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Abhishek Maurya Report 002
Abhishek Maurya Report 002
ON
CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR TOWARD
Apart from the efforts of me, the success of any project depends largely on the
encouragement and guidelines of many others. I take this opportunity to express
my gratitude to the people who have been instrumental in the successful
completion of this project. I would like to show my greatest appreciation to DR.
AVINASH CH.SUPKAR. I can’t say thank you enough for his tremendous
support and help. I feel motivated and encouraged every time I attend his class.
Without his encouragement and guidance this project would not have
materialized. The guidance and support received from all the members who
contributed and who are contributing to this project, was vital for the success of
the project. I am grateful for their constant support and help.
Yours truly,
ABHISHEK MAURYA
BCOM2108002
BCOM
(5 SEMESTER)
INDEX
S.NO. CONTENTS PAGE NO.
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
2 COMPANY DESCRIPTION 3
3 SWOT ANALYSIS 4
4 COMPETITOR ANALYSIS 5
5 OUR PRODUCTS 6-8
6 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS&SEGMENTATION 9-10
7 VISION & MISSION 11
8 MANAGEMENT 12-13
9 CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY 14-15
10 P&L A/C & OTHER GRAPHS 16-19
11 MANAGEMENT REPORTING TOOL 20-24
12 MARKETING MIX 25-26
13 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 27
16 QUESTIONNAIRE 44-45
17 BIBLIOGRAPHY 46
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Titan Company Limited (earlier known as Titan Industries Limited) is an Indian
luxury goods company. It is a joint venture between the Tata Group and the Tamil
Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO).
It commenced operations in 1984 under the name Titan Watches Limited. In 1994,
Titan diversified into jewellery with Tanishq and subsequently into eyewear with
Titan Eyeplus. In 2013, Titan entered the fragrances segment with the brand Skin
and, later that year, it ventured into the helmets category under its brand Fastrack.
Also, Titan announced recently (during the last quarter of 2016) about launching
a series of affordable Smart watches under its brands like Sonata and Fastrack
soon.
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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Titan Company Limited is engaged in offering watches, jewellery and others.
The Company's segments include Watches, Jewellery, Eyewear and Others. The
Company offers plain and studded gold jewellery brands, such as Tanishq, Gold
Plus, Zoya, Mia, which are retailed through Tanishq, Gold Plus, Zoya & Mia
stores. The Company offers watches and accessories, such as bags, sunglasses in
brands, including Titan, Sonata, Fastrack and sub brands, such as Raga, Xylys
and Edge, among others. The Company's watches and accessories are retailed
through World of Titan, Helios and Fastrack stores. The Company offers frames,
contact lenses, and Sunglasses in brands, such as Eye+. The Company's eyewear
brands are retailed through Titan Eye Plus stores. It also offers precision
engineering component and sub-assemblies (PECSA) and machine building and
automation (MBA) solutions. The Company's subsidiaries include Titan Time
Products Limited, Favre Leuba AG and Titan Engineering and Automation
Limited.
Titan
Titan STP
Target Group Mid and Premium Market Working men and women
Product Portfolio
Brands
1.Fastrack
2.Sonata Watches
3. Titan Raga
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SWOT ANALYSIS
Weaknesses
1. Titan brand has to face issues to tackling fake imitations
2. Haven’t penetrated the global market as some other international watch makers
Opportunities
1. India is an under penetrated market for watches
2. Global expansion and tie-ups with global watch and Jewellry brands
3. Titan can focus on more brand awareness and having watches catering to every segment
Threats
1. Broad target segment may lead to lack of focus in brand strategy
2. Stiff Competition faced by foreign brands, particularly in the premium segment can decline
Titan's market share
3. Being an international brand, the company's business is affected by recession and
economic instability
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COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
➢ Timex
➢ Casio
➢ Citizen
Omega
Tag Heuer
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OUR PRODUCTS
Titan Company, best known as India's pioneering manufacturer of quartz watches, has also
etched a niche for itself in some of the most competitive spaces in the fashion industry such
as jewellery and eyewear. Precision engineering is another area of specialization that Titan
Company is proud of.
