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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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5.4.2 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sales</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Reacti<strong>on</strong> Mechanism Measures<br />

The work discussed in Chapter 4 (prior research d<strong>on</strong>e <strong>on</strong> sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong><br />

mechanisms) uses mainly the individual brand as the unit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> analysis. Additi<strong>on</strong>al sales <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<br />

specific brand as a c<strong>on</strong>sequence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s are decomposed into extra sales resulting<br />

from brand switching, purchase time accelerati<strong>on</strong>, and purchase quantity accelerati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

However, in our research, we are not interested in the promoti<strong>on</strong>al sales decompositi<strong>on</strong> for a<br />

specific brand. We are interested in the promoti<strong>on</strong>al sales decompositi<strong>on</strong> for a specific<br />

household. How is household purchase behavior influenced by sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s? Can we<br />

decompose the promoti<strong>on</strong>al bump into brand switching, purchase time accelerati<strong>on</strong>, and<br />

purchase quantity accelerati<strong>on</strong>? We emphasize the household as the unit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> analysis, not the<br />

individual brand. As households encounter different brands, the household promoti<strong>on</strong>al bump<br />

decompositi<strong>on</strong> is therefore possibly based <strong>on</strong> promoti<strong>on</strong>s for different brands. This<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al bump decompositi<strong>on</strong> (irrespective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the unit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> analysis used) deals <strong>on</strong>ly with<br />

the effects during the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip itself. Intertemporal dynamics are not<br />

incorporated. As we remarked before, however, pre- and post-promoti<strong>on</strong>al effects influence<br />

the pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>itability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a sales promoti<strong>on</strong> and hence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> great importance.<br />

As our unit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> analysis differs from the work discussed above, new measures have<br />

to be developed for the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s. Furthermore, measures developed by<br />

other researchers reflect how c<strong>on</strong>sumers resp<strong>on</strong>d to price changes at given points in time,<br />

but do not indicate how l<strong>on</strong>g it takes before these c<strong>on</strong>sumers return to the market. Our<br />

measures are based <strong>on</strong> an intertemporal analysis and do capture c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> dynamics.<br />

Following Bell et al. (1999), our measures compare promoti<strong>on</strong>al and n<strong>on</strong>-promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

averages.<br />

As described throughout this thesis and in detail in Chapter 4, promoti<strong>on</strong>s can<br />

affect c<strong>on</strong>sumer purchase behavior in various ways. The primary approach in this secti<strong>on</strong> is<br />

to develop a specific measure for each sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanism. These<br />

measures can be estimated for a single household, a single product class and a specific type<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>al activity, but they can also be used to measure the effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong><br />

more than <strong>on</strong>e (possibly all) households, across different types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>, or across<br />

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