The high cost of shipping has eaten into its margins.
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Those prior production cuts have already eaten into economic growth.
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Global trade fights have eaten into FedEx's vital international shipping business.
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Amazon has already eaten into sales of these items, called front-store products.
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He says he also lost business contacts and it's eaten into his commission.
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That has eaten into the period when U.S. supply has typically dominated markets.
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But the row over revenue sharing has eaten into the oil companies' tight timelines.
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Farmers have been hurt by falling crop prices and that has eaten into machinery budgets.
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Marijuana reform in the United States has already eaten into the business of Mexican cartels.
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At ControlTek, tariffs have eaten into profit margins, although business as a whole hasn't suffered.
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A jump in fuel costs has eaten into the bottom lines at all airlines this year.
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Lilly's patient affordability programs have also eaten into revenue, Chief Financial Officer Joshua Smiley told Reuters.
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But polls over the past week show the opposition Labour Party has eaten into her lead.
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Bank shareholders clearly believe that Dodd-Frank has eaten into profits, and they don't like it.
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Foreign exchange fluctuations and rising commodity and transportation costs have recently eaten into profits across the industry.
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At the company, which declined to be named, legal fees and expenses had eaten into operating revenue.
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Port workers are seeking a 32 percent wage increase as inflation has eaten into consumer buying power.
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In China, the world's largest EV market, a cut in subsidies this year has eaten into sales.
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But it has been running a dizzying array of promotions, which have eaten into its operating margins.
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Amazon's Kindle tablets and rich reading content have also eaten into demand for Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader.
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Slowing economic conditions have eaten into demand growth, overshadowing ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, Kilduff said.
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Corruption allegations have tainted his entourage, reforms have been fitful and price rises have eaten into living standards.
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Despite that, according to the CNN poll, she has not broadened her coalition or eaten into Biden's support.
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Some recent large expenses have eaten into Airbnb's once-profitable bottom line including safety, tech, marketing, and acquisitions.
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Alternative for Germany has steadily eaten into the market share of Ms. Merkel's mainstream, conservative Christian Democratic Union.
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That competition has also eaten into market share previously held by traditional high street travel agents like Flight Centre.
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However, the turnaround has been bumpy, and the rise has also eaten into margins by pushing up ingredient costs.
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In addition, the existing supply of entry-level homes was eaten into significantly by investors during the housing crisis.
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However, Bumble has eaten into Tinder's territory with its quickly growing dating app that claims over 26 million users.
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Procter & Gamble on Tuesday acknowledged that discounting aimed at boosting its Gillette razor business had eaten into its sales.
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One of those forces is surging supplies of cheap, cleaner-burning natural gas, which has eaten into coal's market share.
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The video game and electronics company has struggled as competition from Amazon and digital gaming have eaten into its sales.
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O have nosedived as thin margins and competition have eaten into their profits despite the popularity of precious puppy food.
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Gas, wind and solar power have eaten into coal and nuclear's share of U.S. electric power generation in recent years.
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The tense trade war with China has eaten into economic growth and begun dragging at both business and consumer confidence.
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The move to lower-cost stores, and lower prices over all through promotions, has eaten into department stores' bottom lines.
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Despite the results, Samsung did caution that high component prices had eaten into some of the profit from its mobile business.
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That growth has required heavy investments online, however, which have eaten into profits and overshadowed otherwise upbeat results in recent quarters.
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What is more, the promotions Chipotle's competitors have been running to attract its turned-off customers have eaten into profit margins.
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The healthcare struggles have already eaten into their time, while there are only 65 legislative days scheduled after the August recess.
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That has already been a big issue for Wall Street, as index funds have eaten into the share of actively managed funds.
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"The high fees have eaten into returns, which is a concern when it's generally a lower-return environment," said Charlson of Morningstar.
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Wal-Mart has struggled in the U.K., as food deflation and a hyper-competitive low-price environment have eaten into its revenue.
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These measures appeared to have little effect at first, but now that strong demand has eaten into those reserves, prices are rising.
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A July 2015 survey by consulting firm Kantar Retail showed the extent to which Amazon had eaten into Wal-Mart's customer base.
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They have also reduced spending on seeds, pesticides and fertilizer, which has eaten into sales at agribusiness giants, including Monsanto and DuPont.
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The worldwide grounding has eaten into the profits of airlines with the 737 Max in their fleets and curbed their growth plans.
