Promotion Strategy Specific to Organizations Participating in “Back to School” Program

• Main Authors: Irina SUSANU, Nicoleta CRISTACHE, Sofia DAVID, Liljana ELMAZI, Alexandru NEDELEA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati 2009-01-01
• Series: Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics
• Subjects: advertising; creativity; rules; print
• Online Access: http://www.ann.ugal.ro/eco/Doc2009/IrinaSusanu_NicoletaCristache_SofiaDavid_LiljianaElmazi_AlexandruNedelea.pdf

Romania’s stationery market records a growth rhythm of about 10-15percent per year. For the beginning of school year 2007-2008, organizations ofthe type forecast a growth of 25%. During the top period, stationery sales growgenerally with about 800-1000 % in comparison with a habitual period of theyear. For distributors, the season of school stationery lasts from July toSeptember, a period where it is accomplished 20-25% of the entire yearturnover. All these events unfold rapidly in a relatively short period of time, 2-3months for distributors and a month for retailers, producing a real storm in theframe of their management. In order to deal with “shopping fury” specific to thetime before the school beginning, organizations of the field are in the positionof applying a series of communication strategies. The purpose of this work is tohighlight a practical example of communication plan specific to organizationsinvolved in “back to school” program.