Reduce Price to Improve Revenues and Margins

CHOICE 1 OBJECTIVE: RETAIN CUSTOMERS

CHOICE 2 SEGMENTS: TARGETED COMPETITOR SEGMENT / STANDARD LEADER PRICE AGAINST A NEW ENTRY

CHOICE 3 COMPONENT: OFFER A COUPON

No. SIC Year Notes
1 3692 1987 When Kodak entered the consumer-battery market, Eveready & Duracell responded w/ a flurry of rebates, coupons & specials.
2 7372 2009 Microsoft is cutting the price of Office and offering the free versions of Word, Excel, and other programs to head off competition from Google and other rivals that offer similar software at little or no cost. Microsoft has so many promotions for Office that its effective price is $100, down from $150, and even lower in such countries as Brazil and India. But the experience is sparking optimism at Microsoft about the new strategy. The company says unit sales of Office surged 415% in the second half of last year.

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