Sentence examples for robust sector from inspiring English sources
Whatever the reason, historical biographies remain a robust sector of the book market.
E-commerce was the most robust sector, increasing 18.7percentthe thirdhird consecutive month of double-digit growth — because of strong sales of small, low-price goods.
The label, launched in 1991 by Johnnie Boden, a former banker, belongs to a robust sector of British retail dubbed "messy-posh".
But perhaps the most robust sector is the youth-friendly "fashion watch" category: watches licensed by labels like Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss and Lacoste.
Trophy hunting is a robust sector of the nation's economy, bringing in $75 million annual revenues.
The meeting noted that "even where robust sector plans and budgets existed, donors were reluctant to align with these plans or to provide flexible resources for implementation.
Other, more robust sectors in the recovery, like health care, tend to employ more women.
Many utilities, said Amory B. Lovins, an expert on energy efficiency, are "unexpectedly finding patterns of declining demand in previously robust sectors that they think may represent a basic change in previous trends".
As Michael Niemira, at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in New York, puts it: "The industry went into Christmas with dismal expectations, and even that was too optimistic .The breadth of the retail downturn is the biggest surprise it includes traditionally robust sectors such as pharmacy and food.
Beyond the PC channel there are signs that even otherwise robust sectors like networking may be slowing down.
Since demand for labor has shifted from previously robust sectors to new, or newly relevant, sectors, the unemployed must first be re-trained before they can compete for open positions, further delaying recovery.
