But the last thing you want to see happen is for e-retailers to include their profit margins in the shipping charges.

But nothing surpasses credit card fear.

It takes all the profit; what profit I make off mine is gone,

been keeping my normal profit margin.

This level of investment requires that we continue our transformation and keep delivering on our cost goals and profit objectives. Our employees are a crucial part of that equation, and we need to continue working together to provide optimum value for our customers.

Such is American business, I guess, where the desire for obscene profit mutes any discussion of conscience.