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Taking a price increase with a retailer and distributor

The Road2Retail team discusses how to put a price increase into effect with retailers and distributors. Topics include timing, the impact on shelf prices and consumers, communicating the change, anticipating retailer pushback and organizing the details needed to carry it through.

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A price increase affects more than the amount a brand charges its customer. The team discusses when to take an increase, how it can change the price consumers see on the shelf and the possible positive and negative effects for the brand and retailer.

The episode then considers execution with retailers and distributors. It covers communicating the increase, the pushback a brand may encounter and the details that need to be organized so the change is carried through.

Topics covered

Timing and shelf price

When to consider an increase and how it may affect the price paid by consumers.

Retailer and distributor communication

How to communicate the change and anticipate retailer pushback.

Executing the increase

The details to organize when putting a new price into effect.

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