I had an interesting experience this week: I just bought a brand-new hardcover novel for less than I would have paid for the ebook. I wouldn’t have noticed except that I’ve been doing a lot of stuff online this week, and Amazon, good marketers that they are, sent me an e-mail to let me know […]
CONFIDENCE IN HOW TO PRICE PHOTOGRAPHY 82% of photographers surveyed stated that they are clueless or only slightly confident that their prices are profitable. And just 18% of photographers surveyed feel confident that they know how to price photography and their current photography prices are profitable. Many photographers doubt their math skills and use competitors’ […]
Through a special arrangement, what follows is an excerpt of an article from Retail Dive, an e-newsletter and website providing a 60-second bird’s eye view of the latest retail news and trends. For many purchases, it’s hard to know what the fair price is. That’s in part because of the constant barrage of sales, but […]
Over the past 10 years the growth of pricing strategy programs in almost every company has been very strong. There is clear support for improved pricing throughout C level and pricing is now frequently a ‘key improvement area’ of the CEO. The number of firms now offering price strategy implementation programs is at the point […]
You want to make money. That’s why you run a business. Whether you’re selling a product or a service—you’ll have to put a price on what you’re selling at some point. It isn’t easy to price something. It’s where a lot of business owners get stuck and put an arbitrary number on their product that just barely […]
We recently took a trip to Target and found huge price differences between the same products for men and women. Top Comments whatthewhatwhat The difference is how men shop…we look at the price and shop accordingly. We don’t care if a bottle of shampoo smells like an unicorn’s ass, as long as it’s in […]
“Rule of thumb regarding these batteries is: half the size, double the capacity, four times the price,” said Teubner. “Yes, the lithium-ions have a much longer service life, but the price tag is almost prohibitively expensive, therefore people tend to purchase the considerably cheaper standard lead-acid / AGM+Gel batteries.” He said South Africans can expect to […]
The competition regulator is to scrutinise allegations that UK supermarkets have duped shoppers out of hundreds of millions of pounds through misleading pricing tactics. Which? has lodged the first ever super-complaint against the grocery sector after compiling a dossier of “dodgy multi-buys, shrinking products and baffling sales offers” and sending it to the Competition and […]
According to a survey by Software Advice, 52 percent of retailers use more than 10 pricing tactics, although most revolve around a strategy of discounting. The study questioned retailers about their experiences with 13 different pricing approaches and found only two percent used two or fewer pricing tactics. The top eight were: 1. Discount: Discounts […]
There’s been a lot of speculation about potential pricing for the highest tiered Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Edition line. John Gruber has been writing about Edition pricing on Daring Fireball. He initially thought that $5,000 was a ceiling for the Edition entry model, then moved his target up to $10,000, even suggesting that $20,000 […]
This Week in Pricing > 4/21/18
This Week in Pricing is a collection of pricing focused news, thought leadership , events, jobs and professional education resources for pricers. This Edition is brought to you by: SPOSEA B.V. SPOSEA B.V. drives increased profitability for SAP users by SIMPLIFYING SAP’s Price Data Optimization, Management and Execution. We provide the SAP ecosystem with enterprise-wide […]
Pricing News Daily is a digest of top pricing strategy in the news, strategy expert and technology leader’s thought leadership, industry news and events, and resources for pricing professionals, business owners, creative professionals, and independent contractors. This Edition is brought to you by: Professional Pricing Society Currently, PPS produces three major annual pricing […]
Workshop: Successful Transformation for Strategy Optimization | Stratence Partners
Date: Tue, 1 May, 2018 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: PPS Spring Conference | Loews Chicago O’Hare Rosemont Hotel in Chicago, IL DESCRIPTION Successful Transformation for Strategy Optimization (Level 300 Workshop) Most organizations have objectives to improve their results for profit, volume and market share, but not all of them are really leveraging the most powerful lever […]
Spotify Subscriptions Helped The Streaming Company Win Listeners | WIRED
The focus on subscriptions, combined with its hard-won relationships with the record labels, has saved Spotify from the fate of its many failed streaming music peers. That includes MOG, Turntable.fm, Muxtape, Imeem, Playground.fm, Myxer, Mixwit, Seeqpod, Grooveshark, and Skeemr. Pandora, which bought Rdio in 2015 in a distressed sale, endured takeover speculation for the last […]
Regulators to ensure Grab-Uber deal will not erode competition | The Straits Times
The LTA added that it was reviewing a regulatory framework to license private-hire car operators “to keep the private-hire car and taxi industries open and contestable”. The CCS said Singapore’s competition laws prohibit mergers that may result in a “substantial lessening of competition”, and indicated that it could “require the merger to be unwound or […]
Program Manager, Global Pricing Ops | PayPal
Seniority Level: n/a Industry: Computer Software, Financial Services, Internet Employment Type: Full-time Job Functions: Project Management, Information Technology Job description Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital […]
Manager, Pricing & Analytics | Tiffany & Co.
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level Industry: Apparel & Fashion, Luxury Goods & Jewelry, Retail Employment Type: Full-time Job Functions: Strategy/Planning, Product Management Job description Overview The Manager of Category Pricing & Analytics will partner with Sr. Director and Director to drive direct margin improvement through global price optimization in collaboration with central and regional Finance teams. S/he manages […]
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