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When it comes to paying top executives, companies love to tie compensation to metrics like revenue growth and market share expansion. After all, these are clear indicators of a company’s size and reach. But while capturing market share can tell a story of growth, they’re not always the best measure of financial health. For example, Uber failed to return a profit for many years, finally turning profitable $1.887 billion in 2023, first…
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In order for any pricing improvement project to deliver its potential value, price governance and pricing culture must intersect. Some may want to dismiss this as “too much to take on,” but the results of addressing fundamental questions from both sectors creates the difference between the companies that slog-along and those that thrive.
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While specifics are not clear, the Swedish company Electrolux is noted to have raised U.S. prices by 10%, and is suspected to be seeking a further 4% price increase in early Q1 2019.
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Netflix, a company founded in 1997 as a direct mail retailer of DVD movies, has made a series of brilliant business decisions that have elevated the company to an elite player in today’s home entertainment marketplace.
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In this missive, I examine how companies selling to end customers through distributors and retailers can design their commercial policy.
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