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Evaluation of impact of Advertisement in awareness and demand of the commodity product: Glass

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Dev Masand PGDM (HR)

Sinhgad Institute of Management Vadgaon, Pune June, 2009 1 | Summer Project Report

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Evaluation of impact of Advertisement in awareness and demand of the commodity product: Glass

By

Dev Masand Under the guidance of

Mr. Alok Agarwal Zonal Head- West Zone

Prof.

M.M. Marathe

(Sales & Marketing) Guide Asahi India Glass Ltd. Mr. Shailesh Ranjan Area Manager (Head Office) (Sales & Marketing) Asahi India Glass Ltd.

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Certificate of Approval We approve this Summer Project Report titled " Evaluation of impact of Advertisement in awareness and demand of the commodity product: Glass " as a certified study in management carried out and presented in a manner satisfactory to warrant its acceptance as a prerequisite for the award of Post Graduate Diploma in Management ( HR) for which it has been submitted. It is understood that by this approval we do not necessarily endorse or approve any statement made, opinion expressed or conclusion drawn therein but approve the Summer Project Report only for the purpose it is submitted. Summer Project Report Examination Committee for evaluation of Summer Project Report Name 1. Faculty Examiner 2. PGDM Summer Project Co-coordinator

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Certificate from Summer Project Guides This is to certify that Mr. Dev Masand a student of the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (HR), has worked under our guidance and supervision. This Summer Project Report has the requisite standard and to the best of our knowledge no part of it has been reproduced from any other summer project, monograph, report or book.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am elated to extend my gratitude to the management of Asahi India Glass Ltd. for providing me an opportunity to undertake the summer internship program in their organization. The knowledge gained from the organization during the project is of immense help that enables me to understand the practical applications of the Business concepts in consonance with academic learning. I owe sincere thanks to my Project Guide Mr. Alok Agarwal-Zonal Head ( Sales & Marketing- Mumbai) for guiding me towards every step in completion of this project. And a special thanks to Mr. Shailesh Ranjan, Mr. Anish, Mr. Sumeet for sharing their knowledge. I would like to thank Mr. Milind Marathe for guiding me at every step during Summer Internship. And in the end I would like to thank all the House owners, Dealers Sales Executive team and drivers without whom this project would definitely have been incomplete. Dev Masand PGDM(HR) SIOM

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Table of Contents Table of Figures.............................................................................. ............................5 List of Tables.............................................................................. ................................5 Abbreviation....................................................................................................... ........5 Abstract...................................................................................................................... 5 Industry Overview..................................................................................... .................5 Float Glass Industry in India....................................................................................5 User Segments................................................................................................... ....5 Major Producers......................................................................................................5 New Entrants..........................................................................................................5 Current capacity versus demand in India................................................................5 Future Prospectus...................................................................................................5 Current Scenario................................................................................ .....................5 Market Share.................................................................................................... .......5 Company Profile........................................................................................ .................5 Vision and Mission............................................................................................... ....5 Vision................................................................................................ ...................5 Mission........................................................................................................ .........5 Guiding principles...................................................................................................5 Collaborators......................................................................................................... ..5 SBU’S................................................................................................ ......................5 AIS Auto Glass..................................................................................................... .5 AIS Glass Solution.............................................................................. ..................5 AIS Float Glass................................................................................. ....................5 Market Research........................................................................................................5 Background.................................................................................................. ...........5 Introduction............................................................................................................ .5 Problem Formulation.............................................................................. .................5 7 | Summer Project Report

See More, See Clear Literature Review.................................................................................... ................5 Gaps in The Literature.........................................................................................5 Time Frame....................................................................................... .........................5 The Research Problem............................................................................................5 Research Objective..............................................................................................5 Null hypothesis....................................................................................................5 Alternative hypothesis.........................................................................................5 Scope of The Study................................................................................ ..............5 Research Design.....................................................................................................5 Research Methodology.................................................................................... .....5 Sample size......................................................................................................... .5 Research Instrument..................................................................................... .......5 Tool of Data Analysis (SPSS)................................................................................5 Results and Conclusion..............................................................................................5 Recommendations.....................................................................................................5 REFERENCES............................................................................................. ..............5 Appendix -1........................................................................................................ .....5

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1: Domestic Float Glass Sales..........................................................................5 2 : Sales Growth of Float Glass........................................................................5 3 : Company wise capacity of production........................................................5 4 : Break-up of Capacity..................................................................................5 5 : Domestic Market Share..............................................................................5 6: Awareness of Glass brands..........................................................................5 7: Glass advertisement saw by people............................................................5 8: Awareness Vs Particular brand....................................................................5 9: Whether go for buying............................................................................. ....5 10: Purchase of glass................................................................................. ......5 11: Importance of brand..................................................................................5 12: Awareness Vs whether go for buying........................................................5 13: Time Taken at Retail Counter.....................................................................5 14: Preference for particular brand..................................................................5 15: Decision to choose any brand...................................................................5 16: Influencer of Recommendation..................................................................5 17: Ad recall....................................................................................................5 18: Ad influence on action...............................................................................5 19:Parameters for buying glass.......................................................................5 20: Awareness of application of glass..............................................................5

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List of Tables Table 1 : Domestic Float Glass Sales.........................................................................5 Table 2 : Total Capacity..............................................................................................5 Table 3 : Break-up of Capacity.................................................................................. ..5 Table 4 : Market Share........................................................................................... .....5

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Abbreviation SGG

SAINT GOBAIN GLASS INDIA LIMITED

AIS

ASAHI INDIA GLASS LIMITED

GGL

GUJRAT GUARDIAN LIMITED

MODIGUARD

GUJRAT GUARDIAN LIMITED

TPD

TONNES PER DAY

MT

METRIC TONNES

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Abstract Asahi India Glass Ltd. (AIS) is the largest integrated glass company in India, manufacturing a wide range of international quality automotive safety glass, float glass, architectural processed glass and glass products. AIS is jointly promoted by the Labroo family, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd., Japan and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. AIS have the following three Strategic Business Units (SBUs): •

Automotive Glass Unit – AIS Auto Glass

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Float Glass Unit – AIS Float Glass

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AIS Glass Solutions Ltd – AIS Glass Solutions

The Indian Glass Industry is still at nascent stage and it is rapidly developing. The glass industry is very organized. The business environment is getting more competitive by the entry of new players beside the three major companies as Saint Gobain, AIS and Modiguard. Problem statement The impact of advertisement on the demand of commodity product specifically Glass is to find out. India is the only country where glass as commodity product is being advertised on TV. But their effectiveness in impacting consumers mind for using more glass is not clear. How the ad affects the market share and perception of the glass in the mind of consumers is to be figured out. Scope of the Study The study will be conducted in India with limited scope of A and B class cities where 80% (building material) commodities are sold. Primary focus of the study will be on Glass. The most of the survey is limited to Mumbai and nearby city around it.

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Literature survey This is the most researched topic and various methods were adopted to check the effectiveness of advertising by different researchers. But that previous research has not specifically measured the impacts of advertising and brand value, and their joint effect, on firm performance for the glass kind of commodity product. We could not find the study which talks the likeable attributes in commodity products like glass. What exactly customers are looking for in a glass? By examining the effects of advertising and brand value, our work contributes to the existing literature. The Research Problem The research problem is to find out the impact of advertisement on demand of commodity product specifically glass. Research Objective Based on the problem statement, the research objectives are: •

To find out whether consumers are really involved in Glass buying decision if yes then to what extent?

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To find out, Are consumers really aware of any Glass or cement Co, brand or Glass products?

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To find out Does advertising has any impact in the minds of consumers?

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Can the advertising be measured or connected with a equation to the top and bottom line of the company.

Research is going to be descriptive as well as applied in order to achieve the desired objectives. The null hypothesis and the research hypothesis has been developed keeping assumption that the research will be specifically for the commodity product glass and keeping all the factors affecting the glass busying constant other than advertisements. The null hypothesis and alternate hypothesis is prepared to prove the research objectives.

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After the research study we should be able to judge the above hypothesis by accepting or rejecting it. The result will tell us about the effectiveness of the advertisement on glass (commodity product) and should also explain the awareness on the different glass brands. The Research Design Research is going to be descriptive as well as applied in order to achieve the desired objectives. Most of the objectives will be derived from the primary data after the survey. Focus group, stratified sampling technique in A and B class cities particularly Mumbai and its nearby cities will be surveyed. Research approach In this study, both sample survey and statistical approaches will be applied to collect data and establish the relationships between variables of interest. Sources of data Both secondary (documents and records) and primary (a sample survey of customers and channel partners in this case) data sources will be used in this work. Research instrument The structured questionnaire will be used for the survey. The SPSS tool is being used for the analysis purpose. The complete research study will be done in 8 weeks parts.

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Recommendations •

The commodity market has very less involvement of the end consumers in the buying process , hence the company should push dealers and retailers through different schemes , gifts and by giving them awards of “Best Retailer of the Year” and “Best Dealer of the Year” awards. The visibility at the retail counter should be increased by giving them pad, cutting tools to carpenters via retailers having AIS inscribed on it.

1. The companies can provide booklet containing samples of glass to carpenter to push their

products and increase their brand awareness. They can organize some kind of training on new design to carpenters. They should distribute danglers, calendars to retailers shop. 2. They can put their videos on “You tube “to increase the awareness. The company should

project their positioning statement “See More, See Clear “in their advertising media. 3. The company can direct its advertisements through different channels towards these

functional benefits of glass. They should organize meets and exhibition with retailers, The mode of communications like PR, sponsorships to events will be good method to create the awareness. 4. The advertisements activities should be targeted on the middle segment. The awareness can be increased by through tie-ups with the social society/community like BMC and CARE to increase the awareness level among the middle income category. 5. They can also have the tie-ups with the known builders and architects to advertise their

brands on their websites. Different festivals should be targeted for the awareness.

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Industry Overview Float Glass Industry in India India with more than one billion people, one sixth of the world’s total population has become an attractive destination for investment in Glass Industry for some time, it contributes around (6 %) one sixteenth of the world’s total Gross Domestic Product. It is one of the largest economies of the world that had a middle-class consumer market in excess of 300 million people. With increasing purchasing power and development of service sector, India is definitely on the radar of all the glass manufacturing companies. Float glass Industry in India is relatively new; the first float glass plant was established as recently as 15 years back. In this period India has emerged an important player in float glass production and today there are six float lines in operation and five new lines are at different stages of completion. It goes without saying that the rapid increase in demand during the late 1990s due to construction activities, in addition to provoking a cutback in exports, charmed some international firms which now are the major producers of float glass in the country. India had been using sheet and lower quality float glass through ages. Secondary processing was negligible with the majority of glass being installed in basic, monolithic form such as casting glasses. Until 1992, only sheet glass was being manufactured in the country, with a limited quantity of float glass being imported. In 1993, the first float glass plant was set. Since then new varieties of float and sheet glass capacities have been added. Against decades of old practice of casting glass in sheets over plain surfaces, the technology of float glass had brought about a significant change in the production and use of glass. The switch from low quality sheet glass with limited range and thickness to the sophisticated float glass took place in just a decade. 16 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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Totally, the flat glass industry grew by about 90% between 2000 and 2007, resulting in a compound annual growth rate of 11%. The per capita consumption of glass, which was 0.41 kg in 1999, reached 0.80% kg in 2007. The demand for flat glass in India has increased at an average rate of 12 percent to 15 percent each year for the past five years. Respective market share of float and sheet glass is 89 percent and 11 percent. However, the greater proportion of sheet and lower-quality float capacity will gradually phase out and be replaced with high-quality float. The two main consuming sectors of flat glass in India are the construction and automotive industries, both of which have been experiencing hyper growth for the last five years.

User Segments Eighty-three percent of the glass produced is used in the construction industry, 15 percent in the automotive industry and 2 percent in miscellaneous industries such as furniture and photo frames. The automobile industry, four-wheelers, has registered 18.6 percent growth between January and November 2007. The construction sector is growing around 12 percent per annum. India exports about 13,000 tons of glass per month to the Middle East, African countries, Europe and South America. The rapid increase in the demand for flat glass in the domestic market has resulted in a cutback in exports by as much as 60 percent in the last couple of years.

Major Producers The major producers of float glass in India are three foreign joint ventures and an Indian company: Asahi India Glass Ltd Taloja, Maharashtra, Roorkee, UP; Asahi India’s two plants produce 500 tons and 750 tons per day. Asahi India Glass Ltd. It started operations in December 1994. It started off as a joint venture between the Tatas and Asahis of Japan. With the exit of the Asahis in 2003, it was taken over by Asahi India Safety, the automotive glass manufacturing company. The merged entity is known as Asahi India 17 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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Glass Ltd. The company started a new float plant with a 750-ton capacity on Jan. 1, 2007 at Uttaranchal in North India. Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd., Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu; Saint-Gobain’s two

plants produce 550 tons and 700 tons per day. It started operations in 2000 and is India’s largest capacity float plant.It is a 100 percent subsidiary of the Saint-Gobain Group Gujarat Guardian Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, Gujarat Guardian, the first company to

set up float glass plant in India produces 550 tons per day; It is a joint venture between Guardian Industries International Corp. of the United States and India’s Modi Group. Triveni Glass in Allahabad produces 200 tons of float glass per day. It’s a mini float plant based on Chinese float-glass technology.

New Entrants Other than these four established players, a few domestic companies too are venturing in Float glass production; there float lines are at various stages of completion. All the three new players are related to glass industry. Gold Plus Glass Limited- Gold Plus glass is a New Delhi based glass processor, and has a significant market share in processing glass industry, announced that it’s Roorkie based latest float glass manufacturing plant of Gold Plus, would start production in June, 2008. The furnace may be fired on any suitable day in June; 2008.The estimated cost of this project is approximately Rs.400 Crores in the first phase. The capacity of this float glass production line would be 460tonnes per day. This float glass production line will produce clear and green tinted glass from 2 to 19mm thickness. Most of the machineries for this plant are from Europe and America and Yaohua Glass Group of China. Sejal Glass – another prominent manufacturer of value added glass, based in Mumbai ( Western Coast) has ambitious plans to set up a Float Line. The factory site is at Bharuch, for which the construction has already begun and production will commence from March 2009. The plant will undertake manufacturing of Clear and Tinted Glass 18 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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HNG Float glass - Hindustan National Glass company, the leading manufacturer of container glass in India, made the announcement of setting its float glass plant in Dec. 2007, in Halol, Gujarat. Capacity of this line will be 600 Ton/day and is expected to be on stream by middle of 2009. In its press release the company stated that equipments would be sourced from European suppliers.

