Posts Tagged ‘price war’

Competitive Advantage and Price Wars: How Well Might Metro PCS Compete Against AT&T if Prices Were Equal?

Monday, March 1st, 2010

“We must be seen as the best deal in town.”  Such powerful words, and the first step to an accelerated tumble straight to the bottom of the profit margin.  These are the words of  MetroPCS Chief Operating Officer, Thomas Keys, whose company competes strongly with price.
As we’ve emphasized time and again, engaging in a price war [...]

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E*Trade Cuts Broker Prices, Loses Competitive Advantage & Engages in All-Out Price War

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Price wars abound in online brokering as E*Trade Financial Corporation jumped into a broker commission price war last Monday. 
Eliminating account activity fees and the $12.99 commission tier, E*Trade chose to help current and potential customers view E*Trade services as a more simple, valuable and transparent business through which to perform stock trading actions.
No longer is the focus [...]

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Are You a Price Chicken?

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

In a competitive marketplace, it is never the time to play “chicken” with your customers on price. Doing so leads to leap frogging your competition straight to the bottom of the profit margin ladder.  Price is and will always be an issue for some customers, but not as many as you may think.
Smart Advantage, a [...]

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