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. Marketing Objectives
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•to maximize profit
•to gain market share
•to infer a level of quality
•to survive
•to gain market share
•to infer a level of quality
•to survive
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Marketing Mix Strategy
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price needs to be consistent with other 3P's (needs to reflect advertising, etc.
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factors that affect pricing decisions: internal
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.Marketing Objectives
Marketing Mix Strategy
Costs
Marketing Mix Strategy
Costs
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factors that affect pricing decisions: external
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Demand
Competition_
Economy
Competition_
Economy
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price elasticity
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% CHANGE IN QUANTITY DEMANDED OF GOOD "A/% CHANGE IN PRICE OF GOOD "A"
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price elasticity: elastic demand
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•If demand greatly changes with a price change, demand is elastic
Products that are price-sensitive and have many substitutes
Products that are price-sensitive and have many substitutes
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price elasticity: inelastic demand
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•If demand hardly changes with a price change, demand is inelastic
•Products that are less price-sensitive and have few substitutes
•Products that are less price-sensitive and have few substitutes
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Unitary
Elasticity
Elasticity
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Price goes...Up or down
Revenue goes...Stays the same
Revenue goes...Stays the same
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develop pricing objectives
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-profit
-status quo
-market share
-status quo
-market share
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Cost-plus pricing
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adding a specified dollar amount to the seller's costs
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Markup on selling price
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= (selling price - cost)
selling price
selling price
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Cost =
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(1-markup on selling price) (selling price)
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Selling price =
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cost (1-markup on selling price)
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Break-Even
Quantity
Quantity
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Total Fixed Costs/
Selling Price - Variable Cost
Selling Price - Variable Cost
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Demand-Based Pricing
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Customers pay a higher price when demand for the product is strong and a lower price when demand is weak
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Competition-Based Pricing
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Pricing influenced primarily by competitors' prices