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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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promoti<strong>on</strong>al quantity are positively related (BS and QP), also leading to extra c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong><br />

(BS and CE).<br />

In general, sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s do induce households to change their purchase<br />

behavior, especially to switch brands and buy more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the promoted product. But when a<br />

different brand is chosen, households do not seem to purchase more than they would normally<br />

do (except for promoted fruit juice products, no significant positive correlati<strong>on</strong> is found<br />

between BS and QP). When households do not switch brands, buying so<strong>on</strong>er and/or more<br />

seems to occur across all categories, even resulting in additi<strong>on</strong>al c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> (either a<br />

negative correlati<strong>on</strong> between TN and CE, or a positive correlati<strong>on</strong> between QN and CE).<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>s therefore seem to be pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>itable for retailers and product managers. But some<br />

cauti<strong>on</strong> has to be taken. Frequent promoti<strong>on</strong>s within a category may lead to cherry picking<br />

behavior, especially for high impulse product categories.<br />

Summarizing, sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s do affect sales. They influence households to<br />

purchase different brands, buy a product so<strong>on</strong>er or later, or purchase more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the product. But<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sistencies across categories within the same reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanism <strong>on</strong>ly occur to a modest<br />

degree. We have found empirical evidence that c<strong>on</strong>sistencies are str<strong>on</strong>ger within a category<br />

across mechanisms than across categories within mechanisms (based <strong>on</strong> the relative number<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> significant correlati<strong>on</strong> coefficients). In accordance with the findings and c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s in<br />

Chapter 7, promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se is more c<strong>on</strong>sistent within a product category than across<br />

different product categories. No empirical pro<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the existence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> deal pr<strong>on</strong>eness is found,<br />

neither at the promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong> level, nor at the level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong><br />

mechanisms.<br />

Thus far, the empirical argumentati<strong>on</strong> has used the results from the intertemporal<br />

approach. Not <strong>on</strong>ly were the effects during the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip itself studied but<br />

also before and after effects were incorporated to gain understanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> household purchase behavior. Incorporating this intertemporal aspect is <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

great importance to capture the household dynamics to determine for example whether or not<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> increases as a result <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>s. Nevertheless, the next secti<strong>on</strong> deals with the<br />

empirical decompositi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> just the promoti<strong>on</strong>al bump, not taking the possible intertemporal<br />

adjustments into account. Many other important c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s to sales promoti<strong>on</strong> models have<br />

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