Sentence examples for undermining margins from inspiring English sources

Promotional sales were a "useful tactic" to win back shoppers, but at the expense of undermining margins and eroding profitability.

The Chinese export lobby, which is connected with the Chinese state through state-controlled corporations, is likely to resist any measures that could undermine its profit margins, whether a stronger currency or higher wages for workers.

The lack of formal responsibility, limited priority, and slim staffing margins undermined efforts to spread referral tasks across non-physician staff.

Correspondingly, traumatic handling of tissues combined with avoidance of tight closures and undue tension on wound margins by carefully undermining and loosening the surrounding tissue contribute to a better result.

In addition, power generating firms curbed their output levels because rising coal prices undermined their operating margin.

He did not name any MPs but told the newspaper that "noises off at the margins" of the Tory party were undermining investors' confidence.

So he ordered an immediate halt to the upgrades, which undercut profit margins and undermined the Haven's main selling point, exclusivity.

"All Black Friday is likely to do is bring forward business from December, reduce gross margins and undermine consumer's willingness to pay full-price again before Christmas," said retail analyst Nick Bubb.

They warned that uncertainty surrounding the Brexit vote and the UK's tariff-free access to European Union markets was undermining confidence, while sterling's rapid depreciation had pushed up import costs and squeezed profit margins.

But the thin margin of victory could complicate the task of governing for Mr. Maduro, emboldening the political opposition and possibly undermining Mr. Maduro's stature within Mr. Chávez's movement.

Inequality is undermining social cohesion.