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Marketing to Type-As: Thank You, Starbucks

By Mary DeBoni July 7, 2014

How can a marketing campaign cater to individual personality types while adding brand loyalty and increasing customer engagement? Take a look at how Starbucks is managing.

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Top 6 – June 2014

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 9, 2014

Consistently profitable decision-making isn’t based on luck. It isn’t based on being or having the smartest person on your team, either. It’s…

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Getting Pricing Done with Robert Smith, Eastman Chemical Company

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 9, 2014

How are leading companies getting pricing done? What kinds of challenges should the pricing function address? Who should be engaged, and with what sorts of tools and techniques? Find out more in this interview with an industry leader.

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Decoy Pricing Part 2: Profitable Implementation

By Anirban Sengupta June 9, 2014

We’ve explored what decoy pricing is and how to recognize it, now let’s get into how to do it profitably.

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Top 6 – May 2014

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 5, 2014

“The brain is wider than the sky.” -Emily Dickinson Psychological pricing is effective. Even the most cautious brains take mental shortcuts to…

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LinkedIn and Apple’s Psychological Pricing Tactics

By Anirban Sengupta May 5, 2014

How can counterintuitive pricing and bundling help make ear additional profit? Take a look at some successful tactical moves that accomplish just that.

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Is Frontier Airlines the New Spirit?

By Mary DeBoni May 5, 2014

Frontier Airlines has announced a new price unbundling strategy. Does that make the firm the new Spirit Airlines? David Siegel, Frontier’s CEO, says no, but judge for yourself.

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The Best and the Brightest – J.C. Penney-Style

By James T. Berger May 5, 2014

Having a skilled, intelligent team that isn’t afraid to innovate against the grain is a thing that a great many firms either desire or value highly. So why did that work out so badly for J.C. Penney?

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How to Price a Unicorn

By Mary DeBoni April 2, 2014

In the pricing world we often preach that there is always some alternative for your product or service. But what about a product so new to the world it isn’t even of this world? Let’s explore.

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Top 6 – April 2014

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 2, 2014

“Let X equal X”, Laurie Anderson, Big Science (1982). In search of the perfect… Wasabi Peas Steamed Peas Pea Puree Pea Gelato…

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