Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior
Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior
Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior
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8.4 <strong>Household</strong> C<strong>on</strong>sistencies<br />
The prior secti<strong>on</strong>s did reveal some c<strong>on</strong>sistencies across categories regarding promoti<strong>on</strong><br />
utilizati<strong>on</strong> and regarding sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms. One clear c<strong>on</strong>sistency across<br />
all categories is that brand switching is the most comm<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> to sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s (Table<br />
8.2). But, at the same time, it was also clear that the degree to which brand switching occurs<br />
varies across product categories. In this secti<strong>on</strong>, we are interested in the c<strong>on</strong>sistencies or<br />
inc<strong>on</strong>sistencies at the individual household level. We try to answer the questi<strong>on</strong> whether the<br />
intertemporal effects (the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms) differ across product<br />
categories at the individual household level? <strong>Household</strong>s that switch brands in <strong>on</strong>e category<br />
do not necessarily switch brands in another category. Some households do, other households<br />
exhibit several sales promoti<strong>on</strong> effects within <strong>on</strong>e and the same product category, whereas<br />
there also exist households that switch brands in <strong>on</strong>e category, but purchase more in another.<br />
These types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> questi<strong>on</strong>s are investigated in this secti<strong>on</strong>. In the first subsecti<strong>on</strong> it is<br />
investigated whether households show c<strong>on</strong>sistent effects across categories. The sec<strong>on</strong>d<br />
subsecti<strong>on</strong> deals with the questi<strong>on</strong> whether households show more c<strong>on</strong>sistencies within a<br />
category across reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms than within the same reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanism across<br />
categories. When empirical results point out that households show more c<strong>on</strong>sistencies within a<br />
product category across sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms than within sales promoti<strong>on</strong><br />
reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms across product categories, promoti<strong>on</strong> pr<strong>on</strong>eness does not seem to exist.<br />
8.4.1 Across Category C<strong>on</strong>sistencies Within <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><br />
Mechanism<br />
In Chapter 7, c<strong>on</strong>sistency in promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se across product categories was studied using<br />
error correlati<strong>on</strong> coefficients from binary logistic regressi<strong>on</strong>s (Table 7.24). Based <strong>on</strong> these<br />
error correlati<strong>on</strong> coefficients, it was c<strong>on</strong>cluded that this dependency across categories does not<br />
exist. Table 8.5 c<strong>on</strong>tains the estimated correlati<strong>on</strong> coefficients (as far as they are significant)<br />
between the different pairs <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> product categories for the different sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong><br />
mechanisms (BS, TA, TR, TN, QB, QP, QA, QN, CE) and for the promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong><br />
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