price-sensitive

price-sensitive
price-sensitive ˌprice-ˈsensitive adjective
1. ECONOMICS if a product is price-sensitive, its sales are affected by the price:

• Gasoline is a very price-sensitive product - people will drive for long distances to get a few cents off.

• Jewelry demand is price-sensitive. When the price of gold jewelry rises by 1%, the quantity demanded falls by 2.6%.

2. MARKETING a price-sensitive customer is influenced by the price of a product when choosing whether or not to buy it :

• Price-sensitive customers tend to be disloyal when prices increase.

3. FINANCE price-sensitive information is likely to affect prices if it becomes known, especially share prices:

• Employees with access to price-sensitive information are prohibited from disclosing this information to outsiders.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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