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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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We hypothesized that within impulse categories, promoti<strong>on</strong>s would lead to more<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> effects, both due to brand switching and purchase accelerati<strong>on</strong> (H7). A<br />

significant positive relati<strong>on</strong>ship between impulse and promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong> (PU) is found.<br />

But, based <strong>on</strong> Table 8.4, promoti<strong>on</strong>s for impulse products seem to result in less extra<br />

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

The category characteristics identified are, <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> course, not independent. For<br />

example with respect to purchase frequency and storability, hard to store products are<br />

expected to be purchased more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten and in smaller quantities than easy to store products.<br />

But, surprisingly, we find that easy to store products are also bought more frequently<br />

(results are not shown). Another interesting finding is that promoti<strong>on</strong>al frequency and<br />

impulse are positively related (results not shown). The causal directi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this relati<strong>on</strong>ship<br />

is not clear. Retailers can identify that some products, especially high impulse products, are<br />

mostly bought <strong>on</strong> promoti<strong>on</strong> and therefore promote them a lot. But it could also be the<br />

other way around (or both ways). C<strong>on</strong>sumers identify categories that are <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten promoted,<br />

which leads to cherry picking.<br />

The findings presented in this secti<strong>on</strong> show that promoti<strong>on</strong> utilizati<strong>on</strong> and the<br />

occurrence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms are related to some extent to product<br />

category characteristics (although the findings have to be interpreted with care as they are<br />

based <strong>on</strong> data from six product categories).<br />

Now that we have found that the average intensity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong><br />

mechanisms differs across product categories, the follow-up step is to investigate whether<br />

these differences are also found at the specific household level. Do households differ in their<br />

sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong>s across the product categories or not? Do households that switch<br />

brands for pasta during 20 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trips also switch brands for<br />

c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee during 20 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trips or more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten or less <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten? These<br />

types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> questi<strong>on</strong>s will be answered in the next secti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

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