The imposition of excise tax on these unbranded players will cut into their already razor-thin margins.
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For Yodobashi, that has meant moving heavily into electronics retailing, a business with razor-thin margins.
And margins on infrastructure are higher than the razor-thin margins on e-commerce.
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Mr. Obama won Florida by a razor-thin 74, 309 votes (0.9% of the total), yet Democratic Sen.
The challenge is already clear: survive on razor-thin margins, or find some way to add value.
Now, when customers see our razor-thin OLED TV for the first time, they're left speechless.
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That translates to a razor-thin 4.5% net margin- but also marks an industry-leading 30% return on equity.
For institutions whose margins are often razor-thin, three percent could be the difference between success and failure.
Promising razor-thin margins on his hardware, Alagem said he plans to sell the systems alongside Net services.
After weeks of debate, the state House restored the death penalty by a razor-thin margin: two votes.
But ultimately, this kind of deflation leads to razor-thin profit margins, fewer jobs and a wave of bankruptcies.
Investors had mostly priced in a razor-thin victory margin for the ruling coalition.
But in the event of a razor-thin finish, or a 269-vote tie, every elector will suddenly wield great power.
They do this by selling at razor-thin margins and betting on volume to eventually take them into the black.
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Over time, this will help the lending side of the ledger, which has been squeezed by razor-thin interest margins.
But it is bad news for an industry already coping with razor-thin margins.
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With its leap into low-cost smartphones, Nokia is continuing its push in fast-growing emerging markets, despite fierce competition and razor-thin margins.
On the biggest stage, the U.S., the celebrated red and blue divide has led to two razor-thin presidential margins--again, no defining pattern.
That strangled growth opportunities and exacerbated the normal cash flow issues for the country's coastal manufacturers already operating on razor-thin margins.
Amazon is thought to be a ruthless negotiator, squeezing its partners for more efficiency and to help maintain its razor-thin profit margin.
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It mirrors the election four years ago in which Akufo-Addo lost to John Atta Mills with a razor-thin margin after a runoff.
Al Gore narrowly won the popular vote, but George W. Bush took the prize with a razor-thin margin in the Electoral College.
Democrats already have a razor-thin majority--51 (including two Independents) to 49 Republicans.
The profit margin for an underwriter arranging a municipal bond issue is razor-thin, about a quarter of a percent, according to Thomson Financial.
With its leap into low-cost smartphones, Nokia is continuing its push to grow in fast-growing emerging markets despite fierce competition and razor-thin margins.
Wal-Mart also faced well-established rivals in Germany, like Metro, and hard discounters such as Aldi and Lidl, already comfortable with razor-thin profit margins.
In principle, these razor-thin profit margins should, for example, mean that firms have no money left over to spend on advertising their businesses.
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At the same time, Apple pushes its suppliers to manufacture huge volumes with little notice at very low costs and razor-thin profit margins.
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If Saudi Arabia has to increase its production to cover Iran's oil, it would leave a razor-thin margin to cover for any other disruptions.
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