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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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Table 8.6: Significant within category across reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanism correlati<strong>on</strong>s (α =0.10)<br />

Significant<br />

pair<br />

176<br />

Candybars<br />

S<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t<br />

drinks<br />

BS, QP 0.19<br />

(0.08,90)<br />

BS, QN -0.21<br />

(0.10,60)<br />

BS,CE 0.27<br />

(0.04,59)<br />

TA, CE -0.55 -0.39<br />

(0.00,80) (0.00,67)<br />

TN, QN 0.45 0.19 0.25<br />

(0.03,25) (0.07,92) (0.02,84)<br />

TN, CE -0.61 -0.72 -0.64<br />

(0.01,19) (0.00,80) (0.00,67)<br />

QP, CE 0.40<br />

(0.00,67)<br />

QN, CE 0.49 0.44 0.61<br />

(0.03,19) (0.00,80) (0.00,67)<br />

Fruit juice Potato<br />

chips<br />

-0.50<br />

(0.00,36)<br />

-0.75<br />

(0.00,36)<br />

0.42<br />

(0.01,36)<br />

0.53<br />

(0.00,36)<br />

C<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee Pasta<br />

-0.57<br />

(0.00,40)<br />

-0.63<br />

(0.00,40)<br />

0.89<br />

(0.00,14)<br />

0.91<br />

(0.00,14)<br />

When promoti<strong>on</strong>s induce households to buy more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a product, extra c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> occurs for<br />

5 out <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the 6 product categories (QN, CE), not for c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee. Also promoti<strong>on</strong>s that induce<br />

households to buy so<strong>on</strong>er lead to extra c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> for 5 out <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the 6 product categories (TN,<br />

CE), not for pasta. Therefore, although households seem to act systematic in their promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

purchase behavior, purchase accelerati<strong>on</strong> does seem to lead to category expansi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

With respect to dependencies with brand switching, we see that s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t drink<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s lead either to less brand switching or to extra quantity bought (negative<br />

correlati<strong>on</strong> between BS and QN). Apparently, preference for the favorite brands is quite<br />

str<strong>on</strong>g. C<strong>on</strong>versely, the results found for fruit juice impose that brand switching and

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