Presentation on Marketing Mix: Pricing

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The marketing mix is a business tool used in marketing and by marketing professionals. The marketing mix is often crucial when determining a product or brand's offering, and is often synonymous with the four Ps: price, product, promotion, and place; in service marketing, however, the four Ps have been expanded to the Seven Ps or eight Ps to address the different nature of services.

Marketing Mix
2. Pricing

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How do customers see prices? How do companies set prices? How do companies adapt prices?

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Prices
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Prices
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Of the 4Ps, only prices produce revenue. All others are costs. Prices are easiest to adjust. People who affect prices- company, customer, competitor, environment.

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Prices

AMC, Taxes, Insurance Price

Discount, Freebies, Bonus Points, Free Service

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How do customers see prices?
Marketer’s Stated Price Customer’s Perceived Price

Upper Threshold Lower Threshold

VALUE Performance, Quality Utility, Availability Connotations, Reputation, trust, esteem, Customer support

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Pleasant Surprise Perceived Price > Stated Price

Unpleasant Surprise Perceived Price < Stated Price

How do customers see prices?
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Reference prices- Observed Price vs. Reference Price (Frame of Reference-Surroundings, MRP, EMIs) Price-quality inferences-Price as an indicator of quality Image Price- for ego sensitive products-Perfumes, designer clothes

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Price endings/cues Mental Price Barriers-Customers see prices “Left to Right”. Sale signs next to price spur demand. 14-7 Prices ending in 0 and 5 are easier for consumer to

How do companies set prices?
Prices may be set by1. Boss 2. Product Manager/PMG 3. Pricing Department

The price setting process1. Select the price objective 2. Determine demand 3. Estimate costs 4. Analyze competitor price mix 5. Select pricing method 6.14-8Select final price

Step 1: Selecting the Pricing Objective
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Survival- overcapacity, intense competition, Maximum current profit Maximum market share- market penetration pricing Maximum market skimming- market skimming pricing Product-quality leadership

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Step 2: Determining Demand
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Price sensitivity

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Estimating demand curves
Surveys Price Experiments Statistical Analysis

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Price elasticity of demand Short-run and long-run price elasticity

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Step 3: Estimating Costs
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Types of Costs

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Accumulated Production

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Activity-Based Cost Accounting Target Costing
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Step 4: Analyzing Competitor’s Costs, Prices, and Offers
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Fixed costs Variable costs Total costs Average cost Cost at different levels of production

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Step 5: Selecting a Pricing Method
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Markup pricing Target-return pricing Perceived-value pricing Value pricing Going-rate pricing Auction-type pricing
English auctions Dutch auctions (reverse auction) Sealed-bid auctions (tenders)

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Step 6: Selecting the Final Price
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Impact of other marketing activities Company pricing policies Gain-and-risk sharing pricing Impact of price on other parties

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Price-Adaptation Strategies
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Geographical pricing Discounts/allowances Promotional pricing Differentiated pricing

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Promotional Pricing Tactics
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Loss-leader pricing Special-event pricing Cash rebates Low-interest financing Longer payment terms Warranties and service contracts Psychological discounting

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Differentiated Pricing and Price Discrimination
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Customer-segment pricing Product-form pricing Image pricing Channel pricing Location pricing Time pricing Yield pricing

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Increasing Prices
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Delayed quotation pricing Escalator clauses Unbundling Reduction of discounts

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Brand Leader Responses to Competitive Price Cuts
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Maintain price Maintain price and add value Reduce price Increase price and improve quality Launch a low-price fighter line

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