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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PRO-V PRODUCT: Clearly‚ Shampoo is more than just shampoo when P&G sells it. P&G’s great successin the rough-and-tumble shampoo world comes from developing an innovativeproduct concept. An effective product concept is the first step in marketing-mixplanning.Philip Kotler defines product as Anything that can beoffered to a market for attention‚ acquisition‚ use or consumption that might satisfy a -want or need. It includes physical objects‚ services‚ persons‚places‚ organizationsand ideas
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Marketing Mix Product Consumers consider products as bundles of benefits that satisfy their need. The basic level of a product is the core benefit to the customer. People who buy Panadol for cold and flu are buying more than a pill that is used for fast effective temporary relief for symptoms of cold and flu. They are buying on-the-go health that provides close-to instant relief to the illness. The brand‚ Panadol‚ has long dominated the retail scene. This is because GSK‚ the manufacturer of Panadol
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1. What is a data warehouse and why is REI building one? A data warehouse can be described as a “database that stores current and historical data of potential interest to decision makers throughout a company. The data originate in many core operational transaction systems‚ such as systems for sales‚ customer accounts‚ and manufacturing‚ and may include data from Web site transactions.1” REI is building a data warehouse to improve the company and to meet the needs of the customers. REI’s data
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REI REI is a sporting good company that specializes in quality outdoor gear. The company started in 1938 as a gear co-op‚ and has grown to include more than 3.5 million active members‚ which it serves through 30 stores‚ as well as catalog and Internet operations. REI has successfully built a competitive advantage through the four generic building blocks of efficiency‚ quality‚ innovation and customer responsiveness. REI has a distinct competitive advantage‚ relying on economy of scale to offer
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1- Which of the different product mix pricing strategies discussed in the text applies best to Payless’s new strategy? Discuss this in detail. The strategy for setting a product’s price often has to be changed when the product is part of a product mix. Companies usually develop product lines rather than single product. Product mix means in the same companies have many type product with they are brands it sold. Product mix pricing strategies consist of five elements which is product line pricing
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AMUL: Introduction If Amul has become a successful brand - if‚ in the trade lingo‚ it enjoys brand equity - then it is because we have honoured our contract with consumers for close to fifty years. If we had failed to do so‚ then Amul would have been consigned to the dustbin of history‚ along with thousands of other brands. For close to fifty years now‚ Amul has honoured its contract with the consumer. The contract that is symbolized by the Amul brand means quality. It means value for money. It
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business segments that include Automobiles‚ Motorcycles and Financial Services. BMW is the parent company of the Mini and Rolls-Royce car brands1. The company’s slogans in the U.S are "The Ultimate Driving Machine" and "Sheer Driving Pleasure". 2 Marketing Mix: Innovative engineering and technology are at the core of what makes a BMW the amazing automobile it is today. Every detail of a BMW is designed with a single goal in mind: to enhance the joy of driving. BMW engineers have high priorities of providing
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Topshop Market According to Mintel (August 2003)‚ UK consumers keep on spending on clothes‚ even when they are cutting back in other areas‚ with total consumer expenditure on clothing in the UK reaching £34‚825 million in 2002 - a 25.3% increase compared to 1998. This exceeds the growth of total consumer expenditure in the UK over the same period. Although the rate of year-on-year sales growth slowed slightly in 2003 as the consumer boom of 2000 and 2001 cooled‚ the slowdown in fashion retailing
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Express 1 Strategic Marketing Plan‚ Spring 2009 STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN For the E1SHIP WEB PORTAL Prepared by Sejal Dsouza Charles Kirker Gabrielle Perham Andrea Sikes Ece Yilmaz 1 Express 1 Strategic Marketing Plan‚ Spring 2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this paper is to offer a strategic marketing plan to Express 1 for its new innovative web portal‚ E1ship. Express 1 is only fifteen years old and has expanded from Salt Lake City‚ Utah to sixty locations throughout
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