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Pricing Policy
Price-adjustment Strategies
Price changes
1.Pricing objectives
Survival
Maximum
current profit
Maximum market share
Maximum market skimming
Product-quality leadership
Types of Costs
Fixed
FixedCosts
Costs
(Overhead)
(Overhead)
Variable
VariableCosts
Costs
Costs
Coststhat
thatdont
dont
vary
varywith
withsales
salesor
or
production
productionlevels.
levels.
Costs
Coststhat
thatdo
dovary
vary
directly
directlywith
withthe
the
level
levelof
ofproduction.
production.
Executive
ExecutiveSalaries
Salaries
Rent
Rent
Raw
Rawmaterials
materials
Total
Total Costs
Costs
Sum
Sumof
ofthe
theFixed
Fixedand
andVariable
VariableCosts
Costsfor
foraaGiven
Given
Level
Levelof
ofProduction
Production
Low Price
No possible
profit at
this price
Costs
Competitors
prices and
prices of
substitutes
pricing
Market-penetration pricing
Market-skimming pricing
Setting
The conditions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Market-penetration pricing
Setting
The conditions:
1.
2.
3.
Price sensitivity
line pricing
Optional-product pricing
Captive-product pricing
By-product pricing
Cash rebates
Low-interest,longer warranties,free
maintenance
2.pricing-adjustment strategies
Discount
discount
Quantity discount
Functional discount
Seasonal discount
allowance
Discriminatory Pricing
Customer Segment
Product-form
Location
Time
Psychological Pricing
A
32 oz.
$2.19
Most
Attractive?
Better
Value?
Psychological
$1.99
26 oz.
Assume Equal Quality
reason to
price this way?
Geographical pricing
FOB-origin
pricing
Uniform-delivered pricing
Zone pricing
Basing-point pricing
Freight-absorption pricing
Promotional Pricing
Loss-leader
pricing
Special-event pricing
Cash rebates
Low-interest financing
Longer payment terms
Warranties & service contracts
Psychological discounting
3. Pricing changing
Initiating
price cuts
Initiating price increases
Discussion
Please
capacity
Price competition
inflation
overdemand
reactions
Competitors reactions
price
Maintain price and add value
Reduce price
Increase price and improve quality
Launch a low-price fighter line
No
No
No
Is the price
Is it likely to be
How much has
likely to
permanent Yes his price been
significantly Yes aprice
cut?
cut?
hurt our sales?
By less than 2%
Include a
cents-off coupon
for the next
purchase
By 2-4%
Drop price by
half of the
competitors
price cut
By more than 4%
Drop price to
competitors
price
Assignment:
Read
page P411---P415
Question 2, interactive marketing
applications ,P423