Rural Marketing: Challenges & Issues

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Keywords: Importance of rural marketing, The rural market size, Factors driving the growth, Hurdles in rural marketing, Major challenges for an Indian MBA, Strategies for rural marketing, Examples from the Indian corporate

Abhishek Sriram – 2008A02 Amit Ahuja – 2008A14 Roshan Rebello – 2008A31 Gautam Hazarika – 2008A35 Vishal Bhatia – 2008A44 Abhishek Kamle – 2008A45 Harsh Chopra – 2008A49 Vikas D Nahar – 2008C68

Agenda
Town Demographics Developmental Statistics Role as a feeder town Market Structure – Food grains Market Structure – Consumer Durables Market Structure – Edible Oils Market Structure – Chocolates and Confectioneries Market Structure – Beverages Market Structure – FMCG Products

Brands Studied

Demographics
Population:
•31,110

Literacy rate: 70%

Income resources
•Primary Sources: Farming and Horticulture/Floriculture (60%) •Secondary Sources: Other Jobs & Services (40%) •Per Capita Income – Rs 1761

Development Projects

• Tourism Development (Marathi Vishvakosh, Historical Temples and spots, Beautiful locales) • Integrated Housing Slum Development (IHSD) scheme.

Occupation

• Farming, Shops, MIDC Employees, Tourism

Schools & Colleges
•9 High schools & 1 college. •MIDC Area

Industries
•Garware wall ropes, Bharat Gas, SSI (Processed Foods)

Agricultural Outputs
•Sugarcane, Turmeric, Bajra, Jowar, Wheat, Ginger, Garlic etc.

Irrigation by the Dhom dam built across the Krishna river.

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Lifestyle
Household with TV
• 90% of households

Household with land line, mobile phones
• 90% people have mobiles. • 30% have land line.

Household with 2 wheelers, 4 wheelers:
• Multiple 50% 2 wheelers • 5 % 4 wheelers.

Lifestyle
• Tractors 4%

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Household with tractors, bullock carts:

Household with livestock
• 20% farmers

Banking Facilities
• 11 banks offering Personal loans, housing loan, automobile loan, agricultural loan etc. • Banks like ICICI, Bank Of India, IDBI,SBI, Bank Of Maharashtra

The Movie Theatre

Edible Oil Brands

Distributor for paints and adhesives

Bulk Breaking at distributor premises

Spices Wholesaler

Wai Mandi

Grain Wholesaler

Grain Wholesaler

State bank of India

Nagar Parishad

Food Grains, Pulses and Condiments

Satara

Wai

Feeding Villages
•120 Villages •Average population 2000 •Bhuing, Velang, Asare, Jamb kakali

Distributors

Wholesalers

Consumer Durables
Television

Television Distribution in Wai
Manufacturer Distributer in Satara District Dealers & Retailers in Wai

Feed to Customers in Wai & 150 Villages around Wai

Distribution Channel for Wai Brands Available in Wai
Almost 90% of the Household have a TV. Brand of Refrigerators sold are Whirlpool , LG , Samsung , Godrej Villagers usually buy a DTH connection when they buy a new Television Dish TV Tata Sky Big TV Videocon DTH

LG

TV Market Facts

TV Retailers also sell Refrigerators

Samsung

Onida

Sansui

Bank provides support to Retailers for working capital i.e. Hypothecation of the goods in the shop is in the name of local banks. Villagers buy in cash n, no credit.

BTL promotions also done at dealers through posters & giving the cash discounts.

Sharp

DTH service providers in & around WAI

No Village has a TV retailer.

