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In September 2007, the company raised its prices by $0.0099 (from 99 cents to 99.99 cents), marking the first increase in the history of the franchise—to combat "dramatically rising costs and inflation." [8] [9] The store carries some items which are over the .9999 price point; such as $1.99 and $2.99.
Psychological pricing (also price ending or charm pricing) is a pricing and marketing strategy based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact. In this pricing method, retail prices are often expressed as just-below numbers: numbers that are just a little less than a round number, e.g. $19.99 or £2.98. [1]
In March 1999, Hallmark started a price war with the introduction of a 99-cent card line forcing American to do the same. In 1999, the implementation of a new inventory system slowed shipments to retailers. However, this reduced sales by $100 million, a 1.5% decrease, ending a 93rd consecutive year of increasing revenue. [6]
Thanksgiving Savings: 99 Cents Only Stores Offering Turkeys for 99 Cents on Nov. 15 — But There’s a Catch Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy November 14, 2023 at 3:06 PM
A shopper leaves the 99 Cent Only store with her purchases in Santa Monica on April 5, 2024. The stores will be closing soon. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
99 Cents Only Stores is closing all of its 371 locations across the US as the company begins to wind down its business operations. The budget retailer announced the closures on Thursday, with ...
[5] Walter Mossberg also noted that "to buy even a single 99 cent song from the Zune store, you have to purchase blocks of "points" from Microsoft, in increments of at least $5. You can't just click and have the 99 cents deducted from a credit card, as you can with iTunes. So, even if you are buying only one song, you have to allow Microsoft to ...
The shuttering of 99 Cents Only Stores comes after fellow discount retailer Dollar Tree last month said it was closing 1,000 stores. 99 Cents Only Stores was founded in 1982 by Dave Gold, ...