Succumbing To The Temptation To Compete On Price?
Resist it, if this is your sole strategy. It’s true that prices may come down as competition grows fiercer for the consumers that still have money during this tough recession. However, if your sole reason to reduce prices is to get more customers, this strategy is doom to failure. For one, it’s not just a matter of people having less money to spend, it’s also a question of getting the best value for their money. If you don’t take the time to create a product strategy that embraces a holistic approach to marketing in bad times, you’ll end up doing what everyone else is doing – lowering prices. And, then whoever can withstand the loss of profit the most will end up winning more of the market share, but at a very dear price. That just simply isn’t a good strategy to build a business that can survive a recession and go on to generate long-term growth.