About
Charlie Duffay is the Senior Merchandiser at PVH, one of the most admired fashion and lifestyle companies in the world. Their brand portfolio includes the iconic Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner’s, Olga and Geoffrey Beene brands, as well as the digital-centric True&Co. intimates brand.
Outside of work, Charlie is a real socialite and artist, enjoying the restaurant scene of London, and life drawing classes.
Topics: Retail, Ecommerce, Pricing Blogs, people in retail
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Vinh Ton is mathematically minded, having studied the subject right through to University Level.
For the last seven years, he has worked at Estée Lauder Inc., the destination for high-performance Skincare, Makeup, and more, across various roles.
Outside of work, music is a large part of his life. Vinh sings, plays the guitar, piano, and drums, and even produces his own music.
Topics: Retail, Ecommerce, Pricing Blogs, people in retail
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Adam is an influential senior leader, with a proven track record in developing & maintaining product offers.
He has ownership of the Customers’ experience with the product and service proposition, putting their needs at the heart of commercial decision making, and subsequently generating value for the business.
He has direct responsibility and accountability for overall company commercial roadmap, product proposition, trading & supply chain.
Topics: Retail, Ecommerce, Pricing Blogs, people in retail
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Many retailers struggle to deliver transformation. Oliver helps retail businesses to successfully define and deliver their transformation goals so the vision is realised and the business overcomes adversity.
Topics: Retail, Ecommerce, Pricing Blogs, people in retail
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Howard has global experience in consumer Pricing, Promotion and Net Revenue Management (NRM) / Revenue Growth Management (RGM) in a multi-product environment. From 'Where to start?' with Pricing, to Price Monitoring and Management best practice, through to Corporate Pricing Strategies.
He has first hand knowledge of Price Optimisation having implementing the UKs first Price Optimisation solution.
He is Chairman of Retail Pricing Forum (RMAPI - Revenue Management and Pricing International), and is a visiting lecturer at The University of Southampton and Warwick Business School.
Topics: Retail, Ecommerce, Pricing Blogs, people in retail
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Matthew Taylor has spent many years in pricing, starting the travel sector before moving into his current position. Away from pricing and work, Matthew enjoys spending time with his family. He is also incredibly active, running and swimming, with plans to tackle a swim to the Isle of Wight in the coming months. Read on to find out more about him:
Topics: Retail, Ecommerce, Pricing Blogs, people in retail
Topics: Competition, Competitor Price Tracking
Boost sales in retail: If you are a retailer, it's an unfortunate fact of life that sales will slump from time to time. Don't feel too disheartened though: read on to get some good ideas about how to successfully increase sales and push your sales statistics upwards.
So, your business has made the decision to implement a pricing tool such as BlackCurve. Fantastic! You’re well on your way to get an average 1% - 3%+ gross margin improvement.
This is because pricing tools help maintain pricing accuracy, make the pricing process more efficient and effective, as well as help you identify better price points for your goods and services that drive overall business growth.
Topics: Pricing Software, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Solution, Pricing System
The new year provides us all with an opportunity for a fresh start. Most people's personal new year resolutions tend to revolve around getting healthier or to get better organised. In retail it's also a good idea to think about starting afresh after the Christmas rush and making some positive new year resolutions around your pricing strategy. To make it more fit for purpose, because a reinvigorated pricing structure will drive revenue and profit growth for the whole year.