Sentences with phrase «by raising prices»

Maybe then you'd realize that harm has been done by raising prices of e-books.

That's because it did two things by raising prices on imports.

Many writers have increased sales by raising the price.

Yet another problem is that consumers and businesses won't respond to the tighter mileage requirements simply by raising prices, as the government's models assume.

Or if you've opted to pay for the wage increase by raising your prices, you'll have to explain why your hamburger costs several dollars more than the shop down the block.

It used to make up for those sales drop - offs by raising the price of its remaining products.

It appeared firms found other ways to absorb the cost of higher wages, usually by raising prices.

I think the publishing and distributors are putting themselves in jeopardy by raising prices sky high and then lowering demand.

You may get some play by raising a price, just like you'll likely get a play by putting your book on sale.

Stocks, short - term hit, perhaps drastic, but then companies can recover eventually by raising prices.

In a counterintuitive move, Ingrassio decided to boost profits and ease production pressures by raising prices for the first time in his business's history.

The best idea he can come up with is to deliberately cripple ebooks by raising their prices and delaying their release for 18 - 24 months so they don't compete with printed copies.

In the study, researchers modelled three ways that the soft drinks industry may respond to the levy: reformulating drinks to reduce sugar content, passing some of the levy to consumers by raising the price of sugary drinks, and using marketing to encourage consumers to switch to lower sugar drinks.

«There are actually businesses, that you will find a few times in a lifetime, where any manager could raise the return enormously just by raising prices — and yet they haven't done it.

Before he angered customers by raising prices, before he became the butt of Saturday Night Live satire for his Qwikster schemes, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings alienated some of his key executives.

Over the last few years, homebuilders made a lot of money by raising prices on homes, rather than on volume.

Today the New York Times argues that Amazon is a new kind of conglomerate, noting that it's not in danger of anti-trust regulation because it isn't exploiting its dominance by raising prices:

«It turns out 4 to 5 percent is enough of a discount for shoppers,» CEO Marc Lore said, discussing the results of tests the company ran over the past few weeks by raising the prices of some products.

The deflationary economic climate makes it hard to compensate by raising prices.

When asked why Chipotle would risk hurting its brand by raising prices when it doesn't need to, an executive replied that was among the considerations in deciding whether to proceed with the hike.

Coke offset its flat volume by raising prices and selling more of its expensive products.

It's just that demand is too high, so firms decide they can increase profits by raising their prices above other firms» prices rather than continuing to produce enough output to meet demand at existing prices.

Bankruptcy law, however, also limits the enforceability of debt contracts, as lenders may respond to higher exemptions by raising the price of debt or rationing credit.

Mr Scott also rejected suggestions Wesfarmers was «dressing up» Coles ahead of the $ 20 billion demerger by raising prices or pulling back on investment to stabilise earnings, which have fallen 16 per cent in two years.

In the short - run, tariffs would benefit U.S. oil companies by raising prices on imported Mexican oil.

United responded by raising their prices for away fans from # 54 to # 89, while subsidising the difference for their own supporters.

The paper reviews the record of energy - subsidy reforms and argues that big exporters should reduce energy demand by raising prices, and that this can be done without undermining legitimacy of governments that depend on subsidies for political support.

The other big point is that unless your price is so low as to be left of the curve, you lower your total revenue by raising prices.

I would gladly reciprocate by raising my prices to $ 6.99 so they can make more.

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As times have changed Publishers have compensated for their inefficiencies and failings by raising prices and taking advantage of the people who love books and reading.

There are only so many hours in the day, so in order make more money, one can either cut expenses, groom more dogs or charge more per animal, whether by raising prices or increasing add - ons per dog.

I think the bean counters were wrong on the raising of prices, you wouldn't annoy 100 % of people by raising prices, I think most wouldn't even notice

I have a piece in the Week in Review section on what these experts say is a gaping technology gap that can not be filled by raising the price of polluting.

A tax Cap - and - trade can only work by raising the price of lower - priced hydrocarbon fuels, so that people are forced either to use higher - priced alternatives or to use less energy.

The oil companies are willing to oblige by raising the price of oil tremendous amounts to help to squeeze more production out of their oil rigs and alternate sites.

Life insurance companies have been through some rough times just like the rest of the world but they have now decided to balance the load, not by raising prices for new customers, but by playing with words and definitions and screwing their long time customers.

Margins can usually be improved directly by raising prices and improving the brand quality.

Automakers and their American consumers will bear the brunt caused by raising prices of two metals essential to the production of cars and trucks in the U.S. «The President's pending decision on tariffs and quotas for steel and aluminum trade highlights several unfortunate ironies,» said John Bozzella, President and CEO of Global Automakers.

According to a detailed REMI report done on a very similar solution, this would create 2 million net new jobs and reduce CO2 emissions by 90 % of 1990 levels by 2050, simply by raising the price in a gradual, predictable way and returning the money collected from that back to all American households equally.

Trust Publishers to not only try to kill eBooks by raising prices but also to club eBooks together with apps and games — something that might hurt eBooks even more than unrealistically high prices.

«Business Roundtable strongly disagrees with today's announcement because it will hurt the U.S. economy and American companies, workers and consumers by raising prices and resulting in foreign retaliation against U.S. exporters,» Joshua Bolten, president of the influential Business Roundtable, said in a statement.