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 […]
Unlike insurers and employers, those without health insurance have very little information to help to negotiate costs. On VHI’s website, consumers can gain leverage by using the average amount health insurance companies approve. “With the release of the 2016 Healthcare Pricing Transparency report, VHI continues to serve as an unbiased resource for consumers trying to […]
Travelers can expect steep increases in prices in 2019, with hotel room rates rising by 3.7 percent and the cost of air tickets climbing by 2.6 percent, according to the fifth annual Global Travel Forecast, published today by the Global Business Travel Association and Carlson Wagonlit Travel with the support of the Carlson Family Foundation. The report […]
Customer segmentation is a simple concept – identify groups of customers who tend to have similar levels of price sensitivity and set distinct prices for each group. Unfortunately, many companies either think all their customers are the same, or they don’t have enough information to create segments. In particular, we often see this in retail […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed on Friday to “bring soaring drug prices back down to earth” by promoting competition among pharmaceutical companies, and he suggested that the government could require drugmakers to disclose prices in their ubiquitous television advertising. But he dropped the popular and populist proposals of his presidential campaign, opting not to have […]
White House advisory council has issued several recommendations for reining in U.S. prescription drug prices and costs, some of which stem directly from the work of the USC Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. Voters are increasingly concerned about rising drug prices and health care costs — to the point that two presidential […]
During his first year in office, President Donald Trump spoke often about the problem of high drug prices but took no action on the subject. President Trump’s new budget proposal and a newly released white paper from the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) aim to change that by laying out a strategy for […]
Recently I had a conversation with a friend (let’s call her Helen) who wanted to buy a new iPhone, however she was frustrated that the iPhone 8 offers little in enhancements from her current iPhone 6. She was contemplating ordering an iPhone X. When I asked why Helen needed a new phone at all, she […]
If the team has identified certain products as being superior to competing alternatives, and has quantified how that superiority creates value for customers versus the alternatives, those products should have higher prices than the competitors’. If that means raising some prices more than expected, so be it. If the team is afraid to execute the […]
The challenge that Under Armour is facing is the exact reason most luxury brands limit their channels to high-end stores where shoppers are not price-sensitive. If the luxury brands want to target more price-sensitive customers, they develop new products or brands that do not have the same cachet or premium pricing. By doing so, they […]
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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