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Chapter 15 Flashcards

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Sales Promotion definition

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using incentives to create a perception of greater brand/product value. The intent is to generate a short-term increase in sales by motivating trial use, encouraging larger purchases, or stimulating repeat purchases.

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Sales Promotion - 3 types

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  1. Consumer - Induce household consumers to purchase a brand
  2. Trade Market - Motivate distributors, wholesalers, and retailers to stock and feature a brand
  3. Business Market - Cultivate buyers in large corporations who make purchase decisions
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Trade-market sales promotion techniques

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♠ P-O-P displays
♠ Incentives 
♠ Allowances 
♠ Cooperative adv
♠ Sales training programs
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Business-market sales promotion techniques

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♠ Trade shows
♠ Business gifts 
♠ Premiums 
♠ Incentives 
♠ Loyalty/ frequency programs
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Why the shift toward Promotion?…

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  1. More pressure for short-term profits
  2. Increased need for accountability
  3. Can be cheaper than traditional media
  4. Easy and quick to measure effectiveness
  5. Consumer behavior is more sophisticated
  6. Consumers expect short-term price reductions
  7. Can combat parity
  8. Retailers wield more power
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Objectives of Sales Promotion

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  1. Stimulate trial purchases (e.g., offer a free product sample)
  2. Stimulate repeat purchases (e.g., accumulate points via continued purchases)
  3. Stimulate larger purchases (e.g., two-for-one sales move products faster)
  4. Introduce a new brand (e.g., potential to attract attention via trial use)
  5. Combat or disrupt competitors (e.g., launch a promo when competitor is launching a new ADV campaign)
  6. Contribute to IBP (e.g., offers the incentive component of the marketing mix)
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Sale Promotions (Sales Promotions vs. ADV - how they differ)

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♠ Creates immediate action 
♠ Adds tangible value to the product
♠ Short-term profits
♠ Encourages brand switching 
♠ Results are easier to measure
♠ Encourages trial use
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Advertising (Sales Promotions vs. ADV - how they differ)

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♠ Cultivates brand image
♠ Adds intangible value to the product
♠ Longer-term profits
♠ Encourages brand loyalty 
♠ Results are more difficult to measure
♠ Encourages repeat purchase
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Reasons why many marketers have been shifting funds from mass media advertising to sales promotions

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♠ Demand for greater accountability 
♠ Short-term orientation
♠ Consumer response to promotions
♠ Proliferation of brands
♠ Increased power of retailers 
♠ Clutter
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Consumer-market sales promotion techniques

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♠ Coupons
♠ Price-off deals
♠ Premiums and advertising specialities 
♠ Contests and sweepstakes
♠ Sampling and trial offers
♠ Gift cards
♠ Rebates
♠ Frequency (continuity) programs
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Coupons definition

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entitle a buyer to a price reduction for a product or service.

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Counterintuitive fact about coupon usage

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More affluent households dominate coupon usage

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Advantages of coupons (5)

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  1. Incentivizes sensitive customers
  2. Induces brand switching
  3. Timing/distribution can be controlled
  4. Stimulates repeat purchases
  5. Gets regular users to trade-up
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Disadvantages of coupons (3)

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  1. Time of redemption cannot be controlled
  2. Coupon programs require costly administration
  3. Coupon fraud
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Price-Off Deals definition

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Offers consumers a reduced price at point of purchase through specially marked packages

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Advantages of price-off deals (3)

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  1. Is controllable by manufacturer
  2. Creates positive price comparisons
  3. Increases consumer’s belief in the value of a known brand
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Disadvantages of price-off deals (1)

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Retailers believe it creates inventory and pricing problems

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Premiums definition

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Items offered free, or at a reduced price, with the purchase of another item

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2 types of premiums

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  1. Free premium

2. Self-liquidating premium

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Free premium definiton

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Provides consumers with an item at no cost. The most frequently used free premium is an additional package of the original item or a free related item placed in the package (e.g., free conditioner with the purchase of shampoo)

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Self-liquidating premium definiton

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Requires a consumer to pay most of the cost of the item received as a premium. Caution - unless the premium is related to a value building strategy for a brand, it can serve to focus customer attention on the premium rather than on the benefit of the brand. Effective technique with loyal customers

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Advertising specialities 3 key elements

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  1. Message placed on a useful item
  2. Given free to consumers
  3. With no obligation to make a purchase
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Advertising specialities definition

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SWAG - adv specialities allow a firm to tout its company or brand name with a target customer in an ongoing fashion.

