Big purchasers get better pricing because when you buy in bulk you can negotiate a better price.
Its analysis can also help regulators come up with better pricing signals to promote sustainability.
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These features could give Microsoft better pricing power in selling its licenses to enterprises.
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Even if Ackman has obtained better pricing, the stock is already up substantially so far in 2013.
The other is whether allowing looser corporate tongues is good, leading to better pricing, or bad, leading to hype.
Showrooming has become pervasive as smartphones have proliferated and allowed consumers to cherry pick better pricing and avoid sales tax most of the time.
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My bet is that we will see a move toward better pricing models within the next six months, led by the CDMA wireless network operators.
Better pricing helped expand OCI margins by 3.8 percentage points (pp).
Officials said the improvement was partially due to better pricing on many of its models as customers load up their vehicles with expensive features and technology.
Primary care areas such as cardiovascular and allergy are already flooded with products, and therefore the focus on oncology and immunology could help the company command a better pricing.
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"Better pricing and a stabilising ready-to-drink trend may give us the opportunity to improve on the net sales growth we achieved this year, " said Paul Walsh, Diageo's chief executive.
However, results from the international operations are expected to be encouraging as the company has lower exposure to the global pressure pumping space and enjoys better pricing power for its services.
The company drew on better pricing trends in property and casualty operations, a solid quarter from domestic life and retirement operations and profitable performances from mortgage guaranty and the aircraft leasing business.
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But maybe there would be a reduced danger of extremes in the credit cycle, because there should be less illusion about where the risks of lending actually reside and therefore better pricing of credit.
Even though both the companies missed market expectations in their latest quarterly results, Home Depot seems to have handled the difficult housing market and slow demand recovery better with successful cost-cutting and efficiency initiatives, store remodels, improved service and better pricing strategies.
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Suppliers have a better overview of pricing in their product categories, than public sector buyers do.
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This is where it should sell if the cycle timely turns, but there are no indicators as yet that better steam coal pricing or a recovery in metallurgical coal is in the cards.
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Analytics should drive better decisions relative to pricing, fraud protection and revenue optimization.
Externally, it is under relentless pressure from online retailers like Amazon as consumers take advantage of ever better access to comparative pricing information.
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However, SWT has insisted that the new prices will bring the company into line with other operators and allow it to "better match demand and pricing".
PLC, is betting that its move to 4G will allow it to shake up its pricing model and better secure and attract the most affluent data-hungry customers.
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His gross margin forecast is now 43.5%, up from 42.5%, to reflect better iPad profitability and favorable component pricing.
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Would that be a better option than trying to enforce transfer pricing rules?
They can account for every dollar spent so they can better manage labor to budget and develop pricing that allows the organization to remain both profitable and competitive.
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Your teams will modify tools, product terms, pricing, and everything else (better packaging colors, anyone?).
Well, Air New Zealand has used pricing to get this to work better.
In the end, it is empowering businesses and saving them money, not just through negotiated pricing but also by giving them better representation as firms become expert in their affairs.
Our upside case portrays better earnings on the back of improvements in both pricing and utilization for specific fleets.
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Unfortunately, we don't have any word on specs or pricing yet, but these things had better be packing some serious heat for cheap if Palm is really planning to wait until September to launch them -- they'll be going head-to-head with the Xoom, the PlayBook, and presumably the iPad 2.
Potentially through a carbon tax, it could create greater certainty in fuel pricing to make natural gas and renewables a better option than coal for power generation.
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