Changes being made by rail companies this week will mean jargon has been slashed on tickets, making it easier for passengers to buy and use the right ticket. Train companies will be making it even easier to get the right ticket for people travelling on over 100,000 routes by slashing jargon such as ‘Any Permitted’ […]
Apartment owners in the Sutherland Shire face an almost 50 per cent hike in rates as councils across Sydney seek to narrow the gap in average rates paid for apartments compared with houses. Sutherland Shire Council has asked the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal to approve an increase in minimum rates from $602.30 to $900 […]
Forward-thinking CEOs have embraced business intelligence tools and big data, and many are considering how they can utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics. But analysis alone doesn’t always go far enough. To catch up to industry leaders like Amazon, Netflix, Google and others, I believe executives need to think beyond analytics and move toward […]
The world’s most successful companies (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb, and many others) already use dynamic pricing to predict changes in supply and demand, optimizing prices in real-time to maximize revenue. Consumers are already familiar with dynamic pricing: Uber rides, flights, hotels, and even Disneyworld tickets are all examples. The benefits of AI and Dynamic pricing are […]
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THE AI APPROACH The AI approach is based on processing all the available data and evaluating the connections and relationships between every single product, which sheds light on the various “ripple” effects – such as cross-category cannibalization/affinity, promotional and price elasticities, and forward-buying – that occur across the entire retailer’s product assortment anytime a decision […]
Want to devastate your financial performance? Simple. Get pricing wrong. And yet, 42% of retailers still primarily use spreadsheets for pricing and 34% use internally built software. What’s the problem with these traditional tools? For starters, both are incapable of supporting big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). You know, science. Which is a […]
Brian Meekle’s caravan is parked beside the M32 motorway that cuts through the eastern half of Bristol. Meekle has been living there for the past two months because he doesn’t earn enough from the 33-to-45-hour weeks he works at a nearby retail warehouse to pay the rent for a flat. “The rents in Bristol have […]
Most retailers are already engaged in data analytics and predictive modeling. Today, using data to predict more successful outcomes — ultimately leading to increased sales — is not as mystifying a concept as it was even a year ago. But with a market being upended by an omnichannel imperative and consumer demand for instant gratification, […]
In today’s polarized political environment, it’s hard to find any issue that an Illinois Democrat and a Florida Republican can agree on. Here’s one: the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs are a scourge that must be dealt with as soon as possible. Drug companies are making record profits and at the same time raising the […]
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Apple Arcade Could Win Customers with Attractive Pricing | Market Realist
Apple’s (AAPL) is rumored to be offering its upcoming gaming subscription service, Apple Arcade, for $4.99 per month. Guilherme Rambo from 9to5Mac revealed the expected price of Apple Arcade based on a promotional message in one of the application programming interfaces used by the Apple Store app. 9to5Mac gained access to a special early access […]
Apple TV+ Cost: Tech Giant Reportedly Eyes $9.99 Price Point | Observer
Timing is everything. On Monday, we explored how we would handle the missing details surrounding Apple’s forthcoming streaming service, Apple TV+, including the still unknown cost and launch date of the platform. Today, we may have been given an answer on the former. Apple is reportedly “weighing” a $9.99 per month cost following a free […]
AT&T brings cable TV prices to online streaming with $135 monthly plan | Ars Technica
AT&T is now charging up to $135 a month for the online video service formerly known as DirecTV Now. DirecTV Now launched in 2016 with plans ranging from $35 to $70 a month for 60 to 120 channels. There have been several price increases and a reduction in the number of channels since, resulting in […]
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