CUSTOMER PERCEPTION OF PRIVATE LABELS BRANDS VS NATIONAL BRANDS IN INDIAN RETAIL INDUSTRY
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN RETAIL INDUSTRY:
The Indian retail industry is the fifth largest in the world. Comprising of organized and unorganized sectors, India retail industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India, especially over the last few years. Though initially, the retail industry in India was mostly unorganized, however with the change of tastes and preferences of the consumers, the industry is getting more popular these days and getting organized as well. With growing market demand, the industry is expected to grow at a pace of 25-30% annually. The India retail industry is expected to grow from Rs. 35,000
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Private brands help retailers to increase sales which indirectly add to the bottom line (profit). However store brands are priced 20-30% less than the branded goods. Store brands can used as a powerful tool i.e. The general feeling is that in times of recession, private labels increase their market share, but tend to maintain that market share as economies recover. Thus store brands prove to be a useful tool, depending upon how it is created. Tasty treat is private brand of future group.
1.2.2 EVOLUTION OF PRIVATE LABEL (STORE) BRANDS: The definition of private label branding has evolved significantly over time. Some would argue the term “private label” is a misnomer of great proportions. There is no question that the words “private label” acknowledges the birth, history and existence of generic and store brands. Yet, the term does not adequately capture the extent to which private label has progressed. Today 's retail marketers are managing their proprietary brands with the same combination of care and innovation as manufacturers of national brands. In recent years, retailers have been liberating themselves from the traditional definition of private label marketing as being the poor relative of national brand consumer goods, and, in doing so, opening up huge opportunities for private label branding. These opportunities require the adoption of a different set of marketing and branding
We put a lot of effort into the Private Label market. Undoubtedly we did very well in that market, but that unfortunately diverted us from the
The company was recently presented an opportunity by its largest retail customer to significantly increase its share in their private label manufacturing. The prospect of growth was risky, since it
Catherine, W., Tat Pui, L. and Henrik, U. (2011) The Roles of Branding for a Brand Entering
The retail division has accepted an awesome part all through the world in extending productivity of customer items and endeavors. It is similarly the second greatest industry in US to the extent amounts of agents and establishments. There is no denying the way that most of the made economies are particularly relying upon their retail territory as a prepare of advancement. The India Retail Industry is the greatest among each one of the organizations, speaking to more than 10 percent of the countries GDP and around 8 for every penny of the work. The Retail Industry in India has drawn nearer as a champion among the most dynamic and snappy paced organizations with a couple of players entering the market. Regardless, every one of them have not yet tasted accomplishment in perspective of the generous beginning hypotheses that are required to measure up to the underlying speculation with various
Over the past two weeks I have researched various scholarly journal entries and various articles. I was able to find ways for SHLD to increase their bargaining power. This includes introducing additional private labeled products. SHLD already provides private label products, but allowing additional private labeled products can yield higher profit margins. Furthermore, I researched both the importance of an accurate mission statement and the benefits of surveying clientele. After researching how effective a mission statement can be towards an organization, I began to focus on how to modify SHLD’s mission statement. The modification will keep SHLD on a path to success
To fully understand what this particular term means, it is necessary to first and foremost define the first two words: private label. In the simplest definition, a private label is a brand that is owned neither by a producer nor a manufacturer but rather by an individual or business entity that contracts a manufacturer to make the said branded product for
ompanies that sell soap, perfume, candy bars, and other consumer products are expert at “decommoditizing” them: finding and capturing the value of intangible benefits and building strong brand names that can provide a kind of differentiation in the minds of consumers. But companies that sell products such as bulk chemicals, paper, and steel to businesses tend to be unsophisticated in these matters. Burdened by corporate cultures that emphasize operations and sales over marketing, many of these
A brief evaluation of Hanson Private Label (HPL) will reveal signs of an excellent, growing, and well run company. There are no danger signs within the financials of HPL. The following have seen growth with every passing year: revenue, current assets, owner’s equity, net working capital, and sales (even groceries). The following categories have grown every year with the exception of 2005, where a higher than usual COGS caused a dip in gross margin – 15% versus a historically high teen’s percentage: Gross Profit, EBITDA, EBIT, and Net Income. Utilization rates are high. During this same period, long term debt trended downward with decreases every year. Sales across HPL retail channels increased every year over year in the following
As marketing for varying brands within an overarching brand can be difficult, enhancing the Best Buy brand itself will invigorate market support and consumer loyalty. Although Best Buy is the repository for various brands, it should also serve as the comparable as well. This mechanism is implemented in grocery stores often, by the way of a ‘store brand’. However, due to the nature of technology, the timeliness and the efforts that go into product development, this approach should be a long term though rather than a short term
Branding is critical to a successful new product launch because brands better allow a customer to identify a firm and judge the product’s quality. Brands benefit the firm in that they secure competitive advantage, allow for a price premium over competitors and create strong brand loyalty (module 7A). All of these factors are critical to a product’s final identity and the connections that consumers will associate with it. Consumers also tend to associate an added benefit with successful brands. This is known as brand equity (module 7A). Svedka had established their brand identity early on. They wanted to be known as high quality vodka at a relatively inexpensive cost.
Branding is a tool to make the goods of one producer different from another producer (Keller, 2003). Carroll (2008) asserts that branding is a sign of quality, and it is helpful to increase
The retail sector is one of the important sector in which there are more chances of growth for developing the economy. Today in the current scenario retailing including US$ 6.60 trillion (Rs. 2.64 crore) market share turnover in India. So we can say that the retail industry is big collaborative profit potential factor which is an ingredient of its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and in day to business environment, retailers are increasing and which provides quality goods to the customer along with the different schemes and services.
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Branding is the way that conveys the message of confidence, quality and reliability to their target market. Branding strategy is altered to differentiate the product from other competitors. The main purposes are product identification, repeat sales and new product sales. The first purpose is to develop a brand name with high brand equity that familiar and easy to indicates. Secondly, repeat sales depend on the development of customers’ brand loyalty to purchase the product again. The third purpose is to facilitate new product sales when introducing a new product to gain more attention and acceptance.
In order to expand on the assortment of food products under the Spencer’s banner in hyper and superstore formats, the Spencer’s strategy includes concessionaire contracts with food chains known in their respective region, Spencer’s has also tied up with “Life Skill” to roll out pharmaceutical products across Spencer’s hyper stores in the south. Although Spencer’s has a separate subsidiary Cellucom for mobile phone retailing, however, the hypermarket format contains around 5 per cent mobile phones. Spencer’s keeps a mix of private and branded labels in the FMCG, staples, and clothing in its hypermarket.