This document discusses various concepts related to pricing strategies. It covers 6 main learning outcomes:
1) The importance of pricing decisions to businesses and the economy. Price determines revenue and profit.
2) Different pricing objectives businesses may have like profit maximization, sales maximization, or maintaining status quo prices.
3) How demand influences price determination. The interaction of supply and demand curves establishes the equilibrium price.
4) Yield management systems which use software to adjust prices and maximize profits by filling unused capacity.
5) Cost-oriented pricing strategies like markup pricing, break-even pricing, and profit maximization pricing that relate price to a business's costs.
6) Other factors that influence
2. 2
LO 1 Discuss the importance of pricing decisions
to the economy and to the individual firm
LO 2 List and explain a variety of pricing
objectives
LO 3 Explain the role of demand in price
determination
Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes
3. 3
LO 4 Understand the concept of yield
management systems
LO 5 Describe cost-oriented pricing strategies
LO 6 Demonstrate how the product life cycle,
competition, distribution and promotion
strategies, customer demands, the Internet
and extranets, and perceptions of quality
can affect price
Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes
4. 4
Discuss the
importance of pricing
decisions to the
economy and to the
individual firm
The Importance of PriceThe Importance of Price
LO1
5. 5
The Importance of Price
Price allocates resources
in a free-market economy
To the consumer...
Price is the cost
of something
To the seller...
Price is revenue
LO1
6. 6
What Is Price?
Price is that which is
given up in an
exchange to acquire a
good or service.
Price
LO1
7. 7
What is Price?
• Sacrifice Effect of Price
– What is sacrificed to get a good or service
• Money, Time, Dignity
• Information Effect of Price
– Infer quality information based on price
• Higher quality = higher price
• Convey status
• Value Based upon Perceived Satisfaction
– Reasonable Price = Perceived Reasonable Value
• Exchange based on expectation of satisfaction
LO1
8. 8
Fashion’s Elite Wage War on Discounts
• Anna Wintour and Diane von Furstenburg
– Fashion’s Night Out: Joint effort between 700
stores in 11 countries
• Feature extended store hours and special events
– Giveaways and appearances by celebrities and
designers.
– Aims to attract customers
– Reverse the trend of discounting
– Hope to increase consumer demand by cutting back their
orders by about 20%.
– But if shoppers still won’t buy, there will be a need to offer
sales in order to move inventory
Source: Binkley, Christina. “Fashion’s Elite Wage a War on Discounts,” The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2009, D1, D6.
LO1
9. 9
The Importance of Price to
Marketing Managers
Revenue
The price charged to
customers multiplied by the
number of units sold.
Profit Revenue minus expenses.
LO1
10. 10
Trends Influencing Price
Flood of new products
Increased availability of bargain-priced private
and generic brands
Price cutting as a strategy to maintain or
regain market share
Internet used for comparison shopping
LO1
11. 11
The Importance
of Pricing Decisions
Price X Sales Unit = Revenue
Revenue – Costs = Profit
Profit drives growth, salary increases, and corporate investment
LO1
12. 12
List and explain a
variety of pricing
objectives
Pricing ObjectivesPricing Objectives
LO2
21. 21
Pricing during a Recession
Increase advertising when your competitors are cutting back
to improve your market share and ROI at a lower cost.
Motivate distributors to stock your full product line: offer
early-buy allowances, extended financing, and generous
return policies.
Offer temporary price promotions, reduce quantity-discount
thresholds, extend credit to long-standing customers, price
smaller-pack sizes aggressively.
Know your cost structure to ensure that any cuts or
consolidations will save money with minimum customer
impact.
Source: Professor John Quelch, “Marketing Your Way Through a Recession,” Harvard Business
School, Working Knowledge, March 3, 2008.LO2
22. 22
Explain the role of
demand in price
determination
The DemandThe Demand
Determinant of PriceDeterminant of Price
LO3
23. 23
The Demand
Determinant of Price
Demand
The quantity of a product that
will be sold in the market at various
prices for a specified period.
Supply
The quantity of a product that will
be offered to the market by a supplier
at various prices for a specific period.
LO3
26. 26
How Demand and Supply
Establish Price
Price
Equilibrium
The price at which demand and
supply are equal.
Elasticity
of Demand
Consumers’ responsiveness or
sensitivity to changes in price.
LO3
28. 28
Elasticity of Demand
Elastic
Demand
Consumers buy more or less
of a product when the
price changes.
Inelastic
Demand
An increase or decrease in
price will not significantly
affect demand.
Unitary
Elasticity
An increase in sales exactly
offsets a decrease in prices,
and revenue is unchanged.
LO3
29. 29
Elasticity of Demand
Elasticity (E) =
Percentage change in quantity
demanded of good A
Percentage change in price of good A
If E is greater than 1, demand is elastic.
If E is less than 1, demand is inelastic.
If E is equal to 1, demand is unitary.
LO3
30. 30
Elasticity of Demand
Price Goes...Price Goes... Revenue Goes...Revenue Goes... Demand is...Demand is...
