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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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to buy less than what it normally purchases, or the household can decide to postp<strong>on</strong>e its<br />

subsequent shopping trip to compensate for these extra promoti<strong>on</strong>al purchases. The sales<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> therefore can also influence the household behavior during the next shopping trip<br />

(the so-called post-promoti<strong>on</strong>al effects). Some households anticipate a sales promoti<strong>on</strong><br />

coming up and therefore wait for it, or buy less right now (the so-called pre-promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

effects). The effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> household purchase behavior have to be studied in<br />

an intertemporal setting, not taking <strong>on</strong>ly the current promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip into account<br />

but also the pre- and post-promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trips.<br />

First <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all, households have to buy the promoted products before any <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these effects<br />

can occur. <strong>Household</strong>s use c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee promoti<strong>on</strong>s the most. On average, households made use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

the available promoti<strong>on</strong>s during 44 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trips for c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee (a<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip is called promoti<strong>on</strong>al if both a household purchases from the<br />

specific category and there was a promoti<strong>on</strong> within that specific category). Pasta promoti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

are used the least (8 percent). <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> resp<strong>on</strong>se differs across the product categories.<br />

Measures that take this intertemporal aspect into account are developed for brand<br />

switching, changes in purchase time, changes in purchase quantity, and category expansi<strong>on</strong><br />

(the net effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> timing and quantity). The measures are based <strong>on</strong> comparing the promoti<strong>on</strong>al,<br />

pre-, and post-promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip with the average n<strong>on</strong>-promoti<strong>on</strong>al purchase<br />

behavior. The measures are estimated for each individual household for the six product<br />

categories, the interested reader is referred to Secti<strong>on</strong> 5.4.2 for the details.<br />

When we look at the specific sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms, again<br />

differences between categories are found. For all six categories included in this research<br />

significant brand switch effects are found, but ranging from 7 percent for s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t drink<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s up to 47 percent for c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee promoti<strong>on</strong>s. <strong>Purchase</strong> timing and purchase quantity<br />

effects are found to be significant for some categories, but not for all. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>s are found to<br />

accelerate purchase timing for two categories, pasta and candy bars. In additi<strong>on</strong>, households<br />

postp<strong>on</strong>e their post-promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip for two other categories, c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee and s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t drinks.<br />

The quantity bought <strong>on</strong> promoti<strong>on</strong> is increased for four product categories, s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t drinks, fruit<br />

juice, potato chips, and c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee. The increase ranges from 26 percent for s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t drinks up to 96<br />

percent for c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee. <strong>Household</strong>s do seem to adjust their pre- and post-promoti<strong>on</strong>al purchase<br />

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