PRICE DISCRIMINATION : A pricing strategy that charges customers different prices for the same product or service. In pure price discrimination‚ the seller will charge each customer the maximum price that he or she is willing to pay. In more common forms of price discrimination‚ the seller places customers in groups based on certain attributes and charges each group a different price. Price discrimination involves market segmentation. A firm price discriminates when it charges different prices
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1. Under what environmental conditions are price wars most likely to occur in an industry? What are the implications of price wars for a company? How should a company try to deal with the threat of a price war? Price wars are most likely to occur when the following conditions are present in an industry: the product is a commodity‚ exit barriers are substantial‚ excess capacity exists‚ the industry is consolidated‚ and demand is declining. A price war constitutes a strong threat. It is difficult
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The impact of the minimum price per unit of alcohol on the on and off trade. The Scottish Government has suggested introducing a minimum price per unit of alcohol to reduce binge drinking. The impact of this on the on and off trade will be researched. The Scottish government has introduced a minimum price per unit of alcohol of £ 0.45. www.bbc.co.uk [online] The proposal is to put the price up for really cheap alcohol‚ with that‚ less people would have access to that‚ for example a two litre-bottle
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A price ceiling is a government-imposed limit on the price charged for a product. Governments intend price ceilings to protect consumers from conditions that could make necessary commodities unattainable. However‚ a price ceiling can cause problems if imposed for a long period without controlled rationing. Price ceilings can produce negative results when the correct solution would have been to increase supply. Misuse occurs when a government misdiagnoses a price as too high when the real problem
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Price Wars in the Wireless Market 1. Who are the key players in this industry? The key players in the wireless industry are Verizon Wireless‚ AT&T‚ Sprint‚ and T-Mobile. With these four companies controlling 90% of the market‚ there are no other ‘key players’ in the industry. U.S. Cellular is not quite a ‘key player’‚ however they do hold approximately 2.4% of the customer nationwide and must be in the overall picture. In addition‚ the data suggests that
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rare. As we learned earlier this year about the free market‚ price is determined by quantity of demand and supply‚ but with government intervention‚ prices may be controlled‚ quantity of supply may change because of subsidies‚ and demand may change if tax is added on products. Intervention may cause the market disordered‚ and also leads to unwanted harmful consequences. A several examples of government interventions are taxation‚ price control‚ and subsidizing. Tax is an amount of money placed on
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The 6 Ps of Promotion: The traditional marketing mix is one of the most famous marketing terms. Its elements compose the basic components of a marketing plan. Also known as the Four P’s‚ the marketing mix consists of price‚ place‚ product and promotion. However‚ the retail marketing mix differs from the traditional marketing mix. It is made of 6 Ps: product‚ place‚ promotion‚ price‚ presentation and personnel. Although some of the elements are the same‚ these two concepts differ. In order for a
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overall demand for iPods. Price elasticity is a tool designed to identify the overall change in demand or supply of a product compared to the overall movement of price. For the sake of this paper‚ we will focus on the overall change in demand from consumers. Elasticity is calculated by creating a ratio of the percentage change in demand of a good compared to the percentage change in price. If the percentage change in demand is greater than the percentage change in price‚ the product would have a
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Chapter 17: A- The role of promotion in marketing: 1- Promotion and imperfect competition: In economic terms‚ the role of promotion is to change the location and shape of the demand curve for a company’s product. Promotion is intended to make a product more attractive to prospective buyers. Through promotion a company strives to increase its product’s sales volume at any given price. That is the firm seeks to change its demand elasticity for its product. The goal is to make the demand
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Introduction Sales promotion is one of the seven aspects of the promotional mix‚ which are advertising personal selling‚ direct marketing publicity/ public relations‚ corporate image and exhibitions. Sales promotions are short-term incentives that are done to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service [P.DALOK 200]. Sales promotion can be used to inform‚ persuade‚ and remind target customers about the business and its market mix. Some common types of sale promotion include: Samples‚ Coupons
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