MKTG 3 Flashcards
Pricing objectives
profit sales market share survival social responsibility
profit pricing objective
Long term profit target return maximizing current profits
pricing objective Sales
increase leads to high market share easy to define
Pricing Objective Market Share
ratio of firms sales to those of the industry
demand curve
not all or downward sloping prestigious products have a u shape
elastic
price sensitive greater than 1
inelastic
price insensitive less than 1
price elasticity of demand =
%change in quantity demanded/ %change in price
change in price=
old - new / old price
total cost
total expense ocurred TC= FC+VC
break even quantity
total FC/ (price-avg variable cost)
types of cost
TC FC VC unit variavle cost marginal cost
unit variable cost
is variable cost expressed on a per unit basis
marginal cost
change in total cost that results from producing and marketing one additional unit
Based on demand
Skimming penetration
based on cost
standard markup pricing
other demand based tactics
PRICE LINING ODD EVEN PRICING TARGET MARKET PRICING bundle pricing
based on competition
customary pricing above at or below market pricing loss leader pricing
Skimming
setting highest price customers are willing to pay
penetration pricing
set a low initial price on a new product
when skimming works
inelastic demand unique advantages legal protection enough customers
when penetration works
elastic demand reduced unit production cost discourage competitors