Sensory marketing: the concept, its techniques and its application to the point of sale

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Gloria Jiménez-Marín
Elena Bellido-Pérez
Ángela López-Cortés

Abstract

Sensory marketing contains a set of strategic decisions focused on the sense’s stimulation in the public. When these decisions are taken on the point of sale, the public accomplish a full experience that brings them close to the product that they are evaluating, motivating in this way the final purchase. Hence, the establishments that apply in an appropriate way this kind of techniques strengthen a highly satisfactory purchase experience, focusing on the subconscious level related to the sense. Nevertheless, a few considerations need to be taken into account when applying these techniques to get the desired objectives, being aware of the neuroscience advances. In this text, an exploration of sensory marketing concept is carried out, pointing out its various typologies and application possibilities. Firstly, the potential of the five senses as means of leaving a memory in the consumer is described. After that, measuring techniques and implementation guidelines are specified, and finally, the customer’s buying process in the establishment is detailed, indicating how the final purchase could be stimulated with a senses-focused strategy.

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Jiménez-Marín, Gloria, Elena Bellido-Pérez, and Ángela López-Cortés. 2019. “Sensory Marketing: The Concept, Its Techniques and Its Application to the Point of Sale”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 148 (September):121-47. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2019.148.121-147.
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Author Biographies

Gloria Jiménez-Marín, Sevilla University

Doctor from the University of Seville and Professor in the area of Advertising and Public Relations in the Faculty of Communication of the same university. Degree in Journalism and Degree in Advertising and Public Relations, she also collaborates with the Open University of Catalonia and is a Master in advertising design. After passing through the professional activity in advertising agencies and his teaching work in several Spanish universities, his research activity focuses on the study of the commercial distribution - communication relationship through merchandising in commercial spaces as well as in the relationships between the advertising and different artistic disciplines.

Elena Bellido-Pérez, Sevilla University

Elena Bellido-Pérez is a beneficiary of a predoctoral contract or Research Personnel in Training (PIF) at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Seville. Graduated in Advertising and Public Relations, where she obtained the Extraordinary End of Studies Award from the University of Seville, and Master in Communication and Culture from the University of Seville, Elena is currently developing her doctoral thesis on art and propaganda within the Interuniversity Doctorate in Communication, by the University of Cádiz, Huelva, Málaga and Seville. He carries out his teaching and research activity within the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising, and within the IDECO research group.

Ángela López-Cortés, Sevilla University

Graduate in Advertising and Public Relations in 2017 at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Seville. In 2018 he completed a Master in Communication and Culture at this same university. She has complementary training as an expert in military protocol and event organization.

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