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I agree for some extend; due to the critical economic situations in some countries, consumer has a limited flexibility in terms of prices increase, especially in the3rd. world countries where the income increase is far low vs. prices rapid increases so the consumer will try to manage his budget to secure his needs according to a limited budget while he faces high prices, in such situation he will give up the quality and brand loyalty and will look for cheaper prices, here the target costing works. At "A" class consumers where the brand loyalty and quality is a must for such consumer, the consumer will be flexible to respond to the price increase to acquire the same product, here target costing "might not work or not needed"