Professional Pricing Society Conference

I am really excited that my company Stratinis (www.stratinis.com) are yet again sponsors of the Professional Pricing Conference. This year the conference will be in Barcelona, and I will also be speaking on the topic of "The Role of the Sales Force in Pricing".

Many exciting webinars about pricing

Stratinis has a number of really exciting webinars about price management coming up this year. Check them out here and sign-up: www.stratinis.com/events.aspx

Interesting pricing article

http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358

 

 

2 million jobs from international trade

In today’s press conference by President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron, the president gave an interesting statistic of how important international trade is: there are 1 million jobs in the UK generated by US investments and 1 million jobs in the US generated by UK investments.

 

Stratinis wins new customer in the chemicals industry

I am really excited that Stratinis has this week won a new customer in the chemicals industry. With a European scope, Stratinis Pricing Suite will be rolled out to users around Europe, thus helping the customer manage and optimise pricing. Head over to Stratinis' website to learn more about how your company's international pricing challenges can be solved with innovative software.

Internet - the end of UK privacy injunctions?

In the UK it is possible for people to get the courts to issue an injunction against newspapers writing about personal matters. It is even possible to get a “super injunction” whereby it is even prohibited to mention that is an injunction. It is currently estimated that there are 80-90 such super injunctions in place in the UK.

The Internet seems to be changing the value of such injunctions. In a series of posts on non-UK websites, such as Twitter, people can now read about these super injunctions. As a result, some celebrities are suing these non-UK media:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/8526571/Premiership-footballer-sues-Twitter-after-details-of-super-injunction-were-published.html

However, it seems unlikely that a UK court will be able to do much against a US-based media, or for that matter an Internet site elsewhere in the world, including Europe or Asia.

Software pricing

Have you ever wondered why software costs more in Europe than in USA? It is the same product, same fixed development costs, but still prices can be 40,50, even 100% higher from major consumer software vendors. Yes, exchange rates do fluctuate but not enough to justify the price differences. Maybe it is just a result of pricing as high as you can?

Professional Pricing Society

Next week Stratinis will be participating as a premier sponsor of Professional Pricing Society's conference in San Francisco. I am very excited about this, as it highlights our global expansion. Our business in USA is expanding with a lot of interest from companies looking for international price management software. Come and visit us at our stand if you are participating in the conference. Learn more here: http://www.pricingsociety.com/.

IT - will the economic crisis lead to more protectionism?

Outsourcing of IT services has been the name of the game for many IT companies over the last decade. It is somewhat worrying to see signs of increased protectionism during the economic crisis.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135724/Clinton_in_India_says_outsourcing_is_a_concern_for_many_?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2009-07-21

Actually, the problem is not just American or Indian. It is certainly not only the American stance of reeling back some of the legislation that has previously made it more interesting to outsource to India that creates the problem. India has a long history of protectionism and could buy more themselves from abroad too.

I see the same pattern in many different countries at the moment: the economic crisis leads politicians to turn up the protectionism, making rules to protect their domestic constituents.

Stratinis strengthens its position in the Consumer Goods industry

I am very excited that my company, Stratinis, just landed another customer in the Consumer Goods industry. A global player in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, they have chosen our solution for international price management ahead of several other competitors in the price management software market.

If your company works in the consumer goods industry please contact us to learn more about how we can also help you when it comes to price management.