Recently, a business trip took me to Paris. As the schedule was tight and I had a number of appointments across the city, I had to frequently rely on Uber to get me places in time. Doing a number of comparable rides over a couple of days, I started to notice that the prices could […]
Clients’ dissatisfaction around pricing is reaching a crisis point. Increasingly, law firms are responding by going back to the drawing board and reworking their pricing models. Firms with their eye on the future are dispensing with timesheets – too long the bane of our industry. Without timesheets, law firms should adopt an approach to pricing […]
What has changed? Until February 2017, there was a fixed limit on the amount losing a case could cost you. For individuals, the maximum of the other side’s legal costs you could be made to pay was £5,000. For organisations like Friends of the Earth it was £10,000. This limit, although still a considerable cost, […]
For some years, I have used the analogy of building a house as to the fallacy of not providing a budget/estimate of the cost, passing along efficiencies and fixed-fee certainty over the hourly rate. However, Headon provided me with an analogy that provided even greater clarity as to the need for innovation in both pricing […]
How does this relate to per-partner pricing? In the world of hosted software or programs for channel partners, there’s always a discrepancy between how many partners CAN participate and how many ACTUALLY participate. You can’t control human behavior, especially the behavior of channel partners. You can try to influence it, but you can’t control it. […]
In this #PricingPodcast, we talked with Whitney Gibson, a Partner at the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP law firm, and a knowledge expert on unauthorized sales, online. Whitney shared why businesses and consumers alike should be concerned with unauthorized sellers who sell diverted products. Sellers on eBay and other third party online marketplaces are causing many […]
Twenty-one percent of lawyers “upbilled” for their time in 2015, rounding up their hours worked to the next hour or half hour, according to an analysis of legal invoices from about 100 companies. Upbilling could raise the annual legal bill by about $29,000 for a partner billing 2,000 hours a year, according to the 2016 […]
Senior pricing executives come from many developmental paths–from FP&A/technical finance backgrounds to MBA/strategy, business development, practice management, and even senior partners with extensive experience in key client negotiations and profitability analysis. Whatever the profile, the individual must have the credibility and capability such that they are viewed by the partnership as a trusted senior advisor, […]
In their recently published “2017 Report on the State of the Legal Market,” the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center, and Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, noted that 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Great Recession–and the corresponding impact on the legal market that followed: One of […]
When it comes to managing outside counsel, the CFO is usually concerned with the cost of outside counsel and the general counsel (GC) is responsible for finding a way to manage legal strategy within an often shrinking budget. The increased use of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), however, presents an opportunity for CFOs to participate in […]
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: Vistaar Vistaar Technologies was created to address the top challenge that […]
Pricing: Does Fortune Favor the Bold or the Prepared? | Paul Greifenberger
With every sales bid, there are new data that can be used to improve pricing. Yet, much of this potential remains untapped. Why? Because data gaps and uncontrolled sales cycle data variables are significant roadblocks. Find out how Vistaar’s leading edge pricing practices and price science techniques can help you overcome the roadblocks. It’s worth the effort because […]
Machine Learning—a “Next Level” Pricing Element | Paul Greifenberger
For a pricing strategy to be truly successful, it must be a “win-win-win” for sales, marketing, and finance. This calls for a revenue and margin balancing act consistently performed over time. Vistaar’s SmartQuote pricing software enables pricing strategies and tactics to efficiently and rapidly adapt as market conditions change. SmartQuote is powered by advanced machine learning techniques […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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