Sentence examples for margins were squeezed from inspiring English sources

However, the "intensively competitive pricing environment" meant profit margins were squeezed.

But once competitors, including Japanese and European firms, piled in, margins were squeezed.

Profit margins were squeezed by stiffer competition, notably from Samsung, though sales of iPads and iPhones smashed expectations.

In their latest set of results, both Wells Fargo and JPMorgan's reported margins were squeezed further from levels that were already slim by historical standards.

Margins were squeezed as manufacturing costs slipped out of line in comparison with Sony's and Panasonic's, and market share started falling even in the company's northern European heartland, where Sony was rapidly taking over the leading position.

The chain's margins were squeezed, partly because it was forced to make good on its pledge that it is "never knowingly undersold" and cut prices when rivals ran promotions.

What happens to the suppliers whose profit margins are squeezed by Walmart or Amazon?

As revenues slow and margins are squeezed, management naturally switches focus.

"Unite recognises that Bernard Matthews is in a very competitive marketplace, with profit margins being squeezed," said the regional officer Steve Harley.

Whilst recent performance has improved, it has seen a decline in like for like sales across its store portfolio as well as its operating margins being squeezed.

Assuming the company can revive GE Capital, there might be a case for hanging on to that business even if its margins are squeezed.