Chapter 13 – Building the price foundation. After reading chapter 13, you should be able to: Identify the elements that make up a price, recognize the objectives a firm has in setting prices and the constraints that restrict the range of prices a firm can charge, explain what a demand curve is and the roles of revenues in pricing decisions,...
Copyright © 2015 McGrawHill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGrawHill Education LEARNING OBJECTIVES (LO) AFTER READING CHAPTER 13, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: LO 13-1 LO 13-2 LO 13-3 Identify the elements that make up a price Recognize the objectives a firm has in setting prices and the constraints that restrict the range of prices a firm can charge Explain what a demand curve is and the roles of revenues in pricing decisions 132 LEARNING OBJECTIVES (LO) AFTER READING CHAPTER 13, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: LO 13-4 Describe what price elasticity of demand means to a manager facing a pricing decision LO 13-5 Explain the role of costs in pricing decisions LO 13-6 Describe how various combinations of price, fixed cost, and unit variable cost affect a firm’s break-even point 133 MOTHER “WAS NOT THRILLED”: THE LAUNCH OF STUBHUB.COM! Plan for the Start-up How StubHub’s Pricing Works Now 134 LO 13-1 NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PRICE WHAT IS A PRICE? Price Barter Price Equation Final Price = List Price – (Incentives + Allowances) + Extra Fees Calculating a Final Price 135 FIGURE 13-1 The “price” a buyer pays can take different names depending on what is purchased 136 LO 13-1 NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PRICE Price Transparency Price and the Global Marketplace 137 LO 13-1 MARKETING MATTERS Dollar Shave Club: Razor Blade Cartridges Every Month…by Mail 138 LO 13-1 NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PRICE PRICE AS AN INDICATOR OF VALUE Value Value = $ Perceived Benefits Price = $ Value-Pricing 139 LO 13-1 NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PRICE PRICE AS AN INDICATOR OF VALUE Decoding Today’s Consumer Prices • “77 & 7” BOGO (Buy One Get One) Deal 1310 FIGURE 13-5A Demand curves for Red Baron frozen cheese pizza showing the effect on annual sales by a change in price caused by a movement along the demand curve 1329 FIGURE 13-5B Demand curves for Red Baron frozen cheese pizza showing the effect on annual sales by a change in price caused by a shift of the demand curve 1330 LO 13-3 STEP 2: ESTIMATE DEMAND AND REVENUE ESTIMATING REVENUE Total Revenue (TR) Average Revenue (AR) Marginal Revenue (MR) Demand and Total Revenue Curves 1331 FIGURE 13-6 Fundamental revenue concepts 1332 FIGURE 13-7 How Red Baron’s downwardsloping demand curve affects total, average, and marginal revenues 1333 LO 13-4 STEP 2: ESTIMATE DEMAND AND REVENUE PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND Price Elasticity of Demand Price Elasticity of Demand (E) = Percentage Change in Quantity Demanded • Elastic Demand Percentage Change in Price • Inelastic Demand • How Price Elasticity Affects Marketing and Public Policy Decisions 1334 LO 13-5 STEP 3: DETERMINE COST, VOLUME, AND PROFIT RELATIONSHIPS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTROLLING COSTS Total Cost (TC) Fixed Cost (FC) Variable Cost (VC) Unit Variable Cost (UVC) Marginal Cost (MC) Marginal Analysis 1335 FIGURE 13-8 Fundamental cost concepts 1336 LO 13-6 STEP 3: DETERMINE COST, VOLUME, AND PROFIT RELATIONSHIPS BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS Break-Even Analysis Break-Even Point (BEP) Fixed Cost FC BEPQuantity = = Unit Price – Unit Variable Cost P – UVC Break-Even Chart 1337 FIGURE 13-9 Calculating a break-even point for the picture frame store shows its profit starts at 400 framed pictures per year 1338 FIGURE 13-10 Break-even analysis chart for a picture frame store shows the break-even point at 400 pictures 1339 FIGURE 13-10A Break-even analysis chart for a picture frame store shows the break-even point at 400 pictures without new machine 1340 FIGURE 13-10B Break-even analysis chart for a picture frame store shows the break-even point at 500 pictures with new machine 1341 LO 13-6 STEP 3: DETERMINE COST, VOLUME, AND PROFIT RELATIONSHIPS BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS, TECHNOLOGY AND JOBS Impact of New Technology in the Picture Frame Store • Profit without New Machine • Profit with New Machine Technology and Automation: Planning the Effect on Your Career 1342 VIDEO CASE 13 WASHBURN GUITARS: USING BREAK-EVEN POINTS TO MAKE PRICING DECISIONS 1343 ... $10.00 on the pants 13? ?13 LO 13- 1 MARKETING MATTERS American Eagle “Buy One, Get One Free” Hoodies: A Good Deal? 13? ?14 LO 13- 1 NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PRICE PRICE IN THE MARKETING MIX Profit... decisions 13? ?2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES (LO) AFTER READING CHAPTER 13, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: LO 13- 4 Describe what price elasticity of demand means to a manager facing a pricing decision LO 13- 5 Explain...LEARNING OBJECTIVES (LO) AFTER READING CHAPTER 13, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: LO 13- 1 LO 13- 2 LO 13- 3 Identify the elements that make up a price Recognize the objectives