Sentences with phrase «which meant lower prices»

«Obviously we thought that it would lead to the usual benefits of greater competition, which meant innovation, which meant new products, and which meant lower prices for the consumer,» Fox said.

You're doing a price promotion if you lower your price at all, but there's a difference between a real price promotion, which means lowering the price of your e-book significantly over the course of a few - day campaign versus setting a new (and lower) price for your book.

Ottawa has a fairly large public transit system, which means lower priced housing outside of downtown can still demand good rents if it's near a bus stop.

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And of course leaving people alone much of the time means spending less money on advertising, which means we can keep our prices lower.

Hartnett warns «deflationary» behavior may be required to stop the escalation of a trade war — which would mean lower stock prices and lower yields.

Amazon is reportedly paying less than that, which means the acquisition price is significantly lower than the company's $ 1 billion valuation when it raised funding last year.

But lower prices usually mean lower profit margins, which usually mean less investment in keeping the product current, which means more price pressure, lower margins?and so it goes.

Their main effort centered on convincing people that all consumers benefit from the widest possible choice of products at the lowest possible price -; which means that consumers would be the biggest beneficiaries of lowered trade barriers.

The depressed prices mean lower prices for refiners and less pump pain for North American drivers, but it's hardly good news for Canada's oil industry, which spent billions on oilsands projects after world crude prices had risen high enough to justify the investment.

«We like buying companies or assets that have some hair on them, which means you get them at a somewhat lower price.

While lower crude prices mean cheaper gasoline in the U.S., which should spur demand, that's not so much the case in other countries, where taxes represent a higher portion of the cost of gas (as in Europe).

Another negative effect of the sequester on Redhorse has been the mandate that the government put many of its procurements up for bid under a standard called lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), which as its name suggests, basically means the lowest price possible.

In order to keep the price point low, they sacrifice computational power, which means they can not support the more sophisticated image processing programs.

The easy way is to charge less, but lower prices usually mean lower gross margins, which will force you to spend your startup capital faster than you should.

In addition to this, it seems like Marvell Technology Group's share price is quite stable, which could mean two things: firstly, it may take the share price a while to fall back down to an attractive buying range, and secondly, there may be less chances to buy low in the future once it reaches that value.

That means price increases, and that augurs inflation, which would mean, at some point, rate hikes, though up from an admittedly narrow and quite low range of 25 — 50 basis points via the federal funds rate.

In today's tighter price environment, Big Oil is in a renewed competitive position because there is competition for new capital investments, which means lower production taxes, much lower production costs, and easy access to resources.

Lower prices for base metals and oil today do not mean that long - term investments, which may take years to complete and last for decades, were somehow a mistake.

But lower interest rates generally mean higher stock and bond prices, as well as increases in the value of real estate, which has been another important source of wealth for many savers, particularly seniors.

The optimist's take on this trend is that robots help Amazon keep prices low, which means people buy more stuff, which means the company needs more people to man its warehouses even though it needs fewer human hours of labor per package.

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Higher U.S. rates should help strengthen the U.S. dollar versus other currencies, which would mean lower prices on imports.

If $ TBT (which moves in the opposite direction of long - term bond prices) is poised to head higher, it means long bond prices are primed to move lower.

In particular, in gold terms silver is now almost as cheap as it was in early - 2003 (2 years into the most recent previous bull market), which means that it is close to its lowest price of the past 20 years.

Conventional loans have risk - based pricing, which means if your credit score is lower than 740, you'll pay a higher interest rate on your loan.

Higher retail sales, higher home prices, and general economic strength should generate more revenues for municipalities, which could also mean reduced issuance of new bonds and lower muni yields for investors.

In addition to this, it seems like Consolidated Water's share price is quite stable, which could mean two things: firstly, it may take the share price a while to fall back down to an attractive buying range, and secondly, there may be less chances to buy low in the future once it reaches that value.

