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14:31 Oct 18, 2011

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French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping

French term or phrase: descendantes

Target UK
For the web site of a company specializing in logistics solutions.

Vou bénéficiez d'outils d'aide à la décision, pour analyser vos performances statistiques et analyses croisées, analyses des marges descendantes pour expliquer une situations, etc.

After asking my client, here's her answer

Marges descendantes (langage comptable) : ce sont les différentes remises appliquées par la grande distribution.

Does anyone know what the term is?

Miranda Joubioux KudoZ activity Questions: 474 (none open) (46 closed without grading) Answers: 616
Local time: 21:12

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

declining (profit margins)

Michel F. Morin

negative margins

xxxBourth

analysing their counting down margins

defri

Discussion entries: 2

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46 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

declining (profit margins)

Explanation:
Bonsoir,

Je crois que cela désigne simplement des marges (de bénéfice) en diminution... Voir par exemple Web.Ref.

Reference: http://www.columbusit.com/citp-hq---wmd/how-we-see-your-indu...

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 21:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 60

1 hr confidence:

analysing their counting down margins

Explanation:

uma sugestão

defri
Local time: 20:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

1 day6 hrs confidence:

negative margins

Explanation:
I guess this will depend where you count your margin from, whether from the cost price (in which case you are immediately into negative-margin territory) or from your normal selling price, i.e. cost price + profit margin, in which case you have to discount back down to cost price before getting into that territory.

www.friends.ca/news-item/1196
14 Feb 2008 – Basically, the loss-leader is the carrot on the stick to help get a consumer in ... These are low- to no-margin or NEGATIVE-MARGIN PRODUCTS ...

dealicacy.com/?p=216
8 Oct 2010 – This approach is referred to as using a “loss leader” strategy. ... the normally acceptable level profitability for the retailer (NEGATIVE MARGIN). ...

www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,9078266
Yes but in a "loss leader" scenario, the idea is that most ... then is there any way they would sell a new product at NEGATIVE MARGIN?

www.realworldtech.com/beta/forums/index.cfm?action...id...
18 Aug 2011 – A "loss leader" >is a product that you *deliberately* sell at NEGATIVE >MARGIN, in order to boost sales of your other positive- >margin ...

www.techdirt.com/articles/20071120/013948.shtml
20 Nov 2007 – WalMart in particular is the master of the zero or NEGATIVE MARGIN loss leader and the large margin upsell. [ reply to this | link to this | view in

xxxBourth
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 483

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