Sentences with phrase «raising the price point»

And while GWNFA has complained that head office is not allowing franchisees to raise their price points in response to the minimum wage increase in Ontario, their biggest operating region, head office might fear that «if customer counts are down and franchisees raise their prices to cover the labour cost increase, that will drive more customers away,» Fisher said.

«Our burgers represent 25 percent of sales, so we are committed to finding the absolute best beef that would make our burger stand out without raising our price point.»

With a lot of features, there's a risk of raising the price point too high.

Not exact matches

The main point is that when a nation imposes a tariff on another nation's goods, it's a tax that, according to classical economics, generally raises the prices, and lowers the volume of sales, of those imports.

Birchbox has raised $ 11.9 million to date and launched its men's line (with a higher price point of $ 20 per month) in April 2012.

Kraft Heinz, whose brands include Velveeta cheese and Heinz ketchup, said it raised prices in the United States and in other parts of the world, driving overall pricing up by 1 percentage point.

Oil prices fell as increased drilling in the United States pointed to more output, raising concerns about a return of oversupply.

Last May, after determining he could make a smaller version for consumers and get the price point down to under $ 3,000, Shapiro raised $ 9 million in funding from Foundry Group and True Ventures.

Noting that the actual rebate should have been at least 10 percentage points higher, Wyden and Pallone said, «Today's letter is more evidence that while Mylan irresponsibly raised the price of EpiPen, they were also bilking taxpayers out of millions of dollars.»

Of course, insofar as you believe that LNG would raise prices in Alberta and B.C. (wasn't that the point?)

Another Kickstarter alum, San Francisco - based Gustin, has raised $ 450,000 for its handcrafted jeans at the same price point.

The price point of $ 8.99 per month takes aim squarely at Netflix, which currently costs $ 7.99 monthly but is set to raise prices in the coming year.

PRICE RATIONALE Two sticking points here: a land lease that dead - ends too soon and a cash - flow pattern that's positively hair - raising.

After all, as Regeneron CEO Len Schleifer pointed out, pricing a drug to its value would suggest that its price shouldn't have to be raised year after year, even if it's by the single digits.

The net percent of owners raising average selling prices rose 3 points to a net 16 percent seasonally adjusted, after a 3 - point increase in both February and January.

Trump delays metal tariffs on EU, Mexico and Canada: Reuters Special Counsel Mueller has far - ranging questions for Trump: NY Times US consumer spending and price inflation picked up in March: Reuters Pending homes sales in March for US point to subdued growth: CNBC Dallas Fed Mfg Index: mfg activity rebounded «strongly» in April: Dallas Fed Chicago PMI edges up in Apr, remains relatively subdued vs. recent history: MW Fed expected to hold rates steady this week and raise rates in June: Reuters Rising gas prices on track to deliver most expensive driving season since 2014: AP Initial Q2 GDPNow estimate for US economy is a strong 4.1 %: Atlanta Fed US Treasury in Q1: 2018 borrowed the most since 2008: Bloomberg

As the Globe's Rob Carrick recently pointed out, one day, Mr. Carney will raise interest rates and send bond prices for a tumble.

Although we successfully raised prices and improved our inventory position quarter - by - quarter, gross margin fell 220 basis points on the year.

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

And, indeed, the very promise of tariffs — the whole point of them — is that they raise prices for the protected product: If they didn't, the policy wouldn't work for the industry meant to be helped.

My point is that the CB will not raise NGDP if inflation remains on target (and in the short run it will as that's the rate price setters initially expect).

The price of insulin has skyrocketed in recent years, with the three manufacturers — Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly — raising the list prices of their products in near lock step, prompting outcry from patient groups and doctors who have pointed out that the rising prices appear to have little to do with increased production costs.

On Friday, the CME FedWatch Tool, which is based on the CME Group 30 - Day Fed Fund futures prices, showed a 73 percent chance that the Fed would raise rates just 25 - 50 basis points, if it voted to raise rates.

, which is based on the CME Group 30 - Day Fed Fund futures prices, showed a 73 percent chance that the Fed would raise rates just 25 - 50 basis points, if it voted to raise rates.

