Price discounting: Leading with price is the path to ruin
Dan Hill
Sensory Logic
The recession has increased the prevalence of price discounting. It's a perilous strategy that will kill your advertising, branded offers and, ultimately, your company
Nowhere in marketing do emotions run hotter during today’s slowly fading Great Recession than when it comes to the role of (low) prices being highlighted in advertising. In boardroom after boardroom, one can easily imagine what’s being said: ‘We’ve got our fixed costs, for salaries, equipment, etcetera, and we need to make some money fast. So let’s lower our prices, and let...