Watches: Being the world's fifth largest integrated own brand watch manufacturer, Titan
Company has created and sold more than a 150 million pieces the world over.
With a production rate of over 15 million watches per annum and a customer base of over
135 million globally, Titan Company owns manufacturing and assembly operation centres in
Hosur in Tamil Nadu , Dehradun, Roorkee, Pantnagar in Uttaranchal and an Electronic
Circuit Boards (ECB) plant in Goa, all in India.
Capturing the important market segments and the changing fashion trends, Titan Company
has brought forth four core watch brands:
The Titan brand architecture comprises several sub-brands, each of which is a market leader
in its own space. Notable among them are: Titan Edge, Titan Raga, Nebula and several other
collections like Zoop, Orion, Purple, Obaku, Automatic, Tycoon, Bandhan, Octane and the
HTSE series. The Titan brand portfolio owns over 60% of the domestic market share in the
organized watch market.
Titan Company's pride possession, a world-class design studio for watches and accessories, is
the place where some of the most coveted creations have been conceptualized.
Exclusive World of Titan and Fastrack showrooms and over 11,000 multibrand outlets in
more than 2,500 towns in India make these much-sought-after watches available to the
buyers. The watches are also offered internationally in over 30 countries, with a special focus
on the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions.
Helios, India's multibrand watch retailer offers an unmatched range of the latest designs
across 30 international brands in addition to Titan brands. The after-sales service, a
benchmarked operation with a large network of exclusive service centres spread across the
country, is one of the operation units with one of the fastest turnaround time in the world.
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Jewellery: Following the suit of time products, Tanishq has been India’s largest, fastest
growing and most popular jewellery brand.
Tanishq offers a premium range of gold jewellery studded with diamonds and precious,
semiprecious stones in various hues in 18 kt and a wide range of plain gold jewellery in 22 kt
pure gold. Platinum jewellery also forms part of the product range. Zoya offers premium
studded jewellery catering to the needs of the elite. The enchanting jewellery patterns
originate in the well-equipped exclusive jewellery design studio of Titan Company.
CaratLane also has a wide collection of solitaire designs that span in categories like bridal
rings, eternity bangles and bracelets. Their Signature Solitaire Collection is a testament to the
beauty of precious stone jewellery. Carat Lane also has a premium collection called Ornati
designed by the celebrity designer Farah Khan.
Eye wear: Titan Eye+ offers a variety of differentiated products to the end consumer
consisting of frames, lenses, contact lenses and accessories. Frames are available in both
international brands (Levis, Esprit, Hugo Boss etc.) and in-house brands – Titan, Eye+ and
Dash. Customers are offered a unique browse-select-buy format where all products are
accessible, using world class equipment for zero-error eye testing by qualified optometrists
trained at Sankara Netralaya, a renowned eye hospital in South India and style consultants to
help buyers make the right choice of frames and lenses.
Precision Engineering: The division’s products span precision engineering components &
sub-assemblies, machine building & automation solutions, tooling solutions and electronic
sub-assemblies. The division is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certified. Additionally,
the unit catering to the aerospace segment is AS 9100B certified and the unit catering to
automotive segment is TS 16949 certified. The unit has recently been selected for the
National Aerospace and Defence Contractors’ Accreditation Programme for its non
destructive testing capabilities.
