The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings

The study aimed at evaluating the influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets. The study was conducted at TATU Holdings, in the Harare province of Zimbabwe. The study mainly aimed at measuring the effects of the following variables, personal selling on product interest, sales pr...

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Main Author: Zondiwa, Phlincerose Sharmaine
Language:English
Published: Midlands State University 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3034
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description The study aimed at evaluating the influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets. The study was conducted at TATU Holdings, in the Harare province of Zimbabwe. The study mainly aimed at measuring the effects of the following variables, personal selling on product interest, sales promotion on increasing or decreasing sales and advertising on product awareness. Data in the study was mainly acquired through a mixed method approach conducted using an exploratory and descriptive research designs. Data was generated mostly through questionnaires and interviews with 30 TATU Holdings customers and 7 TATU Holdings employees who were both probabilistic and non-probabilistic sampled. The study findings revealed that personal selling has an impact on product interest; while, sales promotion influence sales of a company and lastly, advertising influence product awareness. The study recommended internet advertising since the world is going digital; a need to venture into other marketing and promotion strategies such as direct marketing, e-marketing, product promotions and lastly, financial and non-financial motivation to sales team such as sales’ bonuses, sales’ commissions and awarding holiday packages in order to successfully seed an effective team
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spelling ir-11408-30342022-06-27T13:49:05Z The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings Zondiwa, Phlincerose Sharmaine Purchasing behavior B2B markets Zimbabwe The study aimed at evaluating the influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets. The study was conducted at TATU Holdings, in the Harare province of Zimbabwe. The study mainly aimed at measuring the effects of the following variables, personal selling on product interest, sales promotion on increasing or decreasing sales and advertising on product awareness. Data in the study was mainly acquired through a mixed method approach conducted using an exploratory and descriptive research designs. Data was generated mostly through questionnaires and interviews with 30 TATU Holdings customers and 7 TATU Holdings employees who were both probabilistic and non-probabilistic sampled. The study findings revealed that personal selling has an impact on product interest; while, sales promotion influence sales of a company and lastly, advertising influence product awareness. The study recommended internet advertising since the world is going digital; a need to venture into other marketing and promotion strategies such as direct marketing, e-marketing, product promotions and lastly, financial and non-financial motivation to sales team such as sales’ bonuses, sales’ commissions and awarding holiday packages in order to successfully seed an effective team 2018-05-17T14:37:04Z 2018-05-17T14:37:04Z 2017 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3034 en open Midlands State University
spellingShingle Purchasing behavior
B2B markets
Zimbabwe
Zondiwa, Phlincerose Sharmaine
The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings
title The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings
title_full The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings
title_fullStr The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings
title_full_unstemmed The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings
title_short The influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in B2B markets: case of Tatu Holdings
title_sort influence of promotion mix on purchasing behavior in b2b markets: case of tatu holdings
topic Purchasing behavior
B2B markets
Zimbabwe
url http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3034
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