Skincare brand Biossance has felt the pinch of shrinking air freight capacity and rising costs overshadowed by the global impact of the pandemic, according to Kenny Wong, supply chain manager of the brand's Tmall Global flagship store.

护肤品牌Biosance的天猫国际旗舰店供应链经理Kenny Wong表示，由于疫情的全球影响，该品牌感受到了航空货运能力的萎缩和成本的上升。

The industry is fighting for semiconductors, and every brand will feel the pinch.

"The company has felt the pinch of the drastic pandemic-related decline in global travel.

"The company has felt the pinch of drastically reduced global travel to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced on Tuesday a package of 16 measures to boost small and medium-sized enterprises who are feeling the biggest pinch of economic disruption by the novel coronavirus.

China is feeling the pinch of the coronavirus outbreak, with health authorities saying Thursday they received reports of 3,694 new confirmed cases of infection and 73 deaths on Wednesday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Seazen is likely to see more sells in coming days, and its financing, sales and partnership will feel the pinch of this incident, which poses a big challenge for the new head. "

Established players must have felt the pinch of such competition and found it imperative to take countermeasures," he said.

With such strong ties to China, it was inevitable that Apple would feel the pinch of the mounting trade disputes, especially after Trump said on Friday that he had tariffs planned for an additional $267 billion worth of Chinese goods.

Yet, both firms have felt the pinch of largely stagnant sales and shrinking market share in a country that once boosted their balance sheets.

Its slowdown after a short-lived growth burst earlier this year could pinch Germany's exports and slow Europe's growth, for instance.

In Guangdong province, which is to the south of Fujian province, Foshan-based Evergo Furniture Ltd, a sofa and bedroom furniture manufacturer, is feeling the pinch of fierce competition coming from Southeast Asian countries, especially Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines, for international orders.

Businesses said they are feeling the pinch to advance their sustainability ambitions, even though nearly three-quarters said they feel increasing pressure to act.

Huo said China's export growth may feel some pinch next year from the output and supply recovery in Southeast Asian economies and rising protectionism around the world.

Sean Darby, a strategist at investment bank Jefferies, said companies with significant revenues attributable to intangible assets will feel the pinch most, particularly leading internet and pharmaceutical companies.

Domestically, while most sectors have emerged from the epidemic impacts faster and stronger than expected, some are still feeling the pinch.

The likes of Taobao have felt the pinch of latecomers, scratching heads to retain customers and to prolong their time spent on the shopping app.

Outbound travels also felt the pinch.

As the disease spread, property developers felt the pinch further in February.

Affected by the epidemic outbreak, sales of vegetables, fruit and poultry have felt the pinch of blocked transport and sales channels.

Han Yuanqing, general manager of Tianjin Quality Xiaozhan Rice Development Co, told China Daily that despite the company's rice, Risi-brand Xiaozhan rice, sales rising by 10 percent this year, he is feeling the pinch due to fake products.

US automakers, despite being further behind on the transition to EVs, are also feeling the pinch.

But like elsewhere, carmakers in China are still feeling the pinch.

The auto industry began to feel the pinch of the chip crunch in late 2020.

Companies feeling the pinch of Sino-US trade tensions have likewise adopted their own measures.

Electric carmaker Nio Inc is to slash jobs to control expenses and improve operational efficiency, as the Chinese startup feels the pinch from a lackluster performance and the overall slowdown in the country.

"Chinese car-makers are feeling the pinch in the market.

"Alcohol and beverage makers have felt the pinch caused by the contagious disease, and they are scrambling to get capital injections in order to survive," said Jin Qinghai, vice-president of 1919.

"Sectors such as property development, local government platforms, those with excess capacity, and high polluting industries will feel the pinch of the funding squeeze," Wang said.