Aydinli, A, Bertini, M and Lambrecht, A (2014) Price Promotion for Emotional Impact. Journal of Marketing, 78 (4). pp. 80-96. ISSN 0022-2429
Abstract
Managers and academics often think of price promotions merely as incentives that entice consumers to accept offers that they might not have considered otherwise. Yet the prospect of paying a lower price for a product of given quality can also discourage deliberation, in a sense "dumbing down" the purchase encounter by making it less consequential. The authors examine this possibility in a dual-system theory of consumer behavior. Specifically, they argue that price promotion lowers a consumer's motivation to exert mental effort, in which case purchase decisions are guided less by extensive information processing and more by a quicker, easier, strong conditioner of preference: affect. Field data from a large daily deal company and four controlled experiments support this idea and document its implications primarily for product choice, in turn providing insight into the form and cause of brand switching that manufacturers and retailers can leverage to improve the allocation of promotional budgets and category management.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Subject Areas: | Marketing |
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© 2014 American Marketing Association |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2016 18:51 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 03:03 |
URI: | https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/16 |