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But low interest rates and competition from a host of so-called "alternative providers" such as pension funds has eaten into their profits.
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The kingdom also wants to boost local entertainment and attract foreign visitors, though subsidy cuts and new taxes have eaten into household budgets.
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And the former vice president has eaten into Sanders's support among rural voters and white people who do not have a college education.
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They point to the fact that OPEC's output cuts have eaten into Aramco's market share in Asia, the world's biggest oil-consuming region.
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HSBC's shares have fallen by nearly a third in the last 5 years, as restructuring costs and dwindling trading revenues have eaten into profits.
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But it's got to annoy Starbucks, as Luckin has eaten into its market share by offering deep discounts that Blackrock's investment will only perpetuate.
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That has eaten into sales of the big six agrochemical and seed companies that are now looking to bolster profits through mergers and partnerships.
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Since 2006, Morgan Stanley's capital has grown from $35bn to $77bn and it has slashed its debt: that has eaten into returns on equity.
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The common view on coal is that the U.S. natural gas boom has eaten into coal's once dominant share of the nation's power generation.
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Apple is one example of a technology giant that has eaten into the domain of other industries, such as games, music, photography and media.
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With 109.3 million subscribers globally, Netflix has become a massive force in the entertainment industry and eaten into the legacy television and cable businesses.
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Tasks that once upon a time could've eaten into our day are now complete in a flash, and all streamlined by our mobile devices.
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Less apparent is that the rise of Pete Buttigieg has also eaten into her base of highly educated middle- and upper-middle-class voters.
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That is premature, but there are signs that Warren has eaten into Sanders's young progressive base and cut his candidacy off at the knees.
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An accelerating decline in Sydney and Melbourne home prices has eaten into consumer wealth at a time when they hold record levels of mortgage debt.
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A fall in oil prices has eaten into the foreign reserves of Nigeria, which relies on crude sales for around 70 percent of national income.
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Growth has hovered around 5 percent, owing to strong cotton and gold output, but population growth at over 3 percent has eaten into those gains.
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An escalating decline in Sydney and Melbourne home prices has eaten into consumer wealth at a time when they hold record levels of mortgage debt.
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He has earmarked 500 million euros to help poorer citizens buy less-polluting vehicles, seeking to answer criticism that his reforms have eaten into household spending.
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The kingdom also wants to boost local entertainment and attract foreign visitors, at a time when subsidy cuts and new taxes have eaten into household budgets.
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But the drought in Argentina has eaten into the supply glut, while tit-for-tat tariffs have disrupted global grain flows, giving merchants space to profit.
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Dollar stores have eaten into the market shares of their big-box rivals in recent years, helped by aggressive expansion, improving product assortment and low prices.
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The effort to go from rivals to siblings is part of a bid to adjust to shifts in shopping habits that have eaten into their businesses.
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Amazon has eaten into the profits of traditional retailers for years, and has given every indication that it only intends to grow, including deeper into their business.
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He had risen in national polls, eaten into the former vice president's lead with black voters and frozen donors who were reluctant to rescue a faltering campaign.
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The urban sprawl has eaten into rural areas and forests on the city's outskirts, invading leopards' natural habitats and forcing them to become accidental or unwanted intruders.
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The transaction would expand the size of Virtu Financial's business as low trading volatility and increasing costs have eaten into profits at market-making and trading firms.
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Interactive Brokers said last September it would roll out a zero-commission trading offering for US stocks and ETFs, a move that's eaten into the firm's revenue.
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The success of Under Armour's basketball shoes endorsed by NBA star Stephen Curry have eaten into demand for Nike's, endorsed by Michael Jordan and LeBron James among others.
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A decline in Sydney and Melbourne home prices has eaten into consumer wealth at a time when the household debt to income ratio is at a record high.
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Cuts to electricity and petrol subsidies and a rise in VAT have eaten into household budgets and many are making savings by switching from luxury to budget goods.
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The company has suffered as off-price competitors, including TJX Companies Inc, the parent company of T.J. Maxx, and shoe warehouse DSW Inc, have eaten into its business.
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It would also help differentiate Rakuten's services as it seeks to ward off increased competition from Amazon and Yahoo Japan Corp which has eaten into its market share.
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He said years of ultra-loose BOJ monetary policy had eaten into domestic banks' margins, forcing them to take on more risk by investing overseas and in equities.