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
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PRESENT SITUATION OF INDIAN WATCH MARKET:
The rapidly growing urban population along with increasing number of millionaires is expected
to bring vigorous growth in the premium segment wrist watch category in coming years. The
Indian watch industry among the three price segments of mass, mid and premium watches is
witnessing highest growth in the premium segment. This is primarily because of the growing
size of the urban middle class population in the country which has high spending capacity and
which is increasingly becoming more open towards spending on the consumption of the luxury
goods. These consumers mainly include young entrepreneurs, sportspersons, corporate
executives, celebrities and others who have high disposable incomes and have higher
inclination to experience luxury provided by goods of international standard. As a result, the
watch market in India has evolved into a competitive market with a large number of market
players offering new and innovative products to their consumers in order to capture high shares
in the rapidly expanding market. This market has witnessed the influx of a large number of
international brands which have entered the country in order to establish their position in the
close to INR60,000.0 million Indian watch industry. According to Ken
Research, “Industry
Outlook to 2018 - Premium Segment and Online Retail to Lead the Growth”
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Today the Indian watch market is characterized by variety of formal watches, designer wrist
watches, sports wrist watches, chronographs and other stylish wristwatches. This has ensured
steady increase in demand for wrist watches from different sections of the Indian consumers.
The number of internet users is expected to increase from the 154 million users in FY’2013 to
about 470 million users inFY’2018. This will boost up the sales of the wrist watches through
online mode.
Here the markets are segmented based on demographic and Psychographic factors
Gender
There are certain watches which are positioned exclusively for particular sex Gents:
Flip
Ladies: Raga
Married Couples: Bandhan
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Both: Regalia, Nebula, Fast track, Sonata, Edge
Income
Titan offers its products with a price range to suit the different income groups Below Rs 500
to above Rs. 50,000
Generation
Titan influenced every generation by various kinds of its products and that deeply impacted
their product purchase pattern.
Psychographic Segmentation
Life style
According to the Lifestyle of the people Titan has segmented its product to fit to the box.
Luxury Section:NEBULA, AURUM
Mid premium section:RAGA, GOLDSTEEL, TECHNOLOGY
Mass section:SONATA, TIMEX, KARISHMA
Behavioral Segmentation
Titan divided its market based on the behavior that consumer shows towards the usage of
products
Occasion
Formal Nebula, Gold & SteelDress wear Raga, RegaliaFashion Fast track, Raga
Target Market
It basically deals in three segments for its watches
High Income / Elite Customers: Here the consumer buys a wrist watch is a Fashion
Statement. E.g. ROYALE, AURUM, NEBULA.
Middle group
Also in this segment watch is all about Fashion but price does matter to them. Herethey
would not purchase a watch without comparing the offers in the market.E.g. RAGA,
TECHNOLOGY, FAST TRACK
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DISTRIBUTION
Titan makes themselves different, better and more special than their competitors by various
strategies like
•It initially founded the concept of “Gifting Watches”
•Then broke the concept of “Matching Watches to Clothes”
•And they launched Fast track targeting people with the age group of 20 – 25along the line
“Cool watches from Titan”
•Now they re-launched the brand lowering the target segment to 18 – 30years with the tag
line “How many you have”.
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VISION & MISSION
Our Vision:
We create elevating experiences for the people we touch and significantly impact the world
we work in
Our Mission:
We will do this through a pioneering spirit and a caring, value-driven culture that fosters
innovation, drives performance and ensures the highest global standards in everything we do.
Employee appreciation
• we value and respect Titanians and Endeavour to fulfill their needs and aspirations.
Corporate Citizenship
• we ensure that a part of our resources is invested in environment and community betterment.
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MANAGEMENT
Bhaskar Bhat assumed the position of Managing Director of Titan Company Limited on 1st
April 2002.He is a B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) degree holder of IIT - Madras, and a
post graduate diploma holder in Management from IIM – Ahmedabad, India. Most of
Bhaskar's working experience has been in Sales & Marketing. Having started his career as a
management trainee with Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. in 1983 he moved on after 5
years and joined the Tata Watch Project (initiated at Tata Press Ltd.)
Since 1983 Bhaskar has been associated with the Tata Watch Project, later to become Titan
Watches Ltd., and now Titan Company Ltd. At Titan, Bhaskar dealt with Sales & Marketing,
HR, International Business and various general managerial assignments.Bhaskar is a member
of the Governing Council at the T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal and the SDM
Institute of Management and Development, Mysore.He was awarded the Distinguished
Alumnus Award of IIT Madras in 2008.
