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CFOs Ponder Their Pricing Power as the Economy Cools

CFOs Ponder Their Pricing Power as the Economy Cools

Across-the-board price hikes are likely done, but companies from Chipotle to Ulta Beauty are hopeful consumers will tolerate some increases

  • January 09, 2023
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The Wall Street Journal

CFOs Ponder Their Pricing Power as the Economy Cools

After a year of significant price increases, companies are trying to figure out how far they can go in 2023. 

Pricing experts are advising clients to adopt a similar playbook in the year ahead. Gone are the days of across-the-board price hikes, which were absorbed more readily by customers earlier in the pandemic when companies had few other avenues for preserving their margins, said Mark Burton, a partner at advisory firm Bain & Co.

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