The phrase "a poor market" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a market that is not performing well, either in terms of sales, demand, or overall economic conditions.
Example: "Due to the recent economic downturn, we are currently facing a poor market for our products."
Alternatives: "a weak market" or "a sluggish market".
Analysts blamed investor scepticism and a poor market for European telecommunications shares in general for the weak demand.
Pacific Century CyberWorks, the financially stressed telecommunications company, canceled a planned $1.5 billion bond offering yesterday, citing a poor market.
Shipping concerns continued to suffer from a poor market, with the latest victim being Wah Kwong Shipping.
The collapse in semiconductor prices, which fell by more than 70% in 1996, coincided with a poor market for other South Korean exports, such as steel and chemicals.
Siltronic, a silicon wafer maker that pulled its offering last March because of a poor market, said on Tuesday that it was ready to try again.
About 650 of more than 14,000 brokers left Morgan Stanley last quarter, he said, most quitting because, in such a poor market, they "can't make it work".
Sure, there were bulky handsets, technical glitches and a poor marketing effort, analysts say, but how could they have been this wrong?
And while attacking her own fans might seem like a poor marketing choice, it's important to note one of the values that Rowling holds most dear: freedom of speech.
However, what seemed like a poor marketing decision is precisely what enabled the game to succeed on such a massive scale.
Critics often considered the record as showcasing the potential high quality of remix albums, although some reviewers treated it as disjunct and a poor marketing decision.
But this year they have a patient and efficient lineup, with good starting pitching and a good bullpen; they are, in a sense, a poorer market's version of the Yankees, and they played and ran aggressively tonight, pressuring Pettitte, who allowed seven hits, four walks and five runs in five innings.
