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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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e fully explained by household characteristics such as income, available time, children,<br />

etc., or if there really is something like an individual deal pr<strong>on</strong>eness trait.<br />

2.3.5 Variety Seeking<br />

Besides deal pr<strong>on</strong>eness, also variety seeking (intrinsic desire for variety) is recognized as an<br />

important trait that influences c<strong>on</strong>sumer choice behavior (e.g., McAlister and Pessemier<br />

1982). The c<strong>on</strong>struct <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variety seeking has been the center <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the same debate as<br />

innovativeness and deal pr<strong>on</strong>eness in this and earlier research (e.g., Ainslie and Rossi 1998,<br />

Lichtenstein 1995; Schneider and Currim 1991). Is it just overt behavior or does it represent<br />

some underlying predispositi<strong>on</strong>? The discussi<strong>on</strong> has resulted in c<strong>on</strong>ceptualizing variety<br />

seeking as an underlying product category-specific individual trait (e.g., Pessemier and<br />

Handelsman 1984, van Trijp et al. 1996, van Trijp and Steenkamp 1992). We will refrain<br />

from that discussi<strong>on</strong>, and <strong>on</strong>ly use the implicati<strong>on</strong>s for possible switch behavior (brands and<br />

stores). Variety seeking tendency can result in switch behavior even without a promoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

incentive. In analyzing the data and estimating promoti<strong>on</strong>al brand switching behavior, it is<br />

therefore <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> utmost importance to keep in mind that overt brand and/or store switch behavior<br />

is not necessarily caused by promoti<strong>on</strong>al activity, it could also be the result <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variety seeking<br />

behavior. Variety seeking research recently has been emphasizing the need to separate true<br />

variety seeking behavior (which results from intrinsic motivati<strong>on</strong>s) from derived varied<br />

behavior (which is extrinsically motivated). Van Trijp et al. (1996) argued that variety seeking<br />

and switching research would benefit greatly by isolating those brand switches that are <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

variety seeking type from those that are extrinsically motivated before estimating parameters<br />

associated with these behaviors. Malhotra et al. (1999) summarized the state <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the art in<br />

marketing research by reviewing articles during 1987-1997 published in the Journal <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

Marketing Research. One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the outcomes is the need to distinguish between true variety<br />

seeking behavior (i.e., intrinsically motivated) and derived varied behavior (i.e., extrinsically<br />

motivated). We therefore have to correct for this kind <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> intrinsic variety seeking behavior, at<br />

least take this into account when studying overt promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se in general and brand<br />

switch behavior specifically.<br />

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