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How did the biggest brewers manage the advent of craft brewing? The responses of the incumbents to the arrival of craft breweries have been several-fold: (i) the natural introduction of in-house craft brands; (ii) the acquisition of independent craft breweries; (iii) the use of wholesaler incentive plans to impede craft beer distribution; and (iv) the rising advertising 

efforts. Though it goes beyond the purview of this book, the study of every one of these strategic reactions or the combined response is fascinating in itself.Six Some of these techniques, nevertheless, did not show success or had a limited lifetime, which implies that their influence may be of second order in this context. Given the significance of television 

advertising in the beer sector, the main focus of this study is on the television advertising reaction of major breweries to the significant entrance of craft breweries Figure 4 shows patterns in television advertising based on brand-level average TV frequency. Two patterns develop First, for both local and imported firms, ad events are steadily rising especially 

The changes with time advertising varies 

greatly depending onTwo main sources of the data used in this work are I use scanner-level data from Nielsen to gather quantities and pricing. Using data on several advertising variables for the period 2010–2016, I apply Nielsen Ad Intel analysis for advertising. These sources of information complement several additions 2016.18. I solely have access to (a sample of) 

retail  data; I do not cover on-site sales. So, th Two problems call for attention. First, the ad impressions give a rough count of the homes that came across each occurrence Using set-top box recording devices, Nielsen fills this variable every month for the top 25 DMAs. By contrast, the impressions for every other market are recorded just during sweeps months—

February, May, July, and November. Using a weighted average of the impressions in the two closest sweep months, I project the impressions for the non-top 25 DMAs for all other months after Shapiro, Hitsch, and Tuchman (20211). I derive the gross rating points (GRPs) variable from the resulting impressions variable by dividing the amount of impressions by the possible 

Number of viewing homes within a given 

DMA.24. Second, the local realization must line up with the national purchase of a Network (Syndicated) TV commercial. This is not always the case since TV commercials planned for simultaneous airing over the US might not be aired (or recorded) in some local markets. This discrepancy may cause local measuring inaccuracy. Aggregation of the advertising data to 

the month level helps to sort out this problem to the extent that a local displacement of the ad to a different time slot causes a difference. A local recording device failing could also cause the mismatch. Any ensuing measurement error, if any, is taken to be exogenouse analysis, limited to retail competition, defining entrance as events of brewers joining the retail market.

Beer goods come in several pack quantities.1919 Measuring in 144-ounce equivalent units helps me to accommodate variations in package size. The average price then is calculated as the revenue to equivalent unit sales ratio I group the data at the brand-market-year-month level to light the computing load.twenty The Designated Market Area (DMA) is an exclusive 

Geographic area Nielsen Corporation

uses to estimate media consumption, therefore defining a market. I focus on just 90 beer brands, comprising 60 aggregated single-brand breweries and 30 well-known brands.20-21 Data from advertising Nielsen Ad Intel Data covering 2010–2016 is the second main source. The advertising data include US brand-level ad events, spending, and impressions of 

several media platforms.22 22 The records show the date, time, and length of every occurrence. I track events and ad rates in thirty-second-spot equivalent. I concentrate on television, covering Cable, Network, Syndicated, and Spot. TV commercials could be shown and seen at local (Spot ads) or national (Cable ads) In syndicated and network media, the advertising are bought nationwide but aired on local TV stations.23. Variance in TV 

advertising exposure between TV markets so results from both variation in the quantity of ads aired and variation in impressions among marketsl variables involving brand ownership, demography, state legislation, among others. Appendix A contains summary statistics for the major datasets Retail sales information The Nielsen Retail Scanner (RMS) data sent by the 

Conclusion

Kilts Center at the University of Chicago comes first as the main source. Over a sample of US retail establishments, the scanner data record weekly transactions of all beer goods. Every transaction includes information on unit sales, income, and product features (packaging size, ounces per unit, and brand name) together with product identification at Universal Product 

Code (UPC) level I focus just on the collection of traditional stores that show up annually in following  Note that across the study period, the variation between these two groups stays rather equal. Second, craft brand average ad counts are either unchanged or just slightly rising. Given the explosion of craft breweries, this trend implies that craft companies might rely far less on TV advertising and may use other marketing strategies.Seventee Apart from