Top 6 – March 2014

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” -Steve Jobs Understanding the psychology of your customers and what drives them to purchase (or not to purchase) is increasingly important. You can’t drive people to you if you don’t understand what drives…

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Amazon’s Ever-Changing Price Appeal

With many large online retailers using algorithms to manage pricing, we see items change their prices multiple times over the course of a month, week, or even in one single day! Are these constant price changes good for consumers, or are they ultimately confusing, or harmful? Are they signaling us to buy? Are constant price changes communicating to consumers that these items are less valuable?

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Abenomics: Why, What, and Now What?

Economic policies advocated by Japan prime-minister Shinzo Abe, since his return to the helm after the 2012 general elections, are referred to as Abenomics. This article aims to provide a first-level understanding of the principles of Abenomics and its effects on the global business environment.

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Pricing Note: BISR

A BISR analysis differs from standard CPC (cost per customer) and ROI (return on investment) calculations to reveal the true ROMI (return on marketing investment) after accounting for the fact that many of the purchases related to an advertisement or coupon would have occurred in the absence of the promotion.

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