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Contests definition

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Consumers compete for prizes based on skill and ability. Costly organization.

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Sweepstakes definition

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Promotion where winners are determined purely by chance

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Challenges to effectively using contests and sweepstakes in the IBP effort

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  1. Complex legal and regulatory requirements
  2. The game steals the attention of the customer form the brand
  3. Hard to get meaningful message across in the context of a game
  4. Risk of errors in administration - can create negative publicity
  5. Contests and sweepstakes are not good for developing quality or prestige image for a brand.
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Sampling / Trialing

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giving a consumer a chance to use a brand on a trial basis with little to no risk

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Six techniques of sampling

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  • In store
  • Door-to-door
  • Mail
  • Newspaper
  • On package
  • Mobile
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Trial offers definiton

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Same as sampling but for more expensive items

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Critique of sampling

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Unless the brand has a clear value and benefit over the competition, a trial of the brand is unlikely to persuade a consumer to switch brands.

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Rebates & Refunds definition

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manufacturer offers to return a certain amount of the money to the consumer who purchases a product or service

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Why use rebates?

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Because we’re lazy! … many consumers forget to redeem the rebate

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Frequency Programs definition

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Offer customers discounts or free products for repeat patronage. Common in airline, travel, and restaurant businesses

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Objectives for promotions in the trade chanenel

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  1. Obtain initial distribution
  2. Increase order size
  3. Encourage cooperation with consumer-market sales promotion
  4. Increase store traffic
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Push strategy definition

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Sales promotions directed at the trade help push a brand into the distribution channel until it ultimately reaches the customer

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Push money definiton

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A program in which retail salespeople are offered a monetary reward for featuring a marketer’s brand with shoppers.

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Merchandise allowances definition

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In the form of free products packed with regular shipments, are payments to the trade for setting up and maintaining displays.

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Slotting fees definition

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Direct cash payments to induce food chains to stock an item.

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Bill-back allowances definition

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Provide retailers a monetary incentive for featuring a marketers brand in either advertising or in-store displays.

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Off-invoice allowance definition

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Advertisers allow wholesalers and retailers to deduct a set amount from the invoice they receive for merchandise.

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Cooperative advertising

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Vertical cooperative advertising - provides dollars directly to retailers for featuring company’s brand in local advertising.

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Risks of Sales Promotion

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  1. Creates a focus on price instead of brand
  2. Introduces legal and logistical challenges
  3. Requires significant managerial time and can be expensive
  4. Can alienate loyal customers
  5. Borrow from future sales
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Point-of-Purchase (P-O-P) Advertising definition

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materials used in the retail setting to attract shoppers’ attention to a brand, to convey primary benefits, or highlight pricing information

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Objectives of P-O-P advertising

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‣ Draw consumer attention at retail
‣ Stimulate trial use
‣ Stimulate increased /varied use
‣ Maintain purchase loyalty

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Why is P-O-P so “sexy”? …

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because it places advertising, brands, and a consumer together in the same place at the same
time

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2 categories of P-O-P materials

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  1. Short-term promotional displays < 6 months

2. Permanent long-term displays > 6 months

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Traditional Support Media puropse

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to reinforce or extend a message being delivered through other media

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Classes of traditional support media

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  • Signs, billboards, posters
  • Transit and aerial advertising
  • Cinema advertising
  • Directory advertising
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Advantages of Outdoor Signage and Billboards (5)

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  1. Wide local exposure
  2. Can be captivating
  3. Around-the-clock exposure
  4. Can address an immediate need
  5. New digital technology being used
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Disadvantages of Outdoor Signage and Billboards (4)

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  1. Message limits
  2. Location influences impact
  3. Relatively expensive
  4. Visual pollution
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Support media definition

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Used to reinforce or supplement a message being delivered via some other media vehicle

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Out-of-home media advertising definition

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Includes various adv venues that reach primarily local audiences.

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Transit advertising definition

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  • Urban environments
  • Reasonable geo-demographic segmentation
  • Good message repetition
  • Timely to purchase locations
  • Can subtlety build brand awareness
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Airport Ads

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  • Dioramas
  • Cylinder showcases
  • SkyScreens
  • Baggage cart sponsorships
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Directory advertising definition

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Includes all the local phone directory and local business advertising books published by a variety of firms (yellow book)

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Promotional benefits of packaging to the

Advertiser:

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  • The package carries the brand name and logo
  • The package can communicate “value”
  • The package can communicate “image” and “quality”

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