Mr Reeves» comments echo those in February of Goodman Fielder's former chief executive, Chris Delaney, who blamed a 54 per cent slump in baking profits on
aggressive discounting in supermarkets.
Schweppes is trying to grow its market share through
aggressive discounting in the route trade and supermarkets.
«Certainly Treasury and Accolade have been caught up in that,» he said, referring to the more
aggressive discounts in WA.
Not exact matches
In theory, hedge funds can pursue a lucrative strategy of buying impaired bonds from less knowledgeable investors at deeply
discounted prices and then taking
aggressive legal action to collect all, or almost all, of the promised principal and interest.
However, even this strategy has skeptics.324 While established brick - and - mortar retailers like Target have tried to lure online consumers through
discounts and low delivery costs, 325 Amazon remains the major online seller of baby products.326 Although Amazon established its dominance
in this market through
aggressive price cutting and selling steeply at a loss, its actions have not triggered predatory pricing claims.
A number of U.S. retail and restaurant companies have lamented poor winter weather and
aggressive discounts, resulting
in fewer store visits and lower sales.
Citigroup analyst Gino Rossi believes the shelf price rises and less
aggressive discounting auger well for CCA and could take some of the pressure off margins after a tough year
in 2013.
Metcash shares rose more than 6 per cent, even though the wholesaler reported a 1.9 per cent fall
in underlying first half net profit to $ 119 million after
aggressive discounting by Coles and Woolworths led to a decline
in grocery sales and market share.
LeNeve thinks U.S. automakers will be
aggressive again this year around Black Friday, which has grown into
discount mania
in the final week of November.
Meanwhile, book publishers are likely to see smaller sales and margins with the return of
aggressive e-book
discounts, said Tom Forte, an Internet analyst with Telsey Advisory Group
in New York.
As you say
in your concluding section, «With Judge Coteâ $ ™ s decision
in, however, itâ $ ™ s possible that Amazon could get more
aggressive about offering these
discounts, which Apple and other ebook retailers might then try to match.»
With Judge Cote's decision
in, however, it's possible that Amazon could get more
aggressive about offering these
discounts, which Apple and other ebook retailers might then try to match.
I've written about them
in previous Catalyst posts — they're a pretty
aggressive / successful fund manager, focused mostly on closing asset
discounts.
As for VOF itself, it trades on a 0.81 Price / Book multiple, despite an
aggressive & ongoing share buyback programme — I see plenty of gains ahead
in terms of NAV growth &
discount compression, as Vietnam continues to leverage & benefit from its labour / cost export advantage, and (just as importantly) its burgeoning domestic consumer economy.
However, this 2012 article also provides an interesting perspective: «Reading between the lines of the NTR annual report, it would appear that the
aggressive Greenstar [NTR's Irish waste management business] writedowns were at least
in part a game of high - stakes poker» as NTR was «attempting to buy the loans from the banks at a
discount».
Sure, liquidity's low, but EIIB has some lumpy shareholdings and the NAV
discount would permit a potential activist to be pretty
aggressive in placing bids / hitting offers to build up a stake.
Meijer seems to be very
aggressive in markdowns, with $ 1 - off savings fairly common
in the pet department, along with other various
discounts (mostly 25 percent off).
Friends of the Earth felt that the «degression for solar PV is quite
aggressive» at 7 % per year, (much higher than
in Germany) and that since the bonus payment for export to the grid will fluctuate with the «market price», it will be
discounted by banks providing debt for projects financed under the feed -
in tariff.
In a proposal, rather than state
discounts from rates, an
aggressive and confident law firm might commit to billing rates by year out of law school that are five percent below the next highest bidder's average billing rate for each class year.
The losses however have been on the rise with stiff competition
in group portfolio with
aggressive discounts given to retain customers.
However,
in the present time losses has reached new heights, perhaps due to stiff competition
in group health portfolio with
aggressive discounts.
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In 3 Course - 3 -
In - 3 Course - 8 Hrs - 8 Hrs
Aggressive - ADI 12 Hour Class - ADI Course -
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I find now that some «
discount brokerages» have become more
aggressive (deceptive)
in their use of language
in order to fend off some of the newer and even more
aggressive «
discount brokers»!