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Hi,I am not sure if the following sentence conveys what I want it to. The store buys each of the products at a cost and then sells it at a mark-up (premium) or mark-down (discount). Now the chart shows how each product’s sticker price compares with its cost. For example, product A’s sticker price is at a 10% premium to its cost.This chart shows premiums/discounts to their costs for all the products in our store.Thanks,MG.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

MusicgoldI am not sure if the following sentence conveys what I want it to.

I assume you are mostly concerned about the sentence in blue. Premiums and discounts can only be, by definition, "in comparison to cost", so it seems to me that the following would be sufficient:

This chart shows premiums and discounts for all the products in our store.

CJ

Musicgold · Answer

Thanks CJ.

Let us assume that I need to keep the reference to the costs in the sentence. A product can be priced at a premium or discount to the average market price of the product.

In that case, is the sentence okay in its current form?

CalifJim · Answer

MusicgoldThanks CJ.

Let us assume that I need to keep the reference to the costs in the sentence. A product can be priced at a premium or discount to the average market price of the product.
In that case, is the sentence okay in its current form?

OK. Let's see if I understand this.

Premiums and discounts can be computed with respect to "our" costs or with respect to the average market price, and you want to be sure the reader knows you are talking about the first scenario.

If so, you can add at the end of the sentence, as compared to our costs.

This chart shows premiums and discounts for all the products in our store as compared to our costs.

In any case premiums to their costs and discounts to their costs are not possible phrases.

CJ

Musicgold · Answer

Thanks CJ.

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