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CAN ANYONE PLEASE ASSIST ME ASAP IN ASSIGNMENT THAT WAS DUE YESTERDAY BUT I NEED THE ANSWERS TODAY BEFORE 5PM ESTMKT/571  PLEASE ANALYZE THE 6 QUESTIONS HIUGHLIGHTED WITH 150 WORD COUNTMarketing Management, Ch. 16: Developing Pricing Strategies and ProgramsConsider the following as you read: What are the various responses to a competitor’s price changeMarketing Management, Ch. 17: Designing and Managing Integrated Marketing ChannelsConsider the following as you read: What are the various channels to market and how are they interrelated and how are they different?Marketing Management, Ch. 18: Managing Retailing, Wholesaling, and LogisticsConsider the following as you read: What are intermediaries and why are they important?Pricing Methods DiscussionPricingThink about the pricing methods described in the chapter–markup pricing, target-return pricing, perceived-value pricing, value pricing, going-rate pricing, and auction-type pricing. As a consumer, which do you prefer to deal with? Why? If the average price were to stay the same, which would you prefer a firm to do: (1) set one price and not deviate or (2) employ slightly higher prices most of the year but offer slightly discounted prices or specials for certain occasions?Channel Strategy DiscussionChannel imageSome marketers feel that the image of the particular channel in which they sell their products does not matter–all that matters is that the right customers shop there and the product is displayed in the right way. Others maintain that channel images–such as those of a retail store–can be critical and must be consistent with the image of the product.Take a position: Channel images do not really affect the brand images of the products they sell that much versus Channel images must be consistent with the brand imageFranchise DiscussionFranchiseYou have $250,000 to start a company, and you’re considering purchasing a franchise business. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of franchise ownership?