Kokonas, who is also co-owner of culinary reservation system Tock, previously told Bloomberg that he thinks customers should be able to pay for their meal in advance. “I’m a big advocate for dynamic pricing,” he said during the panel. Rather than create culinary gimmicks with artificially inflated prices to make ends meet, Kokonas thinks restaurants […]
Next year, the restaurant experience will be defined more than ever by technology, according to the panelists at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead: Luxury conference on Thursday. Blockchain, surge pricing, and facial-recognition software were all listed as ways that dining out will evolve in 2019. Maria Font Trabocchi, the Washington restaurateur behind Fiola and Del Mar, spoke about what’s to come in fine dining during […]
It’s no shell game: As the price per pound has skyrocketed over the last few months, the costs of lobster dishes on restaurant menus across the city have been off the charts as chefs have been looking to claw back some of the margins. A combination of lousy weather, international demand, and iced-over Canadian fisheries […]
If you’ve ever been to a restaurant between two and five o’clock, chances are pretty good that you walked into a near-empty establishment, with servers, hosts and kitchen staff waiting around until the dinner rush. Feedback wants to make those off-peak hours more productive by giving restaurants the ability to offer dynamic pricing and discounts […]
The move could raise awareness of Pret’s (and others) current flat pricing strategy. Pret a Manger has boasted its employees had given away 1.7 million free cups of coffee through its “random acts of kindness” scheme in its 2016 financial report — but the value of a free cup of coffee is not the same […]
According to the theories in classical economics, an equilibrium price of a product will be reached in a free market when supplies meet demands. When supplies remain stable, an increase in demands will result in a higher selling price for the product. Restaurants and hotels offer service products that are perishable in nature (e.g., restaurant […]
Does dynamic pricing really work? Referring back to the case of Bob Bob Ricard, a follow-up NPR report suggests that dynamic pricing works well for the restaurant. Ever since the restaurant implemented the new strategy, store traffic during the “normal” quietest times has nearly doubled. While the average check for two guests in the restaurant […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) – A new app, called Spotluck, is debuting in Lynchburg and developers hopes it will bring dynamic pricing to the restaurant industry with a “gamified spin.” The app pioneers real-time discounts that fluctuate based on day, time, weather and other factors that impact restaurant occupancy. Their software yields higher discounts on rainy […]
It’s a bold move from an institution clearly aware of its status, willing to compromise something of its exclusivity, as owner Leonid Shutov notes: “To stay competitive, we need to be able to serve people a fantastic lunch without charging ridiculous prices … One of the ways of doing that is ensuring a more even […]
On Monday, the national restaurant chain Red Robin announced it would eliminate busboys at all of its 570 restaurants, as the company expects it will save $8 million in 2018 by doing so. Red Robin’s chief financial officer Guy Constant told attendees at the ICR retail conference, “We need to do that to address the […]
This Week in Pricing > 12/8/18
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As part of his Ph.D. research, Stephan Liozu studied the organizational and behavioral factors influencing the firm transformation towards pricing excellence. Pricing excellence combines both dimensions of pricing orientation and pricing realization leading too superior pricing power and ultimately to superior firm performance. During his research explorations, Stephan Liozu studied in depth the value-based pricing […]
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More Bad News From Apple As iPhone XR Price Slashed | Forbes
In the short-term, specifically through the rest of this calendar quarter, I don’t expect Apple to implement a direct price cut on the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, or iPhone XS Max to consumers. Although Tim Cook and his team are looking to move to services for more of its income, the “iPhone as a luxury […]
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