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Chapter -5
Brand Preference & Consumer Decision Analysis in the Units.
Concept of Brand.
Strategic Relevance of Branding.
Brand Name, Major Brands, Brand Image.
Brand Preference in Relation to Rice.
Factors Affecting Brand Preference.
Concept of Decision Making.
Procedure for Buying Decisions in Relation to Rice.
Effect of Advertisement on Consumer Decision.
Findings.
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Concept of Brand
To understand the concept of Brand, it is imperative to
understand first what brands stand to both the organizations under study.Conceptually both organizations under study take the brands of their
products associating with name, term, design, symbol, and all other
features that are unique and identifies in their products or services by their
customers which are distinct from those of other sellers. Any brand of the
units may identify one item, a family of items, or all items of those units
under study. A brand in the units under study take many forms,
including a name, sign, symbol, color combination orslogan. The word
brand for both the companies has evolved to encompass identity; it affects
the personality of a product, company or service.
Strategic Relevance of Branding
Strategic relevance of branding for both the companies is
associated with a specific concept like India Gate Basmati Rice. Kohinoor
Basmati Rice etc. In fact strategically the reputation of both the
companies is at stack with the reputation of their brands. Consumers may
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not be knowing the name of the company but perceive the product
through its brand name. The strategic relevance of the word "brand" is
sometimes for both the companies used as a metonym, referring to both
the company that is strongly identified with a brand. Strategically for
both the companies brand is the personality of their products, services or
companys (name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or combination of them)
and how it relates to key constituencies such as customers, staff, partners,
investors, and other stake holders etc.
It is very commonly seen that some people distinguish the psychological
aspect, brand associations like thoughts, feelings, perceptions, images,
experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and so on that become linked to the brand,
of a brand from the experiential aspect. The experiential aspect consists of
the sum of all points of contact with the brand and is as brand experience.
The psychological aspect of every consumer always linked to as the brand
image, is a symbolic construct created within the minds of consumers,
consisting of all the information and expectations associated with a
product, service or the companies providing them. Both the companies
engaged in branding seek to develop or align the expectations behind the
brand expectations, and creating the impression that a brand associated
with a product or service has certain qualities or characteristics that make
it special or unique. A brand is therefore is one of the most valuable
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elements for both companies in an advertising theme. It is demonstrated
what the brand owner is able to offer in the market. Both companies are
band conscious and put all out efforts in their brand management. Both
companies do the orientation of the whole organization towards making
their employees and all other stake
holders aware about their brand in regular intervals. Strategically, careful
brand management done by the both companies seeks to make the product
or services relevant to the target audience and customers. Brand strategy
for both the companies are seen as more than the difference between the
actual cost of a product and its selling price - they represent the sum of all
valuable qualities of a product to the consumer.
The main strategy of creating brand image and its relevance for both the
companies is widely known in the marketplace to acquirebrand
recognition. Through this both companies strive to establish brand
recognition builds up to a point where their brands enjoy a critical mass of
positive sentiment in the marketplace, and to achievebrand franchise. One
of the many goals, both companies struggle in brand recognition for the
identification of their brands without the name of their company present.
In nut shall both companies want that they should be known by their
customers through their brand image but rather not by the name of their
companies? They understand it very clearly that consumers may look on
branding as an important value added aspect of products or services, as it
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often serves to denote a certain attractive quality or characteristic. From
the perspective of brand owners, branded products or services also
command higher prices. Where two products resemble each other, but one
of the products has no associated branding, people
may often select the more expensive branded product on the basis of the
quality of the brand or the reputation of the brand owner.
Brand Name, Major Brands, Brand Image
There are number of famous brands of rice available in India. The
names of some of the famous rice brands are like - India Gate, All Qila,
Double Brand Basmati Rice, Hanuman Brand Basmati Rice, RST
Brand Basmati Rice, Resham Brand Basmati Rice, Tilda Basmati Rice,
Pari Basmati Rice, Dawat Basmati Rice, Kohinoor Basmati Rice, Blue
Level Basmati Rice, Lal Havali Basmati Rice, Annapurna Basmati
Rice,
Both the companies are over sensitive on their brand image. As the
strategist of both the companies realize this fact that for the overall
growth of their brand and products, it will be necessary to tap all
segments of the market. Hence to establish their brands in all segments
both the companies have divided the market into three categories.
