Market Leader_ Upper Intermediate_Collocations with Relationship

Sales staff who are impolite to customers _____ the reputation of a company

• disrupt

• damage

We are planning to _____ branch offices in Spain next year.

• promote

• establish

By merging with a US company, we greatly ____ our sales force.

• strengthened

• maintained

Relations with customers have been ______ recently by poor after-sales service.

• fostered

• undermined

Thanks to new communications systems, we are _____ relations with suppliers.

• souring

• improving

A strike at our factory last years ____ production for several weeks.

• resumed

• disrupted

We could not agree on several points, so we ____ talks regarding a joint venture.

• broke off

• cut off

The success of our new product launch was ____ by an unimaginative advertising compaign.

• cemented

• jeopardised

In order to gain market share in China, we are _____ relationships with local agents.

• building up

• cutting off

Business relations between the two countries have been ____ by official visits and trade delegations.

• severed

• fostered