Tesla’s Pricing Strategy: A Taxpayer Subsidy Beggar?
Note: A version of this article is submitted for publication on Seeking Alpha, the world’s largest investor site, where I occasionally contribute on companies that make consequential pricing strategy decisions. Summary Tesla‘s price cuts signal deep distress ahead based on even basic pricing math, with breakeven virtually certain to be unachievable.The direct admission embedded is that […]
Pricing Power: Part 1 – Searching For A Useful Definition for 2023
“Pricing Power” has become a household term in the last couple of years, as the importance of pricing was revealed and elevated in every corner of the economy. It has also become, unhelpfully, a bit of a loose buzzword that can become limiting and rather … disempowering. 2023 and beyond will require a better understanding […]
EBITDA Catalyst And Revology Analytics Partnership Expands Pricing Expert Network
December 20, 2022. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA and HUNTERSVILLE, NC – EBITDA Catalyst, a leading middle-market pricing strategy and revenue management advisory firm and Revology Analytics (“Revology”), a specialized middle market advisory firm focused on pricing and promotions analytics and optimization and sales and customer growth analytics, are pleased to announce their partnership. Both firms complement each […]
P.T. Barnum On The Importance of Promotion … Does It Have To Be Price Promotion?
Illustrating the point It’s the make-or-break holiday season for retailers and consumer brands, and the words “promotional environment” are everywhere. Categories like footwear and apparel, which are both seasonal and often discretionary, seem to be particularly sensitive to “how promotional” to get in this environment. Even brands like Lululemon, who take pride in a “no […]
EBITDA Catalyst Recognized With 2022 “Top 10” Consulting Firm Global Award by Clutch.co
We are excited to announce that we’ve been named in the Top 10 in the Consulting category globally by Clutch.co (#8), based in no small part on the feedback and consistently high NPS from our clients! We are grateful to our clients, partners, and everyone who’s contributed to our success this year! Your belief in […]
Catalyst Quote & Comment: Warren Buffett On Price Versus Value
Illustrating the point One word: Crypto. There has always been the uncomfortable moment when this or that crypto believer (or pusher) is asked to explain what gives Value to crypto assets (aside from psychological failings of human nature like greed, fear-of-missing-out (FOMO), pyramid schemes, and the theory of the greater fool). The answers virtually always […]
