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Testing price architecture for portfolio growth

Evidence on how customers valued service levels and where price changes carried risk.

PRIVATE EQUITY / ILLUSTRATIVE ENGAGEMENT
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Abstract

Evidence on how customers valued service levels and where price changes carried risk.

Fig. 1 — A visual study of evidence and uncertainty.

A mid-market private equity portfolio company

The question

A uniform price increase risked losing customers whose value perceptions differed substantially across segments.

Our approach

We tested service bundles and price trade-offs with customers, then translated the findings into segment-level options.

Methods

Method
Conjoint analysis
Method
Willingness-to-pay research
Method
Customer segmentation
Method
Revenue simulation

Outcome

The operating team had a differentiated price architecture and clearer guardrails for implementation.