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While Japan pioneered the semiconductor industry, other Asian countries have eaten into its market share even as Sony has "held its own," Loeb told investors in the letter.
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For nearly a decade, power shortages have hobbled the country's economy and eaten into Aziz's profits, preventing him from hiring more staff or expanding his family-owned business.
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Profit-taking before the turn of the decade had eaten into the indexes' gains earlier this week, and Halley said more pertinent trading would only begin from Monday.
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The mood has been somber, so far, as turmoil in the markets has eaten into fourth-quarter revenue and several banks have taken charges for litigation and conduct issues.
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Meanwhile, Interactive Brokers and its competitors are under pressure to keep costs low, especially against ultra-low US interest rates that have already eaten into their their bottom lines.
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In the four months I've had this latest model, the iPad Pro has eaten into the time I spend on my phone and my old-school laptop and desktop.
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Surging online sales have eaten into the business of brick-and-mortar retailers, which get as much as 20.16 percent of their annual sales during the holiday shopping season.
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In Swatch's case, the move appears to be an attempt to stem the course of the past decade as cell phones and smartwatches have eaten into the company's budget offerings.
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Fuel costs account for a major portion of airlines' expenses, and rising oil prices over the past year have eaten into industry profits, sending airlines scrambling to mitigate the impact.
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Duerr, which produces woodworking equipment and paint systems for the auto industry, said lower payment receipts from the auto sector had eaten into its free cashflow in the first half.
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That has eaten into both Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative opposition leader Andrew Scheer's support in the province, which is a key battleground in a very tight race.
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Overcapacity has eaten into the margins of major coal-fired power producers, especially as regions come under pressure to meet state requirements to raise the share of renewable energy sources.
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A pick-me-up is badly needed as years of sub-par wage growth has pinched household incomes, while a long downturn in home prices have eaten into consumer wealth.
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Brown, a Midwestern economic populist, would have eaten into Trump's working-class support -- a loss Trump could not offset by gaining ground among, say, people of color, or younger voters.
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But it is telling of the decades of slow rot that have eaten into France's political establishment that virtually no one in line to replace Mr. Fillon is untainted, either.
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Like other Canadian media companies, Rogers has lost viewers to international players like Netflix Inc, which have eaten into the viewership of traditional linear TV with on-demand video delivered online.
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The acquisition came after Amazon had already eaten into sales of household items like paper towels and shampoo, which consumers traditionally bought in local retail stores, often while picking up a prescription.
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The company's results come against a backdrop of slumping generic drug prices that have eaten into the profits of generic drugmakers such as Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, and amid reports that Amazon.
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Canada's Bombardier has approached the French train maker and Japanese conglomerate Hitachi to find a merger partner for its rail business as it struggles to contain costs that have eaten into margins.
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A plunge in oil prices has eaten into the foreign reserves of Africa's biggest economy, forcing the central bank to introduce currency controls, which has frustrated businesses and caused the economy to contract.
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Clinton is far ahead in the delegate race and is the favorite in national polling, but Sanders won three Western states this weekend by wide margins and has eaten into her delegate lead.
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While Fitbit grew rapidly in the hardware market in its early days, the company's stock price has plunged more than 50% in the past year as competition has eaten into its core business.
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A surge in crude prices this year has eaten into refinery margins, which has hit PKN, while MOL's much bigger upstream business means it is helped by the higher crude prices, analysts said.
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Britain's economy has slowed over the past 18 months, in part because a pick-up in inflation driven by 2016's vote to leave the European Union has eaten into consumers' disposable income.
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Low interest rates and increasing competition from startup banks have eaten into profits for many of Britain's banks, prompting them to cut costs and RBS Chief Executive Ross McEwan has cut thousands of jobs.
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Low interest rates and increasing competition from startup banks have eaten into profits for many of Britain's banks, prompting them to cut costs and RBS Chief Executive Ross McEwan has slashed thousands of jobs.
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In the recent past, investors who spent money on options positions to protect against stock swings have seen their hedges go unutilized even as the cost of buying protection has eaten into return on investments.
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Competition has eaten into LATAM's margins, prompting the airline to announce it had renegotiated commitments for future aircraft purchases, achieving a reduction of $2.3 billion in fleet expenses through 2021, according to a securities filing.
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Low interest rates and increasing competition from start-up banks have eaten into profits at many of Britain's banks, prompting them to cut costs and RBS Chief Executive Ross McEwan has cut thousands of jobs.
