Reduce Price to Improve Revenues and Margins

CHOICE 1 OBJECTIVE: ATTRACT CUSTOMERS

CHOICE 2 ISOLATE SEGMENTS: INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER SEGMENT

CHOICE 3 COMPONENT: WAIVE, OR MAKE A ONE TIME OR PERIODIC PAYMENT, TO COVER SOME COSTS OF THE CUSTOMER

No. SIC Year Notes
1 0 1991 Many think that brand name power is weakening. Retailers are forcing companies to divert dollars from advertising into costly trade promotions, such as payments for space on store shelves.
2 1542 1988 San Jose's new downtown developers are offering 30% discounts on 10-yr leases & helping with tenants' moving bills.
3 2000 1989 Supermarkets often charge failure fees to pay for yanking unsuccessful products from shelves.
4 2000 2007 Slotting allowances are paid by producers to retailers to secure a set amount of shelf space.
5 2032 1989 To encourage supermarkets to carry them, Campbell is guaranteeing that all new products will meet sales goals w/in six months or Campbell will take back unopened cases from warehouses.
6 5511 2009 AutoNation, Inc., the largest U.S. car-retailing chain, plans to offer customers who use clunker bucks to buy a new vehicle an extra $100 for every mile-per-gallon improvement they make replacing an old car with a new one.

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