"Demand-Backward" Pricing

question 109

Multiple Choice

"Demand-backward" pricing:

• A) starts with an acceptable final consumer price and works backward to what producers can charge.
• B) ignores demand estimates.
• C) is only sensible when the channel captain is a large retailer.
• D) is an average-cost pricing approach.
• E) All of the above.

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