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Fortune
Jerry Haar

Yes, companies can stay profitable without raising prices — here's how

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Sir Isaac Newton’s “Universal Law of Gravitation” states that whatever goes up must come down. Obviously, Sir Isaac has not been to the grocery store lately.

Prices are climbing well above the official inflation rate — and not always for the reasons companies claim. The real question isn’t why prices are rising. It’s whether they have to at all.

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