skim — [skɪm] verb skimmed PTandPPX skimming PRESPARTX [transitive] also skim off to take money illegally, for example by not saying that you have made profits so that you do not have to pay tax: • He was accused of s … Financial and business terms
skim — / skɪmɪŋ/ verb to fix a high price on a new product in order to achieve high short term profits. The high price reflects the customer’s appreciation of the added value of the new product, and will be reduced in due course as the product becomes… … Marketing dictionary in english
market-skimming pricing — Setting a high price for a new product in order to skim the maximum revenues, layer by layer, from the market segments willing to pay the high price. Using this high price strategy, the company makes fewer but more profitable sales … Big dictionary of business and management
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