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Marketing Management - Pricing
Marketing Management - Pricing
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COURSE GS MARMAN
MARKETING MANAGEMENT
PRICING
Objectives: 1. Explain the importance of identifying the target market’s evaluation of price
in formulating pricing objectives.
Introductio
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Price is the amount of money charged for “something”. It comes in different
names. Schools call it tuition, employees call it salaries, banks call it interest,
doctors call it professional fees, lessor calls it rent. Price is the marketing mix
variable that generates profit. This is the challenge of a marketing manager is
to formulate a pricing strategy that will strike a balance the need for sales
growth and profit. In this regard, this module introduces the concepts,
importance and objectives of pricing. It addresses also the importance of
pricing, explores three major pricing strategies, and looks at internal and
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Activating Having learned the topics on the process of targeting a specific market and
Prior creating a product that will align to the needs and wants of the of its target
Knowledge market. So, at this point in time, you are now ready to explore the pricing
variable in marketing mix. Recall your past pricing topics learned in your
senior high school and the pre uploaded materials in GC.
– Justify your answer and cite examples. This will be made part of your
assignment with specific instruction and format in the application box.
Acquiring Pricing provides the company a mechanism of obtaining value back from
New customers. It is also used as a segmentation tool. Marketers need to know how
Knowledge to set prices. They also have to understand how customers perceive prices and
price changes like promotions to know how prices will be received and affect
demand
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1. Survival
5. Product-quality leadership
Pricing strategies are the means by which organizations meet their pricing
objectives. When selecting pricing strategies, the three considerations facing a
marketing manager are:
3. competition
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Explanation
#1 – Cost-Plus Pricing
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manufacturing organizations.
The formula to calculate the cost-based pricing in different types is as follows:
It refers to a pricing method in which the fixed amount or percentage of the cost
of the product is added to the product’s price to get the selling price of the
product. Markup pricing is more common in retailing, in which a retailer sells
the product to earn a profit. For example, if a retailer has taken a product from
the wholesaler for $100, he might add up a markup of $50 to profit.
Price = Unit Cost + Markup Price
Where,
B. New-Product Pricing
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a. Price Skimming
(3) One danger, however, is that this pricing strategy might make
the product appear more lucrative than it actually is to potential
competitors.
b. Penetration Pricing
(2) The main purpose of setting a low price is to build market share
quickly in order to encourage product trial by the target market and
discourage competitors from entering the market.
C. Differential Pricing
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b. Negotiated Pricing
c. Secondary-Market Pricing
d. Periodic Discounting
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e. Random Discounting
f. Psychological Pricing
g. Odd-Number Pricing
h. Multiple-Unit Pricing
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i. Reference Pricing
j. Bundle Pricing
l. Customary Pricing
m. Product-Line Pricing
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n. Captive Pricing
o. Premium Pricing
p. Price Lining
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r. Price Leaders
s. Special-event pricing
t. Comparison Discounting
(a) The higher price may be the product’s previous price, the
price of a competing brand, the product’s price at another retail
outlet, or a manufacturer’s suggested retail price.
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of time.
For what types of products would price skimming be most appropriate? For
what types of products would penetration pricing be more effective?
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C. Geographic Pricing
D. Transfer Pricing
E. Discounting
a. Trade discounts are taken off the list prices and are
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Application
Pricing strategy
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costs of production?
Rubric scoring
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