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What sources of data contribute to pricing intelligence?
WHAT FACTORS ARE DRIVING THE CHANGE?
Rise of smartphone use and price checking apps like Amazon Price Check, Google Shopper,Shop Savvy, Red Laser make it incredibly easy to price compare.
Competitive monitoring helps retailers stay on top of price changes in the market and react accordingly.
Other strategies retailers are using include:
Amazon changesprices every 10minutes or more!
Best Buy andWalmart implementprice changesover 50,000 timesper month.
Competition Loss-leaders such as Walmart and Amazon use dynamic pricing to setthe bar low and capture market share.
Consumers:
of retailers are already using price intelligence software
intend on doing itin the next 12 months
intend to do it inthe next 6 months
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Price Right the FirstTime Online and In-store
In-store Price Matching Capability
Customer-specific Promotions
Selling Exclusives and Private Label
Dynamic Pricing
Arm Retail Associates with Real-timeCompetitive Price Intelligence
No Response to Showrooming
Focus Only on Online Price Matching
Dynamic pricing impacts:
Profit Margins
CustomerSatisfaction
Brand Image
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46.7% 56.7% 20% 43.3% 10%
HOW ARE RETAILERS KEEPING UP?
WHY USE PRICING INTELLIGENCE?
HOW TO IMPLEMENT A DYNAMIC PRICING STRATEGY
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How to Stay CompetitiveModern Day Price Wars:
Users are projected to reach 178 million,and account for 54% of all mobile users by 2015!
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Determine the Components That Shouldbe Factored into the Price Changes.
Decide on the Level ofAutomation You Want
Decide Who Will ManagePrice Changes
With over 30% of retailers planning on implementingpricing tools in the next year...Are you risking getting left behind the competition?
Those surveyed rated these as the most important attributes:
of retailers use a hybrid approach: automated technology andmanual price changes
71%
Decide on Frequency of Price Changes.
How Frequently Should Pricesbe Enabled to Change?
Types of Solutions Business’Use for Dynamic Pricing
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16.7% 6.7%
36.7% PackagedSoftware
These tools allow retailers to:
40 of retailers plan to usea cloud or SaaS solution.
%Retailers generally agree that real-timeor daily price changes are ideal!
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Hit company sales goals
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their competitors’ prices
Frequent price changes meanretailers need to respond to thecompetition faster than ever.As a result, the use ofcompetitive price monitoringand dynamic pricing toolsare on the rise.
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