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Price?
The amount of money that is charged for something of value.
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Target Return Objective?
Sets a specific level of profit as an objective.
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Profit Maximization Objective?
Seeks to gain as much profit as possible.
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Sales-oriented Objective?
Seeks some level of unit sales, dollar sales, or share of market- without referring to profit.
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Status-quo Objectives?
Don't "rock-the-boat" pricing objective where market is not growing.
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Non-price Competition?
Agressive action on one or more of the marketing P's but not price.
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Administered Prices?
Consciously set prices to meet objectives.
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One-Price Policy?
Offering the same price to customers who purchase products under essentially the same conditions and under the same quantities.
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Flexible Price Policy?
Offering the same product and quantities to different customers at different prices.
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Skimming Price Policy?
Tries to sell the top of a market or the top demand and top high price curve of demand.
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Penetration Pricing Policy?
Trie sto sell the whole market at one low price.
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Introductory Price Dealing?
Temporary price cuts to speed new customers to trying a new product.
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Basic List Prices?
Prices that final customers or final users are normally asked to pay for products.
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Discounts?
Reductions from list price given by a seller who either give up some marketing function or or provide the function themselves.
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Quantity Discounts?
Disounts offered to customers to buy in larger amounts.
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Cumulative Quantity Discounts?
Apply to purchase over a given year. The larger the time period and the more bought means a bigger discount.
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Noncumulative Quantity Discount?
One purchase orders ut the quantities requested must be of a large amount.
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Seasonal Discounts?
Incentives for buyers to buy earlier than regularly seen demand.
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Net?
Means that payment for the face value of teh invoice is due immediately.
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Cash Discounts?
Reduction of price as an incentive for buyers to pay their bills sooner.
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2/10, Net 30?
2 percent disocunt if paid in 10 days and regular amount is due in 30 days.
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Trade (Functional) Discount?
A list price production to channel for the job they are going to do.
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Sale Price?
A temporary discount from the list price.
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Everyday Low Pricing?
Setting a low list price rather than relying on frequent sales, discounts, or allowances. Many supermarkets use this approach.
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Allowances?
Disocunts given to buyers for doing something.
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Advertising Allowances?
Price reduction given to firms to encourage them to advertise supplier's products locally.
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Stocking Allowances?
Given to middlemen fo shelf space of a market.
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Push money (price money) allowances?
Price reductions given to retailers so that salespersons will aggressively sell their product.
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Trade-In Allowance?
Price reduction for use products when similar new prouducts are brought.
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Rebates?
Refunds paid to a consumer after a purchase.
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F.O.B?
Seller pays the price of loading the product on some vehicle, while buyer pays for freigt.
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Zone Pricing?
means making an average freight charge available to all buyers within specific geographical zones.
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Uniformed Delivered Pricing?
Making an average freight charge applicable to all buyers.
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Freight Absorption Pricing?
Absorbing freight cost so that costs to consumers match competitors.
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Value Pricing?
Setting a fair price level for a marketing mix that really gives the target market superior customer value.
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Unfair Trade Practices Act?
Put a lower limit on prices, especially wholesale and retail.
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Dumping?
Pricing a product sold in a foreign market below the cost of producing it or at a price lower than its domestic market.
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Phony List Prices?
Prices costumers are shown to costumers to suggest that the price has been discounted from the list.
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Wheeler Lea Amendment?
Bans unfair or deceptive actions in commerce.
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Price Fixing?
Competitors getting together to collectively raise, lower, or stabilize prices.
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Robinson-Patman Act?
Makes price discrimination illegal.
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