CEO Blog

MAY 19, 2014

And the same number of part numbers, prices etc. Enrich your productivity by rejecting false shortcuts. Now with electronic address books, I barely know my own number. We did not deliberately memorize numbers but knowing them created an efficiency. Now I think I could gain efficiency by memorizing a few things.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 10, 2017

Singapore Airlines can cater to creating a great experience. Southwest Airlines can cater to providing a friendly and inexpensive experience while passing on providing certain amenities. Other airlines market as if they will provide what Singapore Airlines does and provides a miserable experience instead.

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Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A recent Bain Capital Customer Loyalty study found that consumers are four times more likely to do business with a company that provides good customer service versus a competitor that offers a lower price. The 2013 GE Capital Major Purchase Shopper Study found that 81 percent of consumers will research a product online before buying it.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2019

From pricing to identifying and reaching new customers to delivering the best product in the marketplace. Decisions have to be made quickly, and sometimes that means making last-second travel plans that don’t coincide with airline schedules. Another tool that can provide a competitive edge is transportation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Price wars have broken out in consumer industries around the world. Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. telecommunications carriers now compete fiercely on price as they try to win new customers. and Europe.

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Employee Motivation Tips Studies have shown that happy employees are more productive than unhappy employees. These often include airline miles, concert tickets and gifts. Give your employee the option to telecommute and you will reap the benefits of a more productive workforce. Share credit card perks. Be family friendly.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Whole Foods does so by focusing on the health and well-being of people who can afford to pay higher prices for food products. SouthWest Airlines has brought the freedom to fly to ordinary people through lower priced airfares and efficient operations. feel happier by becoming better organized.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Warren Buffett got burned with an airline investment in the 1990s. He blamed the industry’s notorious low profitability on the “kamikaze pricing tactics of certain carriers” and vowed to not invest in this “death trap” sector again. ” Some of that profit is the result of innovative pricing models.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

” As a result, the producers of Hamilton are scrambling to find the right pricing strategy to handle demand. What’s clear is that recent prices — starting at $549 for premium seats and $139 for regular seats — are significantly lower than what the public is willing to pay. So what should Hamilton have done?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Last year, 17 out of the 30 Major League teams were using some form of dynamic pricing — the concept of raising and lowering prices in accordance with demand — to price ballpark tickets. It''s impossible to set the "right ticket prices" months in advance of an individual ballgame.

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Price Airlines Hotels Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

There’s a lot of buzz around price differentiation these days, especially with the spotlight on AI and big data. Machine learning makes it much easier to customize the marketing of products and services – and that includes the price. Let’s be clear: price differentiation is not a new phenomenon.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Since the start of 2016, oil prices have swung between $27 and $42 per barrel, about a quarter of the 2008 peak crude oil price of $145. On February 16, oil ministers from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar, and Venezuela agreed to a tentative deal to freeze their production in an attempt to boost prices.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But since deregulation in 1978, airlines in the U.S. airlines filed for bankruptcy. Airlines suddenly leveled off. Rather, it was the result of something far more modest: the slicing of airlines’ base offerings into customizable “options and extras.” airlines earned an estimated $12.4 In 2012, the major U.S.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The days of leading countries or companies via a one-way conversation are over, as Netflix’s one-way conversation with customers on prices, Bank of America’s one-way conversation on debit fees and Verizon’s one-way conversation on an e-billing surcharge recently demonstrated. 6) Give trust away. 7) Scale your values.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Penney's revitalization is a new "Fair and Square Every Day" pricing strategy. Penney is typically sold at a 50% discount from list price. Prices will also now end in "0" instead of "99" and price tags will list just one price (instead of including the de rigueur "previously sold at a higher price" convention).

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In worst hit parts of the world (especially Italy and China) many announcements have focused on compensation reduction for senior executives (especially in the hospitality, automobile and airline industries). The move is aimed at leading by example, motivating employees and ensuring business viability in the short-term.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 17, 2014

Companies have increasingly embraced the role of emotion in selling products and services, but often merely pay lip service to its importance, without understanding how to harness it. Such policies often come with a price — forgiveness plans may cost up to 20 percent more than a standard policy. The Need for Caring Relationships.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

In the case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the most impressive fact few reporters choose to explore in any depth is that the Boeing 777’s engine was capable of communicating long after the pilots went silent. While many major industries have yet to create “IoT” products, that’s not the case with jet turbines.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Winning with low prices is not merely a game of math in which you stay one notch below the competition; it is far more a game of culture and attitude. It takes a special kind of company, from the CEO on down, to make a low-price position sustainable and profitable. The groundbreaking price war in the U.S. Don’t fight them.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

