Press Room

Below are recent articles and press releases highlighting the efforts of the Professional Pricing Society, our members and expert sponsors: September 3, 2009: Professional Pricing Society Announces Partnership with PROS -- PPS Accepting PROS Pricing Certification Awards to Certified Pricing Professional Program PPS has added PROS as a new Pricing Technology Expert, exhibitor and sponsor of upcoming PPS conferences and webinars in the US and Europe. In addition, PROS customers will benefit from the partnership as the over 100 pricing practitioners who have earned PROS Pricing Level 1 & 2 Certification Awards are automatically eligible to transfer their credits to the Certified Pricing Professional (CPP) program credits offered exclusively by the Professional Pricing Society. May 6, 2009: PPS Launches Online Pricing Training and Certification Program, Announces 2009 Spring CPP Graduates Until recently, pricers could only attain their pricing training and CPP designation by attending sessions at live PPS events. However, in this challenging economy, PPS identified the need to expand options available to pricers for overcoming tightened travel and training budgets and for pursuing career advancement through continuing education. With the online program, CPP students can access and complete courses in any order, communicate with course instructors via email, participate in review sessions via teleconference, and complete their post-workshop exams online. January 8, 2009: Professional Pricing Society Announces New President & CEO Eric Mitchell, President & Founder of the Professional Pricing Society (PPS) announced today that Kevin M. Mitchell will succeed him as the Company's next President & CEO, effective January 15th, 2009. Eric Mitchell, who has led PPS since 1984, will continue to be associated with the company as Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors. November 4, 2008: Record Number of Candidates Earn Professional Pricing Certification From Professional Pricing Society A record twenty-five pricing professionals graduated from the Professional Pricing Society (PPS) Certified Pricing Professional (CPP) program at the 19th Annual Fall Pricing Conference held October 28-30 in Miami. April 28, 2008: Spring ‘08 Class Earns Certified Pricing Professional Designation Fourteen pricing professionals graduated from the Professional Pricing Society (PPS) Certified Pricing Professionals (CPP) program at the 19th Annual Spring Pricing Conference in Las Vegas, held April 9, 10 and 11. March 12, 2008: Price Check on Manufacturing This article by Nick Zubko in IndustryWeek Magazine highlights how more companies are turning to pricing technologies to increase profitability. Copyright 1998-2008 Penton Media, Inc. January 23, 2008: Pricing Practices Start to Make Change This article by Ryan Davis in CRM Magazine highlights a new survey by PPS that reveals how more resources are being dedicated to managing prices in B2B industries. Copyright 2007, CRM magazine/destinationCRM.com January 23, 2008: Professional Pricing Society and Zilliant Annonuce Results of First Annual Global Pricing Benchmark Survey (PDF Format) December 2007:Price Pressures, by PPS President Eric Mitchell, in Enterprise Insight Magazine (PDF format) November 16, 2007: Professional Pricing Society Partners with the University of Rochester to Launch the Center for Pricing at the Simon Graduate School of Business October 31, 2007: Professional Pricing Society Announces Eight New Graduates Have Earned Their Certified Pricing Professional Designations September 25, 2007: Professional Pricing Society Presents World's Largest Pricing Conference June 6, 2007: Welcome to the Professional Pricing Society - Latin America Chapter March 14, 2007: Accenture, SAP, and Microsoft Sign on as Sponsors of the Professional Pricing Society