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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2026, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 291-302.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2025.0588

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Research on Trade-in Pricing Strategies for Consumer Goods Considering Customer Privacy Concerns

Xiaoqing Zhang1, Xigang Yuan1, Jiajia Chen1, Qiang Wei2,3, Baofeng Huo4()   

  1. 1.School of Business,Jiangsu Normal University,Xuzhou 221116,China
    2.School of Finance and Management,Sichuan University of Arts and Sciences,Dazhou 635000,China
    3.Department of Industrial Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China
    4.School of Management,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310058,China
  • Received:2025-04-13 Revised:2025-07-02 Online:2026-06-25 Published:2026-05-22
  • Contact: Baofeng Huo E-mail:baofeng@zju.edu.cn

Abstract:

As an effective way of consumer goods recycling, the protection of customers' privacy information when they participate in trade-in activities is an urgent problem to be solved. From the perspective of game theory, considering customers' privacy concerns, a two-period game model is constructed to explore the optimal trade-in pricing strategy for enterprises. The results show that (1) In both cases without privacy protection and with privacy protection, the retail prices of the two generations of new products are the same; When privacy protection is in static or dynamic pricing strategies are adopted, consumers participating in the trade-in program can enjoy more trade-in discounts. (2) No matter which pricing strategy is adopted, enterprises are more willing to offer privacy-protected trade-in strategies when the cost of providing privacy protection is low. (3) When the innovation level of the second-generation new products is significantly enhanced, the dynamic pricing strategy is more beneficial to enterprises; Conversely, the static pricing strategy is better. The research of this article provides a reference for the formulation of pricing strategies for trade-in of consumer goods considering customers' privacy concerns.

Key words: customer privacy concerns, consumer goods, trade-ins, pricing strategy

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