This means, rather than having to sell our HII shares if they closed above the strike price, with put options, we would have to buy HII shares if they closed below the strike price — which would be a good thing since we could add HII back to our portfolio at a much lower price.

In the UK, Too Good To Go allows users to purchase surplus food from over 4,500 restaurants and cafes at a low price, and in Spain, the Yo No Desperdicio app (which means «I Don't Waste») allows its users to give away or trade unwanted food items with those living nearby.

The changes, announced by Finance Secretary John Swinney in the Scottish Parliament today, mean that the tax, which will apply from 1 April 2015, will be lower for those buying properties at average Scottish prices than initially proposed in the Draft Budget 2015 - 16 and also lower than in the rest of the UK.

This means it covers the direct cost of low - carbon subsidies, energy efficiency and carbon taxes, as well as indirect costs due to strengthening grids, backing up intermittent renewables, compensating conventional generation for lost revenue through the capacity market and savings due to the merit - order effect, which pushes down wholesale electricity prices.

After doing the math, that means that the price per serving is going to be about $ 2.50, which is pretty low for a meal replacement shake.

And PowerPQQ is priced as low as $ 14.95 per bottle, which means it costs a fraction of what others are charging for similar premium - grade PQQ supplements.

I also wanted to make the spaces feel real and livable, which meant running the gamut of high, mid, and lower priced items to bring that feeling to fruition.

Another thing I love about Gormdan's is that they have their lowest price guarantee which means that if you find any item they carry for less at a competitor, they'll match that price AND give you a $ 5 Gordman's gift card.

The holiday shopping season is over, which means shops are marking their prices down to the lowest prices of the season!

The update live now for Super Monday Night Combat introduces Steam Trading (among other upgrades and fixes), which means you can pickup crossover costume items in both this title and Team Fortress 2 for the super low price of nothing.

The Vigil studio was not put up for auction with the other THQ franchises which could mean that Platinum Games make a deal with THQ out of auction for the lower price that Inaba - san is talking about.

Now that it is part of the University of Derby, Buxton & Leek College offers some of the lowest priced University level qualifications in the region and there is now an Advanced Learning Loan available to students over the aged of 19 which means that no course fees have to be paid up front.

Low - income students are those who qualify for free and reduced price meals, which is determined through a variety of means.

For example, a 2010 New York state charter school law requiring charter schools to mimic the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood — implemented to address gaps in English language learner and special education enrollment at charter schools — might mean, if enforced, that a school in upper Manhattan's District 6 would need to enroll a student population in which 98 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a commonly used measure of low - income status.64

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We operate our business on a high volume, low price model, which means our prices are very often the lowest prices you \ \ \'ll find.

A low price demands compromise, which means harsh plastics are a common sight inside the Dacia Duster.

The GLA is built on the same platform as the CLA sedan (and a host of other compact Mercedes - Benz models, as this comparison of our own shows) and that means it has similar pricing — they say a GLA 250 costs well under 35.000 dollars which is, indeed, quite a low price for a Mercedes - Benz, especially for a pretty well equipped one.

Note: This is not meant as particularly pro-Apple, and Android sales figures are also impressive and are in essence blocking Microsoft's entry into a lower - priced tier (which is likely why MSFT didn't even try to enter it?).

Low prices for backlist means more revenue streams, which all add up.

Two fully - functional tablets at two very low prices likely means that no matter which you buy, you won't regret the purchase too much.

Microsoft have just put all Surface Pro models on sale with a significant discount of $ 200 off on all models, from the Intel Core m3 model to the to of the range Intel Core i7 model with 16 GB of RAM: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/surface-pro/ This means that the lowest price of the Surface Pro now between March to April is $ 599, which is a much more reasonable price for this 12.3 - inch 2736 x... more...

Publishers will try to hold the line on their 25 % net ebook royalty structures, which means big authors will see their royalties suffer as prices drop and as the unit sales advantage of low prices decreases, and as the disadvantage of high prices increases.