What does England’s “Freedom Day” mean for UK Cinemas and Restaurants?

2023-07-06T15:07:29-04:00Categories: Experience Economy Pricing, Pricing Analytics, Pricing and Selling, Pricing in Retail, Pricing Research, restaurant pricing|

By: Ed Heskins, Director of Pricing Strategy (UK) Last month marked “Freedom Day” in parts of the UK, when the government removed almost all remaining restrictions on its citizens, leaving them free to congregate together, and for businesses to dial-down some of the social distancing measures in place for the last 18 months.  [...]

The Correlation Between Price and Consumer Preference

2021-06-01T18:29:40-04:00Categories: Customer Intimacy, Differentiation Strategies, Pricing and Selling, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Tools, Pricing Value|

This pricing transformation provided $3 million in short-term pricing opportunities, and $10 million in long-term margin improvement opportunities. The client is a private equity company that manufactures and sells retail home design products. These products are sold through big box home improvement stores, smaller hardware stores, and independent home design and décor stores. The challenge: [...]

How Pricing for EV Charging is Totally Different to Gas Pricing

2023-08-15T09:20:06-04:00Categories: Industry Examples, Pricing in Retail, Pricing Management, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy|

and what this means for utilities, brick and mortar retail, the hospitality sector, and digital marketing By: Peter Winters, Senior Research Consultant The price for EV charging is complicated Buying gas is typically one of the most price-informed decisions that consumers make. Consumers are easily able to compare gas prices between gas [...]

Leveraging Research to Increase Membership and Revenue Growth

2021-05-05T13:43:15-04:00Categories: Crisis Management, Pricing Analytics, Pricing Management, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy|

Our client was uncertain how to protect membership numbers, prevent churn, and ultimately grow membership and revenue. The association had been offering a single price for membership. Although the association did discount some services, all were included with membership. The Pricing Solutions team identified that this pricing approach was causing the association to lose [...]

Using Data to Differentiate Reality from Assumptions

2021-03-31T14:09:33-04:00Categories: Differentiation Strategies, Pricing Analytics, Pricing Management, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy, Professional Associations|

Pricing Strategies for Professional Associations & Non-profits Background Most associations are struggling to retain members, a problem that the pandemic has exacerbated, as they invest heavily to support the shift to digital offerings. How can these associations retain and even grow membership numbers moving forward to justify these sizeable investments? Until recently, most professional associations [...]

Developing a Competitive Database to Support Pricing Strategy Implementation

2021-02-22T09:58:19-05:00Categories: Pricing in Pharmaceuticals, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Value, Professional Associations|

Our client is the largest independent, non-profit standards organization focused on ensuring the global quality and safety of drugs, medicines, and supplements. They collected competitive data through a manual, ad hoc process – which was labor-intensive and inefficient. Our client teamed up with Pricing Solutions to improve its competitive intelligence capabilities through automating the [...]

This is The Most Important Pricing Trend of 2021

2021-01-18T13:04:05-05:00Categories: Our Services, Pricing Changes, Pricing Optimization, Pricing Research, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Tools, Pricing Value|

The truth is subscription pricing is more than a trend – it's been around for years now and is gaining momentum. Everything as a Service (EaaS) means that everything that used to be available as a one-time payment will now be available to purchase as a recurring payment. There are three trends around subscription [...]

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 [...]

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