The company is hiring for a New York-based product manager to define and execute product strategies that create net-new subscription packages for its drivers and couriers, according to a listing posted this week. The candidate will also create a cohesive strategy for global testing and expansion, and assess how this business model should evolve given different responses from our competitors.
Leading legal departments are shifting from reactive negotiation to proactive pricing design, setting guardrails before rates are proposed rather than responding after the fact. This approach enables departments to establish parameters and expectations upfront, fundamentally changing the negotiation dynamic and improving outcomes.
Apple's new affordable 13-inch MacBook is rumored to feature a low-power A18 processor -- the same chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro -- rather than the typical M-series processors used in MacBooks. This would allow it to keep costs low, particularly if paired with more modest hardware such as a less flashy display and a smaller form factor.
Years of underselling its parks with cheap annual passes have failed to deliver positive financial results for the company. So what is Six Flags going to do in 2026? It is going to keep selling cheap annual passes, but this time the company is going to make them even cheaper. That'll work, right? Six Flags has announced that it will allow Gold-level passholders and members admission to all parks in one of four home regions in North America, as well as to their home park.
Rather than undercutting prices to chase growth, many are leaning into higher-value positioning and introductory offers designed to convert (and keep) paying readers. Digiday's third annual Subscription Index found that publishers increased subscription prices by 5 percent year over year in 2025, based on a cohort of 14 publishers. (Bloomberg increased its annual subscription pricing by an eye-opening 33 percent year over year, up from $299 annually in 2024 to $399 in 2025).
Perkins Coie Implements Data-Driven Forecasting When working together, two Litera solutions - Foundation Scoping (formerly known as Clocktimizer) and Foundation - can offer critical insights into pricing trends so that firms can increase revenue and profitability while also improving client service. Before GenAI was a household term, there was Foundation Scoping, which uses natural language processing to identify, categorize and analyze timecard data, providing useful insights for scoping and matter management.
Markup is how much you add to your cost to get your selling price. If something costs $10 and you sell it for $15 , you added $5. That's a 50 percent markup on your cost. Where people get confused is that markup isn't the same as margin, even though the terms get used interchangeably all the time. Margin measures profit as a percentage of the selling price, and markup measures it based on your costs. Same dollar, different percentages.
In 2025, the Boston condo market has shifted toward a more balanced state, with an overall increase in Days on Market (DOM) that provides buyers with more leverage than in previous years. Increased Buyer Leverage: The median DOM for Boston condos has climbed to approximately 28-32 days, a significant increase from roughly 20 days in 2023. Negotiation Power: Homes sitting on the market for 14+ days are increasingly seeing price drops and seller concessions, with roughly 30% of listings seeing price reductions
This will include measures such as price increases, accounting for new costs like tariffs, and extending the replacement cycle of its in-market devices, per the memo. "Our devices will be more premium in price going forward, but we'll have a healthier business to anchor on and free ourselves from feeling existential about any singular device's success," Aul and Cairns wrote in the memo, shared with staff on December 4.
Dollar General reported Q3 earnings of $1.28 per share against estimates of $0.94, a $0.34 surprise marking its fourth consecutive quarterly beat. Revenue of $10.65 billion edged past the $10.60 billion consensus despite 4.6% year-over-year growth. Gross margin climbed 110 basis points to 29.9% from higher inventory markups and lower shrink. Operating income jumped 31.5% to $425.9 million. CEO Todd Vasos announced 4,885 real estate projects planned for fiscal 2026. Same-store sales rose 2.5%, driven by pricing power and a shift toward higher-margin categories.
Very few product or service businesses escape the kind of seasonality that forces active engagement with the market through promotions, offers or specials. Right now, we're all bombarded with deals on everything, including digital services and B2B SaaS. After all, nothing captures the holiday spirit quite like an extra terabyte of cloud storage. It's a surge of activity that's hard to ignore - especially for someone who pays close attention to how these offers are put together.
The milkshake tax is another blow to businesses already drowning in complex taxes and soaring fixed costs. If this isn't balanced with meaningful business rates reform for hospitality, leisure, and retail, it's a clear net negative for growth. While the levy targets only packaged drinks, not fresh café-made shakes, it still shakes up a struggling sector, and piles on administrative burden and cost at a time when margins are already diluted and consumer demand dwindles.
A few years ago, inventory hit a record low. Just about anything sold - and fast. But now, there are far more Boston Seaport condos for sale on the market. Listings are up almost 20% from this time last year. And in some areas, supply is even back to levels we last saw in 2017-2019. For sellers, that means one thing:
Trade policy uncertainty, competitive pressures, and supply chain disruptions are pushing chief financial officers to rethink how they set prices. Deloitte's latest North American CFO Signals survey finds that 95% of finance chiefs have adjusted their pricing strategies in the past six months, and 86% expect pricing to play an even greater role in financial performance over the next year.
Pricing properties correctly is critical to ensuring our listings sell for the best price and terms possible. The correct listing price means more exposure for your listings, which drives the price up and improves offer terms, especially when there are multiple offers. The more attractive the price, the more interested buyers you'll have. The more buyers, the more (and better) offers you'll be able to negotiate for your seller.
AI aside, with services income now looking a lot more stable subsequent to the Google judgment and hardware sales seemingly given some protection against threatened US import tariffs, "Apple still needs to execute, but the path to outperformance is getting clearer to us, and what will matter most at next week's iPhone launch event is pricing, a still under-appreciated growth tailwind," said Woodring in a client note seen by Computerworld.
McDonald's is cutting prices on some combo meals to woo back customers who've been turned off by the rising costs of grabbing a fast food meal. The price drop may induce its rivals, who have run into some of the same pricing issues, to follow. Starting Sept. 8, McDonald's will offer Extra Value Meals, which combine select entrées like a Big Mac, an Egg McMuffin or a McCrispy sandwich with medium fries or hash browns and a drink.
The hardest part of being a photographer often isn't taking great photos, it's running a sustainable business. Shoots come and go, and when the calendar looks thin, panic sets in. That's why repeat clients matter more than almost anything else in your business model. A client who hires you again and again is worth far more than a new one you have to chase.
What makes these myths dangerous isn't their persistence, it's how we rationalize them. We tell ourselves they're based on data. (A survey from 2018? Please.) We cite competitor behavior. We assume it's "just the way things are." And then we design strategies, products and entire business models around them. But these myths are born from perceptions. Not facts. Not insights. Just patterns we've gotten used to seeing and explaining away.
