Sentences with phrase «many of these discounts»

In other words, NBC is clearly losing subscribers to something, and Comcast may be trading long - time subscribers for newer customers who are less valuable as a result of discounts, promotions etc..

What's more, Dick's is playing a very dangerous game given how many retailers have learned the hard way how hard it is to get customers weaned off of discounts.

When smokers consider the price of cigarettes plus the loss of the discount, the disadvantage is clear.

Three years ago, Coach was hemorrhaging market share, suffering the effects of a discount - fueled expansion that tarnished its brand and drove customers away.

In addition to the Whole Foods perks, Amazon Prime gives customers free two - day shipping, access to Amazon's streaming services, and a variety of discounts.

They can be in the form of discounts on future business, free estimates or samples, or just plain cash.

Instead of discounting the years I spent parenting, running my household and volunteering, I inventoried them.

Speaking of shopping online, it never hurts to bop over to the Weekly Wow — a smattering of discounted items that week.

Target (tgt) has long been a shopper favorite during the holiday season, popular for its deft mix of discount pricing and a sense of fun in its products and marketing.

Some say traditional couponing — the kind of discounts offered by retailers or manufacturers via online download or physical slips that are redeemed with a purchase (or shortly thereafter by sending back a proof of purchase)-- is on the rise.

«As the percentage of the elderly grows, I fear the pressure will grow to create even more of these sorts of discounts, making it more and more difficult to correct this inequity.»

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce shows a graph of discounts to Canadian crude that goes back only as far as January 2011, which hides a lot.

«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 loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world.»

And in an ominous turn of events, big brands like Coach, Michael Kors, and Ralph Lauren have reduced the amount they sell through department stores, complaining that the industry's culture of discounting has contaminated their brands.

That drew the company deeper into the lethal spiral of discounting: Macy's and its rivals created a «sea of sameness» that left shoppers bored and forced the retailers to resort to discounts to lure them back.

Don't forget to look at valuable benefits in the form of discounts and incentives.

Zellers is Canada's second - largest chain of discount stores and has been acquired by American chain, Target.

That's the stick, but the carrot of discounts related to Microsoft's Azure cloud computing business service or Office 365 work productivity software could work just as well.

When Walmart beckoned, all she knew of the discount giant was that «they wear blue vests and cheer.»

A 2009 BBC article says the ArcelorMittal CEO and chairman, who was born in 1950 to a poor family in the Indian state of Rajasthan, «established the foundations of his fortune over two decades by doing much of his business in the steel - industry equivalent of a discount warehouse.»

You're probably offering a variety of discounts to different customers, ranging from relatively minor deal - sweeteners like free freight to costlier, long - term perks like steep volume discounts.

If you're in retail or hospitality, you could send out offers of discounts to the cell phones of passersby.

But startup companies are also the beneficiaries of perks, often in the form of discounts from service providers, larger technology companies — even other startups.

Nevertheless, the range of discounts is pretty much identical, says de Grandpre, generally from about 30 percent to as much as 75 percent.

In an example of the discounts offered online, a diamond - studded Audemars Piguet Royal Oak «with moderate scratches» sells for $ 9,450 on The RealReal, about a third of the «estimated retail price».

While the store was offering plenty of discounts, it attracted a small fraction of the significant foot traffic outside.

Since 2002, this chain of discount gyms has been sweeping up members with its decent prices, convenience and a ban on intimidation.

Sales to department stores fell 40 % as it continued its exit for 250 such locations, primarily weak Macy's (m) and Belk stores and their endless rows of discounting signage.

For online merchants who sold during the 2013 holiday season, when asked which types of discounts were most effective, 48 percent indicated that «limited time sales and discounts» drove the highest conversions, with «free shipping» ranking second at 39 percent.

Industry observers have said that Amazon may add a selection of discounted, non-organic food to distance the chain from its «Whole Paycheck» nickname.

Buy - one, get - one offers are one example of a discounting strategy that moves a higher volume of items.

The costs of the discount are increasing as delays continue for all three major proposed oil pipelines to export more oil from Western Canada, including Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion, Enbridge's Line 3 replacement, and TransCanada's Keystone XL.

From the beginning, then, Target had a reputation slightly elevated from the rest of the discount world.

Millions of Mexicans are benefiting from the country's economic revival and spreading their wings, carried by a new generation of discount airlines.

Because the project was done in - house, Abe's Market can easily make changes like tweaking the amount of the discount, says Jon Polin, the company's co-founder.

«The implication at the end of last year, when the renminbi were injected into the SDR system of the IMF, was that we would be looking at a greater degree of stability and narrowing, perhaps, of that discount between offshore and onshore renminbi.»

The slowing trend on iPhones could be a matter of discounting, except that it isn't.

It's well known that the market value of a group of stocks consists of the discounted present value to the future EPS.

That kind of discount should put restaurant owners on a more even playing field with Canadian manufacturers of frozen pizza, who long ago carved out their own special deal on cheese.

It certainly feels like some big businesses are offering the same items at the same prices with the same kinds of discounts.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The chain's initial plans for Canada had actually included Nordstrom Rack, but after Target melted down, it decided to delay opening any of its discount outlets until it was better established in the Canadian market.

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Dunkin' Donuts, in an attempt to increase the company's share of a competitive breakfast market, plans to expand the number of discounts...

On top of the discounts, Whole Foods has launched a pilot loyalty program as it looks to fend off stiffer competition from everyone from Walmart (wmt), which is overhauling the presentation of its fresh food areas, to no - frills, extreme discounter Aldi.

In the past, a 10 - day run of discounted Frappuccinos drew plenty of people but began to be more of a financial strain on the business since they were offered to everyone.

• Each listing will indicate if a discount is available in the dividend reinvestment plan, the amount of the discount, and whether it applies to just reinvested dividends or both reinvested dividends and optional cash payments.

Then in addition to providing the cheapest auto insurance rates, GEICO is also pro-military in terms of the discounts it offers to active duty and retired members.

Amazon also confirms how quickly some of those limited quantity deals were depleted, saying that tens of thousands of discounted Fire TV Sticks were sold in just an hour, which made it the fastest - selling deal on an Amazon device ever.