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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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Table 8.4: Pears<strong>on</strong> correlati<strong>on</strong> between product category characteristics and sales<br />

Category<br />

characteristic<br />

N<br />

Average price<br />

per modal<br />

unit-size<br />

Average price<br />

per purchase<br />

occasi<strong>on</strong><br />

Quarterly<br />

purchase<br />

frequency<br />

Quarterly<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

frequency<br />

Modal unitsize<br />

170<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms at the household level (two-tailed significance)<br />

PU<br />

553<br />

0.37<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.37<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.00<br />

(0.95)<br />

-0.06<br />

(0.14)<br />

-0.19<br />

(0.00)<br />

Storability 0.07<br />

(0.09)<br />

Number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

brands<br />

-0.07<br />

(0.09)<br />

Impulse 0.07<br />

(0.09)<br />

BS<br />

425<br />

0.28<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.27<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.19<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.01<br />

(0.80)<br />

-0.27<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.06<br />

(0.22)<br />

-0.21<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.03<br />

(0.60)<br />

TA<br />

315<br />

-0.03<br />

(0.54)<br />

0.00<br />

(0.98)<br />

0.04<br />

(0.44)<br />

-0.02<br />

(0.68)<br />

0.06<br />

(0.26)<br />

0.05<br />

(0.34)<br />

0.08<br />

(0.14)<br />

0.01<br />

(0.85)<br />

TR<br />

319<br />

0.20<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.17<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.08<br />

(0.18)<br />

-0.02<br />

(0.70)<br />

-0.16<br />

(0.01)<br />

-0.02<br />

(0.74)<br />

-0.12<br />

(0.03)<br />

0.01<br />

(0.79)<br />

TN<br />

349<br />

0.13<br />

(0.02)<br />

0.12<br />

(0.03)<br />

-0.03<br />

(0.54)<br />

-0.02<br />

(0.68)<br />

-0.09<br />

(0.11)<br />

0.00<br />

(1.00)<br />

-0.05<br />

(0.34)<br />

0.03<br />

(0.57)<br />

QB<br />

328<br />

0.02<br />

(0.72)<br />

0.02<br />

(0.75)<br />

0.11<br />

(0.04)<br />

-0.12<br />

(0.03)<br />

0.10<br />

(0.08)<br />

0.14<br />

(0.01)<br />

0.16<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.07<br />

(0.22)<br />

QP<br />

414<br />

0.21<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.23<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.09<br />

(0.06)<br />

-0.12<br />

(0.01)<br />

-0.17<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.12<br />

(0.01)<br />

-0.08<br />

(0.12)<br />

-0.12<br />

(0.01)<br />

QA<br />

335<br />

0.06<br />

(0.29)<br />

0.10<br />

(0.08)<br />

-0.05<br />

(0.35)<br />

-0.14<br />

(0.01)<br />

-0.04<br />

(0.50)<br />

0.11<br />

(0.04)<br />

0.06<br />

(0.29)<br />

-0.07<br />

(0.21)<br />

QN<br />

415<br />

0.21<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.23<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.08<br />

(0.09)<br />

-0.17<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.15<br />

(0.00)<br />

0.16<br />

(0.00)<br />

-0.03<br />

(0.51)<br />

-0.14<br />

(0.01)<br />

CE<br />

255<br />

-0.05<br />

(0.42)<br />

0.02<br />

(0.74)<br />

-0.15<br />

0.02)<br />

-0.11<br />

(0.09)<br />

-0.06<br />

(0.32)<br />

0.04<br />

(0.57)<br />

0.01<br />

(0.89)<br />

-0.05<br />

(0.42)<br />

Based <strong>on</strong> these results, we can c<strong>on</strong>firm that average price level is positively related with<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se (promoti<strong>on</strong> utilizati<strong>on</strong>) (H1). The average price level is positively<br />

related with brand switching (BS) and the promoti<strong>on</strong>al (QP) and the net purchase quantity<br />

volume (QN). But, no empirical support is found for a relati<strong>on</strong>ship with purchase time<br />

accelerati<strong>on</strong> (TA). However, households do postp<strong>on</strong>e their next purchase moment for the<br />

higher priced categories (TR). Therefore, promoti<strong>on</strong>s for higher priced products do seem to

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