Current capacity versus demand in India An excess capacity of raw glass in the industry was experienced in the beginning of 2006. This excess capacity could become larger in the years to come if current investment plans see the light of day. In 2007, the excess capacity was four times that of 2006, and in 2008 it could be six times that of 2006. This is assuming demand continues to grow at the current double-digit pace. It is interesting to note that the cumulative profit of flat-glass manufacturers in India is still in the red.

Future Prospectus The construction and automotive industries are the most important consuming sectors, almost 80 million square feet of land in India is earmarked for shopping malls, taking into consideration Special Economic Zones and Corporate offices, there is an immense opportunity in Indian Glass industry. Nowadays, taking climate, safety, sound attenuation, energy conservation and aesthetics into consideration, builders are opting for more glass in their construction. The glass revolution is also taking place in the automotive industry which is predicted to grow at more than 15% till 2012. Anyway, it isn’t all roses for Indian glass industry, problems like the overcapacity of raw glass (and a projected surplus of processed glass); Chinese competition (in spite of anti-dumping duties) and the lack of codes of standards threaten Indian glass industry. As far as overcapacity concerned, analysts say that the supply will far exceed demand at least until 2009. Excess capacity, increased competition and the development of a regulatory framework are the real future challenges for the Indian glass industry. 19 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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Current Scenario The domestic glass industry and trade has been progressing at a consistent impressive rate of growth of 12-13% per annum during the last nine years. However this progress has come to a rude halt in the fourth quarter of the current financial year 2008-2009 and the rate of growth has turned negative. During the last financial year 2007-08 all the three float glass manufacturing companies operating in the country – SGG, GGL and AIS had combined sales of 2043 tonnes per day of float glass on an average. However , during the fourth quarter ( January- March ) of the current financial year 2008-2009 this has slide to 1885 tonnes per day on an average having a negative growth rate of -8.38%( Glass Yug magazine, January Edition- 2009).

Year

MT/Day

%Growth

2000-01

886

2.66

2001-02

980

10.6

2002-03

1106

12.85

2003-04

1310

18.44

2004-05

1427

8.93

2005-06

1402

14.22

2006-07

1695

20.89

2007-08

2043

20.46

2008-09 ( Jan-Mar)

1885

-8.38

Table 1: Domestic Float Glass Sales

The float glass sales trend shows that from past nine years sales was increasing continuously, but due to economic slowdown and recessionary condition it has decreased in the beginning of 2008-09 turning into negative growth rate in the sales .

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Figure 2 : Sales Growth of Float Glass

The total capacity of including all the major float glass companies in India comes 4650 tonnes per day. Out of which the three major companies like Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd. has 1400 tonnes per day, Asahi India Glass Ltd. with 1200 tonnes per day and Gujarat Guardian Ltd. with 550 tonnes per day. The other three companies Gold Plus Float Glass Industry Ltd., H.N.G Float Glass Ltd. and Gold Plus Float Glass Industry Ltd. have corresponding capacity of 550, 550 and 400 tonnes per day. Total Capacity ( in tonnes per day) Manufacturers Gujarat Guardian Ltd. Asahi India Glass Ltd. Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd. Gold Plus Float Glass Industry Ltd. Sejal Architectural Glass Ltd. H.N.G Float Glass Ltd. Total Capacity Domestic Sales on an average/day Export sales on an average/day Domestic + Exports Extra Supplies or Stocks

Capacity( in tonnes per day) 550 1200 1400 400 550 550 4650 1885 350 2235 2415

Table 2 : Total Capacity

Figure 3 : Company wise capacity of production

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absorbed mostly in domestic market with 1885 mostly whereas export sales per day are 350 TPD. The extra supplies or stocks are 2415 tonnes per day.

Break-up of Capacity ( in tonnes per day) 4 Total Capacity

650 1

Domestic Sales on an average/day Export sales on an average/day

885 350 2

Extra Supplies or Stocks

415

Table 3 : Break-up of Capacity

Figure 4 : Break-up of Capacity

Market Share The SGG has the highest market share of 38.89%, whereas AIS stands second with 31.52 % market share. The GGL has 23.23% market share and the Gold plus float glass Industry Ltd. covers 6.37% market share.

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Share 38.89% 31.51%

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Figure 5 : Domestic Market Share

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23.23% 6.37%

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Company Profile AIS is the largest integrated glass company in India, manufacturing a wide range of international quality automotive safety glass, float glass, architectural processed glass and glass products. AIS has a strong strategic position in the Indian glass industry. AIS is a leader in auto glass and architectural processed glass segments and has prominent position in Float glass market. AIS is jointly promoted by the Labroo family, Asahi Glass Co. Ltd., Japan and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. The promoters jointly hold 55.24% of paid up equity capital of AIS, with remaining 44.76% held by public. Being a widely held listed public company with close to 62,000 shareholders, AIS remains committed to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance and shareholder accountability. The equity shares of AIS are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) in India. AIS is transforming itself from being a manufacturer of world-class glass and glass products to a solutions provider by moving up the value chain of auto glass and architectural glass and providing design, products and services that make glass more versatile and user-friendly. AIS have the following three Strategic Business Units (SBUs): •

Automotive Glass Unit – AIS Auto Glass

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Float Glass Unit – AIS Float Glass

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AIS Glass Solutions Ltd – AIS Glass Solutions

AIS Auto Glass is India's largest manufacturer of world class automotive safety glass and is, in fact, one of the largest in the field in Asia. It meets over 80% automotive glass requirement of the Indian passenger car industry. AIS Float Glass is the leading manufacturer of international quality float glass in the country. Prior to its merger with AIS, it was known as Floatglass India Ltd. 24 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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AIS Glass Solutions is a value addition in the architectural glass business of AIS, addressing the following segments: •

Architectural Processing and Glass solutions

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Product and Knowledge development

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Glass Services – Sales & Marketing

The market and technology leader in the Indian Glass Industry, AIS continues to add to its customer base and service offerings, while maintaining and enhancing product quality Its ongoing efforts, to provide high quality products and reliable and excellent service to its customers, are the key factors for AIS’s sustained success and leadership position in the Indian glass industry. AIS recorded gross sales and operating profits of Rs. 11742 millions and Rs. 2046 millions respectively for the year ended 31st March, 2008.

Vision and Mission Vision AIS’s Vision is to “SEE MORE” This byline captures AIS’s culture: •

It describes AIS products and services which delight its customers by helping them see more in comfort, safety & security.

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It expresses AIS’s corporate culture of merit and transparency.

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It defines the quality of AIS’s people to want to see, learn, and do more, in depth and detail to transcend the ordinary.

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Mission AIS’s Mission is “JIKKO” – Execution for Excellence With major investments in place, the time is now to reap the benefits by execution for excellence

Guiding principles All actions of AIS are driven by the following guiding principles: •

Creation of value for Shareholders

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Customer Satisfaction

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Respect for Environment

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Use of Facts

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Continuous Improvement

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Strengthening of Systems

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Upgradation of Human Potential through education and training

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Social Consciousness

Collaborators Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Japan Asahi Glass Co. Ltd, Japan, was established in 1907. Today, it is one of the leading glass producers of the world. AGC has a global network of over 350 subsidiaries and affiliates in Japan and 20 and above other countries. The group’s operations comprise of flat glass, automotive glass, and have recently diversified into display glass, chemicals, electronics and energy. AGC has evolved as a top multinational glass manufacturer with a leading share of the global market in most key glass products. AGC group is the largest glass manufacturer of the world with 12% global market share in the flat glass segment and 30% global market share in the 26 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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automotive glass segment. It has further captured the top share in CRT glass, TFT display glass and PDP glass in the display field as well. For the year 2007, the AGC Group has recorded net sales of 1681 billions of yen, and with Operating Net Income of 69 billions of yen.

SBU’S AIS Auto Glass OVERVIEW AIS Auto Glass is the most reputed and trusted supplier in Indian automotive glass industry having over 21 years of technological expertise and is the largest manufacturer of world-class automotive safety glass in India. AIS Auto Glass has been awarded the prestigious Deming Application Prize, 2007, certifying the outstanding performance improvements achieved by it through application of Total Quality Management (TQM). Today, AIS Auto Glass has a ‘body of knowledge’ to be able to deliver ‘cutting edge’ auto glass solutions and value addition to its customers, most of whom are global and demanding players. AIS Auto Glass is overwhelmingly the ‘first choice’ supplier for most automotive manufacturers in India. Hence, AIS Auto Glass is either the sole or a leading supplier of auto glass to most passenger car manufacturers in India, supplying about 80% of their auto glass requirement. Apart from supplying to OEMs in India, AIS Auto Glass has significant presence in the domestic after-market with a market share of 43%. It also exports auto glass to the after-markets in Europe and Pakistan. AIS Auto Glass has state-of-the-art plants located at Rewari-Haryana, Roorkee-Uttrakhand (North India) and Chennai- Tamil Nadu (South India) with a combined capacity to produce 2.81 million car sets per annum.

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Product Range AIS Auto Glass is India's largest manufacturer of automotive safety glass. The unit manufactures the full range of automotive safety glass, which includes: •

Laminated Windshield

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Tempered Glass for Side and Backlites

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Silver Printed Defogger Glass

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Antenna Printed Backlites

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Black Ceramic Printed Flush Fitting Glass

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Encapsulated Fixed Glass

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Solar Control Glass

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IR Cut Glass

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UV Cut Glass

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Reflective (PET) Windshield

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Water Repellant Glass

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Glass Antenna

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Extruded Windshield

Clients AIS Auto Glass : Share of Business Customer

SOB (%)

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

100

International Cars and Motors

100

Reva Motors

100

Honda Motors

100

Ford India

99

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Toyota Kirloskar Motors

99

Fiat India

83

Hyundai Motors

72

General Motors

67

Volvo India

57

Mahindra & Mahindra

52

TATA Motors

24

Piaggio

22

Hindustan Motors

17

Eicher Motors

13

Swaraj Mazda

5

Force Motors

1

Market Position •

Sole supplier to almost the entire Indian passenger car industry, with a current market share in excess of 80 %.

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Significant presence in the after-market with a market share of over 43%.

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Exporting auto glass to after-market in Europe and Pakistan.

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AIS Glass Solution AIS Glass Solutions is the face of the architectural glass processing business of AIS. As a separate business unit, AIS Glass Solutions focuses on offering innovative architectural glass solutions to customers. AIS Glass Solutions aims at raising per capita consumption of glass in the country to bring it at par with the other developed countries in the world. It disseminates knowledge for increased awareness of the use and application of architectural glass through innovative offerings. AIS Glass Solutions has been supplying a wide range of high quality architectural processed glass, comprising of toughened glass, laminated glass, insulated glass units and value added glass products. It also caters to the project segment, meeting glass and related requirements of construction projects. Its product portfolio includes: •

AIS Strong glass - impact resistant glass.

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AIS Security glass - burglar resistant glass.

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AIS Acoustic glass - sound resistant glass.

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Glass products like shower enclosures, tabletops, shelves.

The state-of-the-art architectural glass processing facilities are located at Taloja (West India), Chennai (South India), Rewari and Roorkee (North India). The Roorkee facility is the largest architectural glass processing facility in the country.

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AIS Float Glass OVERVIEW AIS Float Glass is a premier manufacturer of international quality float glass and value-added glass like reflective glass and mirror. AIS Float Glass has state-of-the-art glass manufacturing plants located at Taloja near Mumbai (West India) and Roorkee (North India) with a total production capacity of 1,200 tons per day (TPD). Its newly commissioned unit at IGP Roorkee has manufacturing facilities for float glass, superior quality heat reflective glass and new generation environment friendly mirror. PRODUCT RANGE AIS Float Glass offers a diversified product range of float glass in thickness of 2 mm - 12 mm in different shades and tints of clear, green, grey, bronze and blue in varying sizes. Its product portfolio includes world-class range of international quality Supersilver heatreflective glass, the world’s finest quality "Environment Friendly" copper & lead free premium AIS Mirrors, AIS Décor lacquered glass & AIS Krystal Frosted glass for interior applications.

