Although gross margin was reduced up front, the bottom line impact of avoiding all the costly end-of-season retail returns actually improved the company's bottom line.
虽然在最前面总利润会下降，但是避免所有季末零售退货影响的底线实际上会提高公司的底线。
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The ITU's ICT price basket combines the average cost of fixed-line telephones, mobile phones and fixed-line broadband Internet services, calculated as a proportion of gross national income per person.