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Major Retailers’ Prices Stay Steady Despite Tariffs
Retail // November 27, 2019

Some retailers in the U.S. have been absorbing the costs of the ongoing trade war with China, including Walmart and Amazon, according to Reuters. Retail analytics firm Profitero analyzed prices from seven of the largest retailers in the U.S., and more than 21,000 products. The...

The Shopper’s Brain On Bargains
Retail // July 28, 2018

Everyone loves a bargain, and there is something uniquely satisfying about not only getting whatever product one is after, but also getting it for a really, really low price. This is why so many of us have, usually in defending a purchase that someone questioned, uttered the...

Google Takes A Page From Amazon’s Pricing Playbook
News // July 03, 2015

Amazon is not the only eCommerce player that builds comparison pricing into its product pages. Google has begun applying a similar feature to select product pages that come up in search results, highlighting prices on certain items as being significantly lower than average or in...

Boomerang Commerce Tests Retail Pricing Strategy
News // April 17, 2015

Want to test pricing options for your retail business? Boomerang Commerce has a platform for that. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup announced this week that it has launched an A/B Testing Platform for retail pricing. Retailers can use the platform to test various pricing strategies and...

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Major Retailers’ Prices Stay Steady Despite Tariffs

November 27, 2019
Some retailers in the U.S. have been absorbing the costs of the ongoing trade war with China, including Walmart and Amazon, according to Reuters. Retail analytics firm Profitero analyzed prices from seven of the largest retailers in the U.S., and more than 21,000 products. The firm looked at product prices from the same period last […]

Google Takes A Page From Amazon’s Pricing Playbook

July 03, 2015
Amazon is not the only eCommerce player that builds comparison pricing into its product pages. Google has begun applying a similar feature to select product pages that come up in...

Boomerang Commerce Tests Retail Pricing Strategy

April 17, 2015
Want to test pricing options for your retail business? Boomerang Commerce has a platform for that. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup announced this week that it has launched an A/B Testing...