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Pricing:
Approaches andStrategies
Session 5Chapter 10 & 11
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Objectiveso Understand the internal & external factors affecting a
firms pricing decisions.
o Be able to contrast the three general approaches tosetting prices.
o Learn the major strategies for pricing imitative andnew products.
o Understand how companies find a set of prices thatmaximizes the profits from the total product mix.
o Learn how companies adjust their prices to take intoaccount different types of customers and situations.
o Know the key issues related to initiating and
responding to price changes.
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Price
o The amount of money charged for a product, orthe sum of the values that consumers exchangefor the benefits of having/using the product orservice.
o Price and the Marketing Mix
Only element to produce revenues
Most flexible element
Can be changed quickly
o Price as a tool of Competition
o Common Pricing Mistakes
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Factors to Consider in Setting Price
o Marketing objectives
o Marketing mix strategies
o Costs
o Organizationalconsiderations
o Market positioning influences
pricing strategy
o Other pricing objectives: Survival
Current profit maximization
Market share leadership
Product quality leadership
o Not-for-profit objectives:
Partial or full cost recovery
Social pricing
Internal Facto
rs
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o Marketing objectives
o Marketing mix strategies
o Costs
o Organizationalconsiderations
o Pricing must be carefully
coordinated with the other
marketing mix elements
o Target costing is often used to
support product positioning
strategies based on price
o Non-price positioning can also
be used
Internal Facto
rs
Factors to Consider in Setting Price (contd.)
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o Marketing objectives
o Marketing mix strategies
o Costs
o Organizationalconsiderations
o Types of costs:
Variable Fixed
Total costs
o How costs vary at different
production levels will influence
price setting
o Experience (learning) curve
effects on price
Internal
Factors
Factors to Consider in Setting Price (contd.)
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Strategic Impact & Cost Analysis: Pareto Law EffecCitiBank NA Example
o 80% of Cost Structure on staff andeven Marketing Expenses iscaused by 20% of Accounts fortheir Low Deposits and highTransaction Volume.
o There are only few things that arereally important.
o If you successfully improve 20% ofthe most important problems, youwill gain the same effect as youwould by improving the rest 80%.
This represents a big advantagewith respect to cost versus effect.
80%20%
20%80% No. of Customers
80%
20%
No. of Services
Service Revenue
CustomerRevenue
Customer Accounts
for purification
Service
Range
forRationalization
Customer/ Service
for Elimination
20%
80%
Figure: Customer/Service Revenue Matrix
80%20%
20%80% No. of Customers
80%
20%
No. of Services
Service Revenue
CustomerRevenue
Customer Accounts
for purification
Service
Range
forRationalization
Customer/ Service
for Elimination
20%
80%
Figure: Customer/Service Revenue Matrix
For an Effective Cost-Structure:
o 20% of the Customers and 20% of the Services contribute 80% of Revenue.
o Rationalize 80% services & Purify 80% Accounts as they contribute only 20% of revenue.
o Eliminate Services & Accounts in the Bottom-Right-Cell as they are certainly running at a loss.
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o Marketing objectives
o Marketing mix strategies
o Costs
o Organizationalconsiderations
o Who sets the price?
In Small companies:
CEO or top management In Large companies:
Divisional or product line
managers
o Price negotiation is common
in industrial settings
o Some industries have pricing
departments
Internal Factors
Factors to Consider in Setting Price (contd.)
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o Nature of market and
demand
o Competitors costs,
prices, and offers
o Other environmental
elements
o Types of markets
Pure competition
Monopolistic competition Oligopolistic competition
Pure monopoly
o Consumer perceptions of
price and value
o Price-demand relationship
Demand curve
Price elasticity of demand
ExternalFactors
Factors to Consider in Setting Price (contd.)
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o Nature of market and
demand
o Competitors costs,
prices, and offerso Other environmental
elements
o Consider competitors costs,
prices, and possible reactions
when developing a pricing
strategy
o Pricing strategy influences the
nature of competition
Low-price low-margin strategies
inhibit competition
High-price high-marginstrategies attract competition
o Benchmarking costs against the
competition is recommended
ExternalFactors
Factors to Consider in Setting Price (contd.)
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o Nature of market and
demand
o Competitors costs,
prices, and offerso Other environmental
elements
o Economic conditions Affect production costs
Affect buyer perceptions ofprice and value
o Reseller reactions to pricesmust be considered
o Government may restrict orlimit pricing options
o Social considerations maybe taken into account
ExternalFactors
Factors to Consider in Setting Price (contd.)
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1. Cost-Based Pricing: a) Cost-Plus Pric ing Adding a standard markup to cost Ignores demand and competition
Popular pricing technique because: It simplifies the pricing process
Price competition may be minimized It is perceived as more fair to both buyers and sellers
Example
Variable costs: Tk. 20 Fixed costs: Tk. 500,000
Expected sales: 100,000 units Desired Sales Markup: 20%
Variable Cost + Fixed Costs/Unit Sales = Unit Cost
Tk. 20 + Tk. 500,000/100,000 = Tk. 25 per unit
Unit Cost/(1Desired Return on Sales) = Markup PriceTk. 25 / (1 - .20) = Tk. 31.25
General Pricing Approaches
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b) Break-Even Analysis & Target Profit Pricing
o Break-even charts show total cost and total revenues at different
levels of unit volume.
o The intersection of the total revenue and total cost curves is the
break-even point.
o Companies wishing to make a profit must exceed the break-even unitvolume.
General Pricing Approaches (contd.)
