Recently, there has been buzz surrounding two salons in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago for their pricing system. Counter to the traditional method of charging clients for men’s or women’s cuts, Barbara & Barbara and Logan Parlor salons price based on hair length, with a mission of creating an inclusive environment for clients. “From a social […]
So this is the kind of gap that sneaks up on you. In 1994, the state of California published a study on the average annual cost of consumer product goods and found that women paid on average $1,351 more per year for equivalent products as men. Now put that in today’s dollars and…you get the […]
Go to your local pharmacy and look at the shaving aisle. You’ll almost certainly find that if you pick up, say, a silver and black men’s razor, it’ll cost less than a razor decked out in pink and marketed to women. Yet the two products serve the exact same purpose. It’s a practice known as […]
Dive Brief: The so-called “pink tax” remains legal in California for the time being after a bill outlawing differential pricing based on gender was withdrawn by its sponsor, state Sen. Ben Hueso, a Democrat from San Diego, the Los Angeles Times reports. California’s Assembly Judiciary Committe was expected to vote on the legislation Tuesday after the […]
California outlawed sex discrimination against business customers in 1959, but it’s apparently still legal — or at least still accepted in practice — to charge females more than males for the same basic products. A state legislator said at a recent hearing that he had seen a blue package of 12 Gillette Sensor disposable razors […]
Nobody enjoys a price hike. From concert venues extorting £10 drinks from their captive audiences, to Martin Shkreli’s infamous 5,000% drug price increase, hiking up prices just because you can is unfair to customers, and often ends up disproportionately impacting a specific group. Every small business has to make a profit, and structuring your pricing […]
A Target spokesperson said the company lowered the price of the pink scooter after the report was released Friday, calling the discrepancy a “system error.” (The retailer blamed the same kind of glitch last year after catching heat for selling black Barbies at more than double the price of white Barbies.) When asked about the price differences […]
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During a recent web search I came across an article about a French women’s group caught my eye. The group, Georgette Sand, is taking a stand against price discrimination directed at female consumers. As a pricing professional, price “segmentation” is something that I am not opposed to. In fact, if a company can pull it […]
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This Week in Pricing > 9/23/17
This Week in Pricing is a recap of the week’s best pricing focused news, strategy expert and technology leader’s thought leadership, industry news and events, and resources for pricing professionals. This Edition is brought to you by: Professional Pricing Society Currently, PPS produces three major annual pricing conferences in Europe and North America. Each […]
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: Strategic Pricing Solutions Strategic Pricing Solutions, LLC (SPS) is a management […]
The Psychology Behind the New iPhone’s Four-Digit Price | Harvard Business Review
Apple made headlines by announcing that the price for its new iPhone X (a fancy term for 10) will range from $999 to $1,149. These prices are commanding attention because they are significantly higher than the base prices of the two other iPhone models that were also announced, the 8 ($699) and the 8 Plus ($799). […]
Rising tuition fees could price out college students | tes
The report points out that delivery costs for HE in FE are often less than in university settings. But colleges which took part in the inquiry said they were looking at increasing their tuition fees. Truro and Penwith College told the commission it was “moving to a full fee rate from 2017-18”, while NCG – the […]
Irma price gouging highlights sad truth: Consumer fleecing is the new normal | WTOP
(THE CONVERSATION) Since Hurricane Irma put Florida in its sights, there have been thousands of reports of price gouging on everything from water to gasoline. The most notable complaint was not, however, the one alleging a US$72 charge for a six-pack of water. Rather, it was the $3,200 reportedly asked by Delta for a ticket […]
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