Word: discounter
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...course, discounts present their own dangers for all sports fighting the recession. Unless the price entices a sufficient amount of extra customers, you lose revenue. And those who do come to the track may expect a lower price in the future. So you risk alienating those fans when you try to boost the bottom line down the road. "It's a slippery slope," says David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California. "If the consumer lowers the threshold, it's harder to get back to the true market price. It's a decent...
Cross-Country Discount. Going head-to-head with Virgin America, which just started new service to Boston, JetBlue is offering $105 one-way tickets between Los Angeles and Boston or New York's JFK. There are some restrictions: fares are valid only for travel on Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday between June 17 and July 24, excluding June...
City Stimulus. New York Signature Collection hotels - including the four-star Plaza, London and Carlyle hotels - are still offering a third night free, plus a special VIP package at Saks Fifth Avenue, with gets you a personal shopper, a discount on merchandise, plus complimentary coffee and dessert at the store's lounge. Check website for participating hotels and to make reservations through...
Many in Peoria are preparing for the worst. Pierre Serafin, co-owner of UFS, a discount store here, says customer foot traffic has remained steady, although average sales are down 10% from a year ago. Because fewer people are buying homes, there's less of a need for appliances. The handful of folks buying refrigerators are trading down from stainless steel to the less expensive "stainless mist," which, Serafin says, "looks almost like stainless steel...
...residence, front and back. Just the tiny things." He says he is "prayerful" that residents will follow through on plans to create a peaceful Town Watch. At Monday's meeting, the council approved the purchase of motion-activated lights, which the city will sell to residents at a discount to help illuminate dark yards that might invite arsonists. (See the top 10 everything...