Do Associations Retain Their Value in a Virtual COVID-19 World?

2020-12-14T12:28:05-05:00Categories: Our Pricing Team, Pricing Analytics, Pricing for Researchers, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Value, Professional Associations|

By: Kevin McCabe, MSc, Director of Pricing Strategy & Greg Thomas, Vice President of Pricing Research and Insights Historically, professional associations have played a critical role in supporting, educating, and connecting their members. With many aging members entering retirement, most associations have struggled to engage younger professionals, a problem that has caused declining membership. [...]

Boost Your Pricing Intelligence Effectiveness

2020-11-11T09:58:14-05:00Categories: Pricing Management, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Tools|

By: Kevin McCabe, MSc, Director of Pricing Strategy 3 Ways to Quickly Apply Your Pricing IQ Being able to understand and manage your pricing from sales transaction data can be extremely overwhelming and complex. Once you get control over that, it will be a lot easier to deal with any requests, challenges and problems [...]

OP-ED: The Psychology of Premier League Pay-Per-View Pricing

2023-08-15T09:20:04-04:00Categories: Pricing Analytics, Pricing and Selling, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Tools, Pricing Value|

Originally posted on Sports Industry Group As the Premier League makes its matches available to fans on a pay-per-view basis for £14.95 per game, Ed Heskins, Senior Pricing Consultant, Iris Pricing Solutions takes a look at the psychology behind pricing - and why the league's approach has caused consternation among fans. If every [...]

5 Steps to Improving your Pricing Strategy during COVID-19 : Value of 1%

2020-10-05T12:04:44-04:00Categories: Crisis Management, Customer Intimacy, Differentiation Strategies, Industry Examples, Operational Excellence, Pricing Optimization, Product Leadership, Value Disciplines|Tags: , , , |

Pricing is the single most powerful lever a company has for boosting profitability. Yet, most organizations devote much more time and effort to cost-cutting than to improving pricing. If the average company captured 1% more in price, without any change in volume and costs, profit would climb by 12.5%, which is a substantial increase. [...]

Pricing During Pandemic: Solving 3 Common Pricing Issues

2020-10-05T11:47:41-04:00Categories: Pricing Analytics, Pricing Changes, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Value, restaurant pricing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

COVID-19 has impacted business across most industries, causing a variety of new pricing challenges and questions. Companies are focusing on pricing now more than ever, and indeed pricing is a powerful tool that can help companies face and resolve the challenges they're experiencing. When implemented strategically, pricing can generate a bottom-line improvement while also [...]

How to Improve Restaurant Profits with Menu Price Optimization

2023-02-17T15:58:55-05:00Categories: Pricing Optimization, Pricing Tools, restaurant pricing|Tags: , , , |

We’ll show you how to develop, customize and implement an effective process, starting with the foundation of your pricing.

Is Price Optimization Realistic in a B2B Environment?

2020-03-11T15:43:52-04:00Categories: Pricing Analytics, Pricing Optimization|Tags: , , , , , , , |

I meet with a lot of executives in the B2B sphere who talk about wanting to achieve “price optimization.” While the term pricing optimization is bandied about quite often in the industry, the way it’s being used is problematic.

Menu Price Increase- Moving Beyond “Adjust and Pray” Tactics

2020-04-30T14:58:52-04:00Categories: Pricing Optimization, restaurant pricing|Tags: , , , , |

Increasing the prices on your menu is one of the most challenging and risky parts of running a successful restaurant business. In this article, we will explore the best practices for restaurants to periodically raise menu prices, while maintaining profit margins and avoiding key areas of risk.

6 Companies that Cleverly Use Differentiation Strategies & Gain Competitive Advantage

2024-03-21T14:49:22-04:00Categories: Industry Examples, Pricing Optimization|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Although you want your business to excel in all things, it has been proven time and time again that specialization is the key to success. In this article, we discuss how such industry leaders as Amazon, Apple and 3M, use differentiation strategies to achieve profitability and customer loyalty.

Solving Pricing Challenges for New Innovations

2024-06-10T15:01:26-04:00Categories: Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research|Tags: , , , , |

You have developed a new innovative product or service that promise to add significant value to your customers. But do you know how to price this new offering? Most importantly, how do you know you’re setting the optimum price to maximize customer adoption and drive the most value to your firm’s bottom line?

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