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MKTG 250 Ch. 14
Vocab Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Skimming pricing | 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. |
| Prestige pricing | Setting a high price so that quality- or status-conscious consumers will be attracted to the product and buy it. |
| 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 1st step | estimating the price that ultimate consumers would be willing to pay for a product |
| Target pricing 2nd step | working backward through markups taken by retailers and wholesalers to determine what price to charge wholesalers |
| Target pricing 3rd step | deliberately adjusting the composition and features of the product to achieve the target price to consumers. |
| 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. |
| Standard markup pricing | Adding a fixed percentage to the cost of all items in a specific product class. |
| Cost-plus pricing | Summing the total unit cost of providing a product or service and adding a specific amount to the cost to arrive at a price. |
| Target profit pricing | Setting an annual target of a specific dollar volume of profit. |
| Target return-on-sales pricing | Setting a price to achieve a profit that is a specified percentage of the sales volume. |
| Target return-on-investment pricing | Setting a price to achieve an annual target return on investment (ROI). |
| Customary pricing | Setting a price that is dictated by tradition, a standardized channel of distribution, or other competitive factors. |
| Above-, At-, or Below-Market Pricing | 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 | Deliberately selling a product below its customary price, not to increase sales, but to attract customers’ attention to it in hopes that they will buy other products with large markups as well. |
| Fixed-price policy | Setting one price for all buyers of a product or service. Also called a one-price policy. |
| Dynamic-pricing policy | Setting different prices for products and services in real time in response to supply and demand conditions. Also called a flexible-price policy. |
| Product line pricing | Setting 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 | Successive price cutting by competitors to increase or maintain their unit sales or market share. |
| Quantity discounts | Reductions in unit costs for a larger order. |
| Promotional allowances | Cash payments or an extra amount of “free goods” awarded sellers in the marketing channel for undertaking certain advertising or selling activities to promote a product. |
| Everyday low pricing (EDLP) | The practice of replacing promotional allowances with lower manufacturer list prices. |
| Price fixing | A conspiracy among firms to set prices for a product. |
| Price discrimination | Charging different prices to different buyers for products of like grade and quality. |
| Predatory pricing | Charging a very low price for a product with the intent of driving competitors out of business. |