sales promotion

noun

: activities and devices designed to create goodwill and sell a product

especially : selling activities (as use of displays, sampling, demonstrations, fashion shows, contests, coupons, premiums, and special sales) that supplement advertising and personal selling, coordinate them, and make them effective

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