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Influence of prospect payments psychology and pricing

Thursday, 17 March 2011 by Paurav Shukla

Influence of prospect payments on pricing OR should you charge more for your iPhone app?

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Tagged under: Android, Android Market, App Store, Apple, consumer, Google, Handhelds, IPhone, ITunes, pricing, Smartphone
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Apple’s ‘Antennagate’: How not to deal with an issue when you are a leader

Saturday, 17 July 2010 by Paurav Shukla

While listening and later on reading Apple’s defence of the ‘Antennagate’, I felt how much strategic thinking has gone into this and how the debate was PR driven rather than having any talk of substance. Apple won praise of customers and non-customers alike because it stayed at the upper spectrum debate previously. It looked at

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Tagged under: Antennagate, Apple, IPhone, iPhone4, leadership, Mass media, Microsoft, Nokia, Research In Motion, Sony, Steve Jobs, strategy

The compromise effect in our decision making

Friday, 02 July 2010 by Paurav Shukla
[podcast]http://www.pauravshukla.com/podcast/compromiseeffect.mp3[/podcast] Most consumers in developed and emerging markets are now facing an interesting choice making dilemma. It’s the dilemma of plenitude. This relates to most purchase decisions which includes a wide spectrum of products and services from buying corn flakes (a fairly low ticket item) to a car (a fairly big ticket item) and even

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Tagged under: cars, choice goals, compromise, confusion, consumer, consumer purchase, customer, Decision making, decisions, Google, IPhone, marketing, Mobile phone, mobile phones, Research, YouTube

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  • Escaping the 'wild swings' of the stock market: Why Elon Musk should take Tesla private
    Taking Tesla private may work for Musk and retain the luxury brand image.
  • How brands that disguise their origins do damage to their bottom line
    When brands try to disguise their origin and are found out later on, it can have a significant impact on their bottom-line.
  • Why Elon Musk should take Tesla private
    Taking Tesla private may help retain the luxury image of the brand in consumers' minds.
  • Researchers find ad campaigns effective in cutting alcohol-fueled sexual advances
    Research by Prof. Shukla has shown than publicity campaigns can help combat alcohol-fueled sexual contact.
  • NewsWeek - Why the perceived value of lab-made diamonds is on the up
    Although synthetic, lab-made diamonds are similar in quality to natural ones.
  • Business Insider - Lab-made diamonds are posing threat to the natural ones
    Lab-made, synthetic diamonds are becoming increasingly similar in quality, cut, and clarity to natural ones. How they pose challenge to the natural diamond industry.
  • Scroll.in - How lab-made diamonds are stealing the shine (and market share) from natural ones
    More than 95% of industrial diamonds are synthetic, so why aren't more people using them in engagement rings?
  • The Conversation - How lab-made diamonds are stealing market share from natural ones
    Why value perceptions remain the final frontiers to crack the consumer market for synthetic diamond industry.
  • The Guardian - The luxury market is tricky to crack but the rewards can be great
    Businesses selling high-end products face low volume sales and fierce competition. But with the right branding, the sense of customer loyalty can’t be beaten.
  • Businessoffashion.com - Luxury Brand Balancing Act
    Are luxury brands upsetting the delicate balance that made them desirable in the first place? Is luxury fashion becoming too mass?

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