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Application Of AIS Glass With its wide product range and its status as the undisputed quality leader, AIS Glass is the natural choice in most of the application segments: Window Glazing: AIS Float Glass’s superior strength, high optical clarity, distortion free, smooth surface and bigger sizes give design flexibility, making it the natural choice for all window glazing applications. Curtain walls: Availability of AIS Tinted Float & AIS Heat Reflective Glass in various shapes and sizes enable you to design the latest in curtain walls. Besides modern expression, it reduces the overall dead weight of the building, allows faster construction and requires less expensive maintenance. The heat-absorbing / heat-reflective characteristic reduces the air-conditioning load substantially, thus saving precious energy. Partition Walls: Due to its inherent strength and availability in large sizes, AIS Float Glass can be extensively used for partitions. Glass partitions add to the aesthetics of the room and give a feeling of spaciousness. Doors: AIS Float Glass is extensively used in doors and entrances, exuding beauty and elegance. Shop-Fronts: Brilliantly clear and transparent shop-fronts made of Float Glass provide a distinct image to a showroom. Decorations:

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inflammability of AIS Float Glass makes it an indispensable material for display cabinets Shop, partitioning, screening and designing modern and high-class Showrooms and Shopping Malls. Furniture: AIS Float Glass, due to its versatility, is ideal for furniture, tabletops, shelves, cabinets, showcases and sliding doors of large almirahs and cupboards etc. Balustrades: The use of AIS Float Glass in balustrades gives a graceful effect to the staircases. 33 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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Mirrors: AIS Float Glass gives perfect reflected images when mirrored. Also AIS Mirrors, are world-class quality mirrors, being copper & lead free and corrosion resistant. Automobile Safety Glass: AIS Float Glass Unit is the single largest supplier to the OEM segment. Its European Green glass is used extensively in almost all premium cars. Special Applications: AIS Float Glass can be further processed to be used for skylights, atriums, museums, art galleries, aquariums, lifts, dance floors etc. MARKET POSITION AIS Float Glass enjoys 38.89 % market share in the Indian float glass market. CLIENTS The diversified product portfolio of AIS Float Glass includes float glass in varying sizes, shapes and thickness. AIS's quality products make it the preferred choice of a wide range of clients including •

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Advantages of Float Glass over its Counterparts Fuel Efficiency The fuel efficiency is enhanced significantly in a float glass plant. Whereas in a sheet glass plant, the best fuel efficiency is limited to 0.3 MT of furnace oil per tonne of glass, in the float process, 0.18 to 0.20 MT of furnace oil is required to melt 1 tonne of glass. Quality Owing to the greater degree of quality control in the furnace conditions, the final product is free from body defects such as waves, stones etc. The reason for this lies in the process itself: the molten glass is formed on a bed of molten tin, improving the accuracy of glass immensely. In the other processes, the molten ribbon of glass is drawn out mechanically between rollers, making it vulnerable to variations in thickness. Thus the float process offers better quality.

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Control Because the product passes horizontally from one chamber to another, a greater degree of inspection and quality control can be exercised unlike the other process where the glass is pulled up against the force of gravity. Variety The float glass can be manufactured with thickness upto 19mm, to be used for applications such as tabletops; furniture etc.This is not possible in sheet glass, as the glass would become brittle at such high thickness.

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Market Research Background In the present era of cut throat competition there is a very little scope left out for the companies to create differentiation in the products to compete, hence need to start brand building exercise by way of creating perceived images of superiority over the competition . This starts with the various kind of activities to be undertaken by the companies to create brand , among them one way is advertising. Indian commodity market ( in the building material segment )such as cement, steel, aluminum, Glass has adopted various methods to enhance the demand for their products, they have simultaneously invested sizeable amount of money in advertising to sell their products and increase their market share. VARIOUS consultants and advertising agencies were hired to create a difference but, “have they been successful in their efforts to create demand or make any kind of impact on the demand or sale due to advertising or mass media campaigns. Lots of subjective discussions (simply based on individual feelings and selected market researches to show the positive impact, which can easily be contradicted by any other agency or market research) have taken place and actually not yielded any results or tangible benefits which can distinctively be observed or verified. Whenever organizations try to establish a relationship between the advertising and the Top line, bottom line then efforts are put in to de link it so that it goes to the expenses part rather than become a part of the cost. There is a need to re-examine and evaluate the impact of advertising on the demand of commodity products and see what exactly consumers are looking for. Once companies understand that branding is a necessary (and profitable) part of doing business, the next logical question is — how do you brand? Tactically speaking, there are numerous ways to go about branding. The look and feel of the communications, the balance of advertising versus public relations versus grassroots, the 37 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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media used, etc., all reflect tactical aspects of the branding process. However, these are only vehicles used to brand, and do not inherently lend themselves to developing a brand, per se. To ensure a good, successful brand is the methodology used to develop and/or refine the brand in the first place. In other words, just like a building, a good brand starts with a strong foundation. Sound branding practice begins with addressing five key attributes present in any effective brand: uniqueness, relevance, credibility, sustainabiiity, and practicality. Uniqueness The average American is exposed to approximately 3,000 advertising messages per day. That means everything from the logo on your watch, to product placement in television and movies, down to traditional commercials and print ads. And all this static is in addition to children, family, job and various other aspects of everyday life that are constantly vying for attention. To break through all of the clutter, a brand has to stand out, has to be memorable — it has to be unique. Relevance This attribute seems like a no-brainer, but it is an important check-off. If a brand is positioned in a way that has no bearing in the life of the audience, then how can the audience be expected to develop an affinity for the brand? Credibility Things can be true, but not necessarily believable. For instance, Kia brand automobiles could spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the development of a luxury car that rivals BMW in every aspect. However, it is a good bet that such an endeavor would fail. At the very least, Kia could only command a fraction of the retail price of BMWs. The Kia brand has successfully positioned itself as a low-cost automobile maker. People would simply not believe the company had produced a car that was on par with BMW. The lessons here — don’t let your business stray from your brand. Once credibility in your brand is lost, it is near impossible to regain it. Just see Arthur Andersen, WorldCom or Enron. 38 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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Sustainability This factor represents the most significant difference between advertising and pure branding. An advertising campaign is finite, while a brand should theoretically be credible and relevant forever. The core values inherent in a brand should reflect core human values. For example, Nike's core value is achievement. McDonald's core value is convenience. Citibank’s core value is financial security. These values will be as relevant as in 2055 as they are in 2005, which gives the brand consistency, staying power, and the ability to build consumer loyalty. Advertising remains one of the cornerstones of marketing communications. However, determining its impact on a firm’s performance continues to be a difficult proposition for many marketing and advertising managers. Although firms in the USA spent over $230 billion on advertising in 2001 (Coen, 2002), a clear link Between advertising expenditures and financial performance remains somewhat Uncertain

in many cases. One common belief is that

advertising creativity is an Essential element of advertising success (El-Murad and West, 2004; Smith and Yang, 2004) and may lead to an improved financial performance, that is, as firms focus more resources and develop more creative advertising, they will realize marginal benefits in the form of higher sales, an increased market share and higher future earnings. While seemingly reasonable, this particular belief fails to provide much more than an anecdotal basis for determining the effects of advertising on a firm’s bottom line. While providing some useful insights, these mostly academic studies typically failed to take into consideration the myriad of other variables that also affect advertising effectiveness (e.g. differentiating message, repetition and recall).

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Introduction Can Advertising Contribute? On the heels of what seems to be a never-ending series of attacks on advertising, two new studies purport to reveal more evidence of its diminishing impact. For several years, respected industry leaders have been assailing both advertisers and their agencies for lack of performance. Some experts, such as Sergio Zyman, former advertising head at Coca-Cola, claim that ad agencies have abandoned their basic responsibility to sell the brands they're paid to advertise. Others, including noted author Al Ries, have gone even further, contending that advertising's business building capabilities now pale in comparison to the "buzz" public relations can generate. (See "Is Advertising Dead?" Adding fuel to this fire are two recently released studies. The first, by Yankelovich Partners, maintains that the effectiveness of ad campaigns has been declining markedly. It cites as evidence the apparent growth in consumers' negative perceptions of advertising. According to Yankelovich, about 6 in 10 U.S. consumers report that they now feel more negatively about advertising than they used to. Furthermore, they claim to "avoid buying products that overwhelm them with advertising and marketing." The second study, recently released by Deutsche Bank, is based on a more wide ranging analysis of sales and marketing spending data. It concludes that TV advertising delivers, in most cases, a negligible return on investment (ROI) for mature package-goods brands. According to the Deutsche Bank data, only 3 of 18 major brands competing in established product categories (ranging from beer to detergent and from snacks to toothpaste) could demonstrate financial returns that exceeded the company's investments. In the other 15 cases, the companies were simply spending more money than they were making. No bang for the buck Reports such as these have caused consternation among advertisers and the agencies they've enlisted to create and deliver sales-building and business-enhancing messages. Wall Street analysts and company boards are increasingly expecting and demanding accountability for marketing expenditures. If, as the Deutsche Bank data contend, major advertisers such as Coca-Cola, Heinz, and Colgate are 40 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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realizing no tangible business benefits from their expenditures, then ad money will likely be reallocated to other, higher-return uses. The dilemma, of course, is to identify what those alternatives might be. According to the Deutsche Bank report, the solution is not an increase in trade-promotion spending, as this tactic also falls short when it comes to ROI. So where are companies to turn? What are these studies telling today's brand marketers? Perhaps, as some have suggested, the solution is simply "better advertising." The argument is that the money is squandered -- not because all Advertising is wasteful, but because too many companies have been lured into creating ad campaigns that just don't work. Either marketers are employing the wrong media mix (for example, relying on expensive and inefficient TV commercials), or they're relying on the wrong selling strategies (such as creating messages that have little or no potential impact). Does a company's advertising just need to "work harder"? Or is the real problem that today's advertisers are heading in the wrong direction, and as a result, are making no apparent progress toward meeting their ROI challenge? It appears that far too many companies operate under an incomplete or erroneous model of how advertising can best contribute to building a healthier brand. Consequently, they fail to hold their ads -- and their ad agencies -- accountable for the end results they should be delivering. Consider the Yankelovich study, which apparently equates "liking" advertising with its impact. The study suggests that if people say they're feeling increasingly negative toward advertising, then that means that advertising has increasingly less impact. This argument would imply that the solution for enhancing the return on advertising expenditures would be to make the ads more entertaining and fun to watch, hear, or read. But should that be the goal? Is advertising's real purpose to entertain -- or to sell? As experts from David Ogilvy to Sergio Zyman have pointed out, advertising's objective is not to be "fun to watch." Entertaining consumers is not the reason companies invest billions of dollars in ads. Customer acquisition or customer retention? What should advertising's goal be? What are the appropriate objectives for today's marketers to pursue? These are the questions that marketers must answer as they rethink their targets and reexamine their strategies. Some time ago, companies began shifting their 41 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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emphasis from customer acquisition to customer retention. That's because myriad published studies have emphasized what has now become a management mantra: It costs a lot less to keep a customer than it does to acquire a new one. (See "The Constant Customer" and "Maximizing Return" in See Also.) Yet the goals that many companies set for their advertising have remained essentially the same as they were decades ago, when brands were being launched and the aim was to attract new customers. What are these stated objectives? What do today's marketers demand of their ad agencies? They want agencies to build brand and advertising awareness, increase consumers' positive attitudes toward identifiable purchase motivators, and boost the number of customers who state a positive intention to buy the brand. But these measures all derive from a time past, when package-goods companies were defining what marketing was all about (the "Four Ps" of product, place, promotion, and price) and focusing on building brand share for frequently purchased, low-involvement consumer products. And they were pursuing these goals through advertising that was designed and executed to increase the brand's profile and make it more "top of mind." But those outcomes are not the hallmarks of increased customer retention. Rather, they are indicators of the potential for customer acquisition. As several Gallup Organization studies have pointed out, the health of a company's customer relationships is reflected in the nature and depth of the emotional connections that have been forged between the brand and the customer. (“Beyond Customer Loyalty”) Brand awareness is an insensitive and even inappropriate indicator of the strength of a company's customer relationships. However, that may be exactly why the Deutsche Bank study has concluded that advertising typically doesn't work for mature brands in mature categories. What should the role of advertising be for brands such as Coke and Heinz? Should their ads focus on increasing the awareness of these already-familiar names? Or should they seek to deepen and extend brand relationships by enhancing the engagement of their current customers? The problem with attacking the issue of advertising that reportedly doesn't work is that too many companies are still defining what works according to an outmoded customer acquisition model. They are 42 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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looking at what it takes to generate trial, and that's a mistake. In a world that's now strongly focused on customer retention, advertising must be designed, crafted, and held accountable for its ability to enhance the customer relationship, not just initiate it. This means that company marketers -- at least those who are marketing established brands -- must rethink not just what they're spending, but what they're doing, what they're saying, and how they're monitoring their progress. Unless advertisers and their agencies reexamine where they're heading and reconsider what they're striving to achieve, marketers will continue to read bleak and scary reports about advertising's lack of impact and effectiveness. Ad expenditures, already clearly in jeopardy, will decline. And the real promise and potential of advertising will, sadly, continue to be left unrealized. Marketers are too willing to concede that their products have reached commodity status. That's a major reason why advertising effectiveness has suffered mightily. Here's the problem: When companies treat their brands the same as their competitors', they no longer focus on attributes of the brand itself as reasons to buy it. Instead, they talk about the people who buy the product, or they make fun of the advertising -- anything to keep from admitting that their product purportedly has no real advantage over the next guy's. So, when advertising is forced to get away from concentrating on what makes it most effective and efficient -- tangible and meaningful product benefits -- the result is likely to be disappointing. It's amazing how sophisticated marketers make this mistake. The contention is that they are selling their products short; that their products have advantages that can be exploited by great advertising if only their custodians would look harder for the hidden gems buried deep within the product -- or maybe just under the surface. Although the agency is only too happy to oblige, the client is clearly the place to lay the blame. After all, if the top guys at Miller Brewing Co. had insisted that their agencies dig out and exploit attributes of their beers, instead of the weird people who drink their beers, they would be gainfully employed today.

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The agencies, of course, were glad to be let off the hook. It's hard work to come up with an advantage that can give a product an edge and convey that advantage in a meaningful, creative and entertaining way. How much easier to ignore the product altogether and focus on the lifestyles of the consumers who use the product. That way, you can say anything you want.It's easy to go down the road that says most products are the same. You see that most often when companies are floundering. Kellogg Co. is a sad case in point. Its troubles started when the cereal companies drastically lowered the prices on their products, giving consumers the impression that they were all the same. (Kodak did the same thing with its film.) When that line of thinking takes hold, management starts looking for non-product-related things to talk about. So now, the head marketing guy at Kellogg concedes that, because "the functional benefits are the same" from brand to brand, Kellogg is intent on creating a personality for each brand -- and a relationship with its consumers. If the "functional benefits" of a brand are all the same, how can the brand's personality be distinct, other than by fabricating it out of whole cloth? A brand's uniqueness comes out of its real and tangible product advantages. “The moral of the story is that few consumer products are commodities unless their owners concede that they are”. And because so many companies today are making that concession, smart marketers have a terrific new weapon at their disposal. Marketing is at the top of the list because this is the area where rigorous financial evaluations have not been used extensively to justify the expenditures within a firm. Manufacturing costs have been reduced from 50 per cent to 30 per cent, and general management costs have also declined as a proportion of the total corporate costs from 30 per cent to 20 per cent, but in contrast to manufacturing and general management costs, marketing costs have increased significantly from only 20 per cent of the total corporate costs 50 years ago to 50 per cent today. In spite of the huge marketing expenditures, managers frequently do not have concrete measures or knowledge of what is obtained in return from a significant investment 44 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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in marketing. Moreover, many have doubted that definite quantitative measurements of marketing effectiveness could ever be made

Problem Formulation The impact of advertisement on the demand of commodity product specifically Glass is to be find out. India is the only country where glass as commodity product is being advertised on TV. The huge amounts of investment in ads are happening in the industry. But their effectiveness in impacting consumers mind for using more glass is not clear. Do the advertisements help the company in commanding more market share, has become the main issue. The connection of ad to the top and bottom line of the company is not yet established clearly for the commodity product such as glass. The perception of consumers towards glass is still very traditional as that of fragile nature etc. The relationship between glass buying behavior and the awareness towards the brand among the commodity glass market is to be figured out. All these issues are the rationale behind choosing this research study.

