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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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quantity downward for potato chips. Category expansi<strong>on</strong> effects are found to be positive for<br />

all categories, but <strong>on</strong>ly significant for fruit juice (increase <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 24 percent).<br />

In general, households seem to behave in a systematic way. <strong>Purchase</strong> timing and<br />

purchase quantity are used as two interdependent mechanisms. Shoppers either accelerate<br />

their purchase timing due to a promoti<strong>on</strong> but do not buy more, or they buy more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<br />

promoted product during a n<strong>on</strong>-accelerated promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip. When a promoti<strong>on</strong><br />

results in a large quantity increase, the next shopping trip is postp<strong>on</strong>ed. <strong>Purchase</strong> quantity and<br />

purchase timing are therefore two interdependent mechanisms and are used by shoppers to<br />

correct for their promoti<strong>on</strong>al purchase behavior, during the promoti<strong>on</strong>al and/or the postpromoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

shopping trip. For example, c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee promoti<strong>on</strong>s lead to an increase in purchased<br />

quantity, which is almost doubled. But, the next shopping trip is postp<strong>on</strong>ed, waiting extra l<strong>on</strong>g<br />

to repurchase again within the same product category. But not all promoti<strong>on</strong>al effects are<br />

compensated for. The extra promoti<strong>on</strong>al fruit juice purchases lead to category expansi<strong>on</strong>. This<br />

indicates that sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s do not lead <strong>on</strong>ly to cannibalizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> future category<br />

expenditures. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sales</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>s also result in incremental category expenditures.<br />

9.2.2.2 Product Category Characteristics<br />

The sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms occur in different patterns across the six product<br />

categories. For some categories brand switching is relatively <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten combined with accelerated<br />

purchase timings (candy bars and pasta), whereas for other categories brand switching is<br />

combined with changes in purchase quantity (s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t drinks, fruit juice, potato chips, and c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee)<br />

is more comm<strong>on</strong>. In turn, the extra promoti<strong>on</strong>al potato chips purchases are compensated for<br />

by buying less before and after the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip. For this product category,<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s seem to lead to cherry picking purchase behavior. <strong>Household</strong>s compensate for the<br />

extra promoti<strong>on</strong>al 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 purchases by postp<strong>on</strong>ing their next purchase.<br />

Buying a different quantity due to a promoti<strong>on</strong> occurs the most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten, followed by<br />

brand switching and a change in interpurchase time. But, the extra quantity purchased is<br />

smaller if the promoted brand is not a favorite brand, i.e. in case <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a brand switch. This is<br />

found to be the str<strong>on</strong>gest for fruit juice products. The purchase quantity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>al n<strong>on</strong>-<br />

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