Pricing Optimization for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Pricing Optimization for a Sustainable Fashion Brand. Intermediate challenge in design. Designing real products under real constraints, earn a blockchain-ver...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Create an Excel optimization model with VBA automation to set profit-maximizing prices for a sustainable fashion brand's new collection.
This is not a design exercise. It is the work a product designer does between a brief and a shipped interface. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates redesign Spotify's homepage and none who have worked under real product, regulatory, or timeline constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Build a constrained optimization model in Excel using Solver
- Implement a VBA user form to interact with Solver
- Analyze demand elasticity and its impact on pricing decisions
- Interpret optimization results and provide business recommendations
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Spreadsheet Modeling and VBA
Bachelor · Data
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Spreadsheet Modeling and VBA at the Bachelor level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Excel Modeling
Apply excel modeling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Vba Programming
Apply vba programming to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Optimization
Apply optimization to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Pricing Strategy
Apply pricing strategy to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Solver
Apply solver to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: