Marketing Pricing And Retail Strategy

Relying on statistics residents spend $30.6 million dollars per year on grocery store and other food products. Based upon the number of households and the average spending residents spend $16,872.00 per year on grocery store and other food products. Calculating the average spending it is estimated that Brother’s Convenience Store could conservatively gross $100,000. It is anticipated that the market penetration will increase over the next five years from 5% of local residents spending to 10%, and the client market area will increase to a 15-block radius.

6) Pricing- Setting prices is a critical decision in implementing a retail strategy because prices are a critical component in customers’ perceived value. In setting prices, retailers consider the price sensitivity of customers in their target market, the cost of the merchandise and services offered competitive prices and legal restrictions.

Using the simulation as a guide the price elasticity of demand is reviewed to determine the effects of pricing strategies. Demand can either decrease or increase based on price of a product or service (Colander, 2010). Consumers tend to buy products were there is a decrease in price (Colander, 2010).

The key to successful pricing is to match the product with the consumer's perception of value.

Critical assessment of Superior Supermarket’s current pricing practices, recent consumer research, competitor behavior, and a SWOT analysis can give credence to a more effective pricing strategy and help assess whether a ‘Everyday Low Prices’ strategy is justifiable.

CVS needs to think through numerous elements impacting its’ business. Pricing strategies, rivals and their current products, consumer demands and suppliers are examples of these elements. For pricing strategies, CVS should consider closeouts, discounts, product bundle pricing, penetration pricing, geographical pricing, and membership or trade pricing.   For non-pricing strategies, options comprise: enhanced service quality, longer opening hours, advertising, and extended warranties (Kimmons, n.d.). By pricing similar products in a different way they must focus on regional demographics because geographic pricing enables the maximization of profit. For promoting unique or new products at provisional price drops, penetration pricing is the most effective.   Finally, bundle pricing and closeouts can be engaged when several

Product retail pricing strategy is a major part of my role with the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. We operate in a highly competitive beverage industry that is heavily dominated by two players; Coca Cola and Pepsi. Beyond the big three (DPSG, Pepsi, and Coke), there are numerous other competing brands and companies in multiple market segments all vying for the business of retailers and the consumption of consumers. Additionally, each retailer we come to business with implements their own retail strategies. Therefore, settling on a cooperative and mutually beneficial chain specific strategy can be a daunting task. Without really knowing it I have been evaluating the price elasticity of consumers throughout my entire beverage industry career. There

There are many outside influences that affect a company's profitability and bottom line. It is important for companies to set the right price in achieving that profit. Companies are in business to make a profit, but it can be challenging on how to determine how to price products. The grocery industry is a highly competitive market and today's grocery retailers use all kind of strategies to increase their sales and retain customer loyalty. With the fluctuating commodity prices and how online retailers (Amazon) entering in competition with the grocery retail business is becoming fierce. As competition for the food dollar intensifies, establishing essential marketing strategies is a key tool in sustaining business and building competitive advantages. In this paper, three U.S. supermarkets have been chosen to analyze their pricing strategies; Trader Joes, Harris Teeter, and Aldi.

There is a varying degree of competition amongst grocery and club stores in the market for orange juice. Grocery stores provide consumers with a vast selection of orange juice products; however, individual club stores completely eliminate competition as they generally sign a contract with the company of their choice, and sell only that company’s product. The level of competition in these distribution channels greatly affects how Sunshine Juice Company decides to position its product in order to gain competitive advantage and brand recognition. Sunshine is currently ranked 2nd as lowest in price level in the club store market of three competitors, and 7th lowest in the retail market of 12 competitors. The company has considered retail price changes of either $4.49 or $3.99, both of which would impact overall sales volumes as the price would be far below the price of many competitors.

Price: Sensitive to the price elasticity of its product and overall consumer demand- i.e. offering low to high prices

“Marketing strategies can have a broad impact on the business in terms of instilling a marketing orientation among all those in the firm: the way of thinking or philosophy of the whole organization. However, marketing strategies can alternatively be seen as dealing only with the development of competitive advantages directly associated with the marketing function such as customer loyalty and distribution channel control. In the latter case, the domain is sometimes even further restricted by sole attention to the various element of the marketing mix rather than the more general issues of customer and channel relationships. There are two key

The strategy for setting a product’s price often has to be changed when the product is part of a product mix. In this case, the firm looks for a set of prices that maximizes its profits on the total product mix. Pricing is difficult because the various products have related demand and costs and face different degrees of competition.

Quite often, consumers purchase goods and services based on their perceived need. Upon making the decision that a need is present and a solution is available consumers are more equipped to react to that need. Although previously perceived that consumers will normally accept prices as presented by suppliers that remains to not be the case. Consumers assess and process prices based on past purchases and other psychological process they went through previously such as persuasive marketing strategies, accessibility of the goods or services and possibly information gathered from prior purchasers of a product. There are countless options that are available to consumers. Consumers are then faced with the choice of choosing the product that best fulfills their need at that given point. Consumers who are knowledgeable regarding prices will be aware of the approximated price for products (Zhao, Zhao & Deng, 2015).

Price interacts with all other elements of the marketing mix to determine the effectiveness of each and of the whole. The objectives that guide pricing strategy should be a subset of the objectives that guide overall marketing strategy. Thus, it is probably wrong to view price as an independent element of marketing strategy or to assert that price, by itself, is a central element in the marketing mix.” (Webster, 1979)

Price, which is one of the most important elements of the marketing mix, can be difficult to get right. Pricing too high, or low, can negatively impact on customer satisfaction and revenue. Adopting a pricing strategy is necessary to achieve desired sales objectives (Chan & Wong 2005).