ABSTRACT
This research work titled sales promotion is important in Nigeria economy. Case study Coca-cola was carried out with the following objectives.
       To find out the impact of effective sales promotion on increasing coca-cola market share.
       To find out the extend sales promotion has contributed to the economy. Based on these existensive literative review on textbook, Journals, and material on the area of the sudy was carried out. The research came up with the following findings.
–      Sales promotion encourges customer’s purchase of coca-cola and equally creates customers attention and desire for the product.
–Â Â Â Â Â Â Sales promotion equally contribute to the development of the economy Based on this findings the researchers recommend the following.
–      The company should not only define it target for appropriate choice of promotional tools that suit the audience but should make sales promotion cost effective to be able toachieve it’s objectives.
The government should monitor the sales promotional activities of the companies because some of them are deceptive.
       These recommendations if properly carried out we booost the company’s position in soft drink industries and equally contribute to economy of the country. It was equally discovered that most of Nigeria companies that engages in sales promotion activities are very difficult for customers to win the reward and even when the reward is won, it is difficult to be collected by the winner.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.0.      Introduction
1.1.  Background of the study
1.2.      Statement of the problem
1.3.      Objectives of the study
1.4.      Research question
1.5.      Significance of the study
1.6.      Scope of the study
1.7.      Limitation of the study
CHAPTER TWO
2.0.      Literature review
2.1.  What is promotion?
2.2.      Components of promotion
2.3.      Nature of sales promotion
2.4.      Difference forms of sales promotion
2.5.      Effectiveness of sales promotion
2.6.      Objectives of sales promotion
CHAPTER THREE
3.0.  Detail of discussion
3.1.     Sales promotion in brewery industry
3.2.     Critisms of sales promotion
3.3.     Contribution of sales promotion in the economy
3.4.     Company profile.
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0.      Summary of finding recommendation and conclusion.
4.1.  Summary of finding
4.2.      Recommendation
4.3.      Conclusion
Bibliography
CHAPTER ONE
1.0.     INTRODUCTION
1.1.  BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY.
       Ebue B. (2000: P. 339) sees sales promotion as something that can arouse interest, create a buyer desire, spirit an immediate reaction from customers middlemen and company’s sales force. It is the name trhat is applied to special kind to sales accelerating personal selling or publicity and also its activities are directed to consumer middlemen or the forms sales force.
