41. Schillinger said the stores will be re-named, and change their product mix to include more fresh food, which offers higher margins than other groceries. 42. She said Osicom will achieve higher gross margins at the unit by making more efficient use of its assets. 43. That arrangement should mean more profit for both diamond suppliers and jewelry retailers, Gassman said, because branded products usually carry higher margins. 44. That was a much higher margin of victory than most professional American and Mexican pollsters believed Fox would win by, if at all. 45. That has kept the banks independent and led to higher margins than at other Italian banks, analyst say. 46. The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers says it expects these new ecologically-sound products to encourage consumers to step-up to pricier products, fetching higher margins for manufacturers. 47. The bank credited an expanded loan portfolio and higher margins. 48. The company aimed to enter the higher margin business of selling petroleum products directly to industrial customers and is building a depot in Shantou to this end. 49. The company plans to maintain its focus on replacement tires, which offer higher margins than the less expensive tires sold directly to automobile and truck manufacturers. 50. The company was confident it would be able to replace contributions from lower margin products -- including the traditional telephone services -- with higher margin products, he said. |