Sales Promotion: Reebok

Description
is to evaluate the sales promotion by Reebok and its effectiveness.

SALES PROMOTIONS

PROMOTIONAL MIX
PROMOTIONS
Advertising Personal Selling Publicity

Sales Promotion
Each one is distinct and compliment each other

SALES PROMOTIONS

Short term incentives designed to stimulate quicker and / or greater purchase of a particular product by consumers / trade

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

? Induce Action ? Appeal to rational aspect ? Increase Sales on a short run

HOW THEY STACK UP
Advertising Sales Promotion
Short Term

Personal Selling
Short/Long Term Rational

Publicity

Time Frame Long Term

Long Term

Primary Appeal

Emotional

Rational

Emotional

Primary Objective

Image/Brand Sale Building

Sale/Relatio nship

Goodwill

SP – OBJECTIVES
? General

Objectives
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Induce Action
Appeal to rational aspect

? Specific Objectives
? ? ? ? ? ?

?

Increase Sales on

a short run

To stimulate use of new product To stimulate continued purchase To buy multiple units To accelerate usage rates To defend / attack competition To liquidate inventory

SP CLASSIFICATION
? Who Runs
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? Where Targeted
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Manufacturer
Dealer Retailer

Consumer
Trade Sales force

• Objective
• Franchise Building
• Non Franchise Building

SALES PROMOTION - TYPES

PRICE OFFS

? Discount on Printed Price ( MRP )

•Commodity Product / Low Brand Loyalty •Impulse products /Price Sensitive Benefit clearly seen in monetary terms Challenge : What should be the discount %?

BONUS PACK

? Bonus Pack ? Additional Qty of same product - Horlicks ? More quantity at less than proportionate price

? Banded Pack (Selling in multiples) ? Buy two take one free ? 3 for less price
? Sense of Urgency/Large Pack shift

REFUND & REBATE

? Promise of full or part money return ? Seen as a reward for purchase

? Preponement of Purchase
? Trial at no risk / Perceived Risk

? Used mainly in US
? Slippage Effect

COUPONS

? Discount on related/unrelated products ? Distributed Directly/Media/With Product

? Specific targeting possible
? Shifts attention from price hike ? Induces involvement in advertisement ? Misuse by retailers

CONTEST & SWEEPSTAKES

? “Interest” Promotions ? Trial run will be difficult ? Eg : Contest Cards, Conteststowin.com

PREMIUMS
? Another product with the purchased product
? Higher price possible ? Targeting Possible ? POP should be attractive ? Types
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In Pack/On Pack/ Container /Mail In
Eg : Shakti Oil Mills plastic bucket

SAMPLING
? Door to door ( expensive ) ? Direct Mail ( pilferage ) – Colgate Story

? Media ( targeting ) – Pepsi Story
? Retail shopping centers – Sampoorna Story ? Retail Stores ( not free ) ? Trade Fairs / Exhibitions

EXCHANGE OFFERS

? Mainly for durables ? Creation of Replacement Demand ?

? Assessment / Evaluation Problems
? Own products or others as well ? ? Steamrolling / Cannibalization

CONTINUITY PROGRAMS
? Long Term
? ? ?

Trading Stamps Store Continuity Plans Loyalty Programs / Club Memberships

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Eg : Little Pai/ Café Coffee Day/ Maruti offer in 1995

? Short Term
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The Bournvita Story (Card Games)
Coolers ( Drinking Glass )

TYPES OF SP ( CONSUMER )

? Price Deals ? Price Packs ? Refund / Rebates ? Coupons ? Contests/Sweepstakes

? Premiums ? Samples ? Exchanges ? Continuity Plans

TRADE ALLOWANCES
? Off Invoice Allowance (Temp) ? Quantity Discount (Temp) ? Free Extra Goods

? Demo Unit Support
? Count Recount Allowance

? Slotting Allowance

SOME TERMINOLOGIES

? Baseline Sales ? Promotional Lift (Incremental Sales) ? Pass Through

SALES PROMOTION PROCESS
Marketing Objectives

Sales Promotion Objectives
Selection of tools

Develop the program
Pre-testing

Implementation & Control
Evaluation

COMPONENTS OF SP

? Size of Incentive
? Conditions of participation ? Distribution Vehicle

? Duration
? Timing ? Budget

BUDGETING FOR SP

? All you can afford ? Percentage of Sales ? Competitor ? Historical Basis ? Objective and Task Method

SOME PITFALLS
? Promotion War
? Sales may fall when promo is off ? Quality / Price perception ? Pilferage Mis use ? Forward Buying ? Diverting

WHY THEY SPEND?
My Company
Cut back Maintain
We lose market share

Maintain
Same Market Share, Lower profits

Others
Cut back
Higher Profits For Everyone

We gain market Share

2 POSSIBLE LONG TERM EFFECTS
1. The Downward Spiral

Promotion

Sales

Aggressive Promotion

More Aggressive Promotion

Customers learn Competitors Competitors Wait for deals Competitors React React React

Time

2 POSSIBLE LONG TERM EFFECTS
2. The Upward Shift

Promotion 1

Promotion 2 Trade Stocks

Promotion 3 Customers Become loyal

Sales

Customers Try the prod

Time

PSYCHOLOGY OF SP
? Classical Conditioning Theory ? SP as a stimulus
? Instrumental Conditioning ? SP as a reward

? Object Perception ? Quality Deterioration
? Price Perception ? Price Deterioration ( Reference Price)

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT
? SP as Dissonance Reducer
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Self Concept – Locus of Control

? SP as Risk Reducer

Perceived Risk ? SP as magnitude reducer ( small SKUs)
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? SP as deal clincher

Deal Proneness ? Shift in time, place, frequency etc ? Demographics/Nature of Involvement?
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CONSUMER DECISION MAKING
Involvement
High High
Complex Buying Behaviour

Low
Variety Seeking Behaviour

Brand Difference
Low
Dissonance Reducing Behaviour Habitual Buying

WHAT SP CAN NOT DO

? Change Negative Attitudes ? Reverse Declining Sales Trend ? Create Brand Image ? Make up for Insufficient Advertising

THE TRAGEDY OF SP
? Share of SP increasing in the budget
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CP+TP = 60% apprx & Advtg = 40% apprx

? People are becoming more deal prone ? Run faster & faster to stay where you are ? SP in all stages of PLC ? Evil to live with
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