Sentence examples for markdown from inspiring English sources

That sounds expensive but "if you can prevent a markdown, that covers a lot of shipping costs and satisfies the customer," says Karen Hoguet, Macy's finance chief.Mr Singer thinks that such wizardry makes "the next ten years incredibly promising" for some department stores.

The blue light was a clever twist on an old trick: the markdown sale, a retail strategy dating back to the late-nineteenth-century explosion in the mass production and distribution of consumer goods.

Mr. Cailloux of R.B.S. said that such a plan would not be a solution for Ireland or other overly indebted countries because their bonds did not yet trade at a big enough markdown from the face value.

Even the words a retailer uses in its marketing can affect how a customer judges a deal — "sale" or "special" leads people to think the item has a high value, but a straight markdown leads them to think it's a cheaper item, according to a study in the Journal of Retailing.

What he wants, the analysts said, is a comprehensive solution that protects the central bank's balance sheet from a markdown in Greek debt and recapitalizes commercial banks exposed to Greece — inevitably with more taxpayer money.

I may even use the result of last nights #browserify demo to quick-edit markdown: http://t.co/CHfb9iEMZA cc @timesopen @justinjmoses — Thorsten Lorenz (@thlorenz) September 20, 2013 Thanks to everyone who came out for Tools & Toolkits!

Cromartie came via similar markdown; at age 26, he has fathered eight children with six women in five states.

But analysts said retailers were not holding to their vows of avoiding markdown wars.

Hukkster also looks for coupon codes that apply to specific items, so a J. Crew nightshirt that was originally $128 came out to $62.99 after a site markdown combined with a 30 percent discount code that Hukkster found.

But in 2009 ticket prices fell, and that decline continued in 2010, led by an aggressive markdown campaign offered by Live Nation, the biggest promoter.

"This could be the biggest markdown on a traded player in our 123-year history," said Mitchell Modell, the chief executive of the chain, which has 151 stores in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic but none in Houston.