One other point is that Kwak may be right that "In this case, supply is fixed in the short term, so raising the price won't increase supply", but if you allow prices to rise, then it gives stores more incentive to overstock their shelves the next time they anticipate a snow storm.
The video store's incentive plan is meant to glean new donations, not recycle those already made.
The clinics are expected to attract more customers and to give the store an incentive to sell prescription drugs, which have higher profit margins than over the counter medication, Mr. Denison said.
Banks are in the business of lending and do not need encouragement, let alone coercion, to sell their product, any more than a grocery store needs incentive to sell milk or bread.
Practice managers were notified before the letters were sent, and a twenty pound store voucher incentive prize was offered to those who participated as a thank you for their time.
"It was, frankly, largely focused on our store and incentives," he said, referring to discounts that Macy's offers to customers who show foreign passports.
In my oldest son's first year of college, he collected multiple credit cards from pizza party offers on campus and in-store discount incentives.
Because manufacturers cannot easily monitor how much service retailers provide, stores have an incentive to cheat by skimping on service and "free riding" on other shops' promotional efforts.So how should antitrust authorities respond?
But industry analysts and those who study marketing and consumer behavior say the stores have an incentive to pretend nothing is amiss, even as they post eye-popping sale signs.
They may not acknowledge that the gloomy economy has inspired their efforts, but people who study such things say the stores have an incentive to pretend nothing is amiss, even as they post eye-popping sale signs to try to move merchandise.