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"They have stiff competition in the market, Black Sea suppliers have already eaten into Australia's market share," said a Singapore-based trader, declining to be identified as he was not authorized to speak with media.
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Since the end of the Cold War, European governments have slashed military spending as they struggle to finance welfare states, while the lack of an existential threat to the West has eaten into military readiness.
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Corey Hubbard, vice-president of Tampa Bay Passenger Vessel Association, said illegal operators have bruised the image of licensed commercial charter boaters—and eaten into their business—by offering customers snazzier vessels at lowball prices.
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"I think she was really effective at being able to leverage her influence with insiders in the party to keep other people out of the race" who would have eaten into her vote, he said.
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Optimism this month that U.S. growth is improving, and an increase in risk appetite after the United States and China agreed to the first phase of a trade deal, however, has eaten into the year's returns.
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This is good news for Slack, which has taken a hit lately as competitors — particularly Microsoft's Teams, which comes essentially free for those who already have the ubiquitous Office Suite — have eaten into its market share.
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There's also been plenty of talk that the move by players, most notably San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, to kneel during the national anthem as a form of protest, also has eaten into the NFL's popularity.
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HONG KONG, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Macau casino SJM Holdings Ltd posted a 5.6 percent fall in full-year net profit on Tuesday, as increasing competition in the world's largest gambling hub has eaten into its market share.
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Poverty levels among Syrian refugees have increased sharply since the start of Syria's civil war in 2011, as rental charges, rising food costs and spending on healthcare and heating have eaten into the savings of refugee families.
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A sharp fall in the value of sterling since last year's Brexit vote, combined with below-inflation pay increases, has eaten into household budgets in Britain, forcing shoppers to tighten their belts and become more price-conscious.
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LONDON/MONTREAL/PARIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Bombardier has approached France's Alstom and Japan's Hitachi to find a merger partner for its rail business as it struggles to contain costs that have eaten into margins, sources told Reuters.
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The rapid growth of online grocers such as Alibaba Group Holding's Freshippo and JD.com has eaten into the market share of foreign retailers in China, where consumers have come to expect same-day delivery and competitive prices.
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The Socialists governed Spain from 2004 to 2011 but the new political forces that have emerged since the country's financial crisis have eaten into their support base and Sanchez notched their worst ever national election result in June.
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Rising inflation has eaten into British consumers' disposable income this year, causing the weakest first quarter for retail sales since 2010, as the fall in the pound after last year's Brexit vote pushed up the cost of imports.
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Though numbers are small, Filipino authorities say arrivals from China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan are the most numerous, escaping economies that have eaten into their retirement savings and now offer little opportunity to top up those pension pots.
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On the high end of the spectrum, convertible touchscreen Windows 10 devices have eaten into tablet market share, while Chromebook sales have begun to dominate the education market that tablet makers once saw as a key use case.
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The first two vote this month, and Florida's Latino voters have been resistant to Sanders; at the same time, hundreds of delegates are about to be selected in whiter states where Biden has eaten into Sanders's 2016 vote.
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In news, miner and trader Glencore reported an 18 percent increase in core profits for 2016 on Thursday and said the company had never been so well positioned, although an ill-timed coal hedge had eaten into energy profits.
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ONLINE GROCERS The rapid growth of online grocers such as Alibaba Group Holding's Freshippo and JD.com has eaten into the market share of foreign retailers in China, where consumers have come to expect same-day delivery and competitive prices.
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The unwinding of a once-in-a-century bonanza in mining investment has taken a chunk out of growth in recent years, while a slump in commodity prices has eaten into export earnings, company profits, wages and tax revenues.
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BBVA's results were also hit by a one-off charge of 400 million euros related to disputed mortgage clauses which have eaten into Spanish banks' profits after Europe's top court overturned a Spanish ruling in December that capped liabilities.
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Rising inflation has eaten into British consumers' disposable income this year, causing the weakest first quarter for retail sales since 2010, as the fall in the pound after last year's Brexit vote pushed up the cost of the imports.
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The iPhone 8 has already been on the market for a month at this point, and has likely eaten into potential sales a bit, as the company has hammered out of the aforementioned production issues with the higher end device.
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Optimism this month that the growth picture in the United States is improving, and an increase in risk appetite after the United States and China agreed to the first phase of a trade deal, however, has eaten into the years returns.
