Top 6 – April 2013
Published April 30, 2013
“Selling a product at a loss for market share is not a good business decision.” Jeff Fettig, Chief Executive, Whirlpool
- Costs and market share are easily measured. What about value?
- Creative Destruction Continues to Avoid Itself
- Businesses fail, businesses succeed. Should you flippantly accept this reality or actively participate in creating the future in which you can thrive?
- If you want to avoid risk, you may be able to shift it to someone else at their profit, and someday they may return the risk payable upon delivery.
- Yes, you can do A/B testing for price optimization, but this approach has very limited applicability.
- Failure is a part of success. Get back on that horse.
About The Author
Tim J. Smith, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Wiglaf Pricing, an Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Economics at DePaul University, and the author of Pricing Done Right (Wiley 2016) and Pricing Strategy (Cengage 2012). At Wiglaf Pricing, Tim leads client engagements. Smith’s popular business book, Pricing Done Right: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World’s Most Profitable Companies, was noted by Dennis Stone, CEO of Overhead Door Corp, as "Essential reading… While many books cover the concepts of pricing, Pricing Done Right goes the additional step of applying the concepts in the real world." Tim’s textbook, Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures, has been described by independent reviewers as “the most comprehensive pricing strategy book” on the market. As well as serving as the Academic Advisor to the Professional Pricing Society’s Certified Pricing Professional program, Tim is a member of the American Marketing Association and American Physical Society. He holds a BS in Physics and Chemistry from Southern Methodist University, a BA in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago, and an MBA with high honors in Strategy and Marketing from the University of Chicago GSB.