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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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guide purchases <strong>on</strong>ce c<strong>on</strong>sumers are inside a store. They do not accelerate purchase timing.<br />

But, they do decelerate post-promoti<strong>on</strong>al purchases within these higher priced categories.<br />

<strong>Purchase</strong> frequency was hypothesized to be positively related with promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

effects, especially with brand switching (H2). But the results are different. First <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all,<br />

purchase frequency is not significantly related with promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong>. Furthermore,<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s even seem to lead to less brand switching within categories that are purchased<br />

more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten. One explanati<strong>on</strong> could be that households have more pr<strong>on</strong>ounced preferences<br />

for frequently purchased product categories. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>s for frequently purchased product<br />

categories turn out to be significantly negatively related with purchase quantity (QP, QN)<br />

and category expansi<strong>on</strong> (CE). Apparently, it is more difficult for a product to create new,<br />

additi<strong>on</strong>al c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> opportunities when c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> is already rather high.<br />

We expected that promoti<strong>on</strong>s for more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten promoted categories are less<br />

effective (H3). The findings do show a negative, significant relati<strong>on</strong>ship between<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al frequency and the quantity purchased during the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip<br />

(QP) and the net intertemporal effect <strong>on</strong> quantity (QN). Testing <strong>on</strong>e-sided, promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

frequency and category expansi<strong>on</strong> are also significantly negatively related.<br />

Regarding the first (negative) indicator <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> storability, modal unit-size, we find that<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s for bulkier products are less effective. More easy to store products lead more<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten to brand switching (BS) and extra promoti<strong>on</strong>al quantity (QP, QN). The sec<strong>on</strong>d<br />

indicator seems to be positively related with promoti<strong>on</strong>al quantity (QP, QN). <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>s<br />

for better storable products lead to extra promoti<strong>on</strong>al volume sold. The hypothesis that<br />

storability and promoti<strong>on</strong>al effects are positively related (H4) is therefore supported by the<br />

findings, especially in terms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> extra volume purchased during the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping<br />

trip.<br />

With respect to number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> brands within a category, we hypothesized that it would<br />

have a positive relati<strong>on</strong>ship with promoti<strong>on</strong>al effects, due to both brand switching and<br />

purchase accelerati<strong>on</strong> (H6). Surprisingly, we do not find evidence for a positive relati<strong>on</strong>ship<br />

between number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> SKU’s within a category and promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong> in general (PU) or<br />

brand switching (BS), time accelerati<strong>on</strong> (TA, TN), or the promoti<strong>on</strong>al quantity purchased<br />

(QP, QN).<br />

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