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Cutting price is...
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the most expensive marketing tactic there is, It should be considered as a last resort
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Instead of cutting price...
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add value
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To the seller
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price is revenue
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To the consumer
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price is the cost of something
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Price allocates
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resources in a free-market economy
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Which of the following choices is NOT one of the reasons cost-plus pricing is so popular?
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It is easy to justify to various stakeholders
It simplifies an otherwise complex pricing process
It captures the full price that customers might be willing to pay for a product
It is easy to measure or estimate
Answer: It captures the full price that customers might be willing to pay for a product
It simplifies an otherwise complex pricing process
It captures the full price that customers might be willing to pay for a product
It is easy to measure or estimate
Answer: It captures the full price that customers might be willing to pay for a product
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All of the following are inputs to any value-pricing analysis EXCEPT:
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true economic value
product price
costs of goods sold
perceived value
Answer: product price
product price
costs of goods sold
perceived value
Answer: product price
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A customer's incentive to purchase is equal to
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perceived value (PV) minus price
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All of the factors below affect why a company might customize prices EXCEPT
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nature of use
competition
intensity of use
consumer tastes
fixed costs
Answer: fixed costs
competition
intensity of use
consumer tastes
fixed costs
Answer: fixed costs
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Does cutting price always stimulate demand (i.e., increase volume)?
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No
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3 Rules for pricing
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1. Price is ultimately what consumers are willing to pay
2. Price is the biggest indicator of quality
3. Always watch your gross margins
2. Price is the biggest indicator of quality
3. Always watch your gross margins
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Value Orientation
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a focus on the economic value created by an organizations product for a given consumer
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Value pricing hinges on two key elements
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1. Value Orientation
2. capture a portion of that value for the firm
2. capture a portion of that value for the firm
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Cost-Oriented Pricing
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takes the form of cost-plus pricing
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Cost-Plus pricing
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an approach in which an organization applies a predetermined markup to its cost to make or obtain the product
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True Economic Value (TEV)
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the value that a fully informed buyer would or should ascribe to the product
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Perceived Value (PV)
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the price that the customer perceives a product to be worth given what they know about the benefits of the product to them, less than the TEV
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Organizations Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
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Generally represents a lower bound on the price an organization would be willing to set