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An Assessment Of When, Where And Under What Conditions In-Store Sampling Is Most Effective, Sandeep R. Chandukala, Jeffrey P. Dotson, Qing Liu
An Assessment Of When, Where And Under What Conditions In-Store Sampling Is Most Effective, Sandeep R. Chandukala, Jeffrey P. Dotson, Qing Liu
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
In-store product sampling is a commonly used promotional technique designed to give prospective consumers an opportunity to experience a product prior to purchase. While prior research has documented a positive relationship between short-term sales and perceptual measures of the customer shopping experience, little is known about the long-term impact of sampling or factors that moderate its success. In this paper, we develop an empirical approach that allows us to study the short-term and long-term effects of in-store sampling on both own and competitive products. We apply our approach to six store-level scanner data sets across four different product categories and …