Yup. The place I work is no different. Hammered on sales for a couple of years now. Sales volume is way down, competition is more fierce than ever. Cut costs everywhere we can (including personnel unfortunately) and go to our suppliers telling them the same thing - drop your prices or we will have to go elsewhere which does't always work. It's nasty out there today for sure, and there will certainly be more casualties. I think we may only be starting to see the full effects of this slowdown.
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