Increased consumer confidence and improved credit terms on
high-ticket items contributed to a more than 16 percent increase in auto sales during 2003.
"I would attribute our success to the
high-ticket item. I'm not sure we've been doing anything all that different, but we are in an exceptionally good market and those
high-ticket items are what have contributed to our sales figures."
As of late July,
high-ticket items were reportedly selling very well.
New cars have never been more accessible, tempting buyers away from
high-ticket items such as holidays and home improvements.
You'd sell millions of these
high-ticket items every year.
Arts and Antiques Magazine: Here are 179,567 upscale, direct mail-responsive subscribers with the discretionary income to purchase
high-ticket items. They have a median income of $164,000 and own collections valued, on average, at $135,900.
The purchase of
high-ticket items is still seriously limited by the fact that consumer and business loans are scarce.
What the stores in these locations lack in
high-ticket items, they make up by selling a larger volume of more modestly priced merchandise that justifies their top ten rents.
It doesn't define out very
high-ticket items for patients with HIV or undergoing chemotherapy, or for blood products, nutritional treatments, and antibiotics," says Madigan.
While decline in poundage is of concern, upscale,
high-ticket items make up for volume loss as dollar value of market keeps climbing.
Besides these larger,
high-ticket items, the gallery also sells smaller objects, such as a $25 box or a $50 turned bowl.
McCormick cites several reasons for these changes: * More emergency and specialty care -
high-ticket items - as managed care steers the less ill to outpatient settings.