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Session 8

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MANAGING PRICING Dr.

Indirah Indibara
SESSION – 8
PRICE
Price
 What is given up in exchange for acquiring a good or service

Pricing…
 Is influenced by company cost, competitive pricing and customers’ willingness to pay
 Usually can be tweaked
 May vary across segments and product lifecycle
 Sends signals to the market
 Influences your profitability
CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY &
PRICING
Reference Prices Image Pricing Pricing Cues
SETTING THE PRICE

Defining Analyzing Selecting a


Determinin Estimating Setting the
Pricing Competitors Pricing
g Demand Costs Final Price
Objectives ’ Prices Method
1. DEFINING PRICING
OBJECTIVE
Short-term Profit Market Skimming
 Maximize current profits  High price strategy
 Based on Cost and Demand functions  Maximize market skimming

Market Penetration Quality Leadership


 Low price strategy  Relatively high price
 Maximize market share
2. DETERMINING
DEMAND
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY

Q2  Q1
Q1 P1 Q2  Q1 
E 
P2  P1 Q1 P2  P1 
P1
PRICE ELASTICITY
Elastic example
E = (400-100)/100 = 3/-0.375 = -8
(5-8)/8

Inelastic example
E = (105-100)/100 = 0.05/-0.375 = -0.133
(5-8)/8
3. ESTIMATING COSTS
Fixed, Variable and
Total Costs

Experience Curve
Effects

Break-Even Analysis
 Break-even Volume =
Fixed Cost/(Price –
Variable Cost)
4. ANALYZING COMPETITORS’
PRICES
5. SELECTING A PRICING
METHOD
unit cost
Markup Pricing Markup price 
1  desired return on sales 

desired return  invested capital


Target-return price  unit cost 
Target-Rate-of-Return Pricing unit sales

Economic-Value-to-Customer Pricing

Competitive Pricing (Going-Rate Pricing)

Auction Pricing
Markup Pricing Target-Rate-of-Return Pricing

Let unit cost = $ 16 Let unit cost = $ 16


Expected Unit Sales = 50000

Assume the manufacturer wants to earn a Suppose the toaster manufacturer has
20 per cent markup. Calculate the selling invested $1 million in the business and
price per unit. wants to set a price to earn a 20 per cent
ROI, specifically $200,000.

Markup Price = 16/(1-0.2) = 16/0.8 = 20 Calculate the target-return price.

Target Return Price =


The manufacturer will charge dealers $20 16 + [(0.2*1000000)/50000] = 20
per toaster and make a $4 per unit profit.
6. SETTING THE FINAL PRICE
Price Discrimination:
 When a company sells a product at two or more prices

 Customer-Segment Pricing
 Product-Form Pricing
 Channel Pricing
 Location Pricing
 Time Pricing

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