Indiana Institute of Technology Analysis on Pricing Strategies on Amazon Discussion

Discussion Questions:

Initial Post:

1. Choose a company to use for this discussion. The company can be a U.S. firm, or a firm from any country that is easily researchable using Internet search engines. You may use the same company that you have used in previous discussions, or you may choose a different company.
2. Using the web, familiarize yourself with the company (review their website as well as recent news about the company related to the company’s business operations, market share, or overall profitability).
3. Identify the name of the firm, and provide a brief description of the goods and/or services that the firm produces.
4. If you were a manager working for the company you researched, in what circumstances would you use the following pricing strategies for that business?
   1. Uniform pricing: In what circumstances would you use this strategy? Apply specifically to the business you selected.
   2. First-degree price discrimination: In what circumstances would you use this strategy? Apply specifically to the business you selected.
   3. Second-degree price discrimination: In what circumstances would you use this strategy? Apply specifically to the business you selected.
   4. Third-degree price discrimination: In what circumstances would you use this strategy? Apply specifically to the business you selected.
      Hint: you may wish to copy/paste the discussion questions into your response box so that you can place your response next to each question.