M: Give these sales figures a look. It's pretty depressing. We're way in the red this year. We can't afford to keep going like this for much longer.
F: You're right, we need to start making money soon, or at least manage to break even. But I think that the market is slowly begining to heat up--sales are bound to pick up any time now.
M: Deman is droping. The problem is our competition. They are monopolizing the market!
F: Maybe we should rethink our marketing stategy to include the possibility that our new line of cosmetics could be a big seller.
M: It's really too early to tell, but a lot is riding on the new products. If we don't do better after the product launch, we may have to go bankrupt.
F: Do you think it's that serious?
M: Look at this numbers and see for yourself. Read'sm and weep.
F: My goodnees, I didn't realize it was that bad.