Unless you have a big profit cushion in a position and can hold through a 20 % to 30 % price correction without feeling too much pressure, it may be wise to raise the stop prices on any open positions you are holding (then wait for lower risk re-entry points to emerge).

Our sense is that the latter event is already priced into the market, as the consensus among economists the last few months is that the central bank will raise interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday.

Factories in the euro zone raised their prices in July as energy costs swelled, pointing to further upward pressure on consumer prices in the currency bloc later this year.

Sellers can also convince customers of the need for a price hike by pointing out how long it has been since prices were raised.

In particular, the organization raised concerns about leveraged trading of cryptocurrencies, though it acknowledged that the low correlation between cryptocurrencies and other assets «suggests that the risk of spillovers from idiosyncratic price moves in crypto assets to the wider market may be limited at this point.»

Reinforcing this point in 2009, conforming loan limits were then raised in certain «high - cost» areas nationwide; areas in which the median home sale price handily exceeded the national average.

The 5G chips will have a higher price point which will raise the price of devices supporting it.

Citing emerging domestic price pressures and stronger - than - expected household spending and housing market activity, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised its policy rate by 1/4 of a percentage point in January to 5 1/4 per cent.

Once price hits first profit target raise the stop loss to breakeven and if price follows through to higher levels, trail the stop loss.0400000 points behind until second profit target is reached or stopped out.

While GMO advocates point to higher costs associated with producing non-GMO foods, Chipotle's move to non-GMO ingredients did not result in significantly higher ingredient costs for the company, and it did not raise prices resulting from its move to non-GMO ingredients.

If Monaco point towards the Naymer transfer and raise their price again it might be worth passing on Lemar and go for Dybala, Juve have put a 140mil euro price tag on his head as Barca are rumored to be interested in him.

As you pointed out in your Sept 20, 2011 post (http://www.thelunchtray.com/school-lunch-prices-on-the-rise-nationwide/), Paid Meal Equity forced many school districts to raise prices on families regardless of the school meal program's financial solvency.

They did agree promoters calling for a ban were «largely» influenced by concern for genuine fans, pointing out they could simply raise their prices if they were motivated by higher prices.

History tells us that companies with profit - margins to consider will generally put cost - price before nutrition, and whether or not sufficient subsidy could be raised to alter this approach is the point at issue.

For starters, as one Assembly member points out, it's a lot of new members who may have a totally different take on congestion pricing especially if the money it raises goes toward improving mass transit.

Apart from paperclip - counting, it's been responsible for spending # 400,000 renovating a bar, spending # 500,000 converting it into a nursery, then opening it with seven children, raising café prices to the point that staff can't afford them, and, according to Jim Sheridan MP, running pubs that run out of beer.

Vince and Rachel have no recollection of the issue of points being raised with them over the course of dinner with Vicky Price on 28 January 2011.

E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, predicted a sharp increase in the minimum wage will raise prices and «strain some businesses to the breaking point.»

Photo: Reuters I last raised the issue of a carbon price in «What Unconventional Fuels Tell Us About the Global Energy System», which added several data points to Charles C.

For a variety of reasons DigitalGlobe nonetheless chose a U.S. launch provider, but Alfers warned that if U.S. launch service providers must raise their prices because they have to buy more insurance, that could be the tipping point.

But as much as I enjoy inspiring people just like you, I know it won't be long until our customer support team is overwhelmed... and at that point, I'll have no choice but to RAISE THE PRICE.

My mother always raised me under the motto of «anybody can pay full price» and I'm always on a mission to find that great look for you at all price points.

If you raise the product substance from where Cadillac might have been 10 years ago, the entry point into the Cadillac brand in terms of price has got to go up.

If buyers see that a car with the additional safety features — essentially a front camera and rear sonar, plus software — adds $ 200 to the purchase price, but it raises the NCAP safety score from 4.0 to 4.5 points, they'll go for the safer car.

The 1999 Nissan Frontier raises above average for its price point.

There are no diesels here, so there are only two price points — FWD Denalis start at $ 38,495, while AWD raises the price to $ 40,245.