The term "netsales" shall meangross sales lessquantityiscountsand returns, butno deduction shall be made for cashor other iscounts or uncollectible accounts.
If a company's gross margin is falling, that could mean that the company is slashing prices (due to increased competition) or that cost of production is rising and the company can't increase prices to offset it.
Stronger rises in factory output and the construction sector, together with continued falls in unemployment, could mean national income as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) is not shrinking as quickly as first estimated.