Nordstrom, a department-store group, reported a 68% fall in fourth-quarter net profit, thanks to a decline in margins prompted by price cuts.

百货公司集团诺德斯特龙的报告指出，因为降价使利润下降，其第四季度的纯利润下降了百分之六十八。

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U.S. retailers will report declines in profit margins and their stocks will decline.

美国零售商将披露其利润率下降，股价也将下跌。

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U. S. retailers will report declines in profit margins and their stocks will decline.

美国零售商将披露其利润率下降，股价也将下跌。

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Few businesses are flexible and scalable enough to boost profit margins when revenues decline.

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Due to the costs of needed technology transitions this decline in profit margins cannot be sustained.

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The obvious risk here is that profit margins in emerging markets will decline to global average levels as new competition surfaces, says Robert Arnott, chairman of fund manager Research Affiliates.

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