Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior
Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior
Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior
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into a unit sales decompositi<strong>on</strong> and show that the two decompositi<strong>on</strong>s differ to a large degree.<br />
It was c<strong>on</strong>cluded that <strong>on</strong> average, the unit sales effect c<strong>on</strong>sists <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> roughly <strong>on</strong>e third attributable<br />
to other brands, <strong>on</strong>e third to stockpiling, and <strong>on</strong>e third to category expansi<strong>on</strong>. Furthermore,<br />
Van Heerde et al. (2002) showed how the decompositi<strong>on</strong> results are moderated by<br />
characteristics <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the price promoti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
As menti<strong>on</strong>ed above, a number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> researchers found evidence for differences in<br />
household reacti<strong>on</strong>s towards sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s across product categories. The next secti<strong>on</strong><br />
presents a short overview <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> possible relati<strong>on</strong>ships between product category characteristics<br />
and the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms.<br />
4.3 Product Category Characteristics Related to <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sales</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
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Reacti<strong>on</strong> Mechanisms<br />
Several researchers have investigated the topic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms (see<br />
Secti<strong>on</strong> 6.2). They investigated what specific effects sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s had, whether the size <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
these effects was c<strong>on</strong>sistent across categories (which turned out not to be the case) and<br />
identified segments <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> households based <strong>on</strong> the exhibited sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong><br />
mechanisms (some households turned out mainly to switch brands due to promoti<strong>on</strong>s whereas<br />
other households exhibited all reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms). But, what is lacking is theoretical and<br />
empirical knowledge about what product category characteristics influence promoti<strong>on</strong><br />
resp<strong>on</strong>se. The following sub-secti<strong>on</strong>s each deal with <strong>on</strong>e specific product category<br />
characteristic. The selecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> product category characteristics is based <strong>on</strong> a literature<br />
overview.<br />
4.3.1 Average Price Level<br />
Based <strong>on</strong> the results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bell et al. (1999), we hypothesize that promoti<strong>on</strong>s for categories with<br />
a high price will have the largest resp<strong>on</strong>se, especially as a result <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> purchase accelerati<strong>on</strong><br />
(H1).