On this site, various issues regarding pricing are discussed, both on various pricing posts as well as the following three pages:
One notable ongoing development has been increasing discounting and pricing pressures. The November 12, 2015 New York Times article, titled “Macy’s Sounds a Holiday Alarm, and Retailers Brace for Heavy Discounting.”
Two excerpts from the article:
The retailer of “Miracle on 34th Street” warned Wednesday that its stores were awash with merchandise after a sluggish fall season and that slow business would force it to go all-out on discounts during the holidays.
also:
Aggressive discounting from one of the country’s biggest merchants is bad news for retailers this holiday sales season, which is shaping up to be highly discount-driven. It also raises questions about the strength of the economic recovery, and of consumer sentiment.
Additional details can be found in the New York Times article mentioned above.
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