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Azimo, one of the leaders of the new breed of online brokers who have eaten into banks' dominance of consumer currency markets over the past three years, said it would make an unprecedented move to halt operations from 6 a.m.
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This emphasis on ''culture fit'' isn't unique to Google; it seems to have spread across industries as work hours have lengthened and eaten into our leisure time, and as offices, especially in the valley, have further blurred the distinction between work and leisure.
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HONG KONG, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Macau casino SJM Holdings posted a 39 percent fall in its first-half net profit on Monday, hit by weak gambling sentiment and rising competition in the world's biggest casino hub which has eaten into its market share.
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A few weeks ago Guthrie released a kids' book, Princesses Wear Pants, extolling girls (and boys) to pay as much attention to the inside as the outside, which has resulted in numerous promotional shoots and appearances that have eaten into her family time.
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While banks remain the main source of funding for India's companies, the stubborn bad debt problem has eaten into bank profits and choked off new lending, especially to smaller firms, at a time when an economy that depends on them is stalling.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The drop in sterling and some weakening in demand following the vote to leave the European Union have eaten into the earnings of foreign firms operating in Britain, companies have been saying as they reveal their third quarter results this month.
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A glut of cheap handsets have eaten into the company's market share on the low-end, and things don't seem much better on the flagship side where a handful of big players like Apple and Samsung have a tight lock on things.
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Ultra-low or negative ECB rates since the start of the financial crisis have eaten into banks' margins and led them to take on more risk for smaller returns, raising concerns about how the sector might cope once monetary policy is tightened.
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Todd Penegor, the chief executive of Wendy's, said in an interview on Friday that while health care and rent costs have eaten into consumers' budgets, his company added stores in 2016 for the first time in years after previously scaling back stores.
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While low oil prices have eaten into some clients' defense budgets, tensions in the South China Sea, Russia's intervention in Syria and particularly the policies being pushed by U.S President Trump have been a boon for the defense sector, said Elbit Chief Executive Bezhalel Machlis.
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By the end of 2014 the court had already "eaten into the backlog without the addition of a single additional judge," one long-serving judge of the General Court, Franklin Dehousse, wrote in a critical report published in April by Egmont, a research organization.
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Only 3% of canned peaches and 5% of currants can be "wormy" (definition: infested with or eaten into by worms.)When it comes to spinach, US producers are allowed two spinach worms (caterpillars) which are longer than 12 millimetres per 24 pounds of the plant.Mould
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Regional parties — in some cases offshoots of the Congress — have eaten into its old base and are worried about the B.J.P.'s monopolistic intent, but are also threatened by the Congress party's resurgence, which has complicated formation of electoral alliances in certain key states.
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On the supply side, a wildfire in the Canadian province of Alberta has taken more than 2000 million bpd of capacity offline in May, but the IEA noted outages in Nigeria, Libya, Venezuela and Kuwait, plus falling U.S. shale output, have also eaten into global output.
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Some of them were just terrific pots and then another group of them had a glaze which gave the appearance that it had eaten into the clay, deconstructed the clay, which seemed really quite wrong; but those pots were art and the other pots were just pots.
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But like all publishing houses, FSG, which is owned by Macmillan, has struggled to adapt to seismic changes in the industry, with the rise of e-books and online retail, and a shifting cultural landscape where social media has eaten into our collective reading habits and attention spans.
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Samsung's second attempt at a folding phone after a delayed rollout last year comes as the South Korean firm fends off its traditional rival in the premium smartphone market, Apple Inc , along with ascendant Chinese makers such as Huawei that have eaten into its sales in China and Europe.
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OPEC pumps, rivals stall On the supply side, a wildfire in the Canadian province of Alberta has taken more than 22 million bpd of capacity offline in May, but the IEA noted outages in Nigeria, Libya, Venezuela and Kuwait, plus falling U.S. shale output, have also eaten into global output.
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Last year, he withdrew from the nascent Trans-Pacific Partnership, challenged the authority of the World Trade Organization, and insisted on rewriting the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada — a pact that has helped lift American farmers' fortunes at a time when low prices have eaten into their incomes.
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One is the desire among consumers to move away from the basic product pitch while they consume content; the second is the rise of digital music platforms that have eaten into revenues at labels; and the third is the proliferation of publishing tools that have created incredible opportunities to make and distribute music, but have completely overwhelmed fans.
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