Literature Review RIEDESEL (2002) COMMENTS that the modeling of company sales and income as a function of three types of media spending using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) by Luo and Donthu (2001) is questionable. He acknowledges that the relationship between media spending and company sales may be reciprocal, but the impact of sales on media spending is more direct than vice versa. First, there are numerous marketing, management science, econometrics, and advertising studies that have established the causal relationship from media spending to sales volume ( Aaker and Carman, 1982; Feinberg, 2001; Mesak, 1999; Simon and Arndt, 1980; Stewart, 1989). Danaher and Rust (1994) theoretically propose that optimal level of media spending can be achieved by maximizing the advertising productivity/efficiency. Following this school of research, we believe that the amount spent on different media such as broadcasting, print, and outdoor can be treated as DEA inputs, while sales and income as DEA outputs.

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Second, while some firms may be using a fixed percentage of previous sales as current media spending budget, the approach is ad hoc and not supported by science. One hopes that many firms are actually setting advertising budget based on future sales goals. However, irrespective of how advertising budgets are set, advertising expenditure may or may not be efficient (given level of advertising may produce different levels of sales) and DEA can be used to investigate this. It is not the setting of the budget that creates sales but the spending of the budget. If sales fall below or above projected levels, real-time changes have to be made in spending. DEA can be used to model such contemporaneous spending/sales data. Finally, a pure empiricist may argue that DEA is a correlation technique used to analyze the relationship between two sets of variables. In conclusion, advertising theory dictates that media spending be treated as inputs and sales be treated as outputs. Media spending should reflect sales goals. Irrespective of how advertising budgets are arrived at, inefficiencies exist in advertising and that inefficiency can be benchmarked using DEA. ( Mehir Kumar Baidya and Partha Basu Measurement and Analysis for Marketing 2008) did one study with the aim to check the impact of individual marketing efforts (advertising, sales force , promotion, distribution and price) on sales and overall customer satisfaction for a brand by taking into consideration both the financial and non financial aspects of the measurement. The return on- investment (ROI) has been calculated for each effort on the basis of sales The findings suggest that all the marketing efforts have significant positive impact on sales except price. Moreover, all the marketing efforts have significant positive effects on overall customer satisfaction for the brand. Furthermore, among all the marketing efforts the adjusted ROI is the highest for sales force. These results will assist the managers in allocating the resources to different marketing efforts in a better manner, so as to improve the effectiveness of marketing expenditures. Stone and Duffy , and Basu and Batra

used the judgmental and mathematical

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studies used response function to allocate marketing budget to advertising as well as to different brands. Effects of sales promotion : (Bawa and Shoemaker) performed a study to identify the influence of sales promotion activities on customers ’ brand choice behaviour. The authors found that sales promotion activities have short-term and long term positive effects on the brand choice behaviour of customers. In the same direction, Jones made an attempt to examine the short term and long-term impact of sales promotion activities on sales by a multivariate technique Regression model estimation indicates that the short-term effect is more prominent than the long-term. The author found that the effect of a low price on attracting buyers depends on the level of advertising. The high advertising plan produces sales 50 per cent above the low plan at the base price. At the middle price it was 34 per cent, and at the highest price with the high advertising level it was only 11 per cent.( Effectiveness of marketing expenditures © 2008 Palgrave Macmillan Ltd 0967-3237 Vol. 16, 3, 181–188 Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing 183). Customer Satisfaction Studies: Anderson analysed a database matching the CSI with ROI, and the productivity of each company covered by the Swedish Customer Satisfaction Barometer (SCSB) from 1989 to 1992. Regression model estimation indicates that the coefficient for the direct relationship between the customer satisfaction and ROI is positive and significant. Similarly, Ittner and Larcker 12 extend this study by using stock price as a dependent variable and CSI as an independent variable. The authors found that the estimated regression coefficient is 7.36. This shows that customer satisfaction has a positive impact on shareholder value. Advertising remains one of the cornerstones of marketing communications. However, determining its impact on a firm’s performance continues to be a difficult proposition for many marketing and advertising managers. Although firms in the USA spent over $230 billion on 47 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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advertising in 2001 (Coen, 2002), a clear link between advertising expenditures and financial performance remains somewhat uncertain in many cases. One common belief is that advertising creativity is an essential element of advertising success (El-Murad and West, 2004; Smith and Yang, 2004) and may lead to an improved financial performance, that is, as firms focus more resources and develop more creative advertising, they will realize marginal benefits in the form of higher sales, an increased market share and higher future earnings. While seemingly reasonable, this particular belief fails to provide much more than an anecdotal basis for determining the effects of advertising on a firm’s bottom line. In addition, while positive returns are expected, this type of unsubstantiated claim has become unacceptable as more marketing managers are being asked to validate the links between traditional marketing variables and financial performance (Jedidi et al., 1998). Although the search for the true value of advertising has led to the completion of numerous experimental and econometric studies, evaluating the effectiveness of specific advertising campaigns continues to be problematic for practitioners and academics alike. For the most part, past studies have tended to focus on a handful of ‘executable devices such as the use of humor, sex, and celebrity presenters’ (Stewart and Furse, 2000, p. 85). While providing some useful insights, these mostly academic studies typically failed to take into consideration the myriad of other variables that also affect advertising effectiveness (e.g. differentiating message, repetition and recall). Exceptions to these fairly limited studies are practitioner studies that rely on an experimental design and use single-source data (e.g. Eskin, 1985; Lodish et al., 1995). Such studies are able to estimate advertising performance by tracking the actual purchasing behaviour of a sample of consumers (via retail scan cards). However, while providing useful insights, many of these experiments were not well documented in terms of methodology (Stewart and Furse, 2000) and were very expensive, technically difficult to conduct and relied heavily on the ability for tracking exact consumer purchasing patterns carefully. While both

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categories of studies have helped to extend our general understanding of how advertising affects firms’ performances, more research is needed. Consequently, a number of empirical studies have recently been conducted in order to extend our understanding of the links between specific aspects of a firm’s advertising function and various financial performance measures (e.g. market share, profitability and stock price). While market share and profitability continue to demand attention as managers attempt to link their decisions to financial outcomes directly, many researchers have opted for a more unique approach and have begun to examine the impact of specific marketing and advertising decisions on expected future earnings (as manifested in higher or lower abnormal stock returns). Specifically, researchers have explored the links between stock price and the use of celebrity endorsers (e.g. Ohanian, 1991; Agrawal and Kamakura, 1995; Mathur et al., 1997; Farrell et al., 2000), corporate sponsorship and the marketing of sporting events (e.g. Miyazaki and Morgan, 2001; Tomkovick et al., 2001), changing a company’s name (Horsky and Swyngedouw, 1987) and changing a firm’s advertising slogan (Mathur and Mathur, 1996). However, while some progress has been made in this area, more research is needed. Managerial relevance. Jointly examining weight and content effects on market response can be extremely appealing to brand managers who try to strike a balance between copy and weight and may ultimately help them achieve higher advertising efficiencies. The results of MacInnis et al. are encouraging, since they suggest that media expenditures are not a waste of money when combined with the appropriate type of copy appeal (in their case emotional) in mature markets. Similarly, the implications of the study by Chandy et al. [3] may help managers in copy-changing decisions depending on the maturity of the market they compete. The approach suggested in Reference [7] can be used when advertising appeals are ambiguous and need to be inferred by examining their effects on response. Long-term effects and hysteresis

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Although the long-term effectiveness of advertising has long been a popular subject of academic research with the Koyck model being the main methodological tool (e.g. Reference [8]), in recent years new paradigms in the study of long-term advertising effects have emerged. Most notably, Dekimpe and Hanssens [9, 10] proposed the use of ‘persistence modelling’ to study long-term advertising effects. Applying vector auto-regressive (VAR) models to data from evolving markets, Dekimpe and Hanssens essentially redefine what should be considered as ‘long term’ and contrast it with the more traditional Koyck modelling approach. Koyck models may be applied to stationary markets but their advertising effects cannot be permanent (and thus really ‘long term’), because market performance in these markets reverts to its mean. In evolutionary markets, however, market performance can exhibit permanent increases and if such increases can be attributed to advertising spending then advertising effects may be considered long term. More specifically, Dekimpe and Hanssens [9] estimated a VAR model using home-improvement chain sales and advertising data. A relevant, but not identical, approach to measuring long-term effectiveness of advertising is to examine whether it causes hysteresis, a concept introduced in the marketing literature by Simon [12]. Hysteresis suggests that a temporary increase in advertising expenditures can lead to a permanent increase in market performance (sales). The critical assumption in the econometric modelling of hysteresis is that there is not a one-to-one relationship between advertising and market performance, since decreasing advertising to its previous level would not affect sales but increasing advertising from the same level would. In other words the ‘sales path’ is different for decreases from, than for increases to any level of advertising spending. Hanssens and Ouyang [13] empirically examined hysteresis in the computer printer market. They distinguish between full hysteresis, where temporary changes in advertising cause permanent changes in sales without needing additional spending to maintain the new high sales levels, and partial hysteresis, where some maintenance advertising is needed. 50 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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Their empirical results provided evidence for partial hysteresis caused by print media advertising. The studies by Mela et al. [14] and Jedidi et al. [15] offer an alternative approach to studying long-term advertising effects. The first study looks at the effects of quarterly advertising expenditures on quarterly price sensitivities, while the second examines the cumulative effects of advertising on choice and quantity and their short-term pricing and promotion sensitivities. Advertising effects on stability of performance While recent research has addressed the issue of advertising effects in evolutionary markets, the question remains whether advertising has a significant impact on mature markets. The results reported in Reference [5] are encouraging as they suggest that increased advertising effort can increase sales in mature markets. However, the ‘maintenance’ role of advertising in mature markets (see Reference [33]) should also be investigated. In other words, whether advertising contributes to the stability of a brand’s performance, since many markets especially for frequently purchased goods are mature The issue may be of greater importance for big brands that would like to maintain leadership in a market but it could also be important for smaller ‘niche’ brands that enjoy a healthy profit margin and are satisfied with their market position. There are two possible approaches to modelling advertising effects on stability of performance. One is to examine the effects of advertising on the variance in the performance (sales or share) of a brand across time. If advertising is expected to increase performance stability, it should decrease variance in performance. To make comparisons meaningful across } It should also be acknowledged that recent research has started examining the effects of advertising/marketing expenditures on financial metrics (see for example Reference [29]). kFor example, P&G, Unilever and GM are the top three media spenders worldwide. Although they do introduce new products annually, they also support a lot of mature brands.(Copyright # 2005

