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-2 KanakBinayakiya Gautam Chopra Saurabh Chopra Abhay Chawla ChamanTanwar
Whatare Rural Areas? 🠶In general,aRuralareaisageographicareathatislocated outside townsandcities. 🠶AsperCensus:Any habitationwithapopulationdensity of less than 400 per Sq.Km,isknownasRural.
RuralMarketing 🠶Ruralmarketingisaprocessofdeveloping,pricing,promoting, anddistributingruralspecificgoodsandservices leadingto desiredexchangewithruralcustomerstosatisfytheirneeds andwants,andalsotoachieveorganizationalobjectives.
Nature Of Rural Market 🠶TraditionalOutlook 🠶Risingliteracylevel. 🠶Diversesocio-economicbackground 🠶Infrastructuralfacilities
Attractivenessof ruralmarket Ruralmarketshavebecomethenew targetstocorporate enterprises for tworeasons: Urbanmarkethasbecomecongestedwithtoomany competitors. Themarkethavereached anear saturationpoint.
Benefits ofruralmarketing • Sizeofruralmarket • Employment • Betterliving • Contributiontonationalincome • Increaseinfarmincome
Problem and difficulties faced in ruralmarketing 🠶Lackofpropercommunication. 🠶Distributionproblem. 🠶Lowliteracylevel. 🠶Lackofadequatetransportfacilities. 🠶Lackofproperretailoutlets
Various factors which have made rural markets viable Largepopulation Remotenessis nolongeraproblem Growthin consumption Life-stylechanges Market growthrateshigherthanurban Ruralmarketingisnotexpensive
4A’s 4P’s Price Place Promotion Product Affordability Availability Awareness Acceptability
Affordability Challengeistoensureaffordabilityoftheproductor service. Ruralpeople have low disposable income. Products needto beaffordabletoconsumerwhoare daily wagers. E.g.Coca-Colaintroduced 200mlbottleatRs.5
Availability Greatestproblemis toreachtocustomerorretailer. Challengetoreachfarflungvillages. Productsreachesthecustomerslate. Reachingthemarketshouldbeconsidered.
Awareness • The mainwayof reachingthe customeristhroughthe • commercialonmedialiketelevision ,radioandoutdoor. • Lackofmediasourceinruralareas • Coca-ColausesacombinationofT.V.,cinemaandradioto reach 53.6percentofruralhouseholds. • Itdoubleditsspend onadvertisingonDoordarshan,which alonereached 41% ofruralHouseholds
Acceptability • Thecustomershouldfeelthattheproductisdesignedas pertheirneeds. • Thecustomershouldfeeltheproductfamiliarandthere should notbeanyhesitationto goforit. • E.g.:-LGElectronics.In1998,it developedacustomized TVfortheruralmarketandnameditSampoorna,which wasagreatsuccessduetosaleof1,00,000setsin the veryfirstyear.
Introduction 🠶 AnambitiousventurebyHLLtospurgrowthandpenetration ofitsproductsinruralIndiawhilechanginglivesandboosting incomes. 🠶SalesandDistribution initiative–deliversgrowth 🠶Communicationinitiative–buildbrand 🠶Micro-enterpriseinitiative–createslivelihoods 🠶Socialinitiative–improvestandardofliving inrural India
Objectives 🠶Businessobjective: 🠶 To extend HLL's reach into untapped markets and to develop its brands through local influencers. 🠶To reach100millionconsumersby2006 🠶Socialobjective: 🠶 To providesustainablelivelihoodopportunitiesforunderprivilegedrural women. 🠶 To scale up thenumber of Shaktientrepreneursfrom 12000(2004)to 25000 (2006)
ProjectShakti: ConsumerMarketingChannel HLL Shakti (Manufacturer) Retailers Entrepreneur s SHG Consumers • IntegratedMultichannel • System
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