squeeze margin

Frequency: 6.05.0 per million words

To reduce profit margins, often due to external pressure.

Categories:

Examples (10)

  • Increased competition is forcing companies to squeeze their margins.
  • Small businesses often struggle as rising costs squeeze their margins.
  • The new market conditions will inevitably squeeze profit margins across the industry.
  • Retailers are finding it harder to maintain profitability as suppliers squeeze their margins.
  • Aggressive pricing strategies by rivals can severely squeeze a company's margins.
  • Despite record sales, the firm had to squeeze its margins to remain competitive.
  • Manufacturers are under pressure to squeeze margins due to raw material price hikes.
  • The economic downturn is expected to further squeeze operating margins for many sectors.
  • To attract new customers, some service providers might squeeze their initial margins.
  • Constant pressure from large buyers can squeeze a vendor's margins to unsustainable levels.