Venkataraman has headed the Jewellery Division since January 2005. He is a post graduate
diploma holder in Management from IIM-Ahmedabad. Venkataraman joined Titan Company
Limited in 1990, and worked in the Advertising and Marketing functions before becoming the
Head of Sales & Marketing for the Titan brand in 2003.
Mr. S Ravi Kant Chief Executive Officer - Watches & Accessories & EVP Corporate
Communications
Ravi heads the Watches & Accessories business of the Company as its CEO and Executive
Vice President. He also handles the additional responsibility of leading Corporate
Communications for the Company.Ravi completed his Masters in Business Management
from FMS Delhi in 1982 and started his career with HCL, handling different sales and
marketing responsibilities. He joined Titan in 1988 as Head- Direct Marketing and moved on
to head Retailing, followed by Exports and also set up the watch assembly plant in Dehradun
as Project Leader. Till 2005 Ravi managed the Middle East and Africa operations for watches,
jewellery and fragrances as M.D. of Titan International (ME), based at Dubai. He
subsequently moved back to the Company headquarters at Bangalore and took over the
International Business Division – managing both businesses – watches and jewellery in over
25 countries. Ravi then moved to set up a new business of the Company as CEO-Eyewear
and established Titan Eye Plus as a national chain of optical stores backed by a state-of-theart
lens manufacturing facility. He took over the watches business in 2015.
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Mr. Ronnie Talati Chief Executive Officer- Eyewear
Ronnie is a B.Com, LLB from the Bombay University. He is a sports and fitness enthusiast
and joined Tata Press in 1976. Ten years later with Titan Industries, Ronnie as GM Finance
was largely responsible for setting up the Finance Department. In 2005 he headed the new
business unit to target youth. Thus 'Fastrack' came into existence. In 2013, Ronnie took over
as the Chief Marketing Officer of Watches & Accessories Division.
Subramaniam is the Chief Financial Officer for Titan Company Limited. He heads the
Finance, Accounts and Commercial functions for the Company. A CA and ICWA by
profession, he has over 25 years of experience in Finance and Business roles. Subramaniam
has been driving strategic finance & has been a part of the top management teams for the past
10 years.Prior to joining Titan Company, he was the CFO for the Telecom vertical of the
Essar Group, responsible for Finance Strategy, working on M&As and on improving
operational performance of the Group Companies. He has also held senior positions with
ITC, BPL Mobile, Mannai Corporation, Doha, etc.
Raj is a graduate in Economics from Madras Christian College, Chennai and a post graduate
in Personnel Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has 29 yrs of experience in Human
Resources management, Training, Leadership development & Talent management. He has
worked with HCL, TNT, SHV Gas and Metro Cash & Carry before joining Titan Company.
Mr. Sandeep Kulhalli Senior Vice President - Retail & Marketing, Tanishq
Sandeep is currently the Senior Vice President of Retail & Marketing, Tanishq. He is a B.Sc.
Chemistry graduate from Fergusson College, Pune. He joined Titan Company Limited in
1988 as Area Sales Manager and handled Sales Operations in MP and Vidharbha. Later
becoming Area Sales Manager, West Bengal & North East. With the launch of Timex, he
moved north as Regional Manager in 1994
Mr. Ajoy Chawla Senior Vice President - Strategy & Business Incubation
Ajoy is a Mechanical Engineer from VJTI Mumbai and a post graduate from IIM - Calcutta.
He joined the Tata Administrative Services in 1990 and has been with Titan Company since
1991. He has over 20 years of experience with Titan Company, across geographies and
businesses, covering Sales, Distribution, Retail and Business. He has held many senior
portfolios in the company business and is now the Chief Strategy Officer of the Company.