These are Domestic Market, Institutional Market and International
market. A very concentric efforts and strategies are made for the
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different markets to make its brand popular. Both companies perceive
that brand image of their products is to identify and develop a strong
image in the mind of the public by way of very effective and
penetrating communication. They know that customers
do not only buy their product and faith and trust they also instill with
the product through which they expect to get the full satisfaction from
the quality of the product, return on their investments, and pride with
sophistication on buying the products etc. Both companies reinforce
their brand image through brand communication such as unique feature
in packaging, advertisement, promotion, customer services, word of
mouth publicity, and all other aspect which are necessary to keep them
alive in the market. Both companies evoke brand image by asking
consumers the first word/ image that come to their mind in order to
check their feelings and sentiments about their product, this way the
companies under study want to read the minds of their customers
which is called in the companies top of the mind. The associate all
attribute with the brand to ascertain the strength of their products image
in the market. Everything related to their brand or product such as cost,quality, deliveries, packaging, yields, aroma, fragrance, or many more
they take into their consideration for formulating some strategy to
make brand image in the mind of the customers.
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Brand Preference in Relation to Rice
Theoretically brand preference is the process to measure
brand loyalty in which a customer choose a particular brand in
the presence of other competing brand, but normally accept the substitute
products if the brand is not available, or may be choose the substitute
brand which is more attractive and cheaper without realizing its quality at
the time of first purchase. Both the companies under study began to
develop their brand image at the very early stage to develop the
preference for their products by the customers. In order to build brand
preference, both companies set the goal to first get on the customers
preference and then to move up the set hierarchy to become the brand
consumers preference. Both companies know it very well that gaining and
maintaining consumer preference is a battle that is never really won. Not
only this both companies know that consumers have many more choices,
more information, and higher expectations than ever before specially after
the advent and advancement of information and technology. To move the
customers from trials to preference, brands need to deliver on their value
proposition, as well as dislodge someone else from the customers
existing preference set. They know that the survival and growth of their
companies depend upon customers perception which includes pricing
first; promotion and product availability all have tremendous impact on
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the position of their brand in the customers preference. Both of them
know that there are numerous verities of rice with all big claims are
available in the market, and the gullible consumer is confused to see all
claims. The customers keeps
doing trials and look for a rice quality which is not only aesthetically
attractive but give nice fragrance and aroma too that to at the cheapest
cost. Both companies are struggling to form brand preference in the mind
of their loyal customers yet they are unable to do so as in the end of the
day they find customers loyalty zero despite their all best and sincere
efforts.
In order to establish the facts that whether consumers are aware the brands
and quality of the rice while making their purchases, a survey was done
on 750 respondents in the different cities and areas. The results are carried
out on the basis of a well laid questioner through which it the researcher
has strived to establish the facts that by and large consumers are ignorant
and not having sufficient knowledge while purchasing rice for their own
consumption.
The results of the findings are shown by way of different graphs with
analysis hereunder.
Analysis
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No. of respondents from different part of India
Sr no. Parts of India No. of respondents1 Urban Area 250
2 Rural area 100
3 Semi Urban area 225
4 Metro 175
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Analysis: The research was carried on 750 respondents from different
parts of India. In which 34% which accounts 250 respondents were taken
from urban area , 28% that is 225 from semi urban , 24% of the
respondents that is 175 from metro and rest belongs to the rural area
which accounts 14% of the total respondents that is 100 in numbers. .
1. While purchasing Rice what people prefer?
Sr no Prefered Items No of respondents
1 Branded items 250
2 Non branded Items 300
3 Both 200
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Analysis: It was found that while purchasing grocery items , non
branded items were prefered more (40%) by the respondents then
the branded items 34% followed by other items available in the
market which falls arround 26% of the total respondents.
