Sentence examples for has hurt demand from inspiring English sources

Gene Hunt, a spokesman for the company, said that Beacon was a victim of the recession, which has hurt demand for electricity among industries.

Europe has been a particular problem for Groupon, partly because the sovereign debt crisis there has hurt demand for higher-price deals.

A slow economy has hurt demand for vision-correction surgery, and sales and profit are expected to decline the rest of this year, Visx said.

The chief executive, Tony Hayward, is continuing with a cost-cutting plan to streamline operations because the global downturn has hurt demand.

That has been difficult in recent years: the stock market slump has caused mergers and acquisitions to dry up and has hurt demand for new stock offerings.

Several Indian outsourcing companies have made a point of boosting local hiring at American facilities.This is partly the result of the recession, which has hurt demand for all types of workers.

The euro zone crisis, and the government budget-tightening measures prescribed to combat it, have hurt demand.

A surge in the euro over the last year had hurt demand for European exports, contributing to the slowdown in growth.

Manufacturing shrank for a fifth consecutive month in the Philadelphia region, a sign that weaker global growth had hurt demand for American-made goods.

The slowdown in the economy and the plunge in the fortunes of dot-com companies have hurt demand for advertising in the last few months.

The recalls have received heavy coverage in the Chinese media and have hurt demand for all Japanese car brands, not just Toyota, said Tong Shiping, the chief executive and founder of China Auto Logistics, a Chinese online retailing and finance company based in Tianjin.