As sales plummeted, these companies had to tighten expenses, which forced suppliers to slash prices.
Same store sales are expected to rise 0-2% as hardware manufacturers continue to slash prices.
This looming overcapacity has already forced car makers to slash prices in South Korea.
Those already in the market for the ridiculously thin notebook computers are promising to slash prices, fast.
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Their latest attempt to drum up business follows a time-honored two-pronged approach: slash prices and give away prizes.
Fiat so dominates the Italian market that its competitors will happily slash prices just to win a few sales.
At United, Tilton is struggling to hang on as competitors slash prices.
The decision by Saks, an exclusive retailer, to slash prices during the 2008 holiday season caused consternation among some luxury-goods groups.
If SunPower doesn't slash prices further, it stands to lose more business.
New competitors were still entering the market as late as 2011, when weak demand and a supply glut forced producers to slash prices.
U.S.-based Compaq, the world's No. 1 personal computer maker, says it will slash prices up to 20% every quarter as it launches new products.
Lackluster sales--including in the U.S., which provides 70% of its revenue--have led it to slash prices on its new 3-D platform and other products by as much as a third.
Not every e-reader manufacturer will slash prices, of course.
Dell made the decision to replace Rollins as he saw a newly energized HP--with streamlined production, cool new offerings in TVs, cameras and handhelds, and 110, 000 retail outlets--slash prices and snatch away Dell's lead.
Distressed inventory, comprised of short sales and foreclosures that tend to produce an average discount of 14% to 20%, puts downward pressure on non-distressed homes as traditional sellers are forced to slash prices to compete for buyers and appraisers lower values due to a glut of discounted comparables.
Telekom has had to slash its prices and offer all manner of incentives to hold on to customers.
It is common for retailers to slash the prices of electronic products in anticipation of the arrival of their upgraded versions.
In commodity news, Rio Tinto agreed to slash iron ore prices in a deal with Japan's Nippon Steel by at least 33%.
That would put still further pressure on companies to slash output and prices in order to get rid of the mountains of unsold goods now cluttering stores and showrooms.
The Fed has thereby fostered the impression that it will slash interest rates when share prices fall sharply, but not increase rates when they shoot up.
Industry-Ratios-Oil-Gas-Producers-Vs-Gasoline-PricesMargins dropped by nearly half in 2009 after a precipitous drop in oil prices left companies scrambling to slash spending in exploration and production.
Yudhoyono convincingly did slash fuel subsidies in October, boosting street prices 125% in a much-anticipated step to stanch fiscal bleeding and to reduce demand for and smuggling of mispriced oil.
In the event, falling prices in emerging markets have forced the government to slash the price by a third.
Some blame the retailers, who are accused of pushing up prices in the weeks before Thanksgiving, only to slash them later and encourage a sales stampede.
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If commodity prices were to fall, forcing these state enterprises to slash expenses like their private-sector brethren, the state-capitalist model might begin to crumble.
But, in recent months, a weakening of economic indicators and easing of underlying inflation pressures (falling oil, food and commodity prices) have led the central bank to take out its scissors and slash the borrowing rate (see: " An Ominous Signal From The Bank Of England").
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