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The spike in gasoline's price has caused many customers to cut back, and that, coupled with increased fees of credit card companies, has "put an increasing number of retailers on the brink of bankruptcy," says the National Association of Convenience Stores, which represents convenience and petroleum retailers in the United States.

As it builds these sites, Unilever has put an increasing emphasis on gathering customers' names so it can sell them other products.

"We'll be dealing with an inventory shortage for some time to come, and that's going to put an increasing pressure on prices," she said.

As the book goes on, in step with Tolstoy's increasing religiosity and his disenchantment with the project, he does put an increasing and sometimes oppressive emphasis on women's role as mothers.

As music director, Salonen was Borda's great partner in L.A., but since his departure, in 2009, he has put an increasing emphasis on composing, the circumstances of which he explained recently to Alex Ross.

Forced by high prices to stay put, an increasing number of co-op and condominium owners are trying to lay claim to any unused space near their apartments, bargaining with their boards to buy (or lease) broom closets, hallways, disused laundry rooms, even the space that metal storage bins took up.

The move was part of Mr. Capellas's strategy, laid out last year, to put an increased focus on servers, storage and services to capture new growth as PC sales cool.

Occupations in customer service, however, are expected to add about 399,500 by 2018 "as businesses put an increased emphasis on building customer relationships," according to the bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook.

At sanofi-aventis, Schmidt says, "A background in biostatistics is valuable, and we have put an increased emphasis on rigorous statistical analysis of even early pharmacological data".

In recent years, high-profile sexual harassment lawsuits and diversity reports have put an increased spotlight on the dismal numbers of women working in tech roles at Silicon Valley firms.

Musical.ly, an app best known for its lip-syncing music videos, but which has more recently begun to air shows from Viacom, NBCU and Hearst, is today rolling out an overhaul of its mobile app that will put an increased emphasis on personalization and recommendations.