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Traditional Shopping Mall Under Siege

By James T. Berger April 15, 2015

The millennials are the first generation to be born with computers in virtually every household. They buy online and they can compare price and quality of shopping goods online as well. These factors carry enormous implications for retailers in shopping malls, according to Lal and Alvarez.

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Innovate or be Irrelevant

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2015

Innovation is clearly on many corporate agendas.  And it is not surprising.  Companies don’t grow by cost cutting alone.  They grow through innovation.  But how?  And what are the implications of this innovation driven agenda?

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Value vs. Power

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 15, 2015

I met a person who hated value based pricing last week.  He was in procurement.  Where can a value-based pricing advocate find agreement with an anti-value based procurement officer?

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Top 6 – March 2015

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 16, 2015

“Congratulations to Hifikepuny Pohamba, Namibia President (2005-2015) for winning the 2014 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Only the fourth…

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Managing Value: Getting Smarter

By Anirban Sengupta March 15, 2015

When every opportunity is studied using Economic Value Models and priced totally based on the value delivered (and agreed upon with customer), we are heading towards a situation of easier wins leading to eventual revenue growth and market share increase.

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‘Decoupling’ Adds Value to Consumer While Cutting Cost

By James T. Berger March 15, 2015

Teixeira describes “decoupling” as a second wave of Internet disruption. This new phenomenon “threatens not only electronics and telecom businesses, but also industries as diverse as banking services and cosmetics.”

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Chunky or Smooth? Retailer and Distributor Value-Based Pricing in Action

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 15, 2015

Retailers and distributors can’t do value-based pricing for one simple reason: too many products.

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Top 6 – February 2015

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 17, 2015

“Those who say that I am not Islamic enough should reread their Koran. Islam is about inclusion, tolerance, community.” Abdurrahman “Gus Dur”…

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The High Price for (Gluten) Freedom

By Mary DeBoni February 17, 2015

A woman is suing P.F. Chang’s for charging $1.00 more for gluten free menu items. Is this price discrimination? Should PF Chang’s charge their gluten free customers more?

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Managing Value: Where the Problem Lies

By Anirban Sengupta February 17, 2015

After a firm adopts value based selling it comes face to face with the next big challenge: How to manage the process of value based selling?

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