The 4Ps of marketing are the building blocks of many a career in the industry, but unlike product, place and promotion, which are about creating value for the customer, the final P – price – is about getting value for the business. As a result, there is often debate about whether it should in fact […]
Swiss pharma giant Novartis is halting planned price increases on its medications after President Donald Trump took Pfizer to task over price hikes earlier this month. Pfizer agreed to roll back its price increases last week. Novartis Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan said the company voluntarily halted its price increases because it wants the consumer cost of […]
Pricing is often more about positioning and perceived value than it is about cost-analysis and unconvincing ROI calculators. As a result, repositioning can allow you to charge many times more than you think. Here’s how. You’ve created a marketing tool called DoubleDown that doubles the cost-efficiency of AdWords campaigns. You heard that right folks — as a […]
3. Omnichannel Fulfillment Witcher said that 14% of U.S. shoppers use in-store pickup when it’s available. When consumers have both in front of them, a higher percentage will use BOPIS over e-Commerce, according to Witcher. “This is the new customer journey,” said Witcher. “BOPIS is as important as e-Commerce today and it will just become […]
Grabbing Slurpee sales data to go 7-Eleven turned to low-code to supply product pricing information to regional managers who visit as many as 10 stores a day. The convenience store retailer, which operates 10,000 retail locations in the U.S., constructed a field price optimization app that enables its regional managers to access pertinent sales, says […]
When NBN Co announced its new NBN pricing strategy this morning, which is designed to get more consumers to switch to 50/20Mbps plans, it did so by dropping the access price that providers pay for those plans, with the expectation that ISPs would switch plan pricing around for consumers. TPG is the first cab off […]
Wade continued, “In just a few short months, we have made exciting progress to propel the iconic Payless brand forward and return the customer to the center of our business. To better connect with our customers, we are piloting a new pricing strategy and have launched Hispanic marketing in the U.S., helping us reach an […]
In addition to applications, UnionTech has also announced its strategy to grow the commercial use of stereolithography. With its PILOT commercial series of industrial grade stereolithography equipment, priced at under 100,000 Euros, UnionTech says it is targeting the “commercial user who is currently priced out of access to one of the most widely used and […]
The company says it brings a “complete refresh” to the way that credit card processing is historically done. Typically, the credit card processing company adds a per transaction fee plus a percentage onto every transaction. This means that the processing company is getting a slice of the store’s bottom line profits. The bigger the sale, […]
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is urging Japan to consider a new pricing model for medicines that link payment to patient outcomes. This is not new ground for Novartis: the company has experimented with similar pricing strategies elsewhere, and has been amongst the most innovative players in the sector when it comes to thinking about how […]
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This Week in Pricing > 6/22/19
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MTA And City Move Forward On Congestion Pricing | Gothamist
The MTA and the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) are moving forward with preparations for implementing congestion pricing. For now, that means issuing a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) on what the next steps are to get the program up and running. This is so both agencies are on the same page when it comes to […]
Harnessing Big Data For Better Pricing Results | Professional Pricing Society
Pricing strategies, like big data, can be key to improving profits in business. According to a study conducted by McKinsey & Company, even a 1 percent price increase can translate into an 8.7 percent boost in operating profits (assuming no loss of volume). However, companies continue to fail to price their products and services appropriately, […]
Alcohol sales in Scotland fall to all-time low in 2018 | HeraldScotland
ALCOHOL sales in Scotland fell to an all-time low in the year that minimum pricing came into force. The latest data, for 2018, reveals that adults in Scotland are now consuming less alcohol than they have since records began in 1994. Teenagers are also less likely than ever to have tried alcohol, with the percentage […]
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