Translation of "Vertriebs- und verwaltungskosten" in English

Selling and general administrative expenses remained nearly constant at €178.5 million.

On the other hand, selling and administrative expenses climbed by only 4.5%.

Selling and administrative expenses climbed only moderately by 5.7%.

The margin trend was also hampered by higher selling and administrative expenses.

Selling and general administrative expenses rose by 19% and thus a good deal more slowly than sales revenues.

Sales and administration costs only saw a slight rise by 4.8%.

At 8.5%, sales and general administrative expenses rose below proportionally compared to the growth in sales revenues.

Selling and administrative expenses increased by 18.3 % compared to the same period last year.

At 4.1%, the increase in selling and administrative expenses was held well below the growth in sales revenues (+15.7%).

The higher sales and economies of scale in selling and administrative expenses increased the operating result.

Cost-cutting measures introduced at the start of the reporting year also had a positive impact on selling and administrative expenses.

The lower EBITDA loss is mainly due to increased revenue and lower SG & A expenses.

TheSolutions business segment improved its prior-year result mainly due to anincrease in gross profit with an accompanying reduction in selling, generaland administrative costs.

Improvements in the areas of distribution costs and administrative costs were unable to fully compensate for this trend.

A factor contributing to the improvement in group earnings was the less-than-proportional growth in selling and general administrative expenses compared to sales revenues.

It was not possible to follow the approach suggested for selling, general and administrative expenses, since Article 2 (3) (b) (ii) of the basic Regulation requires that these relate to domestic sales and not export sales.

The investigation showed that the selling, general and administrative expenses for the domestic producer referred to in the provisional duty Regulation related to sales in the same business sector.

When selecting an insurance company, attention should be paid to the financial strength of the company and that it has low acquisition, marketing and administration costs.

Selling and general administrative expenses were reduced by 7.4% to € 171 million and personnel expenses by 10.8% to € 336 million.

The decrease is primarily attributable to the reduction in gross margin by 1.9 percentage points to 33.7 percent (prior year: 35.6 percent) and higher selling and administrative expenses.

Due to the increase in employees, the personnel expenses recognized in the cost of sales, selling expenses and administrative expenses also rose.

The decline in EBIT before special items is primarily attributable to the lower gross margin and the increase in selling and administrative expenses.

Substantially increased sales, overproportionally improved gross income and an underproportional rise in selling and administration costs meant that the operating result rose by 32.4 % to reach € 43.3 million.

The increase in underlying SG & A was driven by the same reason mentioned above.

Selling and general admin- istrative expenses comprise consulting fees in connection with the new ERP system, GfK's new website and modifications to the systems landscape in line with the new organization amounting to €0.7 million.

At 2.8%, the rise in selling and administrative costs and research and development expense was significantly lower than the increase in gross profit.

Despite the increase in revenues, selling and general administrative expenses for the commercial MRO business, at €36.9 million, remained slightly below the previous year’s level which had, however, been affected by nonrecurring charges (expense for allowances on receivables).