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Join us for a roundtable discussion with with Jeet Mukherjee, Pete Morelli, Adnan Akbari, and Tracy Dent.

In this episode, we discuss recent pricing-related headlines and key takeaways for pricing and B2B commercial lessons and implications from:

- Klarna's partnership announcement with Stripe ahead of its IPO and what it means for payment strategies

- Boeing's production challenges and their ripple effects on supplier negotiations

- Nordstrom’s $4 billion move to go private and its implications

- Nvidia's supercomputer announcement at CES, its $3000 price point, and ripple effects the product might have on competitive dynamics, data privacy considerations, and the growing demand for AI-enabled tools.

We’ll unpack lessons from these events and what they mean for B2B leaders navigating pricing, growth, and negotiation in 2025.

Articles referenced:

CNBC: Klarna scores global payment deal with Stripe to expand reach ahead of blockbuster U.S. IPO

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/14/klarna-scores-global-payment-deal-with-stripe-ahead-of-blockbuster-ipo.html

WSJ: Nordstrom Family Reaches $4 Billion Deal to Take Retailer Private

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/nordstrom-family-to-take-retailer-private-in-roughly-4-billion-deal-1eaf9733

CNN: Boeing CEO says the company must fundamentally change as losses surge

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/investing/boeing-losses/index.html

Market Beat

Boeing: 4 reasons it will be the comeback story of 2025

https://www.marketbeat.com/originals/boeing-4-reasons-it-will-be-the-comeback-story-of-2025/#:~:text=Key%20Points,18%2C%202024.

Tech Crunch: Nvidia’s Project Digits is a ‘personal AI supercomputer’

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/nvidias-project-digits-is-a-personal-ai-computer/