Q. Explain the objectives of a firm seek in pricing?
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Described the various pricing objectives
Ans.: A business firm has a number of objectives in the area of pricing. These objectives may be long term or short term or key objectives:-
- Profit optimization in the long term objective.
- Profit maximization in the short term objective.
- A least return on sales turnover.
- A least return on investment
- Deeper saturation of the market.
- Achieving a specific sales volume.
- Entering in new markets.
- Achieving a specific market share.
- Keeping competition out or keeping it under examine.
- Target project on the whole product line.
- Fast turnaround and early cash recovery.
- Keeping parity with competition.
- Providing the commodities at cost affordable by weaker section.
- Stabilizing price and margins in the market.
- Providing the commodities at charge that will stimulate economic development.