A Too Aggressive Competitive Marketing Strategy?
In this discussion case, students of marketing strategy will examine whether a campaign to block competitive moves is warranted? This case looks at Crystal Pepsi vs Tab Clear.
In this discussion case, students of marketing strategy will examine whether a campaign to block competitive moves is warranted? This case looks at Crystal Pepsi vs Tab Clear.
Students are presented with a table containing the standard top-level website metrics that every marketer needs to be familiar with. The task is to assess the relative performance of these websites.
In this task, students will use Porter’s Five-forces model to help analyze the book publishing industry, based on the information and data presented.
Retailers often face the challenge of deciding between ‘everyday low pricing’ and ‘high-low’ pricing. The student task is to determine the best pricing approach.
This activity highlights some of the practices that Aldi Supermarkets have adopted to achieve a cost leadership position and provide ongoing longer prices to customers.
In this exercise, students are presented with eight product alternatives, as they would find in a supermarket environment. As they will see, price is simply one aspect of the consumer’s perception of value.
In this activity, the task is to set the price for a new home-delivered water company. To complicate matters, there are a few different viewpoints on the best pricing approach.
While it is generally acknowledged that it is best to stay out of a price-cutting war, sometimes competitor actions will force you into one. In this activity, students need to counter when one of their competitors cuts their prices – how will they respond?
Students need to identify what would be the most appropriate pricing reaction for various market situations and competitive actions.
This activity follows the discussion in a manager’s meeting for a firm that produces entertainment/game consoles and they are trying to decide whether to use a price penetration or price skimming strategy in the upcoming launch of their game console.