Sentence examples for step up expansion from inspiring English sources

New Look has revealed plans to step up expansion in China, Russia, Poland and Germany despite "challenging trading" at home.

Peugeot hopes the deal will help it step up expansion in lucrative new markets as Europe's car market struggles.

Luxury chocolatier Hotel Chocolat is planning a flotation valuing the company at £150m to raise funds to step up expansion in the UK and online, and develop its manufacturing plant in Oxfordshire.

The firm's chief executive, Adam Fowle, has outlined plans to step up expansion of six food-led brands – Vintage Inns, Harvester, Crown Carveries, Sizzling Pub Company, Toby Carvery and Premium Country Dining.

Alternatively, easyJet has stepped up expansion at the wrong moment.

Scottish and Newcastle is making its first foray into China, where Anheuser-Busch, SABMiller and Interbrew are stepping up expansion.

While larger rivals such as Tesco and Morrisons are putting the brakes on physical store expansion, Waitrose is stepping up expansion.

Similarly, when Bertelsmann had bought so many German companies that the anti-competition authorities were calling a halt, he stepped up expansion abroad.

Parker said it would step up overseas expansion with more store openings in new and existing markets.

Companies will step up hiring and expansion, but only slowly and with caution.

The owners of Gatwick have launched a campaign to step up their case for expansion.