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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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9 CONCLUSIONS, DISCUSSION, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR<br />

FURTHER RESEARCH<br />

9.1 Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />

This thesis has provided new insights in the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> household purchase<br />

behavior. Two research questi<strong>on</strong>s were central:<br />

(1) Can we explain the observed household promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se behavior by socioec<strong>on</strong>omic,<br />

demographic, purchase, and psychographic household characteristics<br />

such as income, available time, household compositi<strong>on</strong>, variety seeking, purchase<br />

frequency in accordance with c<strong>on</strong>sumer behavior theory?<br />

(2) Can we decompose promoti<strong>on</strong>al household purchase behavior into different sales<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms (brand switching, store switching, purchase<br />

accelerati<strong>on</strong>, repeat purchasing, and category expansi<strong>on</strong>) in accordance with prior<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al sales decompositi<strong>on</strong> research? To what degree do the different sales<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms occur? Are they related, for the same household,<br />

with each other or across product categories?<br />

Theories from c<strong>on</strong>sumer buying behavior were applied to the topic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s in<br />

Chapter 2. This provides a theoretical understanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> why and how sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

influence household purchase behavior. Chapter 3 used these theories, in combinati<strong>on</strong> with<br />

prior research to derive hypotheses regarding household variables and their expected relati<strong>on</strong><br />

with sales promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se, taking possible promoti<strong>on</strong> type interacti<strong>on</strong> effects into<br />

account. In Chapter 4 the possible mechanisms that c<strong>on</strong>stitute sales promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se were<br />

dealt with in detail, the so-called sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms: brand switching, store<br />

switching, purchase accelerati<strong>on</strong> (purchase time or purchase quantity), category expansi<strong>on</strong>,<br />

and repeat purchasing. Prior findings were dealt with and hypotheses were derived that relate<br />

product category characteristics to these sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms. In Chapter 5,<br />

we developed a research framework and a two-step research approach. In the first step,<br />

possible drivers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> household sales promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se were identified. In the sec<strong>on</strong>d step, the<br />

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