Consider that you are selling a line of toys that, because they are made overseas where labor costs are far lower, can be sold using a low-price strategy. If a buyer raises a price-based objection, what would you say to convince him that your price is appropriate?…
Identify two cost oriented approach and provide hypothetical examples for each? Cost oriented approach is when a company sets a price of a product that covers marketing and production cost. An example would be an apples iphone. It cost about $200 to make and they sell a brand new one without an contract for $800. So I am guessing the rest of the money is used to cover production, marketing and make a profit. Also Dr. Dre beats are made in china and are priced at $300 but cost $80 to make. So same an apple the rest of the money is used to cover production, marketing and make a profit.…
10. The intersection of supply and demand will be at a lower equilibrium price but a higher equilibrium quantity if…
There are different ways the government in a developing country wants to protect consumers from conditions that could make necessary merchandises out-of-the-way. One of the things is price ceiling, which a government-forced limit on the price charged for a product. Price ceiling is a situation when the price charged is more than or less than the equilibrium price determined by market forces of demand and supply. Though, a price ceiling can cause problems if forced for a long period without controlled limits. Misuse occurs when a government accidentally priced a price as too high when the real problem is that the supply is too low. Price ceilings can produce negative results when the correct solution would have been to increase supply. It can introduce a black market, it can creates a persistent shortage, decreases in investment, or price on the black market ends up higher than the equilibrium price.…
The new service as „i-mode” start on 22 February 1999. Initially 67 content providers participated in the new service, with sites ranging from banking to Karaoke.…
New England Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a regional not for profit managed care company that has its headquarters in Boston, MA, with over 500,000 enrollees within 25 different plans including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. A consortium of employers has shown interest in bidding on a managed care contract to be offered to the consortium’s 75,000 employees whom are locate in and around Nashua, New Hampshire. The consortium of employers includes companies such as IBM, Ford, and Prudential Insurance.…
Explain how an organisation can cost a product and determine its price at any activity level…
The market system is the mechanism for allocating scarce resources and thereby encouraging a positive investment climate. The problem of scarcity is common in all economic structures. The economic system of a particular country is the way in which its people, businesses and government make choices. Demand is the amount of a product consumers are willing and able to purchase at any given time. However, supply is the amount of a product that is available at any given time. The following diagram shows the relationship that demand has with supply:…
The price ceiling is the maximum price a seller is allowed to charge for a product or service. An impact on society includes when the prices are so high of a product, that no one can buy it. A price floor is the lowest legal price a product or service can be sold at. When market price is at its lowest, it may still be too high for consumers to purchase products. Governments can intervene for any purpose, and they are the ones who set these price controls.…
[pic] Price is the one element of the marketing mix that produces revenue; the other elements produce costs. Prices are perhaps the easiest element of the marketing program to adjust. Price also communicates to the market the company’s intended value positioning of its product or brand. A well-designed and marketed product can command a price premium.…
The maximum sales loss that the company can incur without hurting profits is of 500 units or -25%.…
Value pricing is a way of deciding the price of a product based on what the customers think of its worth and on what they are willing to pay rather on what it costs to produce. The perfect example of this is the value meal menu. Value meal menu seems very attractive on the eye of the consumers because they perceive that upon buying the product, they will meet the satisfaction rate they needed.…
Value Based Pricing: How companies can use their final customers’ perceived value in a business to business market?…
Before we go into the details, let me briefly give you the overview. First we have to…
Roy Cardiff runs a mail-order business that tracks sales to each customer. He recently decided to cut costs by curtailing catalogs to those customers who are least likely to buy from him in the future.…