Sentences with phrase «rather than retail price»

This value can be the actual cost of the item to the company rather than the retail price.

Child benefit frozen for three years Benefits, tax credits and public sector pensions rise by consumer prices index rather than retail price index (which rises faster)

He said from now on all benefits, except state pensions and pension credits, will rise in line with consumer prices, rather than retail prices, to reflect every day prices better.

All benefits, tax credits and public service pensions, except the state pension and pension credit, will be increased in line with consumer prices inflation, rather than retail prices inflation, from next year, saving around # 6 billion a year by the end of the next Parliament.

Not exact matches

Interestingly, the pink gap often seemed to result from the price set by retailers, rather than the suppliers of the items.

Three tactics proved especially promising: 1) moving away from «direct» sales and toward integrated campaigns that drove purchases in retail stores; 2) using DRTV as an inexpensive testing vehicle, rather than an all - or - nothing launch pad; and 3) maximizing margins by relentlessly optimizing costs and sales prices.

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

The relative lack of liquidity in the bond market and the fact that it is oriented for institutional investors rather than retail investors means that you really want to know where a bond has been trading before agreeing to buy or sell at a given price (be careful not to get ripped off).

«A more appropriate way to express a short view on the retail sector is to go directly to the source,» the duo wrote, where the bet is on credit quality rather than, say, earnings (or stock prices).

Rather than pushing volumes and price to boost sales, CCA will focus on increasing the numbers of transactions — selling more often to consumers and retailers — and offering a better mix of products and prices.

UBS analyst Ben Gilbert said retailers were responding to the shrinking pool of supplier funds by using fresh rather than packaged food and groceries to lure shoppers, improving their private label offers and using price «creep» (price rises that are not passed on to suppliers) to boost margins.

Woolworths and Coles need to target Aldi's weaknesses — its limited range, lack of service and absence of value - added meals — rather than try to compete with the fast - growing discounter on price or private - label products, says a British retail expert.

... I do not consider that the delineation of the market should be limited by reference to packaged groceries... Nor do I consider that it is appropriate to apply the hypothetical monopolist test to the margin made by Metcash on the supply of packaged groceries, so defined, rather than to the wholesale price charged by Metcash for the supply of packaged groceries or any other goods supplied by it to retailers.

It's a shame that people would rather save a few bucks than support our very own country and help to provide jobs by paying retail price.

From 2011 - with the exception of state pensions and pension credits - benefits, tax credits and public service pensions will rise in line with the consumer price index (CPI) rather than the generally higher retail price index (RPI).

Louisville, KY About Blog Retail Customer Experience is devoted to helping retailers differentiate on experience, rather than simply on price.

Doll prefers to call Subaru's franchisees «retailers» rather than «dealers» in an age of transparency when consumers can readily get wholesale and retail vehicle prices online.

The Scooter was offered as a base model with a $ 2,899 suggested retail price, two front passenger seats, an optional rear seat, deletion of most exterior chrome (e.g., window surrounds), painted rather than chrome bumpers, an open glove box, black carpeting, door pull straps in lieu of arm rests, fiberboard door panels, and a passenger seat without fore - aft adjustment.

Priced from RM 389,900, the hotter TTS quattro costs a rather significant RM105k more than the entry - level Audi TT 2.0 TFSI which retails for RM 284,900 instead.

The lawsuit alleges Apple and the book publishers employed an «agency model» in which publishers set their own e-book prices, rather than the traditional wholesale model in which publishers set a retail price and retailers set their own sales price.

For the sake of price and convenience, many of those customers turned to internet retailers rather than making the effort to travel to a physical bookstore other than Borders.

The DOJ laid the smackdown on that train of thought and publishers started to dictate the price of e-books, rather than let the retailers determine the final price.

(They called this «agency pricing,» because Apple acted as a sales agent rather than a retailer.)

It did so by abruptly and collectively by abandoning the long - time industry - norm of wholesale pricing and adopting instead what is called the agency model, in which retailers get a percentage of any sale rather than being allowed to set the price of goods themselves.

The DOJ is confused by the layers of self - interest in the business community and is siding with retail price fixers, rather than producer price fixers, without being clear about the underlying market forces.

College comparable store sales reflect the retail selling price of a new or used textbook when rented, rather than solely the rental fee received and amortized over the rental period.

Under that model, and assuming the court and Department of Justice continue to find no fault with the concept, publishers will be responsible for setting the prices of ebooks, rather than the retailers.

Comparable College store sales reflect the retail selling price of a new or used textbook when rented, rather than solely the rental fee received and amortized over the rental period.

Under the agency model — one of the factors that led the investigators to believe that anti-trust violations had taken place between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers, including HarperCollins — publishers get to set the price of ebooks, rather than retailers; under the previous wholesale model, retailers could purchase books directly from the publishers, then turn around and sell those titles for any amount, even taking a loss on the books in order to boost sales of other products.

The Authors Guild also estimate that author income from ebooks will be 300 % higher under this deal than under traditional publishing contracts — 60 % -63 % of retail price rather than 25 % of net receipts.

It forces retailers to compete on customer experience (quality of discovery and matching tools, community, purchase experience, library features) rather than price (predatory pricing from deep - pocketed competitors is the strategy to win here, at the expense of all other retailers and potential startup competitors.

The iPhone prices listed here assume that you're getting subsidized two - year contract, with the discounted prices that come with that, rather than paying full retail price for the phone.

I find it interesting that the publishers, rather than offering a «suggested pricing» for ebooks are apparently trying to control that rather than the retailer.

As I'll point out again, if wholesale / retail elements collapse to 10 % of the gross in an ebook world, rather than 60 % is dead trees - then there is 50 % of the gross that can be apportioned to author / price cuts / etc.

As College developed its textbook rental business, comparable store sales reflected the retail selling price of a new or used textbook when rented, rather than solely the rental fees received to provide a more representative comparable store sales figure.

Publishers» shift to agency pricing for ebooks — whereby they, rather than retailers, control ebooks» retail pricing — will also have slowed growth, said Jones.

Agency puts authors and publishers in control and frees retailers to compete against one another based on customer experience rather than cut - throat price wars.

Now a days, retailers are offering the products at low prices rather than the original prices set by the carriers.

There are many other perils covered by the policy as well, and you get replacement cost coverage that allows you to purchase a replacement item at retail rather than having to make up the often significant difference between retail price and the actual cash value that some policies provide.

Citi's benefit is an addition, rather than secondary, to any price matching offered by retailers.

To avoid any hassle surrounding duplicate coverage, consider using a Citi card instead for price - protection purchases because Citi's coverage is in addition to, rather than secondary to, any price matching provided by a retailer.

While these holiday retail sales figures were undoubtedly impacted positively by lower fuel prices and higher employment, they are a good sign in their own right, as they indicate that Americans are spending, rather than pocketing, their newfound discretionary income.

Pasco: Some of the common mistakes retailers make is that they tend to sell based on price rather than on size and chew factor.

Louisville, KY About Blog Retail Customer Experience is devoted to helping retailers differentiate on experience, rather than simply on price.

Retail spending didn't grow nearly as quickly in June as it did in May; but analysts at First Data Corporation say that could be due to a temporary spike in gas prices, rather than a substantial pullback in spending.

But I do see the marketing strategy there: buy the deluxe edition on sale, rather than buying just the season pass & getting the physical copy which is currently $ 33.57 on amazon (which other major retailers will price match).

It is unfortunate though that the game slightly outstays its welcome and would have been more enjoyable as an episodic downloadable rather than a full priced retail disc.

Honestly, if Bastion featured just a little more of a social component, like a multiplayer arena or co-op, rather than just leaderboard rankings, the game could be sold as a full price retail game.

What is happening over at Kotaku is that the writers and gamers are complaining that GameStop is selling used copies of the rare Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles for $ 90 rather than the normal below retail price of most games.

These packs also allow them to make more money of Senseis that would have retailed at the price of a single figure rather than a full Adventure Pack, especially given that these packs don't include a level piece toy like Adventure Packs normally do.