To Attract Customers into a Store, Safeway Advertises Its Milk

question 94

Multiple Choice

To attract customers into a store, Safeway advertises its milk at a lower cost, hoping that customers will purchase other groceries as well. This pricing strategy is called:

• A) price lining.
• B) special-event pricing.
• C) differential pricing.
• D) comparison discounting.
• E) price leader pricing.

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