Yesterday, J.M. Smucker Co. announced an 11 percent price increase for Folgers coffee, the best - selling U.S. brand, after the cost of beans almost doubled in a year. (bloomberg.com)
In an effort to steer his customers away from mailed DVDs and toward streaming media plans, Hastings split up his $ 10 all - in - one package into two $ 8 - plans, effectively dropping a 60 percent price increase on his customer base in the midst of a massive recession. (entrepreneur.com)
For example, the 165,000 - square - foot Warner Marketplace in Canoga Park, Calif., sold for $ 37.5 million in December 2003 and then was resold in November 2005 for $ 52 million, for a 38.7 percent price increase in less than two years. (nreionline.com)