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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Appl. Stochastic Models Bus. Ind., 2005; 21:351–361 358 D. VAKRATSAS) The specification of advertising effects on the variance of performance should follow from the specification of advertising effects on the mean performance (e.g. Reference [34]), which may complicate matters. Furthermore, showing that advertising contributes to lower variance in performance may not easily convince managers to continue investing in advertising since performance variance is not explicitly linked to profitability. An alternative approach to evaluate advertising’s ‘maintenance’ role would be to look fordifferential effects of increases and decreases in advertising. In other words, a mature brand’s performance may be resistant to advertising increases (due to ‘ceiling’ effects) but may be sensitive (declining) to advertising decreases (due to lack of critical support). The implication then would be that although advertising does not lead to increased performance, it helps maintain it as declining advertising spending would result in deterioration of brand performance. This is conceptually the opposite of hysteresis, where brand performance is resistant to advertising decreases, as it focuses on losses in performance as a result of lower advertising investment. Both approaches to measuring maintenance effects need sufficient variability in the data in order to produce reliable results (see Reference [35]), which may be difficult to attain as such studies should be carried in mature markets where managers may not change status quo advertising practices. Europe shows that advertising recall is lower in countries with higher levels of television advertising. Specifically, yfield and Nazaroff (2003) report that in Denmark, where there are only 80 average television exposures per week per person, the Millward Brown awareness index is 150 (compared with the U.K. benchmark of 100).1 However, in Italy, where there are 300 average exposures per week per person, the awareness index drops to only 50. Thus, an effect of increasing advertising levels is to decrease the recall of all advertisements. In addition, academic studies have found lower ad recall and recognition in the presence of too much advertising from 52 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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competitors (Burke and Srull 1988; D’Souza and Rao 1995; Keller 1987, 1991). Increasing advertising content on television also increases ad avoidance behavior (Danaher 1995; Lafayette 2004), such as channel switching or time-shift viewing with a personal video recorder (Green 2003). A commonly used term to describe the presence of high levels of advertising is “clutter.” For television, clutter is the combination of commercials and other nonprogram material,such as program promotions and public service announcements. The increase in clutter over the past 40 years is due to both an increase in nonprogram time and an increase in the number of 15-second commercials (Brown and Rothschild 1993; Kent 1995). The topic of increasing advertising clutter is one of the most publicized issues in the advertising trade literature and continues to be one of the greatest concerns facing the advertising industry (Chunovic 2003; Lafayette 2004). Kent (1993) makes a distinction between competitive and noncompetitive clutter. Competitive clutter, which is also called “competitive interference” (Burke and Srull 1988; Kent and Allen 1994), is clutter that arises from advertisements delivered by competing brands (within a category) at or near the same time and place as those for a focal brand.Kent (1993, 1995) finds that competitive clutter has a more harmful effect on ad recall than noncompetitive clutter. In this study, we focus on competitive clutter. Most previous research on brand advertising interference has been conducted in laboratory settings, in which participants are exposed only to commercials and no editorial material (Burke and Srull 1988; Keller 1991; Kent and Allen 1994), resulting in limited external validity. Other studies of this topic have used unfamiliar brands, which Kent and Allen (1994) show are more prone to interference effects. Finally, previous marketing studies have examined the effect of competitive interference on recall, recognition, or brand evaluations rather than the all-important effect on sales (East 2003, p. 19). Advertising response models with managerial impact: an agenda for the future Faculty of Management, McGill University, 1001 Sherbrooke St. W, Montreal, QC H3A 1G5, Canada 53 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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ALBA, Athens, Greece.This paper discusses recent advances in advertising response models and identifies new opportunities for managerially relevant research. First, it establishes that recent research has shifted attention from topics such as duration of advertising effects in mature markets and short-term advertising elasticities to issues such as combined effects of ad content and weight and effectiveness in evolving markets. Then, motivated from recent trends in advertising practice, it presents a research agenda consisting of four main topics: (1) new media and forms of advertising (e.g. product placement), (2) media synergies, (3) advertising productivity and (4) advertising effects on performance stability. Copyright # 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This paper has two main objectives. The first is to discuss new research findings (of the last ten years) in advertising response research, their implications for managers and their importance for broadening the scope of advertising research. The second objective is to propose an agenda consisting of four new areas of research: non-traditional media, media synergies, advertising productivity and advertising’s role in performance stability. The choice of these four issues was based on their practical relevance and the lack of sufficient academic research to consider them resolved. The discussion of the proposed research agenda includes suggestions for potential methodological approaches, data requirements and measurement. Given the focus of the paper on advertising response models, the discussion mainly concerns empirical econometric studies that use market-based performance measures (e.g. sales, share). Marketing managers are under increasing pressure to justify marketing spending. The issue of quantifying the returns to marketing activities in financial terms is one of the greatest challenges facing marketing and brand managers today. For example, Rust and colleagues (2004, p. 76) note that marketers have not been held accountable for showing how marketing adds to shareholder value and that “this lack of accountability has undermined marketers’ credibility, threatened the standing of the marketing function within the firm, and even threatened marketing’s existence as a distinct capability within the firm.”

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Brand-The initial framework, developed in the 1990s, was based on four pillars: differentiation, relevance, esteem, and knowledge (Agres and Dubitsky 1996). Implications from this model have helped shape thinking on various brand issues. For example, Aaker (1996, Chap. 10) uses the BAV model as one of the key inputs into formulating his “brand equity ten” and has continued to make use of the framework to highlight the crucial role of differentiation in brand building (Aaker 2004, p. 136; Aaker and Joachimsthaler 2000, p. 263). Y&R recently modified its framework and introduced a fifth pillar called “brand energy.”1 The measure is based on the Y&R survey questions reflecting the degree to which the brand is viewed as (1) innovative and (2) dynamic. The Pillars of the Initial Y&R BAV Model Researchers have repeatedly established that the brand beliefs generated by an advertisement affect consumer perception of the physical product during subsequent trial (e.g., Deighton and Schindler 1988; Kempf and Laczniak 2001; Kempf and Smith 1998; Marks and Kamins 1988; Olson and Dover 1979; Smith 1993). However, those studies have typically exposed consumers to the physical product shortly after exposing them to advertising. It is therefore likely that in the marketplace a more extensive time lag occurs between both exposures with beliefs decaying over time and that effects exist from perceived product physical attributes on specific post experience brand beliefs in such cases (Kempf and Smith 1998). Advertisement Effectiveness

The role of advertisement is to ➢ Give your customer the reason to keep buying from you ➢ Attract Must -Have customers to try your products ➢ Increase the sales and profits

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(Core customers are company’s most loyal customers who are willing to pay a fair price for a product or service. Must-Have customers are people who could become the core customers, but they currently do business with the competition. Advertisement effectiveness can be checked a process call “Plus Over Normal”. To determine the Plus over Normal results every ad is benchmarked against the normal business baseline. The lift from the ad is sales can then be evaluated. There are only three measures of advertising effectiveness: ➢ Did core customers increase their spending with the company after seeing my advertising? ➢ Did any Must-Have customers start doing business with the company after seeing the advertising? ➢ Did the ads generate a net profit?

The Effects of Advertising and Brand Value on Future Operating and Market Performance Li Li Eng and Hean Tat Keh This paper examines the joint effects of advertising and brand value on the firm’s future operating and market performance. We operationalize future operating and market performance as future accounting returns and future stock returns, respectively. Our results show that both advertising and brand value improve future accounting returns at the firm level. The impact of advertising and brand value on future stock returns is minimal. We find that spending on advertising results in better brand sales and brand profitability. Brand value is also a good predictor of brand performance. Thus, we conclude that advertising and brand value benefit the brand and the firm through improved accounting performance. In this paper, we investigate the impact of advertising and brand value on future operating and market performance. Key intangible assets such as brand value (or brand equity), product differentiation, and goodwill are 56 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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the outcomes of investment in advertising. It is generally believed that advertising contributes to the creation of brand value (Chaudhuri 2002; Chu and Keh 2006; Kimelman 1993; Sheinin and Biehal 1999). Mizik and Jacobson (2003) argue that brand-based advertising can create a comparative advantage for firms through its ability to differentiate the firm’s product. The brand can be a formidable barrier to imitation, as brand equity is difficult for competitors to copy, becoming an effective entry deterrence strategy. Industry observers and analysts note that many companies continue to emphasize brand-building activities. For example, Samsung has been rated by Interbrand, a brand-consulting firm, as the fastest-growing brand over the past few years (“Yun Jong Yong” 2004). The CEO of Samsung, Yun Jong Yong, has been instrumental in driving the creation of its brand value, claiming, “Our future will depend on our brand equity.” While brand value creation is generally regarded as a “good thing,” we need to have more concrete measures of brand value appropriation (i.e., extracting profits from brand value). Merely knowing the effect of brand value on purchase intent (Cobb-Walgren, Ruble, and Donthu 1995) is inadequate; Chaudhuri (2002) proposes a stylized model of how brand reputation affects the advertising–brand equity link. Using survey data, the models brand reputation as a mediator on the effect of brand advertising, brand familiarity, and brand uniqueness on brand equity outcomes. His results suggest that advertising directly or indirectly affects brand equity measured as brand sales, market share, and relative price. Second, firms spend large amounts annually on advertising and brand value creation with the expectation of reaping returns in the future. As such, it is important to examine not only the contemporaneous effect of advertising or brand value on firm performance, According to Low and Mohr: “To be sure, advertising is vital to brand equity. However, advertising, per se, is not a sacred cow that should necessarily be part of every year’s marketing allocation. Monies should be allocated to advertising only if it has a clearly defined role within that year’s strategy for meeting a brand’s goals” (1999, p. 72). They reached this conclusion via a qualitative study using 21 in-depth interviews. Our review of the literature indicates that previous research has not 57 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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specifically measured the impacts of advertising and brand value, and their joint effect, on firm performance. By examining the effects of advertising and brand value, our work contributes to the existing literature. There have been numerous studies, however, on the individual effect of advertising on the persistence of profits (e.g., Mueller 1990), implying that excess returns erode more slowly for firms that advertise heavily. For example, Chauvin and Hirschey (1993) provide evidence that advertising expense has a positive influence on the market value of the firm. They suggest that spending on advertising can be viewed as a form of investment in intangible assets with positive effects on future cash flows. When Erickson and Jacobson (1992) control for the endogeneity between discretionary expenditures and profitability, however, they find that advertising generates substantially lower accounting and stock market returns than indicated in previous research. In a recent study, Chu and Keh (2006) investigate the effects of advertising, promotion, and R&D expenses on brand value creation. They find that these lagged expenses yield diminishing returns to brand value.

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Gaps in The Literature 1. In my limited literature survey it has come to my notice that lot of work has been done on the packaged goods or consumer durables but unfortunately ,we could not find any study done on the commodity products related to brand preference or advertising effectiveness. Even if something has been done and we missed out still we feel it is an unexplored area in India, and behavior pattern can’t be compared with any western country. It is interesting to note that no where in the world glass is branded or advertised, it is only in India which was started by an American company in 1994. 2. We could not find the study which talks the likeable attributes in commodity products like glass. What exactly customers are looking for in a glass? 3. Lot of efforts have been put in by the various researchers to establish a linkages between advertising and key performance indicators of the company but no conclusive equation could be found out , mine also will be one more attempt for commodity products . 4. We could not find any work on the commodities, what kind of adv copy is suitable to influence the consumers when there is no differentiator available.

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Table 5: SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW

Researcher and source Simon and Arndt (1980),

Subject advertising studies that

Highlights and conclusion Some firms may be using a fixed

Gaps No conclusive

Aaker and Carman, 1982;

have established the causal

percentage of previous sales as

equation could be

Stewart, 1989) Danaher and

relationship from media

current media spending budget,

found out.

Rust (1994) Mesak, 1999;

spending to sales volume

the approach is ad hoc and not

Feinberg, 2001;

supported by science. One hopes that many firms are actually setting advertising budget based

Mehir Kumar Baidya and

The impact of individual

on future sales goals. All the marketing efforts have

Study was conducted

Partha Basu Measurement

marketing efforts

significant positive effects on

on Hair care product

and Analysis for Marketing

(advertising, sales force ,

overall customer satisfaction for

navratna oil and

2008

promotion, distribution and

the brand. Furthermore, among all

emami. Nothing

price) on sales and overall

the marketing efforts the adjusted

related to the

customer satisfaction for a

ROI is the highest for sales force.

commodity products.

brand by taking into consideration both the financial and non financial Customer Satisfaction

aspects of the measurement Analysed a database

Regression model estimation

No relationship

Studies : Anderson from

matching the CSI with

indicates that the coefficient for

between advertising

1989 to 1992

ROI, and the productivity

the direct relationship between

and market share

of each company covered

the customer satisfaction and ROI

by the Swedish Customer

is positive and significant.

Satisfaction

Similarly, Ittner and Larcker 12

Barometer(SCSB)

extend this study by using stock

(Stewart and Furse, 2000, p.

Executable devices such as

price as a dependent variable a These experiments were not well

Could not establish

85).

the use of humor, sex, and

documented in terms of

the direct link.

celebrity presenters’

methodology and were very expensive, technically difficult to

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Dekimpe and Hanssens

home-improvement chain sales Simon [12].

Long-term effects and

and advertising data. Hysteresis suggests that a

Hanssens and Ouyang

hysteresis

temporary increase in advertising

[13] empirically

expenditures can lead to a

examined hysteresis

permanent increase in market

in the computer

performance (sales). The critical

printer market. They

assumption in the econometric

distinguish between

modelling of hysteresis is that

full hysteresis, where

there is not a one-to-one

temporary changes in

relationship bet

ad cause permanent changes in sales without needing additional spending.

Time Frame Literature Survey Questionnaire

Design,

Throughout Pilot

survey,2 week

finalization of questionnaire Actual Survey

3 week

Data collection

1 week

Data Analysis

1 week

Report Writing

1 week

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The Research Problem The research problem is to find out the impact of advertisement on demand of commodity product specifically glass.

Research Objective Based on the problem statement, the research objectives are: Primary objectives

The following objectives have been identified: •

To find out whether consumers are really involved in Glass buying decision if yes then to what extent?

•

To find out, Are consumers really aware of any Glass or cement Co, brand or Glass products?

•

To find out Does advertising has any impact in the minds of consumers?

•

Can the advertising be measured or connected with a equation to the top and bottom line of the company.

•

To find out, what attributes consumers are looking for in a glass or cement brand? Can any value addition be done in a brand through TV advertising?

•

To find out whether TV advertising can help in building brands for commanding premium or more market shares in commodity products?

Secondary objective

To find out the advertisement effectiveness on demand of glass.

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Null hypothesis 1. There is no relationship between awareness of glass brand and income category. 2. End Consumers buying decision is greatly influenced by TV advertising and they tend to

think that it is a better Quality product. 3. End Consumers are aware of all the glass brands available in the market and they tend to

ask for a particular brand. 4. The end consumer’s decision to choose any brand is not affected, if they get impressed by advertisement.

Alternative hypothesis 1. There is relationship between awareness of glass brand and income category. 2. End Consumers buying decision is not greatly influenced by TV advertising and they

don’t tend to think that it is a better Quality product. 3. End Consumers are not aware of all the glass brands available in the market and they

don’t tend to ask for a particular brand. 4. The end consumer’s decision to choose any brand is affected, if they get impressed by advertisement.

Scope of The Study The study will be conducted in India with limited scope of A and B class cities where 80% (building material) commodities are sold. Primary focus of the study will be on Glass. The most of the survey is limited to Mumbai and nearby city around it.

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Research Design Research is going to be descriptive as well as applied in order to achieve the desired objectives. The null hypothesis and the research hypothesis has been developed keeping assumption that the research will be specifically for the commodity product glass and keeping all the factors affecting the glass buying constant other than advertisements.

Research Methodology In this study, both sample survey and statistical approaches will be applied to collect data and establish the relationships between variables of interest. Sources of data: Both secondary (Documents and Records of the company, Annual report) and primary (a sample SURVEY of customers and channel partners (Builders, Dealers, Retailers, Architect) data sources will be used in this work.

