Sentence examples for because of sluggish demand from inspiring English sources

Benetton has been trying to revamp its unprofitable sporting-goods division for at least two years, and it has cut its full-year 2002 profit forecast because of sluggish demand for the products.

Profit for the year will be at the lower end of analysts' estimates, which range from 92 cents to $1.05 a share, because of sluggish demand for its Eddie Bauer clothes, the company said in a statement.

Furniture Brands International, the maker of the Broyhill, Lane and Thomasville lines, said yesterday that it would lay off 425 workers and close a plant in Thomasville, N.C., because of sluggish demand.

When Focus on the Family disclosed that it had become a Super Bowl sponsor, there was speculation that CBS sold the organization the spot because of sluggish demand from traditional advertisers after Super Bowl mainstays like FedEx and Pepsi-Cola decided not to buy commercials.

Sales more than doubled last year, to $81 million, but because of sluggish demand, Trek's first-half 2001 sales were running at an annualized rate of only $60 million (one reason Trek didn't make it back on our Best Small Companies list for 2001).

Ingram Micro is shifting its strategy as it recovers from several quarters of sluggish demand.

Reports of sluggish demand and company morale had been trickling out for months now.

It's a lift that storage hardware and software companies badly needed after a rough few years of sluggish demand.

Fourth-quarter revenue increased 9.2percentthethe smallest quarterly gain in seven years, because of sluggish holiday demand.

[C2.] Delta Doubles Its Projected Loss Delta Air Lines said it expected to lose about $350 million in the third quarter, nearly twice as much as previously expected, because of sluggish revenue and demand.

But with the prospect of a sluggish demand for air travel, the strategy showed its limits.