2. From where Customer purchase the Rice?
Sr no Prefered Items %age
1 Branded items 34
2 Non branded Items 40
3 Both 26
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2 Departmental store 20
3 Supermarket 13
4 village mandi 33
5 Any other 7
Analysis: the research shows that most of the people choose village
mandis for buying rice. The customers base is arround 33% for
village mandis i.e 250 customers 27% prefers kirana shops ,20%prefers departmental stores and 13% prefers supermarkets to
purchase their rice. There are also some other source which is
prefered by 7% of the total population.
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3. What names come to your mind when people think of branded
Basmati rice?
Sr no Prefered Brands %age of respondents
1 Lal Quila 24
2 India gate 40
3 Dawat 29
4 Any Other 7
Sr no Prefered Brands No. of respondents
1 Lal Quila 180
2 India gate 300
3 Dawat 220
4 Any Other 50
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Analysis: when customers were asked about their preference of basmati
rice brand, most of them used India gate as their best basmati rice brand
(40%) which accounts 300 of the total respondents. 220 used Dawat
brand and 180 used LalQuila basmati rice. Rest used other brands which
is 7% of the respondents.
4. Do people prefer to buy branded Basmati rice:
Sr no Purchase branded rice No. of people
1 Yes 260
2 No 490
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Sr no Purchase branded rice % age of people
1 Yes 38
2 No 62
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Analysis: when the respondents were asked about there preference
for branded basmati rice . we found that 490 respondents preferednon branded basmati rice and said no to branded basmati. Only 260
respondents said yes to buy branded rice. 38% of the respondents
said YES and 62% respondents said NO.
5. What is your frequency of buying Branded Basmati rice?
Sr No Frequency of purchase No. of respondents
1 Always 80
2 Once in a while 190
3 On special occasions 110
4 Never 360
5 Any other 10
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Sr No Frequency of purchase %age of repondents
1 Always 10
2 Once in a while 25
3 On special ocasions 154 Never 48
5 Any other 2
Analysis: The frequency of buying branded basmati rice by
respondents showed that more than 360 respondents never preferd
branded basmati rice 190 respondents purchased once in a while and
110 respondents purchased it in special opccasions. The percentage
of respondents who always prefered branded basmati rice was
founded only 10% of the total 750 respondents. The percentage of
frequency of buying branded basmati rice once in a while is 25%, onspecial occasions is 15% ,and 49% respondents never purchased
branded rice.
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Q6. Where from do you buy branded Basmati rice?
Sr no Buying place no of respondents
1 Kirana shop 200
2 Departmental shop 255
3 Supermarket 245
4 village mandi 0
5 Any other 50
Sr no Buying place %age of respondents
1 Kirana shop 37
2 Departmental shop 343 Supermarket 33
4 village mandi 0
5 Any other 6
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Analysis: The results showed that out of total 750 respondents only
490 respondents buy basmati rice from different sources except
village mandis and 260 respondents did not purchase basmati
rice .Mostly respondents purchased branded basmati rice either from
the departmental stores which is 34% of the total or supermarket
33% of the respondents followed by 27% from kirana shops which
accounts 200 respondents the result also showed that village mandis
are not the preferrable choice for buying branded basmati rice .
Q7. Do you make the purchases of rice on the advice of the shop keeper or
take your own decision too?
Sr no Purchasing advice No. of respondents
1 Own preference 195
2 Shopkeeper advice 300
3 Random 255
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Sr no Purchasing advice %age of respondents
1 Own preference 26
2 Shopkeeper advice 40
3 Random 34
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Analysis: The result showed that customer mostly purchased
basmati rice on shopkeeper advice. 300 of the respondents said that
their buying decisions involves advice from shopkeepers,255responded random buying decision and only 195 respondents made
their decision on their own depending on their personal preferences .
shopkeeper advice were taken by 40% of the respondents and only
26% purchased by their own preference.
10.Do you think that the shop keeper from where you are buying, havingknowledge about the rice quality as basmati or non basmati.
Sr no Shopkeepers Knowledge No of respondents
1 Yes 300
2 No 250
3 Can't say 200
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Sr no Shopkeepers Knowledge %age of respondents
1 Yes 32
2 No 46
3 Can't say 22
Analysis: The respondents views showed that there was a mixed result
about shopkeeper knowledge . 32% of the respondents said that
shopkeeper were having the knowledge about the rice quality 36% said
they were not and 35% of the respondent were unable to come up with
any conclusion .the number of respondents who said shopkeeper has
proper knowledge about rice quality were 240, 345 said no and 165 were
unable to say about their shopkeeper knowledge.