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Mr. Dinesh Shetty General Counsel & Company Secretary
Dinesh is the General Counsel & Company Secretary of the Company. He heads the Legal
&Secretarial functions of the Company. He holds a Master Degree in Commerce and LLB
from Mumbai University, and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of
India. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of Corporate & Securities Laws,
Litigation, Arbitration, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate
Governance.In his previous assignment with Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd., the
Leisure & Hospitality Sector of the Mahindra Group, he has worked as General Counsel &
Company Secretary for over six years. Prior to Mahindra Group, he has worked with
Schenectady Herdillia Limited (SI Group), Marsh India Insurance Brokers Private Limited
(Marsh & McLennan Companies,) and Parle Agro Private Limited.
Suparna has a degree in electrical engineering and a post graduate from IIM, Calcutta. She
has extensive sales and marketing experience, mainly in the lifestyle / retail marketing area in
companies like Hindustan Unilever, Talisma Corp and Arvind Brands Ltd.She has been
Global Marketing Head – Titan where she was responsible for all marketing in India and
international markets. Her last assignment was as Regional Business Head- South for Titan
Company Ltd. for all businesses of Titan including watches, jewellery and eyewear for the
South region.
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
The CSR focus at Titan will be driven by broad themes such as upliftment of the
underprivileged girl child, Skill development and support for Indian Arts, Crafts and Heritage
At Titan, sustainable development acts as our backbone. Committed to go beyond our usual
line of business to give back to the society and empower the people, Titan is designed to be
responsible to our external stakeholders.
•Holistic and Lifecycle Approach to support the Underprivileged Girl Child - Titan Kanya :
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•The Titan Kanya Programme, launched in 2013, is a collaborative pan-India initiative
involving the company, its employees and business associates, seeking to empower the
underprivileged girl child through education. Working with two NGOs - the K. C. Mahindra
Trust (Nanhi Kali programme) and IIMPACT, Titan Kanya has till date benefited 13500 girl
children. The Titan Kanyaprogramme also extends its services to girl students passing out
from class 10 through its 'Kanyacentre'. This programme's larger purpose is the holistic and
lifecycle engagement of the girl child. In the next five year, we aim to benefit close to 1 lakh
girl children under this programme.
•Titan started engaging with the NGO named Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement
(SVYM), to support all the high school tribal children in the remote location of
Heggadevanakote of Karnataka. so far, over 120 high school tribal children are benifitted by
this programme which undertakes many innovative interventions such as community connect
projects, spoken englishcources, formal career counselling and more. pursuant to Titan's
efforts, in last 3 years, the number of students to pass class 10 has been over 70% each year.
We have also taken up capacity building in schools, where we started rejuvenating the D.Ed
teacher training programme for the tribal youth.
•Sittlingi, a non descriptvilage in Dharmapuri district, is home to the Lambadi tribe that
migrated from North Indaicenturies ago. 'Porgai' means 'pride' in Lambadi. dr. Lalitha Regi of
Tribal health Initiative has helped the women's groups here to revive the traditional art of
Lambadi embroidery. Titan has commisioned a comprehensive and customised support
programme for these groups, through a 3-year holistic partnership. Titan has also set
thePorgai artisan centre, for centralised training, storage and exhibition facilities.
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Profit & Loss - Titan Company Ltd.Rs (in Crores)
INCOME:
Other Income 0 0 0 0 0
EXPENDITURE:
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Expenses Capitalised .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Profit and Loss for the Year 1254.52 858.23 705.85 823.07 741.14
KEY ITEMS
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Equity Dividend 183.82 .00 155.55 162.62 154.75
Rs (in Crores)
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OTHER DISCLOSURES
The information required under Section 197 of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies
(Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:
i) The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees
of the Company for the financial year:
Sl. Commission Sitting fee Ratio
No. Name of the director (Rs.) (Rs.) Total (Rs.) (times)
Median Employee
A] remuneration 578,000
B] Director’s remuneration
Chairman (nominated by
1 TIDCo) 5,313,700# 180,000 5,493,700 9.50
2 Mr. T. K. arun 3,719,500 405,000 4,124,500 7.13
3 Mr. N. N. Tata 3,135,000 255,000 3,390,000 5.86
4 Mr. Harish Bhat - 375,000 375,000 0.64
5 Mr. T. K. Balaji 4,091,500 360,000 4,451,500 7.70
6 dr. C. G. Krishnadas Nair 3,285,200 210,000 3,495,200 6.04
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7 Ms. Vinita Bali 3,507,000 270,000 3,777,000 6.53
8 Mrs. IreenaVittal 4,091,500 330,000 4,421,500 7.64
9 Mrs. Hema Ravichandar 4,321,800 375,000 4,696,800 8.12
10 prof. das Narayandas 1,275,200 60,000 1,335,200 2.31
11 Mr. ashwanipuri 3,338,900 255,000 3,593,900 6.21
12 Mr. Bhaskar Bhat1 34,944,000 - 58,126,554* 100.56
#Commission to the Chairman of the Company (the Chairmanship was held by Mr. C.V.
