Experts Dismiss Price Hikes As Common Device Tax Balancing Measure
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Existing market pressures make widespread price increases an unlikely company strategy to balance the impacts of the oncoming 2.3% device excise tax, sources say.
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