Win Pricing Battles Without Going to War
Good Pricing Management is key to ensuring your lowest negotiated prices don’t unintentionally start a damaging pricing battle or war in your industry.
Using Pricing Power to Navigate Price Increases
Good pricing means knowing where your power is. If the value is strong, there is an opportunity either to raise prices or grow share. If the value is weak, pricing must be adjusted accordingly to protect your brand. Otherwise, you risk becoming irrelevant.
Goodyear drives profits with mix management
It’s no wonder that Fortune 500 Companies are kicking off pricing initiatives at such a tremendous pace. The fruits of their efforts are continuing to make headlines. In last Friday’s Bloomberg’s Business Week there was a prominent article about the gains Goodyear has made by managing mix.
How to Determine Your Price Point: Priced to the Nines
How to determine the price point of your product? First: the number “nine” really can make a difference. Second: when you exceed a pricing threshold such as 99¢, you need to find the next threshold above that price point. Otherwise, you will be leaving a lot of money on the table.
How to Increase Profit: the 1% Solution through Pricing
Your boss gives you a seemingly impossible task: Increase profits by 12.5%. How do you respond? Some managers might spend a great deal of time trying to persuade the boss to reduce her expectations. A more productive response would be to improve management of prices by just 1%.
Ford Explorer Pricing
A curious note about Ford Explorer's new pricing strategy on their 2011 model. They are offering a premium for an upgrade to a smaller motor with an EcoBoost engine.