Sankar, Mr. K. Gnanadesikan, Mr. Vikram Kapur at various points in time during the year and
currently Mr. AtulyaMisra is the Chairman.)
* Inclusive of salary, perquisites, Commission and retiral benefits.
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CUSTOMER LOYALTY PROGRAM OF TITAN
(MANAGEMENT TOOL)
Anyone can become encircle member by shopping at any of Titan brand stores (Tanishq,
MIA, Zoya, World of Titan, Fastrack, Helios, Titan Eyeplus, Skinn, Taneira) & E-commerce
websites. All members will be enrolled to Silver tier as their base tier.
On enrollment a membership number will be assigned to each customer and his unique
registered mobile number will be mapped against his membership. Enrollment forms are
available at the Cashiers desk. Customer Name and Mobile number are mandatory for
enrollment.
Types of Encircle Tier:
Silver, Gold & Platinum
• Points earning excluding bonus points required for Tier upgrade
POINTS
TIER REQUIRED
Every point will be updated to customer account within 24-48 hours of the transaction at
stores. In case of transaction at titan.co.in, points will be credited to customers account
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after 15 days of the transaction & with regard to Caratlane it is 90 days from the
transaction
• Earned Points are valid for 2 years + quarter end from the date of last transaction For eg:
2nd Jan 2015 earned points will expire on 31st Mar 2017 if no transaction made before
Jan 2017. If the member does 2nd transaction on 1st Dec 2015 then the total points will
get expired on 31 Dec 2017
• Points/tier will be calculated at the end of the day and new Tier will start from next day
Redemption Process
Step 1: If customer is already a member then his available points will be redeemed based on members
request
Step 2: There is no minimum points required for redemption
Step 3: Customers should always carry their registered mobile number which is mapped with encircle
membership. Authorization code(OTP) will be sent to the registered mobile number for all redemption,
without which redemption will not be allowed. Same process applies for online process as well
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MANAGEMENT REPORTING TOOLS
A Daily Sales Report Dsr Needs To Be Submitted To The Abm & Re Means The Area
Business Manager & Retail Executive
A Dsr Compares A Store Overall Performance Of Sales In Comparison With Last Year.
With The Help Of It The Store Manager & Cashier Can Easily Get Necessary Information Of
Following:
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LEARNING MANAGEMENT PORTAL
Titan co. Maintains a lms for its employees to learn about new products & specifications and
also improve their skills
Employee has to login in it and go to dashboard for learning new projects which are assigned
to them.
Also the company takes regular tests and quizzes to check person intelligence towards it.
At last the company rewards the employees using a system that is RETAIL CHAMPS.
IF YOU WILL SALE MORE YOU WILL EARN POINTS & THEN THESE POINTS CAN
BE ENCASHED FOR PURCHASING VARIOUS PRODUCTS ON RETAIL CHAMPS
SITE.
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MARKETING MIX
1. PRICE:
As achieve our marketing our marketing objectives, we can do some change in the pricing.
The main consideration will be in changing price are followings.