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11. After making your purchases on the advice of shopkeeper, you feel
satisfied with the quality or not?
Sr no Satiesfied with shopkeeper advice No of respondents
1 Yes 45
2 No 255
3 Can't say 450
Sr no Satiesfied with shopkeeper advice %age of respondents
1 Yes 6
2 No 34
3 Can't say 60
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Analysis: The result reveals that respondents who made their purchase
with shopkeeper suggestion were mostly dissatisfied with the quality of
the basmati rice . 255 respondents said No when asked whether they are
satisfied with the quality or not only 45 respondents said that they are
satisfied with the quality of basmati rice. There were 450 people who
were unable to answer the question. The percentage of respondents who
said No is 36%, who said Yes is 6% and in Cant say category there were
60% .
12. Which of the following factors induce you most to go for branded
Basmati rice?
1. Good quality
2. Varieties3. Good Taste
4. Assured quantity
5. Packaging
6. Advertising
7. Status Consciousness
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Sr No Factors affecting buying behavior No of respondents
1 Good quality 218
2 Varieties 60
3 Good Taste 187
4 Assured quantity 120
5 Packaging 30
6 Advertising 113
7 Status Consciousness 22
Sr No Factors affecting buying behaviour %age of respondents
1 Good quality 29
2 Varieties 8
3 Good Taste 25
4 Assured quantity 16
5 Packaging 4
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6 Advertising 15
7 Status Consciousness 3
Analysis: The factors which induces a customer most was found as good
quality followed by good taste.218 respondents said good quality as the
most important factor which induces them to go for a branded basmati
rice,187 said good taste,120 said assured quality,113 said due to
advertising ,60 due to varieties and rest were in favour of status and
packaging .The percentage of respondents who said good quality were
29% ,for good taste 25%, for assured quantity 16%, advertising15%,varities 8% and 4% and 3% for packaging and status conciousness
respectively.
13. Are you satisfied with branded rice which you have used?
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1. Yes 2. No
Sr no Satisfaction No of people
1 Yes 3802 No 270
Sr no Satisfaction %age of people
1 Yes 51
2 No 35
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Analysis: 380 respondents were not satiesfied with the branded basmati
rice they have used only 270 were found satiesfied .Which means more
than 51% were not satisfied with the branded basmati rice they have used.
Q14: Are you aware of India Gate as a brand of Basmati rice?
1. Yes 2. No
Sr no Awareness of India Gate rice No of respondents
1 Yes 300
2 No 450
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Sr no Awareness of India Gate rice %age of respondents
1 Yes 40
2 No 60
Analysis: the research shows that 450 respondents were not aware of India
gate basmati rice only 300 respondents are aware of the brand or is known
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to them. 60% of people are not aware of India gate rice which means only
40% people were aware of India gate rice.
Q15: Are you satisfied with overall offering of India Gate Basmati rice?
1. Yes 2. No 3. Dont use
Sr No satisfaction with offerings of India gate rice No of respondents
1 Yes 250
2 No 50
3 Dont use 450
.
Sr No satiesfaction with offerings of India gate rice %age of respondents
1 Yes 33
2 No 7
3 Dont use 60
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Analysis: out of 250 respondents who were satisfied with India gate rice
33% of the respondents were of aware of india gate rice and satisfied
with the offerings of India gate rice.
16. If you are not satisfied with the India Gate as a brand of basmati rice, what is
reason?
