11.   Companies like Intel first must unload bloated inventories, incurring more losses as they are forced to discount merchandise.

12.   Companies must unload bloated inventories, incurring more losses as they are forced to discount merchandise.

13.   Companies, facing sagging demand, have heavily discounted merchandise and offered free financing and other incentives to lure customers.

14.   During the slump, businesses sharply cut production and discounted merchandise in order to get rid of stockpiles of unsold goods.

15.   Many retailers have discounted merchandise in an effort to motivate buyers.

16.   Merchants deeply discounted merchandise in January and the weather was mild, factors that helped lure shoppers into stores and malls.

17.   Retailers, coping with the economic slowdown, heavily discounted merchandise, including big pre-Easter holiday sales, to get rid of inventory pileups and lure people into stores.

18.   Some merchandise is discounted.

19.   The company said it would continue to discount merchandise in order to move goods from the racks.

20.   The exception was January, when they rebounded as merchants deeply discounted merchandise to lure shoppers into stores and malls.