Marketing & Sales

Guides on marketing, advertising, sales management, distribution and retail, with Indian examples.

Factory sending products along direct and indirect roads to customers
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Distribution channels are direct (producer to consumer, such as a company website or own stores), indirect (through wholesalers

Marketer setting different price tags on products to show pricing strategies
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: The main pricing strategies and policies are skimming (high launch price), penetration (low launch price), discounts and allowances,

Goods moving from factory to wholesaler, retailer and customer, illustrating channels of distribution
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: A channel of distribution is the route a product takes from the producer to the final consumer, usually

Marketer choosing a price using cost breakdown and competitor tags
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Pricing methods fall into two groups. Cost-based methods set price from cost: cost-plus (cost plus a markup), marginal

Exporter and overseas buyer negotiating a price quotation, illustrating types of price quotation
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Quick answer: International price quotations follow the ICC’s Incoterms 2020. Seven terms work for any transport mode: EXW, FCA, CPT,

Team following steps from demand chart to final price tag, illustrating price determination
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Firms usually set a price in six steps: estimate demand for the product, anticipate how competitors will react,

Buyer weighing a cheaper product against a branded one with fast delivery, illustrating price and non-price factors
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Quick answer: Price matters, but buyers also decide on non-price factors. Besides the price itself, firms compete on perceived quality

Three customers paying different prices for the same train ticket
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Price discrimination means charging different customers different prices for the same product when the difference is not due

Same product sold at different prices to two buyers, illustrating price discrimination
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Price discrimination, charging different buyers different prices for the same product, works only under certain conditions: the seller

Pricing manager with a price tag, cost calculator, competitor and demand curve, illustrating pricing factors
Marketing & Sales

Quick answer: Internal factors affecting pricing: costs, pricing objectives, positioning and brand, product life cycle stage, marketing mix, differentiation and