Prices for Woolworths’ premium private label groceries are rising faster than prices for national brands as Australia’s largest retailer attempts to protect profit margins amid rising costs. Woolworths, and to a lesser extent Coles, has been playing hardball with suppliers, resisting price rises stemming from the drought, rising energy costs and the weaker Australian dollar. […]
Subsidies for wind and other alternative energy were established in 1978 by Congress to reduce reliance on foreign oil, following the Arab oil embargo that sent energy costs skyrocketing. Both the Senate and House bills direct the Public Utility Commission and the state’s grid manager Electric Reliability Council of Texas to study how to change […]
Ridesharing giant Lyft went public on March 28 and, earlier this month, its bigger rival Uber said it will soon follow with its own IPO. The IPO prospectus for Lyft and the initial filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Uber lift the veil for the first time on the sustainability of their business […]
Ahead of Avengers: Endgame’s premiere this week, theaters in China have been ordered to cap service fees. According to Beijing Youth Daily via South China Morning Post, some Chinese theaters have been selling tickets at up to three times the usual rate, putting them at around 300 yuan or about $45 each. Chinese authorities have […]
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee recently concluded its second hearing this month on the soaring cost of insulin. With insulin manufacturers’ price-gouging now leading some diabetics with no choice but to dangerously self-ration their medicine, reportedly leading to deaths, it could not have come at a better time, NPR […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Priority Review Vouchers (PRVs) for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are aimed to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs or vaccines for NTDs. The vouchers do this by providing a six-month expedited review of another drug within that company’s development pipeline if they receive FDA approval for such a drug […]
A new study by doctors and policymakers at public hospitals posits that the price cap on coronary stents may have helped a larger number of patients from lower-income groups undergo life-saving angioplasty since their number went up sharply after the price-regulation move. The study, led by Dr Bhanu Duggal, the head of cardiology at AIIMS, […]
Claims vs. Reality In examining pricing strategy, members of the sales team will often say a distributor is overpriced in the market — don’t buy that claim, said Real Results Marketing Managing Partner Jonathan Bein, Ph.D. His company has done years of customer research that shows pricing is not a top factor for clients. When […]
For those uninitiated, 46brooklyn Research was founded by two Ohio pharmacy guys who had seen enough problems in the prescription drug supply chain to know that transparency and accountability were sorely needed. Prior to our launch in August 2018, we spent months digging into publicly-available data to expose a growing gap between the actual price […]
3. Pricing Uber and Lyft, being fierce competitors in most markets, charge pretty much the same during normal times. But both also charge higher prices in high-demand situations so as to bring in more drivers when they’re needed. Uber calls this “surge pricing” and Lyft calls it “prime time.” Both Chen and other observers have […]
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This Week in Pricing > 4/20/19
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Epic Games issues V-Buck refunds for Fortnite ‘Birdie’ skin pricing error | Fortnite INTEL
The Birdie skin was offered briefly in the Fortnite Item Shop for 1,200 V-Bucks, which was 400 V-Bucks over the original price, and Epic has refunded those players. On April 14, Epic Games released the Birdie female skin in the Fortnite Item Shop for 1,200 V-Bucks, however, there was an error with the pricing. Fortnite […]
MindShare 2019 – May 14-16 | Zilliant
Want to Drive Profitable Growth in 2019? The B2B industry is consistently failing to capture hidden pockets of revenue and profit that can be uncovered today. Learn from industry experts on how to put an end to profit leakage for good. Zilliant MindShare welcomes you to our ecosystem of best-in-class partners and thought leaders. You […]
The Masters Tournament is one of the most prestigious events in sports Opens a New Window. , but fans who paid top dollar for entry badges can look forward to dirt-cheap prices at Augusta National Golf Club’s famous concessions stands Opens a New Window. . The Masters menu features traditional items such as pimento cheese […]
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