Sentences with phrase «higher than retail»

The rate of compensation established under FITs is often higher than the retail rate, and the payments are typically guaranteed through a long - term contract.

Further, even some utilities have found that when all the benefits provided by solar energy to the grid are tallied up — like avoided fuel costs, emissions - free energy and lower transmission and distribution costs — they are actually higher than the retail costs of electricity.

Historically, FIT prices were set higher than retail electricity prices to spur investment.

For a fundraiser type of event, do you price your things slightly higher than retail, so that you get enough from the sale?

But yeah, maybe of these prices are HIGHER than retail and / or used copies.

Now I see «More Buying Choices» as an option under several of my books, and some of the prices are higher than retail.

According to iSuppli, the Fire's manufacturing cost is slightly higher than its retail price.

The cost per book for PoD is also going down, a few years ago, the PoD printing cost was higher than the retail cost of an offset print book, then it dropped so it was lower than the retail cost of a similar sized book, but without sufficient margin to allow you to sell to bookstores at 50 % list price (let alone deal with the returns).

All the purses sold for much higher than the retail amounts and every one loved the double donation idea.

His concerns over multinational suppliers» conduct echoed those last week by Woolworths, which said that Australian wholesale prices for products such as toothpaste and deodorant were sometimes 25 to 40 per cent higher than the retail price for identical products in the US and UK.

«In many cases, the cost price we pay is higher than the retailers I see somewhere else.

Not exact matches

Chinese e-commerce accounts for 13.5 percent of all retail spending, a higher share than that of all large economies except the U.K.

The high - tech approach to an everyday task is one of the reasons the startup has landed relationships — many of them exclusive — with more than 65 retailers, including Costco and Whole Foods.

Non-Prime users spend a little more than half that ($ 700), but they may be picking up the tab elsewhere, like in the cost of gas to shop in - store, the higher price of items from big - box retailers, and shipping from other stores.

In terms of data, retail sales numbers in the U.K. came in higher - than - expected, showing an increase of 0.3 percent month - on - month in October.

In 2015, Retail Insider observed that Canada would soon have a higher concentration of luxury department stores than the States.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., stock indexes continued slightly higher as investors reacted to better - than - anticipated results from major retailers.

For a retailer with scant discounting and zero debt, Nasty Gal has racked up some seriously drool - worthy numbers: international sales of $ 128 million in 2012, four times higher than the year before; 535,000 Facebook fans; 420,000 Instagram subscribers; 68,000 Twitter followers; and more than 2 million monthly unique visitors to the website in September 2012.

SEASONED retailers in Leederville believe the area's appeal lies in the independent streak displayed by the stores and entertainment outlets rather than the chain operators that have come to dominate other high street precincts.

Prep may indeed be seeing a rebirth, but there's reason to wonder if consumers will trust their look to a retailer known more for racy thigh - highs than Nantucket Reds.

«Like other retailers in the United States, the unseasonably cold and disruptive weather negatively impacted U.S. sales and drove operating expenses higher than expected,» McMillon said in a statement.

With a reputed vacancy rate of less than 2 % on more than 40 million square feet of industrial, office and retail property in the GTA, the company is known for moving fast, despite the high - octane distraction of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Fidani's pet project.

U.S. retailers posted weaker than expected sales in December, the Monster job index declined from last month's highs and unemployment claims continued their steady trend lower.

If you are going to try selling to retailers, make sure that your pricing is a little bit higher on your website than it would be at stores.

The retailer differentiated itself among its high - end counterparts like New York - based Magnolia Bakery, Los Angeles - based Sprinkles and D.C. - based Georgetown Cupcakes with its colossal cupcakes that often weighed in at more than 600 calories and cost roughly US$ 3.50 to $ 4.50 each.

In 2003, Tammy Kinley, an associate professor in the school of merchandising and hospitality management at the University of North Texas, measured 1,011 pairs of women's pants, and found that high - end retailers» clothes tended to fit more loosely than those in bargain stores.