Sample size Sample size is going to be decided once strata of samples are decided in different cities. Z 2 * (p) * (1-p) ss =

c2

Where: Z = Z value (e.g. 1.96 for 95% confidence level) p = percentage picking a choice, expressed as decimal((.5 used for sample size needed) c = confidence interval, expressed as decimal (e.g., .04 = ±4)

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Determine Sample Size Confidence Level:

95%

99%

Confidence Interval: Population:

Sample size needed:

Using the above formula and Sample Calculator, (Source:- http://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm) the sample size was calculated: Where the Confidence interval = 6.37 Confidence level

= 95%

Hence the sample size was calculated as 212. Type of Respondents House Owner Architect Dealers Retailer Builder Total

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Research Instrument The questionnaire is divided into three categories as Category 1, Category 2, and Category 3. Category 1 for House owner (End Consumer) Category 2 for Architect, Retailer and Dealer Category 3 for Builder The questionnaire has different sets of question taking the objectives into consideration. The first part having 5 questions for finding customer involvement in the buying process of glass and in other commodity products. The second part contains questions relating to customer’s thinking towards glass and its usage/application. The third part contains 10 questions to know about the customer’s emotional reactions towards advertisements. The fourth part 5 questions, which measures the different medium affecting customer’s reactions towards the brand awareness and their influence on buying process. The fifth part has 3 questions, which measure the perception of different brand of glass in the mind of customer’s on different parameters such as the product quality to check the various attributes he is looking for in a brand and the customer ’ s overall satisfaction with the brand. All the statements of these five parts have been framed on a five-point Likert scale ranging from ‘strongly agree’ to ‘strongly disagree ’ etc. It also has ordinal scale and Nominal scale based question based on a binary (Yes /No) response format. Few open ended questions are also asked to know about the specific liking towards ads.

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Tool of Data Analysis (SPSS) The SPSS software has been used as tool for the data analysis. The following tests were performed on the testing of hypothesis and for understanding the analysis. 1. Chi-square test 2. Correlation 3. Regression 4. Cross-Tabulation 5. Descriptive analysis 6. Discriminant analysis 7. Frequency distribution

Results and Conclusion All the graphs having count on Y-axis and variables/parameters on X-axis have the value in percentage of the respondents on the graph as label. They Y-axis corresponds to count and the label on the graphs corresponds to the percentage of the respondents out of the total sample size. Hypothesis 1: There is no relationship between awareness of glass brand and income category. ➢ The Chi-square test is performed to check the fit between the awareness of glass brand and the income category. For this cross-tabulation function is used. Aware of any glass brand * Family annual income Crosstabulation Count Family annual income 3-5 lakh Aware of any glass brand Total

Yes No

5-7 lakh

Above 8 lakh

Total

0 8

65 9

12 22

77 39

8

74

34

116

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Chi-Square Tests

Value 45.785(a) 49.199

Pearson Chi-Square Likelihood Ratio Linear-by-Linear Association N of Valid Cases

2 2

Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) .000 .000

1

.065

df

3.396 116

a 1 cells (16.7%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 2.69.

Family annual income

70

3-5 lakh 5-7 lakh

60

Above 8 lakh

50

t n u o C

40 56.03%

30

20

18.97%

10 10.34%

6.9%

7.76%

0 Yes

No

Aware of any glass brand Figure 6: Awareness of Glass brands

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As the Chi-square tests shows the significant value < 0.05. Hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Hence, the awareness of brand is directly related to the family income category. From graph we see those High income categories (> 8 lakh) are well aware of brand whereas the middle income level is not aware of glass brand specifically.

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Suggestion: The advertisements activities should be targeted on the middle segment. The awareness can be increased by involving into the PR activities and through tie-ups with the social society/community like BMC and CARE to increase the awareness level among the middle income category. Hypothesis 2: End Consumers buying decision is greatly influenced by TV advertising and they tend to think that it is a better Quality product. ➢ The Correlation test is used to find out the relationship between the influence of ad and perception towards better quality product.

Crosstab Count

Disagree Have seen the ad of glass

Yes No

Total

Better Quality Brand Have no opnion Agree

Strongly Agree

Total

51 15

0 1

36 12

2 3

89 31

66

1

48

5

120

Symmetric Measures

Interval by Interval Ordinal by Ordinal

Pearson's R Spearman Correlation

N of Valid Cases

Value .091

Asymp. Std. Error(a) .094

Approx. T(b) .998

Approx. Sig. .320(c)

.091

.094

.998

.320(c)

120

a Not assuming the null hypothesis. b Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis.

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60

Better Quality Brand

50

Disagree Have no opnion

40

Agree

t n u o c

30

Strongly Agree

42.5%

20

30.0%

10

12.5% 1.67%

0 Yes

10.0% 0.83%

2.5%

No

Have seen the ad of glass Figure 7: Glass advertisement saw by people

As the approx. sig. value is quite high, so the null hypothesis is rejected. Here the correlation between the advertisement of glass and the perception of better quality comes out to be positive but as the value is only 0.091, which is very less. Hence there is such perception with respect to commodity product like glass in the mind on end consumers even after watching TV ads. From the graph it is clear that the maximum people, who have seen the ads, disagree to this fact. Suggestion: The company’s advertisement communication should emphasis on other attributes such durability, variety rather than involving features showing better quality. Hypothesis 3: End Consumers are aware of all the glass brands available in the market and they tend to ask for a particular brand. ➢ The Correlation and cross tabulation technique is use to find the relationship between the awareness of glass brands available in the market and their tendency to ask for a particular brand of the glass. 72 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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Aware of any glass brand * Ask for particular brand Crosstabulation Count Ask for particular brand Yes Aware of any glass brand

Yes No

Total

No

Total

18 0

50 11

68 11

18

61

79

Symmetric Measures

Interval by Interval Ordinal by Ordinal

Pearson's R Spearman Correlation

N of Valid Cases

Value .218

Asymp. Std. Error(a) .041

Approx. T(b) 1.965

Approx. Sig. .053(c)

.218

.041

1.965

.053(c)

79

a Not assuming the null hypothesis. b Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. c Based on normal approximation.

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Ask for particular brand

50

Yes No 40

30

t n u o C

63.29%

20

10

22.78% 13.92%

0 Yes

No

Aware of any glass brand Figure 8: Awareness Vs Particular brand

As the sig. value is more than 0.05 level hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Here the correlation value is positive 0.218, which is very less. Hence there is no high correlation between the chosen parameters, so one has no such great effect on the other. Therefore, even if the end consumers are aware of the glass brands they don’t generally ask for it, in case of commodity product like glass generally.

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the Month/Year” and should attach discount to that, to increase the sell of their particular branded glass.

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Hypothesis 4: The end consumer’s decision to choose any brand is not affected, if they get impressed by advertisement. ➢ The Bivariate correlation technique is used between the decision to choose any brand and the impressed by ad variable. Correlations

Decision to choose any brand

Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed)

Decision to choose any brand 1 .

Imressed by ad .567(**) .000

71

70

.567(**)

1

.000

.

70

89

N Imressed by ad

Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) N

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

As the Pearson correlation between the two variables is .567 and sig. is 0.000, hence the null hypothesis is rejected. The variables are positively correlated and the value of correlation 0.567 is pretty good. Hence if the end consumers get impressed by ad there is likely chance for them to those that particular brand. Suggestions Hence the ad content should include the parameters such as emotion, message, informative, unique, familiar and relevant etc.

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Findings 1. ➢ The most of the consumers(78.3 %) don’t go for buying the commodity products like glass, steel etc.

Whether go for buying

Yes No

21.7

78.3

Figure 9: Whether go for buying

➢ Maximum numbers of people have not bought the glass (58.33%), hence their involvement in the process is very low.

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60 50 40

t n rc e P

30

58.33 41.67

20 10 0

Yes

No

Bought glass in past or planning to buy Figure 10: Purchase of glass

➢ For the maximum percentage (64.2%) of end consumers the brand carries somewhat

important. Hence this potential segment of consumers can be tapped in coming futures if the brand awareness among them is increased through the communication channel.

Importance of brand

Valid

Not important

Frequency 23

Percent 19.2

Valid Percent 19.2

Cumulative Percent 19.2

77

64.2

64.2

83.3

20

16.7

16.7

100.0

120

100.0

100.0

Somewhat important Important Total

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70 60 50

t n rc e P

40 64.2

30 20 10

19.2

16.7

0 Not important

Somewhat important

Important

Imporatnce of brand Figure 11: Importance of brand

➢ The end consumers are aware of brand of glass are high with 66.7%, but the rest of the consumers are not brand conscious. Hence the companies need to increase the awareness among them.

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Whether go for buying * Aware of any glass brand Crosstabulation 60

Count

50

Aware of any glass brand Yes No Yes No

Yes

40

25

1

Total 26

55

39

94

80

40

120

No

30

45.83%

t n u o C

Wheth er go for buying Total

Aware of any glass brand

20 10

32.5% 20.83% 0.83%

0 Yes

No

Whether go for buying Figure 12: Awareness Vs whether go for buying Correlations

Whether go for buying

Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) N

Whether go for buying 1 . 120

Aware of any glass brand

Pearson Correlation Sig. (2-tailed) N

.329(**) .000 120

Aware of any glass brand .329(**) .000 120 1 . 120

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

From the correlation value we find that the both awareness of brand and whether they go for buying have positive correlation but its not high enough to affect each other. ➢ The time taken by the maximum end consumers ( 74.6%) at the retail counter is 0-15 minutes, hence it shows that they take very less time to decide upon choosing any glass brand. Their involvement is low.

Time taken before choosing glass(at retail counter)

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See More, See Clear Frequency Valid

0-15 minutes 16-30 minutes 31-60 minutes Total

Missing Total

System

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

53

44.2

74.6

74.6

11

9.2

15.5

90.1

7

5.8

9.9

100.0

71

59.2

100.0

49 120

40.8 100.0

80

60

t n rc e P

40

74.6

20 15.5

9.9

0 0-15 minutes

16-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

Time taken before choosing glass(at retail counter) Figure 13: Time Taken at Retail Counter

Conclusion: Hence end consumers are not directly involved in the purchase of glass. 2. Most of the end consumers (77.2%) do not ask for a particular brand while purchasing glass. Out of which mostly customers (77.5%) ask for recommendations mostly, very few customers take the decision to choose any brand on their own.

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80

60

40

t n rc e P

77.2

20 22.8

0 Yes

No

Ask for particular brand Figure 14: Preference for particular brand

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80

60

40

t n rc e P

77.5

20 14.1

8.5

0 On your own

Ask for recommendations Ask for recommendations sometimes mostly

Decision to choose any brand Figure 15: Decision to choose any brand

➢ Most of the end consumer is influenced by carpenter, then retailer and lastly from architects. Influencer of recommendation * Specification by type and brand of glass Crosstabulation Count Specification by type and brand of glass Both brand and type Only brand Only type Nothing Influencer of recommendatio n Total

Total

Architect Retailer

16 12

0 2

2 8

0 2

18 24

Carpenter

24

0

8

3

35

52

2

18

5

77

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Conclusion The most of the end consumers are influenced by carpenter and retailer. But high income end consumers contact architect for recommendation.

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Specification by type and brand of glass

25

20

Both brand and type Only brand Only type

15

Nothing

t n u o C

31.17%

10 20.78% 15.58%

5

0

10.39% 2.6%

Architect

2.6%

Retailer

10.39% 3.9%

2.6%

Carpenter

Influencer of recommendation Figure 16: Influencer of Recommendation

Suggestions The companies can provide booklet containing samples of glass to carpenter to push their products and increase their brand awareness. They can organize some kind of training on new design to carpenters. They should distribute danglers to retailers shop and should provide enough booklets, pad to them. They can also distribute calendar to retailers, carpenters and ultimately to house owners through this channel to increase their brand awareness and to push their sales.

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➢ The regression equation can be established based on the parameters seen by the customers while buying glass. Here the Ready to pay if influence by ad is the dependent variable , the independent variables are colour, reputation of manufacturer, advertisement, brand name , status symbol. The regression holds true because the sig. value is <0.05. The regression equation can be established like: The Readiness to buy a brand = -0.882+( .582)*price – (.684)* brand name-(.903)*advertisement-(.446)*status symbol+(.541)*reputation of manufacturer+(.5984)*colour ➢

Model 1

Model Summary

R .827(a)

R Square .685

Adjusted R Square .668

Std. Error of the Estimate .216

ANOVA(b) Model 1

Sum of Squares Regressio n Residual Total

df

Mean Square

11.409

6

1.901

5.258

113

.047

16.667

119

F

Sig.

40.864

.000(a)

a Predictors: (Constant), Purchase_colour Colour, Purchase_reputmanuf Reputation of manufacturer, Purchase_ad Advertisements, Purchase_brandname Brand Name, Purchase_price Price, Purchase_statussymbol Status Symbol b Dependent Variable: Ready2pay_extra Ready to pay extra if influenced by Ad Coefficients(a) Unstandardized Standardized Coefficients Coefficients B Std. Error Beta Model t Sig.

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(Constant) Purchase_price Price Purchase_bran dname Brand Name Purchase_ad Advertisements Purchase_statu ssymbol Status Symbol Purchase_reput manuf Reputation of manufacturer Purchase_colou r Colour

-.882

.590

-1.496

.138

.402

.129

.582

3.102

.002

-.296

.100

-.684

-2.962

.004

-.321

.045

-.903

-7.172

.000

-.183

.104

-.446

-1.766

.080

.547

.074

1.541

7.438

.000

.446

.081

.598

5.481

.000

a Dependent Variable: Ready2pay_extra Ready to pay extra if influenced by Ad

Conclusion

From the regression equation, we can say that the readiness to buy is affected by price, colour and the reputation of manufacturer. Hence the company should give stress to these parameters in their advertisements and at the retailer counter to increase the awareness. They should provide hoardings to retailers and 2. ➢ The Top of mind recall is the highest for SGG followed by GGL and then AIS.AIS has maximum aided recall and unaided recall, hence its there in the mind of consumers. Hence for top of mind recall, company should use aggressive advertisements through the entire advertisements channel. The market share of SGG is highest which may be the effect of its top of mind recall.

