No
They will pass on the price hike on inventory they had at the "standard gouging rate" instantly.
And will run the bullshit price till hell freezes over if thier price drops.
The only time they adjust it back down is when we quit buying and they are stacked to overflowing with inventory .
And they no longer put anything into upgrade or expansion. All that just goes to short term profits the company then crumbles and the fucking locusts laugh and move on.
You have a gross misunderstanding of how companies run.
Jacking up your prices before your competition does, will kill your sales.
During the pandemic, grocery stores chose to have empty shelves, because the customer is sympathetic to shortages, but hostile to panic buy pricing.
Supply / Demand determines market rate. Consumers set the price based upon availability of product. Unless there is a big panic buy from us, prices should be flat until suppliers have to pass on increased cost of goods
Companies need a high sales volume at market rate, not few sales at a high profit while creating buyers remorse.
A lot of retail is brand management, your companies brand, not the products. If your customers think you do what you described, they go elsewhere and will not come back, even if you lower prices to the market rate.
Companies who stockpiled pre tariff product have two competitive advantages - first, they can keep prices low, and second they can wait to see if the tariffs will lower or go back to previous rates before importing more product.
The top fear now is getting stuck with a bunch of overpriced peak tariff inventory after something is worked out.
Reality is that some companies who couldn't afford a big forward buy or were not able to get it in on time will be the first to raise prices. They will be accused of profiting, will lose sales, be stuck with peak price inventory if rates come back down and be forced to sell at a lower margin or a loss.
