Sales Promotions Flashcards

1
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Direct inducement that offers extra incentives anywhere along the marketing channel to enhance or accelerate the products movement from producer to consumer

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Sales promotions

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2
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Sales promotions aimed at members of the distribution channel are called

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Trade promotions

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3
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Examples of direct inducement

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Money
Prizes
Extra products
Gifts

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4
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This is designed to change to timing of a purchase or to shift inventory to others in a channel

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Sales promotion

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5
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Worldwide percentages of advertising, consumer sales promotion, and trade promotion

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Advertising 25%
Consumer sales promotion 15%
Trade promotion 60%

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6
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3 reasons for the growth of sales promotions

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Accountability
Media shifts
Marketplace changes

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7
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Accountability (reason for growth of sales promotion)

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Pressure of short term sales

Desire to know ROI

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8
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Marketplace changes influencing sales promotion (consumer behavior, pricing)

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Less loyal, more risk averse
Consumer expectations of discounts
Battle for market share
Parity products
Power of retrailer
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9
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5 objectives of promotions

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Generate trial
Encourage repeat purchases
Increase brand awareness
Build traffic for a retailer
Build a brand
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10
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Push strategy for sales promotions

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Get your products out and into the retailer
Producer -> resellers -> end users
Marketing communications between all

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11
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9 types of trade promotions

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Slotting allowances
Trade deals
Premiums & contests
Display allowances
Co-op advertising
Buyback allowances
Advertising allowances
Push money & spiffs
Meetings/conventions
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12
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Manufacturer pays retailer for shelf or floor space for a new product

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Slotting allowances (trade promotion)

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13
Q

Manufacturer offers retailer short term discounts or other dollar inducements
Retailers usually pass the savings on to consumers through sale prices

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Trade deals

trade promotion

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14
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Similar to slotting allowances but display instead of shelf space
Manufacturer pays retailer to make room for and set up displays
Ex. Dewalt in a Lowe’s

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Display allowances

Trade promotions

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15
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Manufacturer agrees to buyback old product that hasn’t been sold
Often used for new products
Reduces risk for retailer

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Buyback allowances

trade promotions

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16
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Manufacturer gives retailer either percentage off of purchases or a flat fee with the intent that the retailer will use the $$ to advertise the products

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Advertising allowances

Trade promotion

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17
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Manufacturer reimburses retailers a % of advertising costs for advertising their products

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Co-op advertising

Trade promotions

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18
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Cash payments given to sales staff for reaching specific sales goals or pushing certain products

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Push money/Spiffs

Trade promotions

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19
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Special prizes and gifts given to retailers for reaching specific sales goals or pushing certain products
-can be given to retailer

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Retail premiums and contests

Trade promotions

20
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In store display materials and advertising like devices they are designed to build traffic, exhibit and advertise the product, and promote impulse buying
Consumers make decisions in store 66% of the time

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Point of purchase (POP) Materials

Trade promotions

21
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Pull strategy for consumer sales promotions

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Consumers come to retailer and say I want this product

Product we

22
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8 types of sales promotions

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Price deals
Refunds and rebates
Sampling
Coupons
Premiums
Contest/sweepstakes
VIP cards
Specialties
23
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Larger cash refunds on items that usually require action on the consumer

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Rebates

Consumer promotions

24
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The phenomenon by which consumer purchase products because of the rebate but fail to collect the rebate due to inconvenience
Approx 60% of all rebates

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Slippage

25
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Giving product for free to consumers with the hopes of stimulating repeat usage
Most costly of all sales promotions
Effective for new products

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Sampling

Consumer promotions

26
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Biggest sampling mistakes

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Sampling to current users
Focusing on targeting versus trial
Sampling without starting a conversation
Sampling without measurement
Thinking you don’t have anything to sample
27
Q

Retailer vs manufacturer sponsored
Redemption rate highest for these on or in packages
Free standing inserts have higher redemption rate than newspapers or magazines

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Coupons

Consumer promotions

28
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Coupons printed at checkout counter

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Catalina coupons

29
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Item offered free or at a bargain price to encourage the consumer to buy an advertised product
Direct vs mail

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Premiums

Consumer promotions

30
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Putting the brands name on giveaways (swag)

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Specialties

Consumer promotions

31
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Discounts given when you present a savings card

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VIP cards

Consumer promotions

32
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Contests vs. sweepstakes

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Contests depend on skill

Sweepstakes random

33
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Pros of sales promotions

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Quick
Effective
Measurable

34
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Cons of sales promotion

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Expensive
Easily coped
Eroded brand loyalty (encourages deal proneness)
Not always completely measurable

35
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Launch of an attractive and hard to imitate promotion (the monopoly window)

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Low consumer response delay
High competitive response delay
Higher layoffs

36
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Launch of easily imitated or over complex promotion

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High consumer response delay
Low competitive response delay
Lower layoffs

37
Q

Do or don’t?

Promote if others are promoting and you compete on price

A

Do! I’ll

38
Q

Do or don’t?

Be the only one in your industry offering a promotion

A

Don’t!

39
Q

Do or dont?

Promote a product where additional inventory will increase consumption levels (ex. Food)

A

Do!

40
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Do or don’t?
Use restrictions (time limit, purchase limit, etc)
A

Do!

41
Q

Is BOGO or 50% or 1/2 off better?

A

BOGO

42
Q

What range of percentages off should you offer?

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20-40%

43
Q

Do or don’t?

Remind consumers of the “regular” price

A

Do!

44
Q

Do or don’t?

Frequently promote

A

Don’t

45
Q

Do or don’t?

Provide a reason for the promotion

A

Do!

46
Q

Do or don’t?

Promote if you have high quality/high price position

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Don’t!