Word: cheaping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Many customers said Tommy’s greatest drawing factor was—and still is—the cheap price of its pizzas...
...nearby Brown, for example—includes drinking. Here at Harvard, alcohol has been gone from Springfest for so long (okay, four years) that students don’t even remember that it was once an option. Would it be expensive? Sure—so charge for cheap tickets, say $5 or so (and give the folks who still don’t want to go a chance to opt out). Springfest has been dry for years, but the council overlooked the opportunity to revisit the issue with the advent of Summers. Lee says the obstacle is the massive amount...
...could prove decisive against Legend as well. Founded in 1984 by 11 computer researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Legend has rapidly grown into Asia's largest PC maker by riding a boom in mainland computer sales. Although it manufactures in China, where labor costs are cheap, it lacks Dell's economies of scale. Legend's revenue last year was $3.5 billion, puny compared with Dell's $31.9 billion. Dell's 17.6% profit margin similarly dwarfs Legend...
...continue to explore new topics like women’s health issues, community service, financial tips for single women and cheap alternatives to some of the pricey options featured in spreads. The overall worth of a magazine about fashion is doubled when it includes short lists or quick articles about common sense strategies that help women eat right, save money or look like a million bucks without spending a million bucks...
Don’t pretend, when putting together said price range, that the most expensive items in the spread are just as affordable as the cheap ones. No, buying a $450 pair of shoes is not as great a “bargain” as buying a $50 pair...