So American Airlines announced a new "value pricing" plan, which entailed cutting fares while replacing complex discounts with a simple, four-tier price system.

因此美国航空公司对外宣布了一个新的“定价”计划。这个计划在削减票价的同时，还用一个简明的四列价格体系取代复杂的打折程序。

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But in recent months it has begun to close some, especially in "second tier" cities, amid intense price competition.

但是，最近几个月，在激烈的价格竞争中，它开始关掉一些店，特别是在“二线”城市。

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This is close to the current average house price in some regions of first-tier cities in China.

这个价格接近当今中国一些一级城市的平均房价。

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Much like the PC market, basic and feature mobile phone volumes are falling as consumers migrate not only to smartphones, but smartphones at low- and mid-tier price points.

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So, could the presence of low tier price increases, distressed home sale price increases, smaller percentages of distressed sale levels, and high levels of investor activity be what a floor looks like?

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At the same time, smartphone penetration has risen and as tends to be the case in most consumer electronic markets, incremental share gains will have to come from mid-and lower-tier price points.

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