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...forced to slash prices relentlessly. One private study indicates that 70% of all department-store sales are generated by price markdowns. Retailers generally like to sell merchandise for 40% more than its wholesale cost, but these days the margin has shrunk below 20% for many items. Says William Panschar, a professor of marketing at Indiana University: "I can't walk into a department store anywhere in the country and not feel that it's sale time all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Holds Barred: Retailers Battling for Profits | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

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