{
  "id": 3694434,
  "title": "Businesses sacrifice profit margins to keep customers amid cost pressure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/businesses-sacrifice-profit-margins-to-keep-customers-amid-cost",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-27T03:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nation Africa",
    "slug": "nation-africa",
    "url": "https://nation.africa/kenya/business/businesses-sacrifice-profit-margins-to-keep-customers-amid-cost-pressure-5572412"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Companies are facing rising input bills while demand remains fragile.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}