Sentence examples for margins erode from inspiring English sources

When sales slow and margins erode, retailers' decisions tend to become more inward looking.

Luxury retailers, after seeing margins erode like Nantucket beachfront, have leaned on designers to cut their prices.

Small- and medium-size independent oil companies that rely on fracking are seeing their profit margins erode, which is hurting stock prices.

While the executives emphasized that the discussions are in the most preliminary stage -- one executive called them talks about talks -- it underscores a sense of urgency among airline operators to seek partners, in the hope of increasing profit in an industry where many companies, particularly in Europe, have seen margins erode.

From disk drive makers to memory chipmakers to modem vendors, every one is seeing their margins erode as PC prices shrink.

But given what Qwest and Level 3 are spending to build smaller packet-switched businesses, he might easily be forced to accelerate spending at the same time that his margins erode.

The more calls they received, the more operators they needed, and the more their margins eroded.

Some Hollywood executives hope that digital downloading can shore up profit margins eroded by the collapse of DVD sales.

Cable and satellite companies make little money on video as it is and do not want to see their margins eroded further, so disputes are becoming more frequent.

Yet banks, faced with margins eroded by deregulated interest rates, responded by lending even more, especially to small and medium-sized companies in the construction and property industries.

"Banks are having the margins eroded and the sector is deeply unloved by the government and the regulators and consequently the sector will continue to come under pressure," said David Buik at BGC Partners.