It was a deal so good, Robin Puppo could not believe her eyes. “I’m like, oh my God, what is this?” she said. “It’s marked as a penny.” The vacuum Robin wanted was on display at the Walmart near Sawgrass Mills Mall. She says the label under it read one cent. “It’s a $279 machine,” […]
Suppose your company, Hardly Hardware, sells hardware B2B. Hardly Hardware sells to Dealers and Industrial clients. Its product mix is nuts, bolts and fasteners, cut glass, caulks, and lots of full window replacements. What happens when you apply some rounding rules to your prices? Do your Dealers really care if they’re charged $4.84 instead of […]
Many businesses spend hours debating whether or not to publish their prices online. So what’s the answer? My invariable advice is that you should always be open and transparent in your pricing. People on your website want to know. Think about the last purchase you made. Once you’d set your sights on the product or […]
Since then, I’ve been checking Amazon prices often on different browsers, different devices, both logged in and not, and again using Tor on Brave. Prices for lots of stuff (not just books) have been all over the place. And information about products changes too. For example, today (as I write this, on deadline) is August […]
It’s an experience most of us have had when shopping in a store. You’re rifling through the sales rack in search of a bargain. You find a shirt and trying to decide if it’s worth buying, so you look at the original price. But if you’re shopping at a dishonest retailer, what’s on the price […]
Hawaii Gov. David Ige declared a state of emergency this week, which among other things, triggers a state law that caps the prices of all goods in the state during the duration of the emergency. Although well-intentioned, the price cap is likely to exacerbate shortages and lead to a misallocation of emergency goods. Hawaii state […]
Shoppers spent $4.2 billion during Amazon.com’s Prime Day sale, up 33 percent from a year ago, according to estimates from Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter. The online retailer doesn’t disclose revenue from the 36-hour event that began Monday. Pachter based his estimate on information the company did release, including that it shipped more than 100 […]
After a rocky start, Amazon ended its fourth Prime Day on a high note. Sales from its 36-hour shopping extravaganza surpassed those from Cyber Monday, Black Friday, and last year’s Prime Day, making it once again the biggest shopping event in Amazon’s history, the company said. Small and medium-size businesses notably crushed the day, collectively making […]
Here at Crossover, we’ll harp on about sales reports and stock management until we fall off the back of the green. But, whilst these factors are essential to running a successful retail business, a pricing strategy is just as important, and unfortunately, is often overlooked. Pricing will have a profound effect on the success your […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has widened the areas of law under which firms will be required to publish prices – and firms have six months in which to comply. The regulator said today it had made the decision after ‘engaging with’ more than 21,000 members of the public and the profession. Under the plans, firms […]
This Week in Pricing > 2/23/19
TWIP is a digest of pricing focused news, thought leadership, events, jobs, training and certification resources for pricing professionals. This Edition is brought to you by: PriceBeam The struggle is real for B2B and B2C Pricing, Marketing, and Finance team leaders to capture fresh, reliable, and actionable Pricing Intelligence data to be able to effectively optimize all prices for all market segments […]
PND is a digest of pricing focused news, thought leadership, events, jobs, training and certification 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 conference also houses a technology hall where sponsors display the latest in Pricing […]
Lyft’s ‘Shared Saver’ Feature Has Riders Pay Less But Walk More | Fortune
Lyft launched a new Shared Saver feature Thursday that banks on the assumption that riders are willing to walk a couple blocks to save a couple bucks. Promising to provide the app’s lowest prices, unaffected by surge pricing, Lyft wrote on its blog that Shared Saver gives riders a “pickup spot that’s a quick walk […]
Pricer’s Points: Why Does Bottled Water Cost Significantly More than Tap Water? | Elena Galli
More or less one month ago I was at the airport, heading back to Barcelona after having spent some days in my hometown, Ferrara, a little city in Northern Italy. I was very thirsty so I headed to the first bar I saw and ended up spending an excruciatingly expensive price for my half a […]
Remember MoviePass? It was just delisted | The Chestnut Post
The movie subscription service on Thursday announced a new, complicated pricing structure that is dependent on geography and the kind of movies customers want to watch. Starting in January, MoviePass will offer three plans that members can choose from. The first, called “Select,” starts at $10 a month and will allow subscribers to see three […]
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