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- a reduction in the price of goods or services in relation to the standard price. A discount is a selling technique that is used, for example, to encourage customers to...
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- Discount Your Prices, Not Your Brand
- Big discount sales can work wonders to attract new customers and clear out stubborn inventory, but they can also erode the equity of higher-end marks and hurt the image of the stores that sell them. New research from the Miami University shows that discounting goods can lead consumers to expect...
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- How Much Is Free Freight Worth?
- This article examines a process that determines whether or not placing a free-freight order is a good buy. There are instances where profitability can be maximized by paying the freight. The first question to be asked is, how much is free freight worth? It's the dollar amount on the freight...
- White papers 1998-01-01
- Perks Of Membership Discounts
- Over the last few months of economic turmoil, consumers have been quick to look for discounts, although some may be missing out on top bargains from work or memberships. WCBS' Kirsten Cole reports.
- Videos 2009-03-17
- Anheuser Busch Discount to InBev Deal
- Scott Rothbort submits: Budweiser BUD continues to trade at a big discount to the $70 all cash acquisition price from InBev. On Thursday InBev (INBVF.PK) affirmed that the deal is on track. I hear from my investment banking experts that the deal is fully funded. However, the arbitrageurs who...
- External links 2008-11-09
- Cohen & Steers: CEF 'Spring-Loaded' in Market Recovery
- Joe Eqcome submits: During the current market decline, the share price-to-NAV discounts of closed-end funds CEFs have widened to 14.5%. This is the widest discount when compared to year-end comparables. As the equity markets recover, the discounts will narrow generating incremental returns over the market’s returns. In 2003, the CEF...
- External links 2008-10-23
- Selling Luxury in a Recession
- How brands from Starbucks to Mercedes-Benz are surviving in a down economy.These are the worst of times to be marketing a luxury brand. Your customers have lost jobs, defaulted on mortgages, watched their nest eggs shrink, or simply heard too much about all of the above. They're downsizing and simplifying...
- Articles 2009-07-20
- Trade Credit: What It Is And Why You Should Pay Attention
- Trade credit simply means that a vendor extends you credit terms, giving you extra time to pay or giving a discount for early payment. Trade credit terms are often expressed in a kind of shorthand consisting of 3 numbers. A common trade credit term is 2/10/30. The first number -...
- White papers 2009-05-11
- Announcement Of New Discount
- To attract more customers you need to give them discounts. And if you have made your mind to do so, use this template to announce new discount.
- Tools & templates 2007-12-01
- Denial Of Request For Additional Discount
- Your customer is asking for additional discount, but your company policies don't allow this and you want to inform this to customer. Here is a template that will help you in doing this.
- Tools & templates 2007-12-01
- Denial For Price Discount
- If your customer has asked you for the discount on the purchase they have made. And as per the company policy you cant give the discount. Use this template to explain your customer about your pricing policy and the discount given on it.
- Tools & templates 2007-12-01
- Buyer Shopping Costs and Retail Pricing: An Indirect Empirical Test
- Suppose that consumers incur fixed shopping costs and choose stores according to advertised discounts. Then, the extent to which a store will discount advertised items should increase with the profit from other regularly-priced items. Bookstores customarily advertise discounts on bestsellers. 9.5 (? 2.2) higher bestseller percentage discounts. This paper presents...
- White papers 2005-04-30
- Transaction Prices and Managed Care Discounting for Selected Medical Technologies: A Bargaining Approach
- It is generally assumed that managed care has been successful at capturing discounts from medical providers, but the implications have been a matter of debate. Critics argue that managed care organizations attain savings by reducing intensity of services, while others have argued that savings are 'real' and are a consequence...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- More Burglaries Occur in Summer Than Any Other Season - Learn How to Protect Your Home, Warns the I.I.I.
- This paper discusses the protection accessories covered under insurance. Insurance companies provide discounts for devices that make a home safer. Most companies give discounts of two-to-five percent for dead-bolt locks, and smoke/fire alarms. Discounts of 15 to 20 percent are also available if home-owner installs a sophisticated smoke and burglar...
- White papers
- Closed-End Funds: A Dynamic Model Of Premiums And Discounts
- Closed-end funds have been a topic of interest among finance academics and professionals on five counts. First, they tend to sell above their net asset value at their commencement. Second, they start selling at a discount within a year. Third, this discount is volatile but mean reverting. Fourth, the news...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Valuation Discounts- An Analysis Of The Services Position Compared With Litigated Cases
- "While the Service resists the application of valuation discounts in family business situations, the presence in the Regulations of the willing buyer/willing seller test for determining the value of transferred property means that the courts are generally prepared to consider the reality of significant discounts when properly supported by a...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Prices, Margins and Discounts
- Article points out that price always communicates. Big discounts send messages that customers will interpret as indicators of high margins and/or desperate vendors. These are not good messages to send. It is far better to position ones prices and services consistent with the delivery capabilities and offer modest discounts that...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Retailers Struggle as Discount Strategies Fail
- With sales abundant in most stores, consumers are reaping the benefits of the recession. As Michelle Miller reports, retailers may not be able to sustain discounts for long.
- Videos 2009-03-15
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- Mercantile Discount Bank unveiled. (Barclays Discount Bank to change name to Mercantile Discount Bank)
- Beginning May 9, the name of Barclays Discount Bank will be changed to Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd. The name was chosen by the management of Israel Discount Bank Ltd. Barclays Discount has a subsidiary by the name of Israel Mercantile Bank, from whi Beginning May 9,...
- Research articles 1993-04-30
- Discount buying Discount. (Israel Discount Bank to acquire 9.09% of Israel Discount Bank of New York) (Banking, Finance and Insurance)
- Discount Buying Discount Israel Discount Bank is to acquire 9.09 percent of the shares of subsidiary Israel Discount Bank of New York. The stock is to be purchased from the PEC Israel Economic Corporation a subsidiary of the IDB Development Corp. ...
- Research articles 1991-12-27
- Big increase in discount stores as recession bites in affluent areas
- Thursday, 03 September 2009 Discount retailers have increased by 60% during the last two years, according to new research by the Local Data Company backed by the British Property Federation BPF.Just under half of the 1,423 discount stores across Great Britain are in London and the south-east and for every...
- News items 2009-09-03
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