Marketing Management homework

Please provide your responses for the following pricing strategy scenarios as practiced in corporate world. Make sure your analysis is well grounded in theories and concepts related to pricing decision making.

1. Many consumers are willing to pay a significantly higher price for Perdue chicken for no-name supermarket poultry. This is a testament to the company's success in differentiating its product as being of higher quality than generic brands. Which general price indicators of price sensitivity are illustrated by Perdue's ability to command a high price?

2. Traditional newspapers have lost millions of subscribers for free news websites. Instead of providing its own content at no charge, the New York Times and Company erected a pay wall-in other words, readers must pay to access most of its newspaper's stories. Explain this issue as a price customization strategy.

3. The Subway sandwich chain was not fully satisfied with the initial performance of its line of healthful fast foods, which were more expensive than alternatives offered by McDonald's and other competitors. But the company was able to boost sales by obtaining an American Heart Association endorsement for its products. Explain this move in terms of perceived value (PV).