Aware of any glass brand

Yes No

Brand recall of AIS Top of mind Unaided Aided

Brand recall of SGG Top of mind Unaided Aided

Brand recall of GGL Top of mind Unaided Aided

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

3

24

45

61

19

0

42

11

16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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See More, See Clear ➢ The ad recall on TV is the highest for the SGG, followed by AIS. Out of which the SGG

has the highest top of mind recall, having strong hold in the market in terms of brand awareness. Ad recall of AIS

Have seen the ad of glass

Top of mind

Unaided

Count

Count

Yes No

Ad recall of SGG Aided

Top of mind

Unaided

Count

Count

Count

Ad recall of GGL Aided

Top of mind

Unaided

Aided

Count

Count

Count

Count

11

3

12

84

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

➢ The emotional, familiarity, fun, increased interest and appealing features of ads are mostly like the end consumers which has the top of the mind recall. Hence the companies ad should include these features in their ad by involving kids, music and jingles so that people can connect to ad and will ask for the brand because of the familiarity and can have the top of the mind recall in the mind of consumers.

Appealing

Imress ed by ad

Yes

30 No

Increased Interest

5 48

Yes

Familiar

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

Count

35 0

0 48

23 0

12 48

celebrity

Imressed by ad

Informative about product

Emotional

5 No

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35 0

0 48

emotion

35 0

0 48

fun

Yes

No

Yes

No

Count

Count

Count

Count

0

26

11

36

5

0

0

3

0

48

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➢ The ad recall of China man ad of SGG is highest, followed by their ad of lady throwing water. The AIS ad is very less remembered by the end consumers. Hence to have the recall in the mind of consumers and for the ad to be effective, they can target the social networking site which will be very cost effective.

80

60

g ta n rc e P

40

78.3

20 8.4

0 China man ad

Shoaib Akhtar ad

13.3

Lady throwing water ad

Remember the ad Figure 17: Ad recall

➢ The people are not sure about the influence of ad in taking their action. But the 30%

people choose, probably. Hence the ad influence on the action of end consumers is very minimal in taking their action. Hence the awareness among the end consumers should be increased by different channels. Their unsure nature can be converted to sale by pushing retailers and carpenters recommendation.

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60

Ad influences to undertake action

50

t n u o c

Probably 40

Not Sure

30

Definately Not 44.17%

20

30.0% 23.33%

10 1.67%

0 Yes

0.83%

No

Have seen the ad of glass Figure 18: Ad influence on action

➢ The likelihood to purchase the advertised brand is quite high. The seen ad and the likelihood to purchase brand is positively correlated and is significant. Hence the company should do the advertisements , because the top of the mind recall will push them to buy that brand. Crosstab Count Likelihood to purchase advertised brand More Often Have seen the ad of glass Total

Yes No

Less Often

Remains the same

Total

53 0

24 31

12 0

89 31

53

55

12

120

Symmetric Measures

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Interval by Interval Ordinal by Ordinal

Pearson's R Spearman Correlation

N of Valid Cases

Value .309

Asymp. Std. Error(a) .065

Approx. T(b) 3.534

Approx. Sig. .001(c)

.387

.070

4.552

.000(c)

120 a Not assuming the null hypothesis. b Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. c Based on normal approximation.

➢ Out of all the parameters while purchasing glass, aesthetics, clarity and colour have the maximum effect in the minds of end consumers. The company should emphasize these three things in their all advertisement channels to attract customers towards their brand.

100

100

80

80

60

60

40

t n rc e P

t n rc e P

99.2

20 0

91.7

40 20

0.8

0

Somewhat important

Very important

Clarity

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8.3

Important

Very important

Aesthetics

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60 50 40

t n rc e P

30

51.67

48.33

20 10 0

Important

Very important

Colour Figure 19:Parameters for buying glass

Suggestions The ad influence is very unsure in nature. There is no high effect on purchase of that in case of commodity product like glass. Hence the probability seems good, hence the company should increase the awareness among the consumers because the less differentiation between the products with respect to customers. Hence the other mode of communications like PR, sponsorships to events will be good method to create the awareness. ➢ Perceptual Mapping As the wilk’s lamda value is small and sig. value <0.05. Hence the following perceptual mapping of the different brand on the asked parameters holds true.

Here the good quality, durability, wide range, international brand, trustworthy brand and offers good discount are loaded as Function 1. Whereas the affordable, popular. Easy availability, premium brand , attractive ad are loaded as Function 2. Wilks' Lambda

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Test of Function(s) 1 through 2 2

Wilks' Lambda .006 .313

Chi-square 614.158 138.186

df 22 10

Sig. .000 .000

Standardized Canonical Discriminant Function Coefficients Function 1

2

Good Quality Affordable

4.601 -.277

-.137 .090

Durable

1.116

-.369

Popular/Well known

-.826

-.732

Easily Available

-.165

.683

Wide range/variety

2.049

-.345

International Brand

.002

-.307

Premium brand

.408

1.032

Trustworthy brand

10.345

.008

Attractive/eye catching ad

-9.291

.264

.019

-.170

Offer good discount

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Canonical Discriminant Functions Brand name AIS

4

SGG GGL

2 tio c n u F

Group Centroid

SGG

2

GGL

0

AIS -2

-20

0

20

40

60

Function 1

Hence the AIS is more close to function 1 but SGG is far from function 1 but it gives more emphasis on the function 2. Hence they have got the highest market share and are the leaders in the industry. Whereas the GGL have different space in the mind of consumers by being at the middle of both the function. Suggestion Hence the AIS should try to more push to the Function 2 to have more advantage like SGG. AIS have to change their perception in the mind of consumers by giving more emphasis on their positioning statement and by involving the function 2 in their marketing strategies.

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4. ➢ The consumers are not aware usage/application of glass like safety, privacy, sound control and energy saving.

40

70 60

30

50

20

t n rc e P

40

39.2

37.5

t n rc e P

30

64.2

10

20

19.2

31.7

4.2

0

10 4.2

0 Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

Maintains Safety

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Disagree

Have no opnion

Agree

Maintains Privacy

Strongly Agree

See More, See Clear

70 60 50

t n rc e P

40 30

70

20 10

9.2

0 Disagree

Have no opnion

16.7 4.2

Agree

Strongly Agree

Sound Control Figure 20: Awareness of application of glass 50 40

t n rc e P

30 20

45 33.3

10

19.2 2.5

0 Disagree

Have no opnion

Agree

Strongly Agree

Saves Electricity

Suggestions The company can direct its advertisements through different channels towards these functional benefits of glass. They should organize meets with retailers, should educate about these functional benefits of glass. They should organize exhibition where they can invite builders, architects and exhibit these benefits of glass to increase the awareness and in long term sales.

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5. ➢ The brand awareness of SGG across all different advertisement communication channels

is the highest. Their awareness across end consumers is the highest. Whereas their reach to builders, architect through meets and sales people is the highest. The shop display at retail center is maximum ➢ The AIS in brand awareness across along all the channels is low. Their awareness across the consumer is very low. The dealer and retailer awareness toward the brand should be increased through more meets and interaction with the sales people. ➢ The GGL has the highest awareness through the word of mouth because of long presence and being the pioneer in the industry.

House owner (end consumer) Count ad on TV

ad in magazine

ad on radio

Meets

Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No

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AIS Occupation Archite Build ct er

Retail er

Deal er

Count

Count 13

Coun t 14

2

11

Coun t 13

0 9

0 25

0 19

0 20

0 19

4 0

0 0

2 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 19

0 15

0 0

0 5

0

0

0

0

0

See More, See Clear saw display on shop

Relatives and friends (word of mouth)

Mails

actual user experience

Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No

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6 0

7 0

13 0

12 0

12 0

19 2

20 0

15 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

25 0

17 0

0 0

4 0

14 0

25 0

23 0

23 0

18 0

See More, See Clear

SGG Occupation House owner end consumer) Count ad on TV

ad in magazine

ad on radio

Meets

saw display on shop Relatives and freinds(word of mouth)

Mails

actual user experience

Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No

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Archite ct

Build er

Retail er

Deal er

Count

Coun t

Count

Coun t

30 0

30 0

30 0

30 0

30 0

3 0

30 0

30 0

19 0

26 0

9 0

13 0

16 0

30 0

26 0

0 0

30 0

30 0

15 0

23 0

10 0

30 0

30 0

30 0

30 0

4 0

26 0

24 0

30 0

27 0

0 0

18 0

18 0

0 0

5 0

12 0

30 0

30 0

30 0

30 0

See More, See Clear

GGL Occupation

ad on TV

ad in magazine

ad on radio

Meets

saw display on shop Relatives and freinds(word of mouth)

Mails

actual user experience

House owner (end consumer)

Archite ct

Build er

Retail er

Deal er

Count

Count

Coun t

Count

Coun t

Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No Ye s No

Suggestion

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0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

30

30

30

30

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

28

17

30

30

0

0

0

0

0

30

30

30

30

30

0

0

0

0

0

30

30

30

0

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

3

30

28

0

0

0

0

0

26

12

3

23

27

0

0

0

0

0

See More, See Clear

The AIS can also target Radio to increase its brand awareness. They can also have the tie-ups with the known builders and architects to advertise their site on their respective websites. The awareness can also be increased among the channel partners through regular mailers about their products and through greetings. The company should use hoardings/billboards at the different festival and important occasions to increase awareness.

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Recommendations 1. The commodity market has very less involvement of the end consumers in the buying

process , hence thee company should push dealers and retailers through different schemes , gifts and by giving them awards of “Best Retailer of the Year” and “Best Dealer of the Year” awards. The visibility at the retail counter should be increased by giving them pad, cutting tools to carpenters via retailers having AIS inscribed on it. 2. The companies can provide booklet containing samples of glass to carpenter to push their products and increase their brand awareness. They can organize some kind of training on new design to carpenters. They should distribute danglers to retailers shop and should provide enough booklets, pad to them. They can also distribute calendar to retailers, carpenters and ultimately to house owners through this channel to increase their brand awareness and to push their sales. 3. The company should add more emotional, familiar and attractive to catch the attention,

hence they should go for viral marketing and buzz marketing. They can put their videos on “You tube “to increase the awareness. The company should project their positioning statement “See More, See Clear “in their advertising media.

4. The company can direct its advertisements through different channels towards these functional benefits of glass. They should organize meets with retailers, should educate about these functional benefits of glass. They should organize exhibition where they can invite builders, architects and exhibit these benefits of glass to increase the awareness and in long term sales. 5. The ad influence is very unsure in nature. There is no high effect on purchase of that in case of commodity product like glass. Hence the probability seems good, hence the company should increase the awareness among the consumers because the less differentiation between the products with respect to customers. Hence the other mode of communications like PR, sponsorships to events will be good method to create the awareness. 6. The advertisements activities should be targeted on the middle segment. The awareness can be increased by involving into the PR activities and through tie-ups with the social 103 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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society/community like BMC and CARE to increase the awareness level among the middle income category.

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7. They can also have the tie-ups with the known builders and architects to advertise their

brands on their websites. The awareness can also be increased among the channel partners through regular mailers about their products and through greetings during festivals. The company should use hoardings/billboards at the different festival and important occasions to increase awareness of their products and brands.

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Appendix -1 Questionnaire Good Morning / Good Evening, I, Dev Masand am a student of PGDM(HR) from Sinhgad Institute of Management. I am conducting a survey for understanding the effectiveness of advertisements on demand of commodity products (Glass). I shall be grateful; if you could spare some time to answer the questions that I have. I would like to assure you that all the answers given by you will be kept confidential and will be aggregated to draw the results. Thanking you in advance.

1.

What is your occupation out of the following two categories? Please tick mark. Category I House owner (End consumer) Category II Architect

Retailer

Category III Builder

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Dealer

See More, See Clear Please fill the questionnaire according to the instructions given below:Category I

Go to SECTION I

Category II

Go to SECTION II

Category II

Go to SECTION III

SECTION I 1. Do you go for buying products like cement, Glass and steel or any such commodity product? Yes 2.

No

How important is the brand for buying such products for you?

1- Not Important at all , 2- Not Important, 3- Somewhat Important , 4Important, 5- Very Important Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very Important

3. Are you aware of any glass brand available in the market? Yes

No

If yes, Please specify the names. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………. 4. Have you bought glass in the past or planning to buy in next one year? Yes

No

If Yes, then continue, else go to Question 5. a. Do you ask for a particular brand while buying glass, cement or such commodity product? 108 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

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No

b. How do you decide to choose any brand of such kind of products? On your own Ask for recommendation mostly

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Ask for recommendation sometimes

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c. How do they generally recommend, if nothing is asked from your end? Please mark according to the specification with respect to type and brand told to you by the following people. Influencer

Architect

Carpenter

Retailers

Builder

Dealer

Specify Both brand and type Only brand Only type Nothing

d. How much time do you take before buying the glass at the retail counter? 0-15 minutes 16-30 minutes 31-60 minutes More than one hour 5.

What are the attributes, which according to you is important while you think of Glass? Aesthetics

Not Important at all

1

2

3

45

2

3

Very

Important Quality 5

Not Important at all

Very Important

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1

4

See More, See Clear Clarity

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very Important Modern

Not Important at all

Very Important Privacy Very Important Attractiveness Very Important Durability

Not Important at all

1

2

3

45

Very

Important 6. What do you think about the usage/application of glass for the following purpose? Please select a phrase that best describes your view how Strongly you feel about the dimension. 5 - Strongly Agree, 4- Agree, 3- Have no opinion, 2- Disagree, 1- Strongly Disagree Maintains Safety

Strongly Agree

5

4 3

2

1

Strongly Agree

5

4 3

2

1

Strongly Agree

5

4 3

2

1

Strongly Disagree Maintains Privacy Strongly Disagree Sound control Strongly Disagree Saves electricity Strongly Disagree 7.

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

Whom did you/ will you consult before buying glass?

Retailers 111 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

Architect

Carpenter

1

See More, See Clear Builder

Dealer

8. How frequently do you watch television? Please indicate out of the following options.Choose one of the following option. Very often (Daily)

Often (3-4 days a week)

Occasionally (1-

2 days a week) Rarely (Once in a week) 9.

