Pricing objectives and pricing methods in the services sector George J. Avlonitis and Kostis A. Indounas Department of Marketing and Communication‚ Athens University of Economics and Business‚ Athens‚ Greece Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to explore the pricing objectives that service companies pursue along with the pricing methods that they adopt in order to set their prices. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of the literature revealed the complete
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CHAPTER 5 Product and Service Strategy and Brand Management Slide 5-1 AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Explain the offering concept and offering mix portfolio. 2. Describe how the marketing manager modifies the offering mix. 3. Identify and describe the stages in the new-offering development process. 4. Identify and describe the stages in the product life cycle. Slide 5-2 1 2/3/2010 AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 5. Explain the types of positioning
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Marketing mix is one of the most significant tactics‚ which can be used to control the market by companies to satisfy consumers’ demands and influence them to purchase their products. Marketing mix has developed into seven Ps from producer-oriented views to customer views. This paper will only discuss the implication for four Ps in international market. In order to fulfil both long term and short-term goal‚ the company need to determine their target market and then plan the optimal strategies and using
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Abstract Marketing mix can be defined as combination of marketing elements used in the sale of a particular product. (Marketing‚ 2007) The elements‚ also known as the four Ps‚ are product‚ price‚ place (of distribution)‚ and promotion. All are important in defining and fulfilling a target market. Companies use different aspects of marketing mix to help them better serve their target market. Starbucks primarily focus is to provide outstanding service and products to their customer‚ while earning
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CHAPTER 10: MARKET POWER AND PRICING STRATEGY Introduction We have examined how firms with market power can generate positive economic profit by influencing the price at which their products or services are sold. This conclusion was based on the assumption that firms must charge the same price to all customers. Now we explore alternative pricing strategies and show that when a firm with market power can “discriminate” among customers‚ additional surplus (beyond that achieved by a single-price
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decreased to just over 16%. Sainsbury’s growth has suddenly fallen down. In terms of local sourcing‚ Sainsbury’s is higher than other competitors. Sainsbury’s provides products like milk‚ pre-packed cheese‚ fresh lamb etc to the customer. Sainsbury’s is only food retailer to enter in global 100 index. Sainsbury’s sell over 4000 products. Company has been positioned under FTSE4 and Dow Jones Index. Sainsbury’s main responsibility is to provide best food and health‚ make relationship with community‚ to
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Strategy‚ Process‚ Product‚ and Services Learning Team B has chosen to use the organization of Coca-Cola to evaluate the impact innovation and creativity can have. With this being such a large company‚ their marketing team has a vast array of possibilities to look into. Team B has chosen one of Coca-Cola’s current projects which is the company’s strategy of diving into the health conscious consumer. Along with this current marketing plan‚ another possible consideration of this organization that
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extent has The Authentic Food Company Ltd ’s products been the most important element of its marketing mix? The marketing mix is a business tool used in marketing and by marketing professionals.It is a planned mix of the controllable elements of a product’smarketing plan commonly termed as 4Ps: product‚ price‚ place‚ and promotion. Their products have been the most important element of its marketing mix. They decided to make high quality products‚ this means that customers will be more satisfied
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Pricing Strategies in Software Platforms: Video Consoles vs. Operating Systems Operating system platforms charge high prices to the users and subsidize developers. However‚ video console firms charge low prices to users and make profits on the developers’ side. When setting prices‚ developers may be constrained by one of two margins‚ the demand margin and the competition margin. What margin is binding depends on the number of applications in the market and on the level of substitutability among
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Discuss the main factors affecting product pricing in the UK Price – the amount of money which costumer pays for product or service to in order to achieve them‚ or the sum of values that one party exchanges with another to have or use products or services. The main factors which determine price are demand and supply. Demand is a desire of customers to own and the ability to pay for products or use services. Supply is quantity of products or services which are available to sell at the given time
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