There's a difference in growth opportunities for Alphabet and Amazon, according to Macquarie's Ben Schachter: Every new Alphabet business is going to be lower margin than its ads business, while every new Amazon business is going to have higher margins than retail.

Even if we assume that Apple Pay accounts for three - quarters of US mobile and e-commerce spending in 2017, that would still leave $ 743 billion in Apple Pay volume that would need to take place in stores — or 13.8 % of total in - store retail volume, a $ 554 billion higher dollar volume than what we forecast for mobile payments as a whole.

New York - based Internet retailer Fab took in the highest amount in a single funding round, getting $ 150 million in June to put the company's overall valuation at more than $ 1 billion.

So Walgreens, which now offers the higher end Boots brand of beauty products thanks to its 2014 megamerger, is looking to leverage that more than it has to support retail sales.

Some retailers make a practice of buying businesses only for their locations rather than how much or what they sell, or who they sell it to, figuring that a high - traffic spot will eventually prove a winner for some business combination.

After several years of dealing with thrifty consumers, retailers have gotten the message and even high - end department stores such as Nordstrom, and specialty stores like Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel, are offering a wide range of gifts that cost less than $ 25.

There's less pressure to flip an inventory than there would be for, say, a retailer of rapidly changing high - tech products.

Nintendo shares tumbled 5.75 percent to 23,750 yen at the close of trade, and commentators said the higher than expected retail price of the console fanned concerns over the product's viability.

Skoll owns more than 40 million eBay shares, which hit an eight - year high of $ 50 in mid-October on the strength of the company's gambit to expand from web auctions to broader online retail.

«Virtually every opportunity that GOOG invests in is going to be structurally lower margin than its core search business, whereas virtually every opportunity that AMZN invests in is going to be structurally higher margin than its core ultra-low margin retail business,» he wrote in a note to clients.

He thinks that Amazon's shares are worth significantly more than where they are trading now because he expects the company's higher - margin web services business to grow faster than its retail segment, more than making up for the cost of expanding into new businesses to lure more Prime members, he said.

But because it was a smaller loss than a year earlier, showing the shrinking retailer is at least cutting costs efficiently as its core business dwindles, shares went up 5 % though they remain down 70 % from their 52 - week highs.

The retailer positions itself as offering a luxe dollar - store shopping experience, «unique» products and higher quality goods than homegrown Dollarama, Canada's king of knock - offs, but it does so by copying Japanese chains that came before it.

He says an average wholesale price in Vancouver (not including tax and retail markup) is about 98 cents a litre, about 10 cents higher than in Winnipeg.

Cultures and retail propositions at SBRY & Asda are very different and therefore the execution risk seems much higher than the smooth Ahold - Delhaize merger.»

According to a study commissioned by his company and conducted by IHL Group, «out - of - stocks» accounted for $ 634.1 billion in lost retail sales for the year ended in the spring — 39 percent higher than in 2012.

The National Retail Federation announced today it expects sales in November and December (excluding autos, gas and restaurant sales) to increase a solid 3.7 percent to $ 630.5 billion — significantly higher than the 10 - year average of 2.5 percent.

JobsOhio continues to defend the Amazon deals as good for the state, claiming that full - time warehouse workers receive 30 percent higher compensation than the national retail worker average.

High - end retailer Nordstrom ended the summer saying it planned 20 percent fewer clearance days this year than a couple of years ago, with another 25 percent reduction next year, as it focused on service and «differentiated» products.

Considering that WMT already has more scale and margins nearly 4x higher than Amazon's margins, it is fair to say that Wal - Mart has a strong competitive advantage over Amazon as it does over all other firms in the general retail business.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

One option proposed in a new Government Green Paper would see firms linking annual rises to the consumer price index measure of inflation, rather than the higher retail price index

5) Taxes You Didn't Consider — Thousands of retail (and professional) investors are unknowingly buying into GLD without the knowledge that they will be taxed at a much higher rate than the long - term capital gains rate.

Banks that rely heavily on wholesale funding are subject to a higher required LCR than those funded chiefly by retail deposits.