It's emerged as this season's hot holiday pricing strategy for online retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy: dynamic pricing. That's the strategy, employed by industries such as airlines, in which a seller moves prices up and down quickly, charging similar customers different prices for the same product or service.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In worst hit parts of the world (especially Italy and China) many announcements have focused on compensation reduction for senior executives (especially in the hospitality, automobile and airline industries). The move is aimed at leading by example, motivating employees and ensuring business viability in the short-term.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

However, such a failure could be indicative of something much simpler — a lack of understanding of the role that pricing plays in customer experience. It's that their current pricing scheme is needlessly complex. When it comes to pricing, Apple takes all the guesswork out of the system. No hidden fees.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Franklin’s prized brisket is priced at $20 a pound, in line with local rivals County Line ($20.58), Ruby’s ($21.95), and Rudy’s ($17.58). Given the high demand for his cuisine, it’s fair to wonder, “Why doesn’t Mr. Franklin raise prices?” Because customers have long memories.

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Price Airlines Hotels Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

While analysts fear this will spark a margin-eroding price war, this concern is premature. Since early last year, T-Mobile has spearheaded what I call a value war — as opposed to a price war — in the wireless market. Consider the airline industry. But this has not provoked a price war. to 75 cents.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Suppose you owned an airline and ordered an engine from Rolls-Royce or GE. A piece of machinery to meet a product need? Product development teams will need to focus on delivering products as a service to enable real-time service level monitoring. Product performance data helps inform future improvements.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2012

A ‘raving fan customer’ is a customer that is excited about the company’s service delivery and product way beyond normal. Raving fan customers remain loyal given price pressure from a given service’s competition. Even a price increase would keep these raving fans loyal buyers. Why are Raving fans a good thing?

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Maybe it’s if you’re a book publisher, you know e-books are not ready for prime time, but you know they’re coming and eventually somebody is going to get it right, is going to get the right price and performance and battery life and all. If they wait too long, of course, it’s impossible price. You know it’s going to happen.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

Credit cards are convenient, document purchases, include various types of insurances, allow up to 60 interest-free days of float, and provide miles on my favorite airline, JetBlue. Since I pay my bill in full each month, the price for these benefits is reasonable — an annual $40 fee. High Dollar Purchases.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Here are more painful ‘reputation’ questions about your company and your products : What are you doing to build it? Apple is the classic example of a brand, with products that back it up. Only Apple stands alone not comparing themselves to other products unless it’s a joke. And they do it at their price.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of outages, even as the FAA has fired back at airlines. Imagine what might happen if there were different steps for each country, or each airline, when it came to handling Air Traffic Controllers’ (ATC) control transfers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Success on the web is achievable, but it requires adopting strategies from other industries such as airlines and credit cards, which also operate in a more cut-throat, price-focused environment. When you think about it, internet retail today is similar to the airline market before frequent flyer programs were introduced.

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Airlines Retail Loyalty Price 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2013

Six sigma’s pursuit of eliminating variance has been a boon to productivity; but it is a bane to creating experiences that exceed customer expectations. “We have a strategic plan,” said Southwest Airlines founder and retired CEO, Herb Kelleher. Pricing Strategy: Pricking the Veil of Value Exchange.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 30, 2014

Pitch the product. Telling your prospective customer stuff about your product that they could’ve found online in three seconds, or that you could’ve emailed them in advance of your meeting. Your price is too high.” Power and Associates gives ‘customer satisfaction’ awards to airlines. Start there.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com. Thinking long-term has led this retailer’s CEO to investigate real estate purchases at lower rates and to buy up high-end equipment now while the prices are low. Improve productivity. We want to come out strong.” Keep it simple. Click here to cancel reply.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

unemployment rate , applications for unemployment at a 43-year low , median income on the rise ), why are retailers choosing to battle it out on price? In addition to satisfying consumers’ discount desires, retailers have their own agenda to further lower prices. Provide a Price Guarantee. economy ( 4.9%

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Last week, AT&T launched its GigaPower internet service in and around Kansas City with a curious type of tiered pricing : $70 a month if you let the company track your web browsing — and $99 if you don’t. This is an interesting twist on a standard product marketing strategy known as “ versioning.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

On Friday, Microsoft slashed the price of Windows 8.1 The magnitude of this price cut was surprising; all that was missing was a pitchman screaming “If you call now, we’ll throw in a free Tae Bo workout DVD — a $29.95 Instead of the regular $50 per unit license fee, if you act right now the price is $15.

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