Retail Pricing Format and Rigidity of Regular Prices

Snir Avichai () and Daniel Levy ()
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Snir Avichai: Bar-Ilan University

No 2023-04, Working Papers from Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We study the price rigidity of regular and sale prices, and how it is affected by pricing formats (i.e., pricing strategies). We use data from three large Canadian stores with different pricing formats (Every-Day-Low-Price, Hi-Lo, and Hybrid) that are located within a 1 km radius of each other. Our data contains both the actual transaction prices and actual regular prices as displayed on the store shelves. We combine these data with two “generated” regular price series (filtered prices and reference prices) and study their rigidity. Regular price rigidity varies with store formats because different format stores treat sale prices differently, and consequently define regular prices differently. Correspondingly, the meanings of price cuts and sale prices vary across store formats. To interpret the findings, we consider the store pricing format distribution across the US.

Keywords: Price Rigidity; Sticky Prices; Regular Prices; Sale Prices; Filtered Prices; Reference Prices; Temporary Price Changes; Transaction Prices; Price Cuts; Pricing Format; Pricing Strategy; Every-Day-Low-Price (EDLP); Hi-Lo; Hybrid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 D40 E31 E52 L11 L16 M30 M31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2023-07
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