NATURE AND SCOPE OF SALES PROMOTION Meaning and Definition of Sales Management: A sales promotion is a marketing strategy in which a business uses a temporary campaign or offer to increase interest or demand in its product or service. There are many reasons why a business may choose to use a sales promotion (or ‘promo’), but the primary reason is to boost sales. Sales boosts may be needed to reach a quota as a deadline approaches, or to raise awareness of a new product. Promotion is a comprehensive term and covers the entire gamut of advertising, publicity, public relations, personal selling and sales promotions. Sales promotion is thus a part of promotion, and is restricted to direct inducements on a short-term basis given to consumers or trade so as to stimulate purchases of products and services Nature of Sales Promotion: Sales promotion is designed to speed up the selling process and maximize