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It's great to have you join us here on the Clark Howard Show where it's about your empowerment with knowledge so you can keep more of what you may.

Coming up later this hour, you know how battery life in our electronics is the bane of our existence?

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I want to talk right now about the price war that is spreading in retail.

Some retailers that have been doing really well for a long time have hiccups recently.

Places you think of is going to for deals.

Dollar general, family dollar, dollar tree, that have been big winners in retail.

Now we're having a little bit tougher of a time because of a big price war going on with Costco, Walmart, and Target.

Target started the ball rolling about a year ago with significant price cuts.

And Walmart, just according to industry analysts, just in a three month period, cut their overall pricing 4%.

That's a big move with a discounter to cut prices that much.

And Costco has been cutting prices all over the place just recently.

The guy who's their CFO said in an investor call price is at the top of our list.

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