1. Poor quality2. Impurity3. Unavailability4. High Price5 .Poor Packaging6. Satisfied7. Not user
Sr no Factors No of respondents1 Poor quality 0
2 Impurity 1
3 Unavailability 0
4 High Price 24
5 Poor Packaging 0
6 Satisfied 250
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7 Not User 450
Sr no Factors %age of respondents
1 Poor quality 0
2 Impurity 1
3 Unavailability 0
4 High Price 6
5 Poor Packaging 0
6 Satisfied 33
7 Not user 60
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Analysis: the result showed that the main factor due to which respondents were not satisfied with
india gate rice is its high price which represents 6% of the dissatisfied respondents followed by
impurity 1%
17. If you are not satisfied in general with the branded basmati rice, what is reason?
1. Poor quality2. Impurity3. Unavailability
4. High Price5 .Poor Packaging6. Lack of awareness
Sr no Improvement factors No of respondents
1 Poor quality 10
2 Impurity 24
3 Unavailability 8
4 High Price 321
5 Poor Packaging 6
6 Lack of awareness 381
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Sr no Improvement factors %age of respondents
1 Poor quality 1.33
2 Impurity 3.2
3 Unavailability 1.06
4 High Price 42.8
5 Poor Packaging 0.8
6 Lack of awareness 50.8
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Analysis:The research shows that the factors which canimprove basmati market rice in general are high price andawareness level. As 381 repondents said they feel lack inawareness programmes and 321 said high price as aimportant factor for improvement of basmati rice market. Restadvocated poor quality,impurity,poor packaging andunavailibility. 51% respondent stated lack of awareness asthe main reason followed by 42% respondents as high price.
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Findings of the Analysis
1. In this research, researcher have collected sample based on
convenience sampling from Ghaziabad, New Delhi,
Jalandhar, Kolkata, Ernakulum, Bareilly, Jaipur, Meerut,
Village Bazars, Village mandis.
2. In general it was found that buyers are not aware of differenceof basmati rice and non basmati rice.
3. People for buying decisions are heavily depended upon
shopkeepers advice, however respondents were also not very
sure about shopkeepers knowledge about basmati or non
basmati rice.
4. In the Malls - Interviewed 100 persons - 25% purchased
basmati rice and 75% purchased non basmati rice. In the
Departmental Stores - Interviewd 100 persons - 30%
purchased basmati rice and 70% non basmati rice, In
General stores - 100 persons - 95% rice as per the advice of
counter man without knowing its quality and 5% purchased
branded rice. Colony Shops - 50 Persons - 45 persons
purchased as per the advice of shopkeeper and 5 persons
purchased branded rice, Village shops - 300 persons - all
100% purchased as per the advice of shopkeeper.
5. During the survey it was found that India Gate, Dawat
and Lal Quila are most Prominent Branded Rice, which
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were demanded by 40%,30% and 30% respectively.
Factors Affecting Brand Preference
After conducting and analyzing the research on the
customers perceptions, it is found by both companies that consumershave single or multi- branded loyalty based on the nature of various grade
of rice available in the market. The major factors affecting brand
preference in the rice customers minds are quality of the rice, habit of
use, and regular availability. More over high quality, price, and taste of
the product are the major criteria on which the consumer selects a brand
of rice product for their domestic use and other functions. Moreover,
during the course of this study it is found that many companies have
started doing the marketing of their rice and other eatable products such as
door to door marketing at the very cheap rates, clean and good packaging,
quality, hygiene, time saving perception, reliability, good value for their
money, influence and affect the brand preference. It is established afterthe present study that rice consumers like aroma, taste, freshness, purity,
and time saves and cost saving.
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During the course of this study on buying behavior for branded fine rice
in the cities it is found that retailers were ranked as the prime source of
information and the family members as the next important source of
information about the branded fine rise. More over the preference of
purchasing the rice decision is made by the house wives of the family.
Most of the respondents were salary class and they planned to purchase
rice too along with other items once in a month generally. The aesthetical
appearance, quality, price are the main factor in deciding the customers
preference. Not only this, number of verities of rice are available in the
market in the lose form and the house wives prefer to chose rice on its
own way. It is also found that many times the change of the consumption
pattern and food habits too influence the preference. It is also seen that
income and expenditure pattern also influence the preference pattern. The
urban consumers with high income slab prefer branded products.
Concept of Decision Making
There are normally six fundamental factors which play
pivotal role in decision making of any consumer and determine to
convert sale into reality. But decision of purchasing the rice is first
based is in its whiteness, length, raw aroma and fragrance etc. Beside
consumers give due consideration on to the following factors.
