SALES PROMOTION
Sales
schemes.
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SALES PROMOTIONS
Strategic considerations for decision making
When does one need advertising or sales promotion are
issues of strategic considerations.
Why marketers opt for sales promotion?
Growing
Power of Retailer
Declining
Brand Loyalty
TRADE DEALS
Manufacturers offer
discounts,
free goods (for instance, if traders stock ten cases of a
product, two may be given free),
incentives of higher commissions if a target is reached,
gifts in kind,
holidays in exotic places,
better credit facilities to traders to push products
chain.
POINT OF PURCHASE
Point of Purchase, commonly known as POP, forms a very
significant part of sales promotion schemes.
POP
Push money
Dealer Loader
Industry tie-ups
PRICE DEALS
fresh energy ice blue gel (Colgate India) 50 gm pack, Rs. 5.50
off on normal price, now available at Rs. 26.50 only
PRICE DEALS
Price Pack Deals- Bonus Pack
In
PRICE DEALS
Price Pack Deals- Banded Pack
The
COUPONS
A coupon entitles a buyer to a designated reduction in price for
a product or service.
Coupons are the oldest and most widely used form of sales
promotions.
Coupons bear an expiry date and cannot be redeemed after the
cut off date.
The main advantages of coupons are:
1.Encourage brand switching
2.Stimulate trial for a product
3.Take off the attention from price
Fair and Lovely dark circle removal cream to create more product trials had
coupons in the newspapers and magazines which availed consumers of Rs.10/off on a 40 gm pack
Contest: I like the product because and the best one win prizes
These schemes offer a chance for participants to get
something for nothing, based on some sort of skill or
ability.
e.g. Lays, Kurkure, Maggi, Airtel
Premium offers
These schemes tie up an attractive gift with a product.
free.
Buy Ponds cold cream 100ml and get a Ponds body lotion 50ml pack
Pepsodent
Buy
Many
Specialty Items
Continuity Programs
Consumer Sampling
EXCHANGE OFFERS
A FEW EXAMPLES
Gillette