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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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(Van Heerde et al. 2001, 2002), the results found show that the brand switch effect is, <strong>on</strong><br />

average, at most about <strong>on</strong>e third <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the total unit sales effect.<br />

In this research, a promoti<strong>on</strong>al unit sales decompositi<strong>on</strong> is used for the six product<br />

categories included. This decompositi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the extra promoti<strong>on</strong>al unit sales is found to differ<br />

across the 6 product categories incorporated in this research. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>s turn out to be very<br />

effective in drawing purchases to the promoti<strong>on</strong>al shopping trip, which is <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> interest to the<br />

retailer, either resulting in stockpiling and/or c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> increases (two third <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the total<br />

effect), supporting the work <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Van Heerde et al. (2001, 2002). But, a part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these additi<strong>on</strong>al<br />

current purchases are borrowed from future purchases made by regular c<strong>on</strong>sumers. The results<br />

found show that about two third <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the current increase in promoti<strong>on</strong>al unit sales comes from<br />

n<strong>on</strong>-regular c<strong>on</strong>sumers that were drawn from competitive brands, which is <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> interest to the<br />

manufacturer.<br />

Thus, besides the approach chosen to decompose the promoti<strong>on</strong>al sales bump<br />

(elasticity based or unit sales based), also the point <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> view chosen is <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> great importance.<br />

9.3 Managerial Implicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Retailers and manufacturers can use the findings from this thesis to develop better<br />

understanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> household reacti<strong>on</strong>s to sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s and perhaps indirectly to develop<br />

more pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>itable promoti<strong>on</strong> strategies. Interesting findings are the following:<br />

• <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>s result in large spikes in unit sales, overall almost 7 times as many units<br />

are purchased during a promoti<strong>on</strong>al period trip. Varying across product categories<br />

from twice as many units (potato chips) up to nine times as many units (c<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fee,<br />

candy bars, and fruit juice). The main part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these extra unit sales (65 percent)<br />

comes from n<strong>on</strong>-regular c<strong>on</strong>sumers. The remaining part is borrowed from future<br />

purchases <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> regular c<strong>on</strong>sumers (borrowed in time (24 percent) plus borrowed in<br />

quantity (10 percent)), but these borrowed purchases could lead to extra<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

• <strong>Household</strong> variables such as size and compositi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the household, social class,<br />

employment situati<strong>on</strong>, store loyalty, purchase frequency, average basket size, etc. are<br />

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