Memoriability of the Product
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How easily consumer recalls the particular brand at the time of final
purchase. How easily he recognizes the product and establishes the
relevance with the brand the image of which he has created.
Meaningfulness
It is a matter of study that at what extent particular brand
is preferred in corresponding category? Does it suggest something
about a product ingredient or type of person who might use the brand?
How aesthetically appealing the quality of rice and its
basic elements. Is it inherently likable values and give the good taste
and aroma with fragrance as claimed or used earlier even on trial basis.
Transferable
The customers of both the companies like to see that the
quality of the products which are being claimed by the companies are
better than the one which they have been using and the satisfaction
level which they get by using be transferable in case they use the new
product, set the choice in their buying behavior.
Adaptable
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How adaptable and updatable is the brand element?
Whether the product has life and features of being adapted by all in the
family set the behavior of the buyer.
Protectable
The product which buyer is buying must be safe and
secure. It must not have or leave any anti impact on the health of the
consumers.
Hence, in order to understand the psychology of the customer about the
brand preference, both companies are engaged in continuous research
to gauge the customers choices.
Procedure for Buying Decisions in Relation to Rice
In order to understand the procedure for buying rice
decision of the customers, it is equally important to understand socio-
economic characteristics of the consumers as these are the important
variable which decides the consumption pattern of the rice in the family. It
is the income, age, and education of the consumers set the consumption
and buying behavior of the rice for the family food. In order to in depth
study on the procedure for buying behavior, different group of age
starting from 20 years to 60 years, sex, education, family back ground,
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family size, food habits, vegetarian or non- vegetarian, monthly income,
occupation etc.
The study reveals that rice is consumed though small or largequality, by all the respondents in the study. It is noticed that mainly house
wives take the decision to purchase the rice for the family. House wives
take the major decision of purchasing rice mainly on the basis of monthly
income. Since rice is not the main food for many families barring south
Indian families and Bengalis families, rice consumption is about 25% in a
family on monthly basis in comparison to other eatables. Normally to a
family of four to five, for normal rice eaters, 10 kg rice is sufficient for a
month and to rice eater families it is about 25 kg per month. Now the
whole decision is depended on the monthly income of the family and on
this basis the buying decision will based.
Effect of Advertisement on Consumer Decision
It is quite difficult to introspect as to how the
advertisement of rice brands influence the mind of the customers. Almost
all likeminded companies those who can afford to give costly
advertisement support to its product try to create an image of their
products in the market. In the return, consumers are always confused that
as to what product is good and which one is bad. The effect of most
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advertisements is short of persuasion. Through the repeated ads. In
different channels, it is only an effort to create a mental agenda and to
position the product in the mind of the consumer.
However, in the rice industry, very few famous companies are giving
advertisement and using all channels to popularize their products. The
companies under study are highly respectable companies and give
adequate advertisement in all channels such as TV, New Papers,
Magazines, etc. Both the companies think about the consumers and
encapsulate so many distinctive features of their products which are
unique from each other so that to tempt them with force to buy or use their
brand. Both the companies try to convey their product image through
different ways to the customers. Both the companies have adopted many
changed strategies of advertisement with the change of the time. The main
theme of the advertisement to augment the sale of its products byinfluencing the mind of the customers and creating the image of its
products.
Findings
Both companies under study are extremely cautious about
their brand image. They are not leaving any stoneunturned to create a niche in the market. They are using
all available resources to create an image of their brands
in the mind of the masses through all publicity channels.
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Whether it is TV, Radio, News Papers, local TV channels,
Local news papers etc both the companies are exploring
full potentials to touch the hearts of the consumers.
Nevertheless, attractive discounts to their dealers and
distributors are being offered on to the off takes of their
products on monthly basis/ quarterly basis/ and annually
basis. Their teams of highly competitive professionals work
through out the keep an eye on their product movement in
the market and get feed backs from different methods to
frame a suitable strategies to capture a large portion of
the market. The top management is also very much n
involved procrustean way in the process of evaluating
measuring the image of their products in the market on
routinely manner. A lot is being done by both the
companies in order to establish their respective brands
and yet lot more are in the development stage with all
sincere efforts to set forth in the offing.
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