A. Survival:
In case of some of the watches titan prices them according to the features .The Exacta is a
simple steel watch priced at Rs.600-1,100. As the company also deals with Spectra, Raga
through pricing policy. B. Market share:
As we know that 70% of sales in watches come from the lower segment,
therefore by pricing Sonata at 350 onwards with guarantee. Titan prices its world watches
which compared equal to an international players like Calvin Klien where a customer pays 4
times as value of the world watch, therefore market with low prices to international players to
gain market share. C. Market Skimming:
In Indian watch industry there is no one offering pure gold watches, watches in pair jewellery
watches. Here Titan offers there product with the Indian touch in its design, the product, the
love.
2. PRODUCT:
Quality and leadership are the two main terms for the Titan. As to achieve the marketing
objectives this aspects should also be considered. A. Product line:
To increase the sales, the differences in the prices of the watches are justified by the features.
B. Product pyramid:
Portfolio of Titan's product is of 3 distinct price
-range that can be defined in general, as Popular, Mid, and Premium. At the popular segment,
the emphasis is on in volumes but not in margins. At the premium segment, the emphasis is on
profits and image but not in volumes. Obviously, company giving more emphasis at the top of
the pyramids profits at the top of the pyramid is very high. This pyramid guided the strategy of
Titan. C. Product strategy:
Titan was first focused only on the premium segment of the watch market. As per the product
strategy they took, Titan moved in to the mass market for watches. To widen base, Titan
created new segments and increasingly focusing on segments individually. In the past few
years Titan has took a lot of initiatives to focused on specific segments. D. Product Quality:
Quality and leadership are synonymous to Titan. It seeks to achieve both through their value
for products compared to their prices.
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4. PROMOTION:
A. Marketing pricing: As by opening new shops such as the world of Titan – buy directly
from the dealer and hence the element of middleman is not there. Here the retailer in this
category buys watches for 17-18% lesser than MRP and hence they are able to get the 17%
profit margin on sales.
It is managing to successfully convince to the customer of the perceived value of
„WORLDWATCH‟ using hoarding all around the city, increasing buyer image, trust
worthiness, innovation, differentiation, value for the product. Price discount and allowances:
Every year Titan comes with a price discount sale on the MRP of the watches. The allowance
varies from one segment to another.
a)Creative advertising: Titan introduces a contest on cartoon network inindia.com which
invites children to use creativity and design watch. The prize winning design was launched as
a new watch in summer 2002 collection. Type of advertising: Titan believes in making its ads
clean, well made, touch on emotional chord. As the company is using celebrities or superstars
that is Amir Khan for the Titan watches.
b) Promotion on occasion: Titan is one of the company which formally believes in the policy
of promotion the product based on the occasions.
4. PLACE:
Keeping in mind about the young trendy and fashionable consumers, Titan distribute
itsproduct and set up „world of titan‟ in different region. The consumer‟slife style in
India,especially in urban area (because the turnover in urban area is 210 million, while
the turnover in rural area is 90 million) plays a significant role in the success of Titan. A.
Time Zone:
Titan Industries brings together the country’s leading watch brands under one roof, providing
the customer with variety in brands, looks and price ranges and also efficient after-sales
service. These 1142 Time Zones located across 89 towns which offer its customer the
complete watch shopping experience.
Bivalve Mart:
These outlets sell surplus stocks of Titan watches at reduced prices. By doing these it offering
fabulous value for money with the same warranty as a regular full-priced watch enjoy.
However these shops would not be placed in the main locations and not working as a normal
shops. This is to make the customer go to the shop rather than the shop calling the customer
and hence the locations are not very suitable for shopping. C.Sonata Stores:
A Sonata store is also an Authorized Service Centre for Sonata & Titan brands. Sonata store
meet the large scale demand for the watch and also to attract customers in more. These shops
had full stocks of the watch in demand whereas the others could afford to maintain only
limited stock.
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OBJECTIVE
3. To study consumer awareness and perception about the brand repositioning Strategies of
Titan watches.
