Complete the sentences below using words from the following list. Referring back to the article will help you with some of them:market
price
profit
quality
client
cost
technology

1. We’re a firmly ……….-oriented company, so the bottom-line for us is not how big our market share is but how much money we’re going to make.

2. Even at low prices inferior products won’t sell in such a ……….-conscious market.

3. The market’s far too ……….-sensitive to standan increase in service charges.

4. We’re constantly forced to respond both to changing customer needs and to what our main competitors are doing in a ……….-driven business such as this.

5. The customer always comes first. We’re a very ……….-centred company.

6. In a ……….-led business, such as ours, it’s vital to plough profits back into R&D.

7. If the price of materials goes up any more, production will no longer be ……….-effective.