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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy. Instead, it depends on valuable information collected from suppliers and customers and evolving market dynamics.

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Book Review – “How the mighty fall” by Jim Collins

Tom Spencer

When Jim Collins, author of the book “How the mighty fall”, was first asked this question by a business executive he was astounded, not being able to answer it. As one reads the book, it becomes evident that the fundamentals of sustaining success are similar for both individuals and organizations. Stage 3 – Denial of risk and peril.

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How Smart Speakers Are Poised to Reinvent the Travel Industry

Harvard Business

Travelers with an Alexa device at home can book a car rental or hotel through Expedia and Kayak. People can even book flights through voice-enabled Google Search. On many fronts, artificial intelligence-powered smart speakers and apps seem poised to become the world’s virtual travel agents. Insight Center.

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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

As author Caroline Turner states in her book Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability Through inclusion , “ I lacked the passion to keep it up.” Since men did the traveling, men went to market and so the market institutions, rules, laws and habits were created by men for men.

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Google Enters the Hotel Business, Takes on Advertisers Priceline, Expedia, and Trip Advisor

MishTalk

Google Inc (GOOG) is moving boldly to play a larger role in booking hotel rooms—at the risk of offending some of its most important advertisers. Google is adding more photos and reviews to its hotel listings, so they increasingly resemble those of travel search sites such as Priceline Group Inc. Priceline Group will spend more than $1.5

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The CURE for Burnout

Consulting Matters

Ask yourself these three questions: As it relates to pure exhaustion, on a scale of 1-5 where one is “I’m operating on fumes. Achievement stressors: Are excessive work hours, heavy travel, scope of the job, and 24/7 accessibility too much? What about you? Are you in burnout? And to what degree? What about you?

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??? Happy New Year: Predictions, Takeaways, and Thank you!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

I’m not surprised that the struggle to sell tickets in many markets was real. There was too much investment in the “V-shaped” recovery narrative and not enough in looking at what had happened in the market. Predictions for the new year: Selling tickets will be tough in most markets. We have economic challenges in some markets.

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