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price
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is the amount of money charged for a product or service. It is the sum of all the values that consumers give up in order to gain the benefits of having or using a product or service
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the only element in the marketing mix that produces revenue; all other elements represent costs
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price
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the right strategy
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delivers both value to customers and profits to company
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Value-based pricing strategy
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uses the buyers' perceptions of value, not the sellers cost, as the key to pricing
Value-based pricing is customer driven
Cost-based pricing is product driven
Price is considered before the marketing program is set
Value-based pricing is customer driven
Cost-based pricing is product driven
Price is considered before the marketing program is set
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everyday low pricing (EDLP)
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charging a constant everyday low price with few or no temporary price discounts
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high/low pricing
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charging higher prices on an everyday basis but running frequent promotions to lower prices temporarily on selected items
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Value-added pricing
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attaches value-added features and services to differentiate offers, support higher prices, and build pricing power
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cost-based pricing
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setting prices based on the costs for producing, distributing, and selling the product plus a fair rate of return for effort and risk
Cost-based pricing adds a standard markup to the cost of the product
Cost-based pricing adds a standard markup to the cost of the product
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fixed costs
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are the costs that do not vary with production or sales level
-Rent
-Heat
-Interest
Executive salaries
-Rent
-Heat
-Interest
Executive salaries
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variable costs
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are the costs that vary with the level of production
-Packaging
-Raw materials
-Packaging
-Raw materials
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total cost
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the sum of fixed and variable costs for given level of production
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Experience or learning curve
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is when average cost falls as production increases because fixed costs are spread over more units
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cost-plus pricing
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adding a standard markup to the cost of the product
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Benefits of cost-plus pricing
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-Sellers are certain about costs
-Prices are similar in industry and price competition is minimized
-Buyers feel it is fair
-Prices are similar in industry and price competition is minimized
-Buyers feel it is fair
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cons of cost-plus pricing
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-Ignores demand and competitor prices
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Break-even pricing
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is the price at which total costs are equal to total revenue and there is no profit
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target return pricing
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is the price at which the firm will break even or make the profit it's seeking
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competition-based pricing
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setting prices based on competitors' strategies, prices, costs, and market offerings
Consumers will base their judgments of a product's value on the prices that competitors charge for similar products.
Consumers will base their judgments of a product's value on the prices that competitors charge for similar products.
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targeting costing
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starts with an ideal selling price based on consumer value considerations and then targets costs that will ensure that the price is met
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Before setting prices, the marketer must
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understand the relationship between price and demand for its products
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price elasticity of demand
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demand illustrates the response of demand to a change in price
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elastic demand
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occurs when demand changes greatly for a small change in price
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inelastic demand
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occurs when demand hardly changes when there is a small change in price
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price elasticity of demand=
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% change in quantity demanded / % change in price