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2018 WAEC Marketing Theory (a) illustrate any four channels of distribution for consumer products. (b) List and explain any...

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WAEC 2018

(a) illustrate any four channels of distribution for consumer products.

(b) List and explain any four pricing strategies.

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Explanation

(a) Channels of Distribution for Consumer Products

  • Manufacturer -Consumer
  • Manufacturer- Wholesaler - Consumer
  • Manufacturer-Retailer -Consumer
  • Manufacturer - Wholesaler - Retailer -Consumer
  • Manufacturer-Agent- Wholesaler- Retailer-Consumer
  • Manufacturer-Distributor - Wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer
  • Manufacturer -Agent- Consumer.

 

(b) Explanation of Four Pricing Strategies:

  • Cost: Plus pricing method/markup pricing strategy: With this method, the firm calculates cost of producing the product and adds a percentage profit to get the price.
  • Geographical pricing: With this method, different prices are set for the same product n different locations.
  • Prestige pricing: This is used to create a high image for a product by pricing it high. For most people, a high quality product must be associated with high cost.
  • Customary Pricing: This is where firms are rather traditional in their approach to prices. Such firms would adjust the products in terms of size and content rather than changing the prices.
  • Promotional pricing: It is setting a lower price for certain products to encourage customers to buy the product.
  • Target rate-of-return: The price is set by adding a desired return on investment to the cost product.
  • Premium pricing: This is setting higher than competitors during the introduction the product.
  • Market penetratior: This is Setting price lower than competitors to attract buyers
  • Psychological pricing: The price is set so as to encourage customers to buy a product on the basis of emotion than logic.
  • Price lining: This is setting of different prices for products within a specific group.
  • Price leadership strategy: This is setting a product price at a level of the market leader's price.
  • Loss leadership strategy: This is setting a price below cost so as to attract prospective buyers to buy other products in the shop.
  • Competitive bidding pricing strategy: This is setting a price at the lowest offer of a bidder in relation to other bidders.

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