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Five Cs of Pricing

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Competition
Costs
Company Objectives
Customers
Channel Members
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Profit Orientation

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A company objective that can be implemented by focusing on target profit pricing, maximizing profits or target return pricing

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Target Profit Pricing

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A pricing strategy implemented by firms when they have a particular profit goal as their overriding concern; uses price to stimulate a certain level of sales at a certain profit per unit

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Maximizing Profits Strategy

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A mathematical model that captures all the factors required to explain and predict sales and profits, which should be able to identify the price at which its products are maximized

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Target Return Pricing

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A pricing strategy implemented by firms less concerned with the absolute level of profits and more interested in the rate at which their profits are generated relative to their investments; designed to produce a specific return on investment, usually expressed as a percentage of sales

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Sales Orientation

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A company objective based on the belied that increasing sales will help the firm more than will increasing profits

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Competitor Orientation

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A company objective based on the premise that the firm should measure itself primarily against its competition

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Competitive Parity

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A firm’s strategy of setting prices that are similar to those of major competitors

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Customer Orientation

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Pricing orientation that explicitly invokes the concept of customer value and setting prices to match consumer expectations

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Demand Curve

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Shows how many units consumers will demand during a specific time period at different prices

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Prestige products/services

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those that consumers purchase for status rather than functionality

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Price elasticity of demand

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Measures how changes in price affect the quantity demanded

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Elastic

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Refers to a market for a product/service that is price sensitive. Meaning small changes in price will generate fairly large changes in the quantity demanded

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Inelastic

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Refers to a market for a product/service that is price insensitive. Meaning small Meaning small changes in price will not generate fairly large changes in the quantity demanded

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Income Effect

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Refers to the change in the quantity demanded because of a change in their income

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Substitution Effect

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Refers to consumers’ ability to substitute other products for the focal brand, increasing the price elasticity of demand for the focal brand

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Cross-price Elasticity

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% Change in Demand for Product A that occurs in response to % Change in Price of Product B

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Complementary Products

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Products whose demand curves are positively related, they rise or fall together

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Substitute Products

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Products for which changes in demand are negatively related, Product A increases, Product B will decrease

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Variable Costs

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vary with product volume

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Fixed Costs

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costs that remain the same, regardless of product volume

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Total cost

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Variable Costs + Fixed Costs

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Break-even point

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Revenue = Total Costs
Profits = 0
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Contribution per unit formula

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= Price - Variable cost per unit

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Break-even point formula
= Fixed Costs / Contribution per unit
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Monopoly
Only 1 firm provides the product/service in a particular industry
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Oligopoly
A few firms dominate the market
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Price War
2 or more firms compete by lowering prices
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Monopolistic Competition
When many firms sell closely related but not homogeneous products; these products may be viewed as substitutes but are not perfect substitutes
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Pure Competition
When different companies sell commodity products that consumers perceive as substitutable
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Grey market
goods have been manufactured by or with the consent of the brand owner but are sold outside of the brand owner's approved distribution channels
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Cost-based pricing method
determines final price to charge by starting with the cost, without recognizing the role that consumers or competitors' prices play in the marketplace
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Competitor-based pricing method
how the firm wants consumers to interpret its products relative to the competitor's offerings
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Value-based pricing method
focuses on overall value of the product offering as perceived consumers. Value is determined by comparing benefits and sacrifices of the product
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Improvement Value
Represents an estimate of how much more (or less) consumers are willing to pay for a product relative to other comparable products
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Cost of Ownership Method
A value-based method for setting prices that determines the total cost of owning the product over its useful life
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Everyday Low Pricing (EDLP)
A strategy companies use to emphasize the continuity of their retail prices at a level somewhere between the regular non-sale price and the deep-discount sale prices their competitors may offer
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High/Low Pricing
A pricing strategy that relies on the promotion of sales, during which prices are temporarily reduced to encourage purchases
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Price Skimming
A strategy o selling a new product or service at a high price that innovators and early adopters are willing to pay to obtain it; after the high price market segment becomes saturated and sales begin to slow down, the firm generally lowers the price to capture (or skim) the new most price-sensitive segment
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Market Penetration Pricing
A pricing strategy of setting the initial price low for the introduction of the new product/service, with the objective of building sales, market share, and profits quickly
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Experience Curve Effect
Refers to the drop in unit cost as the accumulated volume sold increases; as sales continue to grow, the costs continue to drop, allowing even further reductions in the price
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Reference Price
The price against which buyers compare the actual selling price of the product and that facilitates their evaluation process
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Pricing Tactics
Short-term methods, used to focus on company objectives, customers, costs, competition, or channel members; can be responses to competitive threats
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Price Lining
Consumer market pricing tactic of establishing a price floor and a price ceiling for an entire line of similar products and then setting a few other price points in between to represent distinct differences in quality
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Price Bundling
Consumer pricing tactic of selling more than 1 product for a single, lower price than the items would cost sold separately; can be used to sell slow-moving items, to encourage customers to stock up, to encourage trial of a new product or provide incentive to purchase a less desirable product/service
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Leader Pricing
Consumer pricing tactic that attempts to build store traffic by aggressively pricing and advertising a regularly purchased item, often priced at or just above the store's cost
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Markdowns
Reductions retailers take on the initial selling price of the product/service
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Size Discount
The most common implementation of a quantity discount at the consumer level (larger the quantity, the less the cost per unit)
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Coupon
Provides a stated discount to consumers on the final selling price, the RETAILER handles the discount
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Rebate
Provides a stated discount to consumers on the final selling price, the MANUFACTURER handles the discount
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Seasonal Discount
Pricing tactic of offering an additional reduction as an incentive to retailers to order merchandise in advance of the normal buying season
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Cash Discount
Tactic of offering a reduction in the invoice cost if the buyer pays the invoice prior to the end of the discount period
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Advertising Allowance
Tactic of offering a price reduction to channel members if they agree to feature the manufacturer's product in their advertising and promotional efforts
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Listing Allowance
Fees paid to retailers simply to get new products into stores or to gain more/better shelf space for their products
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Quantity Discount
Pricing tactic of offering a reduced price according to the amount purchased
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Cumulative Quantity Discount
Pricing tactic of offering a reduced price based on the amount purchased over a specified period
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Noncumulative Quantity Discount
Pricing tactic of offering a reduced price based on only the amount purchased in a single order
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Uniform Delivered Pricing
The shipper charges one rate, no matter where the buyer is located
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Geographic Pricing
The setting of different prices depending on a geographical division of the delivery areas
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Loss Leader Pricing
Lowering price below the store's cost
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Bait and Switch
Luring customers into the store with a very low advertised price item (bait) only to pressure them to buy a higher-priced item (switch)
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Predatory Pricing
Setting a very low price for 1 or more its products with the intent of driving its competition out of business (illegal)
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Price Discrimination
Selling the same product to different resellers or the consumer at different prices
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Price Fixing
Colluding with other firms to control prices
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Horizontal Price Fixing
When competitors that produce/sell competing products work together to control prices, taking price out of the decision process for consumers
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Vertical Price Fixing
Parties at different levels of the same marketing channel (manufacturers and retailers) collude to control prices passed on to consumers
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Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)
Manufacturers encourage retailers to sell their merchandise at a specific price

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