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Chapter 14 MKTG 250
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Demand-oriented | customers tastes and preferences |
| Skimming Price | Setting the highest initial price that customers really desiring the product are willing to pay when introducing a new or innovative product. |
| Penetration pricing | Setting a low initial price on a new product to appeal immediately to the mass market. |
| Price Lining | Setting the price of a line of products at a number of different specific pricing points. |
| odd-even pricing | Setting prices a few dollars or cents under an even number. |
| target pricing | 1 estimating the price that ultimate consumers would be willing to pay, 2 working backward through markups taken by retailers and wholesalers to for price to charge wholesalers,(3) adjusting the features of product for target price |
| Bundle pricing | Marketing two or more products in a single package price. |
| yield management pricing | Charging different prices to maximize revenue for a set amount of capacity at any given time |
| cost-oriented pricing | cost side of the pricing problem. production and marketing costs and adding enough to cover direct expenses, overhead, and profit |
| standard markup pricing | involves adding a fixed percentage to the cost of all items in a specific product class. |
| cost-plus pricing | involves summing the total unit cost of providing a product or service and adding a specific amount to the cost to arrive at a price |
| profit-oriented pricing | balance revenue and costs to set price. setting target as specific dollar volume of profit or specific percentage of sales/investment |
| target profit | involves setting an annual target of a specific dollar volume of profit. |
| target return-on-sales pricing | involves setting a price to achieve a profit that is a specified percentage of the sales volume. |
| target-return-on-investment pricing | involves setting a price to achieve an annual target return on investment (ROI). |
| Competition-oriented pricing | set dependent on "the market" and competition |
| customary pricing | involves setting a price that is dictated by tradition, a standardized channel of distribution, or other competitive factors. |
| above,at,or below - market pricing | involves setting a market price for a product or product class based on a subjective feel for the competitors’ price or market price as the benchmark. |
| loss-leader pricing | involves deliberately selling a product below its customary price, not to increase sales, but to attract customers’ attention in hopes that they will buy other products with large markups as well. |
| price policy | setting a list or quoted price |
| fixed-price policy | involves setting one price for all buyers of a product or service. Also called a one-price policy |
| dynamic pricing policy | involves setting different prices for products and services in real time in response to supply and demand conditions. Also called a flexible price policy |
| company, customer, competitive effects | assesses how a price affects company - one product price influences a group, customer - how they percieve what is standard pricing, and competition-pricing between competitiors all being fair |
| product line pricing | involves the setting of prices for all items in a product line to cover the total cost and produce a profit for the complete line, not necessarily for each item. |
| price war | involves successive price cutting by competitors to increase or maintain their unit sales or market share. |
| discounts | reduction from list price that the seller gives as a reward to the buyer for an activity the buyer does that benefits the seller |
| quantity discounts | are reductions in unit costs for a larger order. |
| allowances | reductions from the list price for performing an activity |
| promotional allowances | are cash payments or extra amount of “free goods” awarded to sellers in the channel of distribution for undertaking certain advertising or selling activities to promote a product. |
| everyday low pricing | is the practice of replacing promotional allowances with lower manufacturer list prices. |
| legal and regulatory aspects | legal and regulatory restrictions - price fixing, price discrimination, deceptive pricing, geographical pricing, predatory pricing |
| price fixing | involves a conspiracy among firms to set prices for a product. |
| price discrimination | is the practice of charging different prices to different buyers for products of like grade and quality. |
| predatory pricing | is the practice of charging a very low price for a product with the intent of driving competitors out of business. |