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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trips during which households purchased from a specific product<br />

category are included in this research.<br />

Summarizing, the types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variables included in the analysis will be the following:<br />

(1) household demographics: size and compositi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the household, age, educati<strong>on</strong>,<br />

pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the shopping resp<strong>on</strong>sible pers<strong>on</strong>, and job sector <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the breadwinner; (2)<br />

household socio-ec<strong>on</strong>omic variables: social class, type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> housing, and home ownership; (3)<br />

household pychographics: variety seeking; (4) characteristics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the purchasing process:<br />

shopping frequency, average size shopping basket, number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> favorite brands, and number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

stores visited; and (5) promoti<strong>on</strong> types present in the store.<br />

Table 7.1 c<strong>on</strong>tains the operati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the variables, which are used in<br />

analyzing promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se. Table A7.1 c<strong>on</strong>tains a more detailed overview <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the variables<br />

used in the analysis. A (+) or (-) sign in Table 7.1 indicates whether the operati<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> is<br />

expected to be positively or negatively related to a variable. For example, the number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

different favorite brands is used as a positive indicator <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variety seeking. Both variety<br />

seeking indicators are measured at the product category level. Steenkamp et al. (1996)<br />

dem<strong>on</strong>strated that variety seeking behavior does not occur to the same extent for all<br />

products.<br />

The different promoti<strong>on</strong> types that are distinguished in this study are grouped into<br />

in-store versus out-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>-store promoti<strong>on</strong>s. In-store promoti<strong>on</strong>s are defined to occur when<br />

display activity is included in the promoti<strong>on</strong>. Out-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>-store promoti<strong>on</strong>s are defined to occur<br />

when feature activity is included in the promoti<strong>on</strong>. Although not all feature promoti<strong>on</strong>s are<br />

out-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>-store, the majority is. As most prior research has shown that display promoti<strong>on</strong>s are<br />

more effective than feature promoti<strong>on</strong>s, promoti<strong>on</strong>s with both display and feature activity<br />

are defined as bel<strong>on</strong>ging to the in-store promoti<strong>on</strong>s. In additi<strong>on</strong>, three promoti<strong>on</strong><br />

characteristics are added to Table 7.1 (X * , X other , and X *other ). These variables are described<br />

in more detail in Secti<strong>on</strong> 7.3.<br />

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