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2011

When You Should Charge Separately

Many distributors are wary of charging separately for items such as delivery, small orders or fuel, but experts say that if it’s done correctly, what’s known as price partitioning can be a successful (and even accepted) part of a distributor pricing strategy.

Consumers have long been used to the idea of price partitioning – what the authors of a recent article in the MIT Sloan Management Review called the practice of charging separately for such things as shipping, installation, checked baggage or tire disposal.

The concept is gaining traction among distributors …

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Canada: Risk – and Opportunity – Ahead

MDM attended the recent Canadian Power Transmission Distributors Association conference in Ottawa, Ontario. Topics discussed at the conference and summarized in this article include the Canadian economic outlook, business opportunities and talent management.

From the economy to recruitment and retention concerns to new opportunities, the topics front of mind for power transmission and bearing distributors in Canada aren’t all that different from those of their U.S. counterparts. How they approach these topics, however, may be.

Speakers addressed these topics at the annual Canadian Conference of the Power Transmission Distributors Association in Ottawa, Ontario, which MDM attended at the beginning of June.

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