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. 2020 May 5;23(12):2228–2233. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019004956

Table 2.

Product-level sales increases associated with price promotions: decomposition into primary (purchase acceleration and increased consumption) and secondary effects*

Author Date Product category Increased consumption (%) Purchase acceleration (%) Combined (primary) (%) Switching (secondary) (%)
Unit sales decomposition approach
 Teunter(40) 2002 Soft drinks 27 38 65 34
Fruit juice 17 58 75 25
Ground coffee 14 48 62 39
Potato chips 46 41 87 13
Candy bars 10 63 73 27
Pasta 14 47 61 39
Average 21 46 67 33
 Van Heerde et al. (41) 2003 Eleven products (as in Bell et al.) 33 67
 Sun et al.(42) 2003 Ketchup 44 56
 Van Heerde et al.(43) 2004 Tuna 31 38 69 31
Peanut butter 33 24 57 43
Average 35 32 67 33
 Nair et al.(44) 2005 Orange juice 92 8
 Ailawadi et al.(45) 2007 Yoghurt (average across brands) 56 9 65 35
Ketchup (average across brands) 39 18 57 44
 Chan et al.(38) 2008 Tuna 29 43 72 28
 Ebling and Klapper(46) 2010 Beverage 52 48
Spread 50 50
Dessert 74 26
Counterfactual analysis
 Ailawadi and Neslin(24) 1998 Yoghurt 35
Ketchup 12
 Sun(25) 2005 Yoghurt 43 18 61 39
Tuna 33 25 58 42

Combined (primary) values are the sum of increased consumption and purchase acceleration where they are separately reported in bold.

*

With the exception of Nijs et al.(26) and Teunter (2002)(40), which were conducted in the Netherlands, all studies used US consumer scanner data.