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The discounter last week said it would forgo gross-margin growth this year to keep retail prices low in the face of higher commodity costs.

Will Dollar General Lead Retailers Into Battle? John Jannarone 2011

Advanced Micro Devices was the S&P 500's weakest stock, falling 14% after cutting revenue and gross-margin estimates for the third quarter.

Dow Finishes Up After a Wild Ride Brendan Conway 2011

"Make no mistake about it, our entire company continues to be focused on gross-margin improvements," Mr. Chambers said.

Cisco Profit Declines 8%; Sales Show Improvement Ben Worthen 2011

The discounter last week said it would forgo gross-margin growth this year to keep retail prices low in the face of higher commodity costs.

Will Dollar General Lead Retailers Into Battle? John Jannarone 2011

Janney Capital Markets, which reiterated its buy rating on RadioShack's stock Monday, said in a note that one of the key culprits in the gross-margin decline was the shift within wireless to lower-margin iPhones.

RadioShack Earnings Rise 23% on Higher Sales Caitlin Nish 2010

The chip giant lowered its third-quarter revenue and gross-margin targets as weaker-than-expected consumer demand for personal computers takes its toll.

DuPont, Alcoa Rally the DJIA 2010

Despite this, its shares fell after the company warned of "strong gross-margin head winds for the next few quarters."

For Apparel Makers, 'Challenge' Is in Style Kelly Evans 2010

Intel had slashed its third-quarter revenue and gross-margin targets last week.

Japan's Tumble Leads Asia Stocks Lower 2010

Co. said its fiscal second-quarter widened as the jeans maker recorded financing costs and write-downs on deferred tax assets, masking higher revenue and gross-margin improvement.

Levi Strauss Revenue Grows but Loss Widens 2010

Management said the gross-margin drop was mostly due to the rise in the euro, but retail analyst Anne Critchlow of Societe Generale said the drop also suggested the company was marking down more of its products than planned.

Profit at Retailer Inditex Is Hit by Currency Losses 2009