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To attract customers into a store, Safeway advertises its milk at less than cost, hoping that customers will purchase other groceries as well. This pricing strategy is called


A) price lining.
B) special-event pricing.
C) differential pricing.
D) comparison discounting.
E) price leader pricing.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

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Research indicates that both market share and ____ are good indicators of profitability.


A) low pricing
B) product quality
C) limited competition
D) sales growth
E) ROI pricing

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Competitors' prices, along with the marketing variables they emphasize, are determining factors in


A) the instability of prices in a particular industry.
B) using markup pricing for consumer goods.
C) how much marketing research a firm needs to collect.
D) using differential pricing to demonstrate quality differences.
E) how important price will be to customers.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Showing a product's price along with its previous price, the price of a competing brand, or the price at another retail outlet is called


A) competition-based pricing.
B) reference pricing.
C) comparison discounting.
D) captive pricing.
E) psychological pricing.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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The pricing strategy that assumes that demand is relatively inelastic over certain price ranges is called


A) price lining.
B) odd-even pricing.
C) price skimming.
D) prestige pricing.
E) customary pricing.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Scenario 13.1 Use the following to answer the questions. Suppose that Ray-Ban is considering a new line of sunglasses that would be sold in major department stores. The new line would be positioned as a more distinctive brand than the typical glasses sold through department stores, and would be priced higher than other brands in the store, but a lower price line than the current Ray-Ban lines that are sold through more selective stores. In determining the price for this sunglass line, Ray-Ban wants to gather information about all brands sold in department stores and about customers' perceptions of those brands. -Refer to Scenario 13.1. Given Ray-Ban's plan for positioning the new sunglass line, they should use a ____ strategy when introducing their new product.


A) promotional
B) penetration
C) price-skimming
D) reference
E) secondary-market

F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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Odd-even pricing is


A) a cost-based strategy.
B) competition-based.
C) a rarely used technique.
D) a psychological pricing strategy.
E) a form of unethical pricing.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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The management at Allied Electronics is having difficulty in raising the introductory price on system components to cover the increased costs of producing the sensing devices for home security systems. Apparently, Allied used a(n) ____ strategy in pricing these components.


A) odd-even
B) skimming
C) lining
D) penetration
E) psychological

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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Prestige pricing is used when a higher price is consistent with buyers' attitudes toward the quality or image of a product.

A) True
B) False

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Explain the ethical implications of professional pricing.

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Which of the following pricing strategies often results in a retailer losing money on the product?


A) Price leader
B) Psychological discounting
C) Penetration pricing
D) Special-event pricing
E) Ethical pricing

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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If a business decides to reduce its prices once in a while on an unsystematic basis, it is using


A) price reduction planning.
B) random discounting.
C) bait pricing.
D) periodic discounting.
E) penetration pricing.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Maintaining or increasing market share


A) can be achieved even if industry sales are flat or decreasing.
B) is an infrequently used pricing objective in most industries.
C) depends upon the overall growth of the total industry.
D) is a profit-related objective based on price.
E) is directly tied to leading an industry in product quality.

F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

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When establishing prices, a marketer's first step is to


A) determine demand.
B) develop pricing objectives.
C) select a pricing policy.
D) evaluate competitors' prices.
E) determine a pricing method.

F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

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When Sharp first introduced its line of graphing calculators, it set the price quite high; it has lowered the price as competitors have entered the market. The pricing strategy initially used by Sharp is called


A) customary pricing.
B) odd-even pricing.
C) penetration pricing.
D) price skimming.
E) prestige pricing.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Demand-based pricing strategies are easy to use.

A) True
B) False

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A sale at The Bon Marche the day after Thanksgiving to kick off the Christmas season would be considered


A) psychological pricing.
B) comparison discounting.
C) customary pricing.
D) special-event pricing.
E) captive pricing.

F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

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If Kroger Food Stores advertises 2-liter bottles of Pepsi for 89 cents to generate store traffic that will purchase other items at regular prices, the grocer is using


A) reference pricing.
B) a price leader.
C) special-event pricing.
D) comparison discounting.
E) professional pricing.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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If an organization sets prices to recover research and development expenses and establish a premium quality image for its product, it would be using a ____ pricing objective.


A) survival
B) return on investment
C) market share
D) product quality
E) cash flow

F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

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A penetration pricing strategy is particularly appropriate when demand is


A) increasing.
B) highly elastic.
C) highly inelastic.
D) decreasing.
E) inefficient.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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