Sentence examples for squeezed profitability from inspiring English sources

Fujitsu and other Japanese electronics makers have been hard hit by squeezed profitability stemming from deflation as well as the burst of the information technology (IT) bubble.

"The use of premium ingredients in inexpensive menu items squeezed profitability at locations that already faced declining sales," the report said.

Especially as crop commodity prices stay low - a multi-year trend USDA predicts will continue - the overwhelming cost of farm inputs has squeezed profitability out of crop production.

But, he said, labor, insurance and property taxes are going up as well, squeezing profitability.

The main shadow on the horizon was a concern that rising import costs would squeeze profitability.

Excess capacity, a worldwide phenomenon today, squeezes profitability, and mergers are a popular means of reducing capacity.

In more detail, Berenberg says: Store estate is squeezing profitability: Next Retail like for like sales have been negative in all but one of the last five years.

Like other big oil companies Total has been under pressure from shareholders to cut costs and raise dividends as rising costs in the industry and weaker oil prices squeeze profitability.

Lower fares may squeeze profitability, but Mr Amaro reckons he can offset that by spreading fixed costs across increased traffic and, next year, introducing two classes on Brazil's domestic routes.Managing such swift expansion will be tricky, especially now that Mr Amaro's profitable base in Congonhas is threatened by rivals.

The oil slump has squeezed profit margins so much among the drillers that many analysts think they will be compelled to join forces to maintain profitability.

This was echoed by the Office for National Statistics yesterday which said that profitability of British businesses hit a record high in the third quarter of last year, despite soaring energy and commodity prices squeezing profit margins.