Fixed Costs
Total Costs
Revenues
Sales Volume in Thousands of Units
Thousands
Taka
0 10 20 30 40
1000
800
600
400
200
Break-even
po in t
Target Pro fit Tk . 200,000
Quanti ty To Be Sold ToMeet Target Pro fit
Fixed Costs
Total Costs
Revenues
Sales Volume in Thousands of Units
Thousands
Taka
0 10 20 30 40
1000
800
600
400
200
Break-even
point
Target Pro fit Tk . 200,000
Quanti ty To Be Sold ToMeet Target Pro fit
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2. Value-Based Pricingo Uses buyers perceptions
of value rather than sellerscosts to set price.
o Measuring perceived valuecan be difficult.
o Consumer attitudes towardprice and quality have
shifted during the lastdecade. Introduction of less
expensive versions ofestablished brands has
become common.
General Pricing Approaches (contd.)
o Business-to-businessfirms seek to retain
pricing power Value-added strategies
can help
o Value pricing at the
retail level Everyday low pricing
(EDLP) vs. high-lowpricing
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3. Competition-Based Pricing
Also called going-rate pricing
May price at the same level, above, or below the
competition
Bidding for jobs is another variation of competition-
based pricing
Sealed bid pricing
General Pricing Approaches (contd.)
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o Market-Skimming Pricing
Setting a high price for a new product to skim maximum revenueslayer by layer from segments willing to pay the high price.
o Market-Penetration Pricing
Setting a low price for a new product in order to attract a large
number of buyers and a large market share.
o Market Rate Pricing Ceding the initiative to the key competitors to set the price.
Dangerous for leaving the strategic initiative to competitors
Potential threat of Sudden Price Shift by newer, or Changes indelivery system capability.
o Relationship Pricing
Different price for Different class of customers depending on
relationship and the potentiality of cross-selling or future business.
Other Pricing Approaches
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o Product Line Pricing Setting price steps betweenproduct line items.
Line of products rather single one
Price points
o Optional-Product Pricing Pricing optional or accessory
products sold with the mainproduct
o By-Product Pricing Pricing low-value by-products to
get rid of them
Product Mix Pricing Strategies
o Captive-Product Pricing Pricing products that must
be used with the mainproduct
High margins are often set
for supplies
Services: two-part pricingstrategy
Fixed fee plus a variableusage rate
o Product Bundle Pricing Pricing bundles of products
sold together
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Price Adjustment Strategies
o Discount / allowance
o Segmented
o Psychological
o Promotional
o Types of discounts
Cash discount Quantity discount
Functional (trade) discount
Seasonal discount
o Allowances
Trade-in allowances
Promotional allowances
Strategies
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Price Adjustment Strategies (contd.)
o Discount / allowance
o Segmented
o Psychological
o Promotional
o Types of segmented pricingstrategies:
Customer-segment
Product-form pricing
Location pricing
Time pricing
oAlso called revenue or yieldmanagement
o Certain conditionsmustexistfor segmented pricing tobe effective
Strategies
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Conditions Necessary for
Segmented Pricing Effectiveness
o Market is segmentable
o Lower priced segmentsare not able to resell
o Competitors can not
undersell segmentscharging higher prices
o Pricing must be legal
o Costs of segmentationcan not exceed revenuesearned
o Segmented pricing must
reflect real differences incustomers perceivedvalue
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o Discount / allowance
o Segmented
o Psychological
o Promotional
o The price is used to saysomething about the product.
Price-quality relationship
Reference prices
Differences as small as fivecents can be important
Numeric digits may have
symbolic and visual qualitiesthat psychologically influencethe buyer
Odd
rounding
Strategies
Price Adjustment Strategies (contd.)
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o Discount / allowance
o Segmented
o Psychological
o Promotional
o Temporarily pricing products belowthe list price or even below cost
o Loss leaders Special-event pricing
Cash rebates
Low-interest financing, longerwarranties, free maintenance
o Promotional pricing can haveadverse effects
Strategies
Price Adjustment Strategies (contd.)
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Promotional Pricing Problems
o Easily copied bycompetitors
o Creates deal-proneconsumers
o May erode brands value
o Not a legitimate substitute
for effective strategic
planning
o Frequent use leads to
industry price wars which
benefit few firms
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o Customer Discrimination for students only
o Product-form Discrimination
Telecom products
o Place Discrimination
service at ATM versus at counters
o Time Discrimination
peak -hours/ off-peak-hours
Price Discrimination
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o Initiating Price Cuts is Desirable When a Firm
Has excess capacity
Faces falling market share due to price competition
Desires to be a market share leader
o Price Increases are Desirable
If a firm can increase profit, faces cost inflation, or faces
greater demand than can be supplied.
o Methods of Increasing Price
o Alternatives to Increasing Price
Reducing product size, using less expensive materials,
unbundling the product.
Price Changes
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o Buyer reactions to price changes must be considered.o Competitors are more likely to react to price changes
under certain conditions. Number of firms is small
Product is uniform Buyers are well informed
o Respond to Price Changes only if: Market share / profits will be negatively affected if nothing is
changed. Effective action can be taken:
Reducing price
Raising perceived quality
Improving quality and increasing price
Launching low-price fighting brand
Price Changes (contd.)
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o Pricing with inChannel Levels Price-fixing
Competitors can not work with each other to set prices
Predatory pricing Firms may not sell below cost with the intention of punishing a
competitor or gaining higher long-run profits or running a competitorout of business.
o Pricing acrossChannel Levels
Price discrimination Retail price maintenance
Deceptive pricing Bogus reference / comparison pricing
Scanner fraud
Price confusion
Public Policy and Pricing