71.   It cited global economic weakness and the slowdown in manufacturing caused by excess inventories held by businesses as particularly worrisome.

72.   It found itself swamped with excess inventory and forced to offer a new round of expensive incentive programs to shore up sales of its minivans.

73.   Is there excess inventory in one area that could be discounted, or is there a peak demand time when we could charge more?

74.   K-Swiss, known for its tennis shoe lines, also was hurt by a soft retail environment, excess inventory and competition, analysts said.

75.   Last summer, however, truck orders began falling sharply, leaving companies with excess inventory.

76.   Meanwhile, increasing sales of mature whiskies to other blenders indicates that overcapacity is beginning to dissipate and discount whisky makers have eliminated excess inventory.

77.   More recently the economic downturn has left dealers with excess inventory and slowed deliveries.

78.   Merrill already is arranging discounts for business owners on office supplies, and helping them auction off excess inventory over the Internet.

79.   National attributed the shortfall to excess inventory in the distributor channel and slower sales of personal computers and mobile telephones.

80.   Nelson says most manufacturers try to sell excess inventory to distributors or refurbishers before coming to him.