Sentence examples for commercial decline from inspiring English sources

Several factors contributed to the commercial decline of natural dyes.

Ever since, they seem to have been on a slow but steady artistic and commercial decline.

But in the second half of the twentieth century, "downtown" became a shadow of its former self, succumbing to economic competition and commercial decline.

"Because of shopping malls and strip malls, we experienced the same commercial decline as other communities," said Frank A. Tauches Jr., the village mayor.

The setting is itself a throwback, a battered city that offers the kind of commercial decline; weedy, abandoned neighborhoods; and high homicide rates that plagued New York and Los Angeles 30 years ago.

When the Nabataeans were defeated by the Romans in 106 ce, Petra became part of the Roman province of Arabia but continued to flourish until changing trade routes caused its gradual commercial decline.

Asked when Apple's Christmas season ended, he replied: "Christmas Day". Patricia Graham, Jenifer's mother, said she was told by Sharon Lack, manager of Apple's advertising, sales and promotion group, that the commercial was withdrawn "because people were perceiving Apple as taking a stance on dissection". BBDO, the advertising agency that created the commercial, declined to comment.

As a result, prices for 30-second commercials declined by an average of 15percentto20percentcent from last season, according to an annual survey by the trade publication Advertising Age.

Commercial construction declined for the sixth time in seven months.

Reflecting the weak state of the economy, power usage by commercial customers declined this summer, he said.

Its commercial prosperity declined following fires and plagues in the 17th and 18th centuries.