This study would help titan industry to understand the gaps in its communication strategy
regarding brand repositioning exercises and the further measures to be taken for effective
marketing communications.
Limitations:
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Sampling Size 50
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DATA COLLECTION AND SURVEY ANALYSIS
2 Sonata 14
3 Raga 6
4 Nebula 4
5 WWF 2
6 Edge 2
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2. Since how many months / years have you been using Titan watch?
2 2004-2007 24
3 2007-2010 12
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4. Do you remember the original tagline of Titan watches? If yes, please mention.
2 NO 78
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5. Have you seen the advertisement of Titan watches? In which media have you seen the
advertisement?
2 Magazines 25
3 Newspaper 36
4 Hoardings 15
5 Radio 4
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Figure 6: Awareness of brand ambassador
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7. Are you aware of the new tagline of Titan?
2 Not Aware 64
The survey has revealed that less than half of the total numbers of respondents are aware of
new tagline. 36% of the respondents could correctly mention the tagline while the rest are not
even aware that Titan has adopted major rebranding strategies last year.
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8. How do you rate the new designs of Titan?
2 Average 4
3 Above Average -
4 Good 39
5 Excellent 7
36
9. Have you seen the new campaign of Titan?
2 Not Aware 50
The survey has revealed that the percentage of respondents who have seen the new campaign
focussing on “be more” featuring Aamir Khan is 50%.
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10. Do you think the new advertisement is effective in inspiring consumers to have a new
look everyday and be more in lives?
2 Effective 16
3 Highly Effective 9
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11. How do you rate Titan’s exclusive showrooms?
2 Average -
3 Above Average 7
4 Good 36
5 Excellent 7
The respondents were asked to rate Titan’s exclusive showrooms on 5 point rating scale – Poor,
Average, Above Average, Good and Excellent. The factors related to showrooms that were
provided to the respondents for rating are – store ambience, sales personnel, after sales service
and display of watches.
36 of the 50 respondents have rated store ambience as “Good” and 7 each rated as “Above
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Average” and “Excellent”. This proves that store ambience plays an important role in
consumer perception of service quality.
1 Poor 4
2 Average 4
3 Above Average 7
4 Good 35
5 Excellent -
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13. How do you rate after sales service of titan?
Figure 13: Consumer Perception about after sales service
1 Poor 7
2 Average 4
3 Above Average 4
4 Good 31
5 Excellent 4
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14. What is your perception about display of titan watches?
Figure 14: Consumer perception of Display of watches
1 Poor -
2 Average 4
3 Above Average -
4 Good 24
5 Excellent 22
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15. What is your overall perception about Titan showrooms?
Figure 15: Overall perception about Titan showrooms
2 Average -
3 Above Average -
4 Good 30
5 Excellent 20
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FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY
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CONCLUSION
Titan is one of the traditional brands in India. People still remember the Jingle of Titan ads.
But in some way or the other because of evolution of more sub-brands, the historical look of
branding is getting de-graded. So we propose to bring back the same “Joy of gifting”
campaign with some modifications like “Joy of gifting for gratefulness” and launch it during
the festive season of the coming year. Hope it would succeed in great run.
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QUESTIONNAIRE
a) Fast track
b) Sonata
c) Raga
d) Nebula
e) Others, please specify…………………………….
2. Since how many months / years have you been using Titan watch?
a) Attractive designs,
b) Reasonable price
c) Brand image
d) Good quality
4. Do you remember the original tagline of Titan watches? If yes, please mention.
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5. Have you seen the advertisement of Titan watches? In which media have you seen the
advertisement?
a) TV
b) Newspaper
c) Magazines
d) Hoardings
e) Radio
a) Aware
b) Not aware
8. How do you rate the new designs of Titan?
a) Poor
b) Average
c) Above Average
d) Good
e) Excellent
a) Yes b) No
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
WEBSITES
www.titan.co.in www.google.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.scribd.com
REPORTS
Annual report of TITAN CO. LTD 2017/2018
OTHERS
Brochure of TITAN CO. LTD
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