Performance evaluation of Adstock models using market drivers in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry
by K. Antony Arokia Durai Raj; Balasubramanian Kanagasabapathi; Suyashi Shrivastava; Kunal Krishnan; Mitul Shah
International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing (IJEMR), Vol. 5, No. 2, 2012

Abstract: The impact that advertising has over consumer awareness and in turn on sales volume is called as Adstock. It means stocking the advertising activity by integrating prior advertising expenditures into a stock variable and considering 'carry-over effect' over the years. Adstock is not an aggressive plan to augment sales. Rather, it is a planned activity to keep the sales steady over a given period, increase awareness and strengthen brand equity. Planned scheduling and execution of budget spending in achieving this advertising goal dictates the growth or decay in sales of a product. This research focuses on measuring the Adstock using television gross rating points (TV-GRP) and non-TV media variables by using different methods available to model Adstock. In this study, we investigated the models available in the literature describing the 'decay-effect' over a given period on live data from the consumer packaged goods (CPG) company. In addition, we have presented modified forms of the S-shaped curve model and the exponential model. The proposed exponential model with both TV-GRP and non-TV media as independent variables has shown superior performance over the other models. All the results have been computed using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Enterprise Guide 4.1.

Online publication date: Wed, 27-Aug-2014

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing (IJEMR):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com