Never

Have you seen any advertisement regarding the glass in the TV? Yes

No

If Yes, then continue, else go to Question 17. 10.Which company’s ad comes to your mind first when you think of glass? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… 11.What was the Ad about? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………….. 12.Did it impress you? What do you remember of the advertising? INTERVIEWR TO NOTE DOWN VERBATIM. Yes

No …………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………… 13.What did you like in the advertisements? Message Concept

Entertainment Celebrity

If anything else, please specify

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Music Emotion

Fun

See More, See Clear ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………

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See More, See Clear

14.How did you find the message of the advertisement? Unique

Yes

No

Relevant

Yes

No

Appealing

Yes

No

Increased interest Emotional

Yes Yes

Informative about product Familiar Irritating

No No

Yes Yes

No No

Yes

No

15.Which ad do you remember among the following Ads of different brands of glass? Kid in shower Ad

China man Ad

Shoaib

Akhtar Ad Small boy Ad

Lady throwing water Ad

Kids

playing with a ball 16.

What did you like in the advertisement? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………….

17.

What do you/will you think about the glass, if you see any advertisements on TV? Please select a phrase that best describes your view how Strongly you feel about the dimensions.

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See More, See Clear

Trustworthy brand

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

1

Strongly Disagree Better Quality

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

1

Strongly

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

1

Strongly

Disagree Preferred brand Disagree 18.How likely is it that the ad will influence you to undertake your action? Choose among the following Definitely

Probably

Not Sure

Probably Not Definitely Not

19.What attributes do/will you consider while purchasing any glass brand? Please select a phrase that best describes your view on the Importance of the Attributes. 1- Not Important at all , 2- Not Important, 3- Somewhat Important , 4Important, 5- Very Important

Colour Important Price

Not Important at all `

Not Important at all

1

1 2

2

3

4

5

3

4

5

Very

2

3

4

5

3

4

5

Very

2

3

4

5

Very

Important Brand name

Not Important at all

1

Very

Important Advertising

Not Important at all

1

2

Important Status symbol

Not Important at all

Important 115 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

1

Very

See More, See Clear Reputation

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very

Important Of manufacturer 20. If you are influenced by Ad, Will you be ready to pay extra for a branded glass? Please select any one option showing the extent that you can pay extra in percentage. Yes

No,

If yes, then continue, else go to Question 21 1.5% more

5-10% more

10% and above

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10-15% more

See More, See Clear

21.

Through which medium you came to know about the following brands of glass? Please tick mark. Asahi

Saint

Modiguard

Others

Gobain Ad on TV Ad in magazine Ad on radio Hoarding/ Billboards Meets Saw display in shop Relatives and friends Mails/Internet Actual user Experience Sales people

22.What is the likelihood of purchasing the advertised brand of commodity products like glass, cement? More Often

Less often

Remain the same

23.Do you feel that you will ask for a particular brand after seeing the ad? Definitely

Probably

Probably Not

Don’t Know Definitely Not

24. Choose the options which you the different brands based on following parameters (Rate each parameter out of 3) (1 being the lowest and 3 being the highest)

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See More, See Clear Attributes

AIS

Saint Gobain Modiguard

Is of good quality Is affordable Is durable Is popular / well known Easily available Has a wide range/variety of glass Is an international / world class brand Is a premium brand Is trust worthy / reliable Is involved in lots of advertising Has eye catching / attractive advertisements Offers good discounts Is reputed Gives good value for money Is a Pioneer Is Global Is a Leader in the Glass Category Is Modern / stylish

Personal Details: •

What is your family annual income? 0-2 lakh per annum

3-5 lakh per annum

5-7 lakh per annum

Above 8 lakh per annum

•

Age:

•

Gender:

Upto 19

Male

20-25

Female

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26-34

35-45

45+

See More, See Clear Section II- RETAILER/DEALER 1.

Which BRANDS of Float Glass do you store and sell? SGG & GGL Others

2.

SGG & AIS

AIS & GGL

All the brands

Which brand of Float Glass do you sell the most (the brand of Float Glass brand that is sold most often), from your shop. Please rank them from 1-4 where 1- Highest selling and 4- Lowest selling. Modiguard

Saint Gobain

AIS

Imported

3. Which company’s float glass is mostly preferred in the market? Please rank them priority wise in terms of demand in the market (From 1 to 4) where 1Highest Priority and 4- Lowest Priority. Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd.

Gujarat Guardian Ltd

Asahi India Glass Ltd.

Imported

(Modiguard)

4. Do you think that the consumers are brand conscious while buying glass? Please select a phrase that best describes your view how Strongly you feel about the statement. 5- Strongly Agree, 4- Agree, 3- Have no opinion, 2- Disagree, 1Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree 5 5.

3

2

1

Strongly Disagree

Do they ask any particular brand when they come to you? Yes

6.

4

No

How often do they ask for your recommendation? Very often

Often

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Occasionally

Rarely

Never

See More, See Clear 7.

What do you recommend to consumers when they come to you? Both Brand and Type Nothing

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Only Brand

Only Type

See More, See Clear 8.

Which brand do you recommend the most to the consumers? Please rank them according to your preference where 1 - stands for Recommend Mostly and 6 - being Recommend Rarely. Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd.

Gujarat Guardian Ltd

(Modiguard) Asahi India Glass Ltd. (AIS)

Gold Plus Float Glass

Industry Ltd. Imported

Others

9. How frequently do you watch TV? Very often (Daily)

Often (3-4 days a week)

Occasionally (1-

2 days a week) Rarely (Once in a week)

Never

10.Through which medium you came to know about the following brands and their products? Please tick mark. Asahi Ad on TV Ad in magazine Ad on radio Hoarding/Billboa rds Meets/salespeop le Saw display in shop Relatives and friends Mails Actual User Experience 121 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

Saint Gobain

Modiguard

Others

See More, See Clear

11. Do you feel that the consumers can pay extra if they are influenced by ad? Definitely

Probably

Not Sure

Probably Not

Definitely Not

How much extra they can pay? 1-5 % more

5-10% more

10-15% more

10% and above 12. Rate the different brands based on following parameters ( Rate each parameter out of 3 point) (1 being the lowest and 3 being the highest) Attributes

AIS

Saint Gobain

Is of good quality Is affordable Is durable Is popular / well known Easily available Has a wide range/variety of glass Is an international / world class brand Is a premium brand Is trust worthy / reliable Is involved in lots of advertising Has eye catching / attractive advertisements Offers good discounts Is reputed Gives good value for money Is a Pioneer Is a Leader in the Glass Category Is Modern / stylish

13.

Will you recommend the brands which you have used earlier? Definitely

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Probably

Don’t know

Modiguard

See More, See Clear Probably Not

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Definitely Not

See More, See Clear

14.

Have you seen the advertisement of any glass company? Yes

No

Please specify the names…………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… If No, go to Question 17 15.

What do you remember about the Ad? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………….

16.

How did you find the advertisement? Unique

Yes

No

Relevant

Yes

No

Appealing

Yes

No

Increased interest Emotional

Yes Yes

No

Informative about product Familiar

No

Yes Yes

Irritating

No

No Yes

No

17.How likely is it that the ad will influence the consumers to undertake their action? Definitely

Probably

Not Sure

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Probably Not Definitely Not

See More, See Clear

18.What do they consider while purchasing glass? Please select a phrase that best describes your view on the Importance of the criterion ,1- Not Important at all , 2- Not Important, 3- Somewhat Important , 4- Important, 5- Very Important

Colour Important Price Important

Not Important at all Not Important at all

Quality Not Important at all Important Wide range Important

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

Very

1

2

3

4

5

Very

1

2

3

4

5

Very

Very

Brand name Important

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very

Advertising Important

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very

Status symbol Important

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very

3

4

5

Very

Reputation Not Important at all Important Of manufacturer

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1

2

See More, See Clear

SECTION III- Builder 1.

How important is the brand for buying commodity products like cement, glass etc. for you?

1- Not Important at all , 2- Not Important, 3- Somewhat Important , 4Important, 5- Very Important Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very Important

2. Have you bought glass in the past or planning to buy in next one year? Yes

No

3. Are you aware of any glass brand available in the market? Yes

No

If yes, Please specify the names. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………. 4.

Whom did you/ will you consult before buying glass? Retailers

Dealer

Architect

Builder

No one

5. Do you ask for a particular brand while buying glass, cement or such commodity product? Yes

No

6. How do you decide to choose any brand of such kind of products? 126 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

See More, See Clear On your own

Ask for recommendation sometimes

Ask for recommendation mostly 7. How do they generally recommend, if nothing is asked from your end? Please mark according to the specification with respect to type and brand told to you by the following people. Influencer

Architect

Carpenter

Retailers

Builder

Dealer

Specify Both brand and type Only brand Only type Nothing

8.

What are the attributes, which according to you is important while you think of Glass? Aesthetics

Not Important at all

1

2

Not Important at all

1

2

Not Important at all

1

2

1

2

3

45

Very

5

Very

3

4 5

Very

3

4 5

Very

Important Quality

3

4

Important Clarity Important Privacy

Not Important at all

Important

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See More, See Clear Modern

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

Very Important Attractiveness

Not Important at all

Very Important Durability

Not Important at all

Important

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1

2

3

45

Very

See More, See Clear 9. What do you think about the usage/application of glass for the following purpose? Please select a phrase that best describes your view how Strongly you feel about the dimension. 5 - Strongly Agree, 4- Agree, 3- Have no opinion, 2- Disagree, 1- Strongly Disagree Maintains Safety

Strongly Agree

5

4 3

2

1

Strongly Agree

5

4 3

2

1

Strongly Agree

5

4 3

2

1

Strongly Disagree Maintains Privacy Strongly Disagree Sound control Strongly Disagree Saves electricity Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

1

10.Which company’s float glass is mostly preferred in the market? Please rank them priority wise in terms of demand in the market (From 1 to 6) where 1Highest Priority and 6- Lowest Priority. Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd.

Gujarat Guardian Ltd

Asahi India Glass Ltd.

Gold Plus Float Glass

(Modiguard)

Industry Ltd. Imported

Others

11.How frequently do you watch television? Please indicate out of the following options. Very often (Daily)

Often (3-4 days a week)

2 days a week) 129 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

Occasionally (1-

See More, See Clear Rarely (Once in a week) 12.

Never

Have you seen any advertisement regarding the glass in the TV? Yes

No

If Yes, then continue, else go to Question 20.

13.Which company’s ad comes to your mind first when you think of glass? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………… 14.What was the Ad about? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………….. 15.Did it impress you? What do you remember of the advertising? INTERVIEWR TO NOTE DOWN VERBATIM. Yes

No …………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………… 16.What did you like in the advertisements? Message Celebrity

Entertainment Emotion

Music

Concept

Fun

If anything else, please specify ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………… 17.How did you find the message of the advertisement? Unique Relevant

Yes Yes

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No No

See More, See Clear Appealing

Yes

Increased interest Emotional

Yes Yes

Informative about product Familiar Irritating

No No No Yes

Yes

No No

Yes

No

18.Which ad do you remember among the following Ads of different brands of glass? Kid in shower Ad

China man Ad

Shoaib

Akhtar Ad Small boy Ad

Lady throwing water Ad

Kids

playing with a ball

19.What did you like in the advertisement? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………. 20.

What do you/will you think about the glass, if you see any advertisements on TV? Please select a phrase that best describes your view how Strongly you feel about the dimensions.

5 - Strongly Agree, 4- Agree, 3- Have no opinion, 2- Disagree, 1- Strongly Disagree

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See More, See Clear Trustworthy brand

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

1

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

1

Strongly Disagree Better Quality Strongly Disagree Preferred brand

Strongly Agree

5 4

3

2

1

Strongly

Disagree 21.How likely is it that the ad will influence you to undertake your action? Definitely

Probably

Not Sure

Probably Not Definitely Not

22.What attributes do/will you consider while purchasing any glass brand? Please select a phrase that best describes your view on the Importance of the Attributes. 1- Not Important at all , 2- Not Important, 3- Somewhat Important , 4Important, 5- Very Important

Colour

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very

Important Price `

Not Important at all

1

2

3

4

5

Very

1

2

3

4

5

Very

1

2

3

4

5

Very

2

3

4

5

3

4

5

Very

Important Brand name

Not Important at all

Important Advertising Not Important at all Important Status symbol

Not Important at all

1

Important Reputation

Not Important at all

Important 132 | S u m m e r P r o j e c t R e p o r t

1

2

Very

See More, See Clear Of manufacturer 23.

If you are influenced by Ad, Will you be ready to pay extra for a branded glass? Please select any one option showing the extent that you can pay extra in percentage. Yes

No,

If yes, then continue, else go to Question 21 1.6% more

5-10% more

10% and above

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10-15% more

See More, See Clear

24.

Through which medium you came to know about the following brands of glass? Please tick mark. Asahi

Saint

Modiguar

Gobain

d

Others

Ad on TV Ad in magazine Ad on radio Hoarding/ Billboards Meets Saw display in shop Relatives and friends Mails Actual user Experience Sales people

25.What is the likelihood of purchasing the advertised brand of commodity products like glass, cement? More Often

Less often

Remain the same

26.Do you feel that you will ask for a particular brand after seeing the ad? Definitely Probably Not

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Probably

Don’t Know Definitely Not

See More, See Clear

1.

Rate the different brands based on following parameters (Rate each parameter out of 3) (1 being the lowest and 3 being the highest)

Attributes

AIS

Saint Gobain Modiguard

Is of good quality Is affordable Is durable Is popular / well known Easily available Has a wide range/variety of glass Is an international / world class brand Is a premium brand Is trust worthy / reliable Is involved in lots of advertising Has eye catching / attractive advertisements Offers good discounts Is reputed Gives good value for money Is a Pioneer Is Global Is a Leader in the Glass Category Is Modern / stylish

Personal Details •

Name:

•

Firm Name:

•

Area:

Thank you so much for your time and efforts for filling the questionnaire.

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