Pricing For Profit Pricing For Profit: Chapter 10: Pricing and Credit 1
Pricing For Profit Pricing For Profit: Chapter 10: Pricing and Credit 1
Pricing For Profit Pricing For Profit: Chapter 10: Pricing and Credit 1
Pricing for
for Profit
Profit
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Factors Affecting Price
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What determines price?
Price Ceiling ("What will the market bear?")
? ? ?
Final
FinalPrice
Price(What
(Whatis
isthe
the
Acceptable company's
company'sdesired
desired"image?")
"image?")
?
Price
?
Range ? ?
?
? ?
? ?
Price Floor ("What are the company's costs?")
Introducing a New Product
Three Goals:
Get the product accepted
Maintain market share as competition
grows
Earn a profit
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Introducing a New Product
Three Strategies:
Penetration
Skimming
Sliding down the demand curve
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Pricing Established Goods
and Services
Odd pricing
Price lining
Leader pricing
Geographic pricing
Zone pricing
Uniform delivered
pricing
F.O.B factory
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Pricing Established Goods
and Services
Opportunistic pricing
Discounts
Multiple pricing
Bundling
Suggested retail prices
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Two Pricing Forces: Image and
Competition
Price conveys image.
Prices send signals to customers about
quality and value
When setting prices, business owners
must consider competitors’ prices.
Competitors’ locations
Nature of the competing goods
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Pricing for Retailers:
Markup
Dollar Markup = Retail Price - Cost of Merchandise
Dollar Markup
Percentage (of Retail Price) Markup = Retail Price
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Pricing for Retailers:
Markup
Dollar Markup = Retail Price - Cost of Merchandise
Dollar Markup
Percentage (of Retail Price) Markup = Retail Price
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Pricing for Manufacturers:
Breakeven Selling Price
Total
Breakeven { Variable cost Quantity } fixed
Selling Profit + { per unit x produced } + costs
=
Price Quantity produced
Example:
Breakeven
Selling
= $0 + { 6.98/unit x 50,000 unit } + $110,000
Price 50,000 units
= $9.18 per unit
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Pricing for Service Firms:
Price per Hour
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Pricing for Service Firms:
Price per Hour
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Consumer Credit
Credit cards
National
Private
Installment credit
Trade credit
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