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Market Strategy
Chapter 8: Final Exam Review
Question | Answer |
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Price | The amount of money charged for a product or service, or the sum of values that consumers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service. |
Demand-Based Pricing | |
Value-Based Pricing | |
Cost-Based Pricing | |
Competition-Based Pricing | |
Market-Based Pricing | |
Profit Equation | Equal to total revenue minus total costs (Fixed and variable costs) *Price affects the quantity sold and hence profit, because it directly affects both revenues and costs. |
Pricing Objectives | Enhancing brand image, providing customer value, obtaining an adequate ROI or cash flow, and increasing market share. |
Factors that Affect Pricing Decisions | Demand for a product and consumers' value perception, costs (particularly variable costs), price must cover at least variable costs, competitors prices, and government regulations. |
Price as an Indicator of Value | Consumers pair price with perceived benefits derived from a product to determine value. Value can be defined as the ratio of perceived benefits to price. Value = Perceived Benefits/Price |
Price Elasticity of Demand (E) | Measures how responsive consumer demand is to changes in an offering's price. Is the percentage change in quantity demanded relative to a percentage change in price. = Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded/Percentage Change in Price |
Elastic Demand | The percentage change in quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in price (E>1). A change in Price will result in a large decrease in the quantity purchased. |
Inelastic Demand | The percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price (E<1). A change in price will result in a small or no decrease in the quantity purchased. |
Cross-elasticity of Demand | Relates the price elasticity simultaneously to more than one product. Measures responsiveness of the quantity demanded of product A to a price change in product B. |
Unit Contribution Formula | =Unit Selling Price - Unit Variable Costs |
Estimating the Profit Impact from Price Changes | Break-even analysis principles can be used to assess the effect of price changes on volume and profitability. |
Break-even Formula | =Total Fixed Costs/(Unit Selling Price - Unit Variable Costs) |
Determining the Unit Volume Necessary to Break Even on a Price Change | Percentage Change in Unit Volume to BE on a Price Change = -(Percentage Price Change)/(Original Contribution Margin + Percentage Price Change) |
Full-Cost Price Strategies | Those that consider both variable and fixed costs (also called direct and indirect). |
Variable-Cost Price Strategies | Those that take into account only the direct variable costs associated with an offering. |
Mark-up Pricing | Full-Cost pricing strategy that is determine simply by adding a fixed amount to the cost of the product. |
Break-Even Pricing | A full-cost pricing strategy that equals per-unit fixed costs plus the per unit variable costs of an offering. |
Rate-of-Return Pricing | A full-cost pricing strategy that obtains a pre-specified rate of return on investment (ROI) for an organization. |
Purpose of Variable-Cost Price Strategies | Also known as contribution pricing, used when a firm operates under capacity and fixed costs are a great proportion of total costs. Used to stimulate demand and shift demand if needed. |
Product-Line Pricing | Involves determining lowest-priced product price as the traffic builder designed to capture attention, highest-price product price, typically positioned as the premium item in quality, and price differentials for products in the line. |
Captive -Product Pricing | Pricing the basic product low, but related items at a higher price. |
Bait Pricing | Attract customers to store with a lower priced item so that buy higher priced ones. |
Skimming Pricing Strategy | The price for a new product is set very high initially and is typically reduced over time. |
Penetration Pricing Strategy | An offering is introduced at a low price. |
Intermediate Pricing Strategy | The price is set between the two extremes and is used in the vast majority of intitial pricing decisions. |