Lowe, Ben, Yeow, Pamela, Yee, Fanny (2014) Price promotions and their effect upon reference prices. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 23 (4/5). pp. 349-361. ISSN 1061-0421. (doi:10.1108/JPBM-01-2014-0485) (KAR id:46628)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-01-2014-0485 |
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to resolve inconsistencies in the literature about how one-time price promotions affect reference prices.
Specifically, this study suggests that the measure of reference price used within a study (e.g. expected price or fair price) can affect the outcomes
of that study.
Design/methodology/approach – This research uses three separate experiments, replicating and extending existing work, to simulate purchasing
decisions for products in the context of a price promotion. Experiments allow careful control of the confounds presumed to cause the inconsistencies
between studies.
Findings – Study 1 shows that measurement of different reference prices within the same experiment leads to carryover effects, which inflate the
correlation between measures. Expected price and fair price appear to be conceptually and empirically distinct and should be measured separately
to reduce design artifacts. Study 2 shows that one-time price promotions affect fair price, but not expected price, and Study 3 shows expected price
and fair price converge after multiple promotions.
Research limitations/implications – Independent measurement of reference price concepts allows robust claims about their distinctiveness. These
findings have implications for how reference price should be measured in survey research and for pricing and promotional strategy.
Originality/value – This research contributes by showing how the measure of reference price used affects the outcomes of price promotion studies.
It does this through the replication and extension of past research. Replication allows greater confidence in the findings of past research, and testing
the same findings under different conditions allows for the boundaries of existing research to be delimited and generalizations to be made.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1108/JPBM-01-2014-0485 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Fair price, Reference price, Expected price, Sales promotions |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5415 Marketing |
Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business |
Depositing User: | P.M.N. Yeow |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2015 17:01 UTC |
Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2021 15:17 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/46628 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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