Sentence examples similar to protected margin from inspiring English sources

He added that a focus on costs and competitiveness protected margins across the majority of the business.

The key question the company still appears unwilling to test is: what would have happened to like for like sales if it sought to protect margin?

Insurers protect margins by micromanaging claims and hiking premiums.

European parcels continue to drive growth with cost cutting and productivity gains helping to protect margins in UK letters.

As such, we believe UK Directory growth will remain challenging for Next as management continues to protect margins.

"The company was alone among the top vendors in growing shipments and market share as its rivals struggled to preserve volume and protect margins," an IDC report stated.

The company has tried to protect margins through tighter inventory controls, and said comparable store inventory levels at the end of the second quarter were lower than a year ago.

Paul Hickman at KBC Peel Hunt said he believed the departures reflected disagreements over "how far to use cost savings to protect margins" in the short term.

Sooner or later, a clothing retailer with M&S's vast acres of floorspace has to shift more goods, rather than merely trying to protect margins via efficiency gains.

Casino is one that has actively developed an online shopping business; Cnova, its online subsidiary, was floated on the stockmarket in 2014.Third, the French chains are moving to support price cuts, while protecting margins, by ganging up on their suppliers.

"H.P. maintained its worldwide lead in PC shipments, but its growth rate was below the industry average as the company tried to protect margins in key regions," Gartner said in a statement.