The Atlanta Falcons have established a new concessions pricing strategy for the coming season, and they will have the lowest prices in the NFL. They are lowering most prices in an effort to be more fan friendly. I am not a scrooge, but I think it is a bad decision. At best, they will make […]
In this #PricingPodcast, we talked with Whitney Gibson, a Partner at the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP law firm, and a knowledge expert on unauthorized sales, online. Whitney shared why businesses and consumers alike should be concerned with unauthorized sellers who sell diverted products. Sellers on eBay and other third party online marketplaces are causing many […]
Today is Halloween, but it is no time to be spooked by the challenge of increasing prices to fully capture the value of your products or services. In nearly every company, opportunities exist to capture more value from select customers or products. However, those opportunities are often not where you think they are, so do […]
Retail is an inherently low-margin business. (If you doubt it, just look at Amazon’s return on sales.) To survive, retailers use many tools to determine how they can sell more to customers and at higher prices. In recent years, data science has become a much more important part of the retail toolkit. By analyzing how […]
Last week a friend told me that her sister’s business had overpaid their taxes and without justification the government would not refund the overpayment. I was skeptical of the story and responded that there is a very clear process for requesting refunds of overpaid taxes or applying them to the subsequent year, and the IRS […]
Mega-Manufacturers continue their proven strategy to sustain profitability in a slow growth economy – tighten up their supply chain. While this is not the first time for many distributors, unfortunately a good many sales managers have forgotten the lessons. Excerpts of the article authored by Frank E. Hurtte Jr. who has 28 years of distribution industry experience and […]
Salespeople go into negotiations with professional buyers on a daily basis, most without real negotiation training. Further, many sellers and their managers don’t really believe negotiations play a role in their world. But they do. The following article discusses why Distributors need to revisit the lost art of negotiation. Excerpts of the article authored by […]
A recent article in Business Insider, No one pays full price anymore – and it’s terrifying companies, highlighted the perils of discounting. The conclusion of the article was “Consumers just don’t want to pay full price for anything anymore.” While the pricing strategies of most retailers rarely start with discounting, they have trained their customers […]
“salespeople believe list price is that artificially high number which is used as a marker for future discounts” Many salespeople believe list price is that artificially high number which is used as a marker for future discounts. In their minds, it is an unnatural sin to sell anything to anybody for “list”. Part of this […]
Higher price means higher quality in consumers’ minds: Study | Big News Network
Washington D.C [USA], July 24 (ANI): Why are we willing to pay much more for a six pack of craft beer, a locally produced bottle of wine or a regional brand item, often choosing them over national brands? It’s because when people prefer to ‘buy local,’ they more frequently base their decisions on price as […]
Disneyland ticket prices have skyrocketed more than 5,000% since the Anaheim theme park opened in 1955, according to a new study. A study from the United Kingdom-based Play Like Mum mommy blog looked at the rising costs of admission tickets over the past six decades at Disney theme parks around the world. Disneyland admission cost […]
Job: Principle Pricing Analyst | Worldpay
Description Principle Pricing Analyst The Company Worldpay is a global payments leader powering international commerce with deep fintech expertise and a shared passion for our customers. Whether in-store, online, or on a mobile device, we process over 40 billion transactions annually and offer more than 300 payment methods supporting 126 currencies across 146 countries. It’s […]
Considering a Subscription Model? Avoid These Rookie Mistakes | IndustryWeek
The subscription economy is taking business by storm. Entire industries have moved to subscription-based pricing, leaving behind some of the slow movers but also giving new life to companies that were struggling. Some talk about the end of ownership and the start of usership. It is a real revolution. Industrial companies have lately been getting […]
Statistics for Dynamic Pricing of Theatre | Towards Data Science
Summary: Dynamic pricing is the practice of adjusting a price to meet its demand, or market value. Given the difficulty of selling 100% of a performance’s tickets and that any unsold tickets immediately expire once a performance starts, dynamic pricing shows promise of lowering ticket prices while increasing revenue for shows. Included are several statistical […]
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