Reference Pricing How Effectiv
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There is a psychological theory that states that people for perceptions based on present and past stimuli (Helson, 1964). This has been extended by marketing academics to include the concept of reference pricing. They do this by stating that consumers, based on their previous exposure to products ....
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.... are ones that exist in the environment and are used by consumers to assess the value of an item. Examples of these reference prices include reduced promotional prices and a competitor's price (Biswas, Wilson & Licata, 1993). The second major type of reference price is the internal reference price. These exist in the consumer's mind as either a point or a range of points (Putler, 1992). In either case, the reference price is used to evaluate the value of a price under consideration. The conce ....
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