TOKYO: Long resisted by Japan's marketers and shoppers as yet another example of occidental commercial eccentricity, cash-value coupon clipping is now de rigeur in Nipponese circles, reports Tokyo based Japan Marketing News.
A variety of marketers in the globe's second largest advertising economy are currently latching onto cash-value coupons to promote trial and generate repeat business.
To the fore is the local unit of US coupon specialist Catalina Marketing, which recently conducted a survey amongst 1,000 Japanese women aged 20-69 who visited supermarkets at least once each week.
The findings revealed that …
A variety of marketers in the globe's second largest advertising economy are currently latching onto cash-value coupons to promote trial and generate repeat business.
To the fore is the local unit of US coupon specialist Catalina Marketing, which recently conducted a survey amongst 1,000 Japanese women aged 20-69 who visited supermarkets at least once each week.
The findings revealed that …
- 82.6% had used coupons.
- 70.7% said they might be more apt to use a store again if they received a coupon.
- The highest experience with coupon use occurred with coupons found at store registers (69.2%).
- The kind of establishment at which the highest percentage of consumers had used coupons was fast food outlets (61.4%).
Data sourced from Japan Marketing News (Tokyo); additional content by WARC staff