Chapter 11 Pricing Strategies Questions for Discussion 1. Which of the different product mix pricing strategies discussed in the text applies best to Payless’s new strategy? : The strategy for setting a product’s price changes when the product is the part of a product mix. Firms are look for a prices that maximizes the profits on the total product mix. There are five product mix pricing strategies for the firms. Product line pricing‚ optional-product pricing‚ captive-product pricing‚ by-product
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early success would not be lasting. This is why Apple has decided to use different pricing strategies such as the skimming and versioning. Price Skimming Skimming is referred to as selling a product at a high price; basically companies sacrificing sales to gain high profits. This is employed by companies in order to reimburse their cost of investment put into the original research of the product. This strategy is often used to target early users of a product/service because they are relatively
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COMPARING THE PRICING STRATEGIES OF VARIOUS STORES Firstly‚ Wendy’s uses many different types of pricing methods to attract customers to buy their food items. One of the strategies they use is price discrimination (same product sold in different markets at different prices) by offering discounts to seniors for 10% and children with a hamburger Kid’s Meal for only $2.69. Wendy’s also uses promotional pricing (charging a low price to entice customers and to build brand awareness) by presenting discounts
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How Pricing strategies Affected the sales of MODE Accessories backpack Price makes up the one quarter of the controllable marketing mix factors and could be blamed for most company’s success or failure. This report will cover the affect pricing had on the sales of MODE Accessories backpack over a 6-term timeline‚ specifically focusing on the pricing strategy in the growth stage of the product‚ a rise in the market price due to a change in design and how a decision to change the target market
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Pricing Strategy ITC Foods Business Division (Staples) The FMCG & RETAIL Pricing Strategy UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS FMCG Pricing Strategy is now a critical element of the management mix. Old school management responsibilities of Sales owning the trade spend budget and customer negotiations with marketing owning the Recommend Retail Price do not work in today ’s information driven age. Retail sales volume is now 80% controlled by 2-3 chains with a scattering
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Intro Exporting and international business can be interesting‚ exciting and in some cases challenging. In all cases it should be profitable and help a business grow. Doing business internationally is not the same as doing business at home. There are new skills to learn and new knowledge to acquire about the country you will be going into. You will need to learn about the different laws and regulations‚ the different customer buying habits‚ and change your marketing strategies and materials to appeal
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Case No.07 – Nokia’s pricing strategy Nokia is one brand name that inspires all those who are into the mobile culture. Of the entire brand that touches our lives‚ Nokia stand s out significantly. It has taken mobility a step forward by creating products with continuous innovations in this industry has made it imperative that every player keeps pace with changes. Nokia has been one step ahead in anticipating future market moves and strategizing accordingly. Interestingly the company prices its
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Allowances Loss-Leader Pricing Special-Event Pricing Cash Rebates Low-Interest Financing Longer Payment Terms Warranties & Service Contracts Psychological Discounting Customer-Segment Pricing Product-Form Pricing Image Pricing Channel Pricing Location Pricing Time Pricing Price Discrimination Differentiated Pricing Promotional Pricing Geographical Pricing (Cash‚ Countertrade‚ Barter) Changing Pricing Environment How Companies Price Understanding Pricing Consumer Psychology and Pricing Reference Prices
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2.2Pricing Strategy Factors affecting pricing decision Kia Optima is one type of the oligopolistic competition market. It dominated by a small number of sellers‚ each seller is likely to be aware of the actions of the others. The prices might be uniform or not uniform to buyers. The price can be different at different places due to the reason of labor‚ resources‚ and taxes. Besides‚ there are few competitors include Toyota‚ Honda‚ and Hyundai. New Product Pricing Strategies Normally when
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1. Introduction Pricing strategies usually change as the product passes through its life cycle‚ because there is constrains on the company’s freedom to price a product at different stage. The purpose of this report is to determine and elaborate the elements in pricing strategies of Dell’s notebook. 2. Key Objectives Price is the amount of money changed for a product or service‚ or the sum of the values consumers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service (Kotler et al
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