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Market Structure

Definition: The Market Structure refers to the characteristics of the market either organizational or competitive, that describes the nature of competition and the pricing policy followed in the market. Thus, the market structure can be defined as, the number of firms producing the identical goods and services in the market and whose structure is determined on the basis of … [Read more...] about Market Structure

Guerrilla Warfare

Definition: A Guerrilla warfare is the marketing strategy adopted by the challenger firm intended to launch the intermittent attacks with an intention to harass or demoralize the competitor. This strategy is more a preparation for the war than an actual war. A guerrilla warfare can be expensive, but however, is less than the frontal, flank and encirclement attack. … [Read more...] about Guerrilla Warfare

Bypass Attack

Definition: The Bypass Attack is the most indirect marketing strategy adopted by the challenging firm with a view to surpassing the competitor by attacking its easier markets. The purpose of this strategy is to broaden the firm’s resources by capturing the market share of the competing firm. The firm can adopt any of the three approaches before launching the bypass attack; … [Read more...] about Bypass Attack

Encirclement Attack

Definition: The Encirclement Attack is a war strategy adopted by the challenger firm intended to attack the competitor on all the major fronts. Under this strategy, the challenging firm considers both the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent and then launch the attack simultaneously. It is assumed that only those firms that are 10 times stronger or powerful than the … [Read more...] about Encirclement Attack

Flank Attack

Definition: The Flank attack is the marketing strategy adopted by the challenger firm and is intended to attack the weak points or blind spots of the competitor, especially a leader. A flank attack strategy is based on the assumption, that a large firm, may have several product lines and a wide range of services, but may not be necessarily a leader in all the categories. … [Read more...] about Flank Attack

Frontal Attack

Definition: The Frontal Attack is the marketing strategy adopted by the challenger firm and is intended to have a head on attack on the competitor by matching him in all the aspects Viz, product, price, place, promotion. It is assumed that in order to have an effective frontal attack the challenger must have three times more Fire Power than the opponent. Now the question … [Read more...] about Frontal Attack

Promotional Pricing

Definition: The Promotional Pricing is a sales promotion technique, wherein the firm reduces the price of a product drastically, but for a short period. Companies adopt several promotional pricing schemes, some of them are listed below: Special-Event Pricing: Companies offer discounts and rebates on festivals, during the off-seasons with the intention to pull as … [Read more...] about Promotional Pricing

Going-Rate Pricing

Definition: The Going-Rate Pricing is a method adopted by the firms wherein the product is priced as per the rates prevailing in the market especially on par with the competitors. Basically, the company sets a price of its products and services in line with the competitor’s prices, and may sometimes charge more or less depending on the value, product offers. This type of … [Read more...] about Going-Rate Pricing

Perceived-Value Pricing

Definition: In Perceived-Value Pricing method, a firm sets the price of a product by considering what product image a customer carries in his mind and how much he is willing to pay for it. In other words, pricing a product on the basis of what the customer is ready to pay for it, is called as a Perceived-value pricing. The perceived value is made up of several elements such … [Read more...] about Perceived-Value Pricing

Target-Return Pricing

Definition: The Target-Return Pricing is a method wherein the firm determines the price on the basis of a target rate of return on the investment i.e. what the firm expects from the investments made in the venture. Here, the firm calculates the amount invested in the business activities and then determine the return they expect from these assuming a particular quantity of … [Read more...] about Target-Return Pricing

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