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Differentiation’s Arch Enemy: Price

In the CEO Afterlife

Last year, EU regulators fined P&G and Unilever to the tune of $456 million for price fixing laundry detergents in eight European countries. Collectively, these giants employ 300,000 people, the vast majority of which are committed to delivering results, ethically. Henkel, their competitor blew the whistle on the cartel.

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How to Use the Latest Methods to Benefit All Stakeholders of The Company

Joseph Lalonde

Finally, investing in employees helps promote an ethical workplace culture within a company. When employees are given opportunities for personal growth, they are more likely to adhere to ethical standards of behavior such as honesty, fairness, respectfulness towards colleagues and customers alike, etc.

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Why Price Fixing Continues

In the CEO Afterlife

Last year, EU regulators fined P&G and Unilever to the tune of $456 million for price fixing laundry detergents in eight European countries. Collectively, these giants employ 300,000 people, the vast majority of which are committed to delivering results, ethically. Henkel, their competitor blew the whistle on the cartel.

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How Retailers Use Personalized Prices to Test What You’re Willing to Pay

Harvard Business Review

Have you ever looked up flights or hotels on an app on your phone, only to open your laptop and see different prices? more) than the price on Orbitz’s app. A quick scan found that prices of identical vacation packages often differ between Orbitz’s app and website. Klaus Meinhardt/Getty Images.

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The Logic Behind E-Tailers' Mercurial Pricing

Harvard Business Review

The Wall Street Journal recently broke a story which revealed two surprises about the pricing practices of Internet retailers: Prices change often and widely. The Wall Street Journal highlighted, for example, the range of prices for a GE microwave. and $871.49. and then later dropped it to $809.99. So what's going on here?

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. Aldi offers not just low prices, but convenience.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 In budgeting for and pricing consulting services, budget for consulting at the start of the fiscal year, averaging 10 percent of gross sales. 17 percent).