Word: markup
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...strategy of promoting national-brand fashion clothing is risky. It puts Sears in direct competition with such off-price retailers as Marshalls and TJ. Maxx, which sell name-brand merchandise at less than full markup. Warns one retailing analyst: "A lot of business is going to come out of Sears' hide...
...price stores fit into a gray area between discounters and full-service stores that sell goods at a more or less full markup. Discount stores pay wholesale prices to suppliers but cut costs on their overhead so they can sell below retail. Off-price stores, on the other hand, often buy below wholesale. They load up on manufacturers' overruns and end-of-season goods, and often get special deals for buying in large quantities. Unlike discounters, many specialize in designer labels that have proven consumer appeal...
Once in the U.S., cocaine is diluted at each step in the distribution chain, usually with vegetable starches or anesthetics like Novocain. A typical retail gram of "cocaine" is only about 15% pure, although concentrations as high as 40% and as low as zero are not unusual. The price markup from dockside to coffee table is roughly ten times...
...Cheddar cheese, which has a sharper taste than new Cheddar. Since storing the cheese would tie up the companies' capital, companies sell the cheese to the Government as a surplus dairy product, at anywhere from $1.36 to $1.39 per Ib., then buy it back at only a 10% markup six months or so later when the cheese is ready for market. The arrangement sticks the Government with the storage and transportation costs...
...Saudi Arabia, it is too expensive to maintain an office, so we I rely on a dealer. He's the person who I unearths the opportunities and makes I the sales. We offer our equipment I to the dealer at a discount off the list price, and his markup to the customer is, in effect, his commission...