Discounting Quotes

You'd be hard-pressed to name another industry in which so much emphasis is placed on discounting to move products. - Carlos Ghosn

With three negative reports in a row, it's ugly. What we are seeing is two things: it is the storms and a pre-existing condition that came with the end of auto discounting. Part suppliers and their raw materials suppliers benefited from auto sales incentives. - Chris Low

With higher auto prices helping to offset the usual price discounting seen in other categories like clothing in December, the annual rate of core inflation is expected to move up to 1.7 per cent during the month. - Carl Gomez

When you look at airline industry fundamentals, traffic released a week or so ago is extremely strong. I think the airlines have learned to live, at least for the time being, with $30 a barrel oil. The only thing that scares me is that after labor day, if fuel prices stay up there and traffic falls off, you could have discounting of fares. - Ray Neidl

When you have the snow, you're going to have a pretty good year. People will gladly pay for great conditions, and never seem to mumble about price increases. When you don't have (snow), no amount of discounting, promotions and other price specials will ever make up for your lost business volumes. - Chip Vicary

What we saw was a likely bifurcation of retailers this holiday season, with those catering to affluent consumers doing very well. The balance of retailers had to work harder for sales and do more discounting. - Wayne Best

What the market is telling us is that's it's discounting solid economic growth over the next quarter... I think [the market] can over the next month or so approach the highs we hit last year. - Peter Cardillo

We've gone a long way to discounting a favorable outcome -- you're getting the rally that should have taken place the day the bombs fell. The real question is how much longer are the hedge funds going to let the market go before they put on short positions again. Valuations, North Korea -- you don't hear about this stuff anymore, but it's still out there. - Larry Rice