生产成本、计划以及制造工艺细节。

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If the flight ban had lasted longer, such goods would have had to be shipped, potentially creating a long-term deadweight cost in the form of higher inventory levels.

如果此次航空中断再持续长久点的话，那么此类货物则不得不通过海路运抵，随着库存量的增加，则有可能增加长期无谓成本。

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Use supply chain practices to drive down parts cost and inventory, making it possible to compete on price and collect your funds before paying vendors.

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Investors mulling retail stocks have well-established metrics to look at, among them inventory turnover (cost of sales divided by inventory), same-store-sales growth (the change in sales for stores open at least one year) and sales per square foot.

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Excluding input cost inflation, inventory units were higher by 52% in the third quarter, well outpacing sales growth.

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