Down Up Elastic
Down Down Inelastic
Up Up Inelastic
Up Down Elastic
Up or Down Stays the Same Unitary Elasticity
LO3
32. 32
Factors that Affect
Elasticity of Demand
Availability of substitutes
Price relative to purchasing power
Product durability
A product’s other uses
Rate of inflation
LO3
33. 33
Understand the
concept of yield
management
systems
The Power of YieldThe Power of Yield
Management SystemsManagement Systems
LO4
34. 34
Yield Management Systems
A technique for adjusting
prices that uses complex
mathematical software to
profitably fill unused
capacity.
LO4
Yield
Management
Systems
36. 36
Yield Management Systems
Yield Management Systems (YMS)
make it possible for a company to:
1. stimulate demand when
demand is low, and
2. maximize profits when demand
is high.
.
LO4
37. 37
SOURCE: “Dynamic Pricing Schemes—Established Supplier Led Pricing—Yield Management,” online at
http://www.managingchange.com/hynamic/yieldmgt.htm, accessed November 7, 2007.
Yield Management Systems
Supply Side of Product or Service
LO4
High Office block
House
Airline seat
Utilities
Sport event
Rental car
Low Shirt
Pencils
Food
Tropical fish
Low High
CapitalIntensity
Perishability
38. 38
SOURCE: “Dynamic Pricing Schemes—Established Supplier Led Pricing—Yield Management,” online at
http://www.managingchange.com/hynamic/yieldmgt.htm, accessed November 7, 2007.
Yield Management Systems
Variabilityof
Demand
Demand Side of Product or Service
LO4
High Utilities
Highway use
Telephone
Airline seat
Sport event
Rental car
Mobile phone
Low Food
Music CD
Shirt
Office block
Laptop
House
Low High
Variability of Value
41. 41
The Cost Determinant of Price
Varies with changes
in level of output
Types of Costs
Variable
Cost
Fixed Cost
Does not change
as level of output changes
LO5
42. 42
The Cost Determinant of Price
Break-Even
Pricing
Profit Maximization
Pricing
Keystoning
Markup pricing
Methods
Used to
Set Prices
LO5
43. 43
Markup Pricing
Markup
Pricing
The cost of buying the product
from the producer plus amounts
for profit and for expenses not
otherwise accounted for.
Keystoning
The practice of marking up prices
by 100%, or doubling the cost.
LO5
44. 44
Profit Maximization
Profit
Maximization
A method of setting prices that
occurs when marginal revenue
equals marginal cost.
Marginal
Revenue
The extra revenue associated
with selling an extra unit of output,
or the change in total revenue with
a one-unit change in output.
LO5
48. 48
Demonstrate how the product
life cycle, competition,
distribution and promotion
strategies, customer demands,
the Internet and extranets, and
perceptions of quality can affect
price
Other Determinants of PriceOther Determinants of Price
LO6
49. 49
Other Determinants of Price
Perceived Quality
Promotion Strategy
Distribution Strategy
Competition
Stages of the
Product Life Cycle
LO6
50. 50
Stages in the
Product Life Cycle
IntroductoryIntroductory
StageStage
GrowthGrowth
StageStage
DeclineDecline
StageStage
$$
HighHigh
$$
StableStable
$$
DecreaseDecrease
MaturityMaturity
StageStage
$$
DecreaseDecrease
StableStable
HighHigh
LO6
51. 51
The Competition
High prices may induce firms to
enter the market
Competition can lead to price
wars
Global competition may force
firms to lower prices
LO6
52. 52
Distribution Strategy
Manufacturers Wholesalers/Retailers
Offer a larger profit margin or
trade allowance
Use exclusive distribution
Franchising
Avoid business with price-
cutting discounters
Develop brand loyalty
Sell against the
brand
Buy gray-market
goods
LO6
54. 54
The Impact of the Internet
Internet auctions
Shopping bots
Second opinions from expert sites
Product selection
LO6
55. 55
SOURCE: Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, “Borders
Business Plan Gets a Rewrite,” Wall Street
Journal, March 22, 2007 B1Net Publisher Revenue
1998 2006
$22.5 Billion $28.5 Billion
Online 13%
Schools and Libraries
24%
Book Clubs 5%
Non-bookstore Retail
18%
Traditional Retail 38%
[+ 2% direct-to-consumer
sales]
Online 2%
Schools and Libraries
27%
Book Clubs 16%
Non-bookstore Retail
13%
Traditional Retail 42%
Impact of the Internet on Book Distribution
LO6
56. 56
The Relationship of
Price to Quality
Charging a high price to
help promote a high-
quality image.
Prestige Pricing
LO6
57. 57
Dimensions of Quality
1. Ease of use
2. Versatility
3. Durability
4. Serviceability
5. Performance
6. Prestige
LO6
58. 58
REVIEW LEARNING OUTCOME
Factors Affecting Price
Price
– Convenience
– Selling against
the brand
– Exclusive
distribution
Distribution
Intranet and extranets
– Consumers
use shopping
for bargains
– Increased
competition
– Internet auctions
Price used as
a promotional
tool
Promotion
strategy
Large customers
pressure
suppliers for
price reductions
and guaranteed
margins
Demands
of large
customers
Uncertain
consumers
tend to rely on
price to indicate
quality (“You get
what you pay
for.”)
Price/quality
relationship
– Other firms
enter market
– Price wars
Introduction
Growth
Maturity
Decline
PLC
Competition
LO6