As a newly appointed marketing manager of a firm, you have been asked to determine if a special Point-of-Purchase (POP) display causes the purchase of the product on display. What type of research design will be needed?
Experimental
Experimental research is appropriate for testing whether a point-of-purchase display causes additional purchases. Manipulate display exposure and compare purchases with a suitable control group, ideally using random assignment while holding other sales influences constant, to isolate the display’s effect.
| List-1 | List-II |
| (a) Selective distribution | → (i) Convenience items |
| (b) Intensive distribution | → (ii) Consignment, Franchise, symbiotic |
| (c) Exclusive distribution | → (iii) Specialty / high unit value items |
| (d) Special distribution | → (iv) Shopping items |