31.   Good sales in July, usually a big month for clearance sales, mean retailers probably will have to take fewer markdowns to reduce inventories in August.

32.   Good sales in July, usually a big month for clearance sales, mean retailers will likely have to take fewer markdowns to reduce inventories in August.

33.   Grocers used to buy large quantities during the sale and warehouse them, but now they were reducing their inventories.

34.   Gasoline futures rose the American Petroleum Institute said low imports and strong demand from vacationing motorists reduced inventories more than expected last week.

35.   GM, like Ford and Chrysler, has already been forced to cut production and temporarily idle a number of plants to reduce inventories of unsold cars.

36.   Goldman pointed out that the earnings were helped because bottlers had to order more concentrate during the period, after Coke reduced their inventories in the third quarter.

37.   He introduced cost-control measures, renegotiated supply contracts, reduced parts inventories and invested in efficient equipment and technology.

38.   He said that the bloated inventories have been reduced at some major manufacturers, and he expects the inventory problem to be solved by midyear.

39.   Hog prices rose earlier this year on expectations that rising demand from Japan would reduce inventories.

40.   Hochfeld said the company has reduced its inventory and has a strong balance sheet.