Sentence examples for reduced buying from inspiring English sources

An increasing emphasis on aesthetics over utility has reduced buying new fashion to a purely decadent indulgence.

The expected benefits included improved working capital, an uplift in sales, reduced buying volumes, and a reduction in the backroom inventory at each store.

But most economists expect a scaling back of bond purchases by the end of the year, and a sizeable number expect reduced buying as early as September.

New mortgage lending restrictions have reduced buying power for many Canadians; the total number of sales in the Vancouver area was down 30 percent in 2012, Mr. Fitzpatrick said.

But the steady rise of energy and food prices not only reduced buying power, it shocked Germans into hoarding cash.

Even though the Treasury now explicitly supports Fannie and Freddie, MBS spreads remain wide, owing in part to reduced buying by the companies themselves and by foreign investors, Mr Strand says.Amid falling consumer spending and soaring unemployment there are some hints that policymakers' actions are making a difference.

We need to follow the three Rs and reduce (buy less) reuse (extend the clothing lifespan) and recycle (polish your car with an old T shirt).

Why was Andorra reduced to buying market share?

An MSF doctor was reduced to buying a saw in a market to carry out amputations of gangrenous limbs.

The city teachers' union has been reduced to buying billboards with the plaintive and pathetic cry of "HELP" in block letters.

At one point he is reduced to buying a toy pistol and spray-painting the stock to make it resemble his missing piece.