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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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promoti<strong>on</strong>al unit-sales across the categories. This is the weighted average <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the category<br />

specific decompositi<strong>on</strong>s, where the weights are based <strong>on</strong> the number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping<br />

trips within each product category.<br />

Table 8.9: Unit-sales decompositi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>al sales<br />

Product<br />

category<br />

Change in purchase<br />

time (TA)<br />

Brand switching<br />

(BS)<br />

S<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t drinks 0.38 0.34 0.27<br />

Fruit juice 0.58 0.25 0.17<br />

C<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee 0.48 0.39 0.14<br />

Potato chips 0.41 0.13 0.46<br />

Candy bars 0.63 0.27 0.10<br />

Pasta 0.47 0.39 0.14<br />

Overall 0.46 0.33 0.21<br />

Change in purchase<br />

quantity (QP)<br />

The str<strong>on</strong>gest effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>s seems to be a change in purchase time. Overall, almost half<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the promoti<strong>on</strong>al unit sales are due to changes in purchase timing. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>s have a large<br />

impact <strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sumers’ purchase timing decisi<strong>on</strong>s. These unit sales are incremental at this<br />

moment, but cannot be c<strong>on</strong>sidered as truly incremental since at least some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these c<strong>on</strong>sumers<br />

would have bought the promoted brand in the future, anyway. Across the categories, the brand<br />

switch effect is 33 percent, which means that 1/3 <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the current promoti<strong>on</strong>al unit sales comes<br />

from c<strong>on</strong>sumers that did not change their interpurchase timing but were drawn from a<br />

competitive brand. Regular c<strong>on</strong>sumers that would have bought the brand at the promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

shopping trip anyway account for the remaining 20 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the promoti<strong>on</strong>al unit sales.<br />

Differences across the product categories are found. The brand switch effect varies<br />

between the categories from 13 percent for potato chips tot 39 percent for c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee and pasta.<br />

C<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee and pasta promoti<strong>on</strong>s are the most effective in drawing current c<strong>on</strong>sumers from<br />

competitive brands. Especially candy bars seem to be bought from promoti<strong>on</strong> to promoti<strong>on</strong>, as<br />

63 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the total unit sales can be attributed to changes in purchase timing. Potato chips<br />

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