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bucolic_frolic

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1. Price hikes will reduce sales

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 06:57 PM

Aug 2019

so retailers will have to makeup the tariffs on lower volume, meaning prices higher than anticipated.

It's going to be a great Trump recession.

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Retailers howl as U.S. trade agency locks in 15% tariffs on September 1 [View all] Zorro Aug 2019 OP

Price hikes will reduce sales bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #1

Employee hours already being cut in retail at an upscale mall near me Freethinker65 Aug 2019 #2

Yay Christmas profit margins! Kittycow Aug 2019 #3

This does not bode well Sherman A1 Aug 2019 #4

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We must all sacrifice for our Deer Leeder. dchill Aug 2019 #6

Dial it back dude keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #11

OMGROTFL! dchill Aug 2019 #19

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I got my s.s. check and went shopping Wed. and Th. Marthe48 Aug 2019 #21

Curtail demand at the tail end of an expansion.... paleotn Aug 2019 #8

Billion$ in new Trump taxes. keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #9

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Wont there be black markets popping up? rickford66 Aug 2019 #12

Merry Christmas season retailers and consumers, from Donald Trump. TeamPooka Aug 2019 #13

I've been thrift store & antique booth shopping for unique vintage gifts for Christmas. CottonBear Aug 2019 #15

Good old classical conservatism... Dawson Leery Aug 2019 #16

Well, watch the market tank on this news. PatrickforO Aug 2019 #17

So...much...winning durablend Aug 2019 #18

Another Obama success that dump is dispoiling Marthe48 Aug 2019 #20

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