Promotions usually done by TV

Interaction with TV dealer

Shree Enterprises , Owner : Mr. Atul Waiker , All Goods in the shop are Hypothecated to Wai Urban Bank

Fertilizer Distribution in Wai
Manufacturer Dealers in Wai Farmers from 150 Villages around Wai procure it from dealers in Wai

Brands Available in Wai
Zuari

Distribution Channel for Wai

Deepak Fertilizers

MIDC Fertilizers

Koromandal am Fertilizers

Jai Kisan

Interaction with Fertilizer Dealer cum Retailer

Edible Oils

Edible Oils
Mr. G.D Gandhi, Wholesaler
Brands •Gemini(Soyabean ,Sunflower, Palmolein, Vanaspati) •Kirti Gold •Tezas SKU – 15 L Supplies to 30-35 villages Gets his supplies from Wholesaler at Satara •250 tins in 3 days and replenishes his stock every 3 days •Delivery by the Satara W/D or on his own in case of urgency. Promotional offer – cash discount to WS Insights:

• Tezas is a local brand from Tina Oil Mills and has good penetration into the commercial market due to lower in price. • Soyabean oil sells the most and then Sun Flower. • Brands with small SKUs of 1L present in the market are: Gemini, Mayur, Surya, Ratham, Satguru. • Except Gemini of Cargill rest are local products • Nearly 80% of population use Soyabean oil. • There are around 140 villages which get their supplies from Wai - villages like Doha, Velang, Ashrai, Jhambri etc.

Chocolates and Confectioneries

Distribution
Manufacturer CFA (Kolhapur)

RDS – Non Rural (Satara)

RDS – Rural(Karad)

RDS – Rural(Phaltan)

RDS – Rural(Wai)

Wholesaler (Feeder Towns)

Kirana Stores (Feeder Towns)

Village Stores

Village Stores

Popular SKUs •Eclairs (Rs.1) •Gems (Rs.5 and Rs.2) •Dairy Milk (Rs.5) •Halls (Rs.0.50) •Bournvita (Rs.20)

Coverage Frequency • Class A – Weekly • Class B - Fortnightly • Class C – Monthly

Cadbury’s
Average Monthly Turnover – Rs. 11 lakhs (40% non feeder town) Bulk Breaking of 100X packs to 20X and 30X packs of assorted SKUs

Wholesalers account for around 10% of total sales

Direct Replenishment at selected village outlets (DRO)

These DROs act as mini stockists for villages which RDS cannot access profitably

Promotion include merchandising of popular sweet stores in the area during festivals

2 Wheelers in Wai Taluka Company – Bajaj Auto

Distribution
Plant (Waluj) Dealer (Digvijay – Satara)

Authorized Service Centre (Wai) Certified Service Point (Panchgani) Authorized Mechanics (2000+ pop’n villages)

Authorized Service Centers retail vehicles and service vehicles

Certified Service Points service vehicles only

Separate Sales Team for rural distribution

Promotion through hoardings in strategic locations

Monthly Average Sales of around 30 vehicles (Industry – 100)

Mileage Conscious Populace

Promotion done through auto rickshaws with loud speakers, leaflets and road shows

Peak demand during Diwali

Popular SKUs include the Platina and the Discover 125

Strong Word Of Mouth and local mechanic recommendation

WOM built through training of local mechanics on best practices, providing training certificates, organizing plant visits etc.

FMCG - Beverages
Coca Cola

Distributor- Jayant Distributor
General Information:
Number of Villages Covered: 50 Salesman employed: 2 Annual Turnover: 2.5 crores

Owner: Milind Khamkar, Address: 1013, Brahmanshahi, Wai, Ph: 02167-222603

Total Warehouse space: 1200 + 3000 sq feet
Replenishment: Once a week
• Single van carries all merchandize of all the brands • Credit facilities is offered to bigger retailers whereas smaller retailers operate on cash basis.

Mr. Gajanan Borkar – ASM Distribution Planning: PJP ( Permanent Journey Plan) EDS: Every Dealer Survey Horizontal expansion through benchmarking In order to penetrate rural market, Coca-cola employed:
• Distribution of ice-boxes • Tie-up with Haier for cold storages • Distribution through RGB’s ( Returnable Glass Bottle and not Cans)

On an average, each outlet sells 70-80 cases/ year Promotion Schemes:
• Gammat Gadi • Chowfula

Thums Up – The most popular category Key Insight: People in the district are more inclined toward drinks with higher fizz. Brand Awareness: Not a problem because of penetration of television

Coca Cola and Jayant Distributor
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Previously Jayant Distributor was sole distributor of Pepsi. However, Pepsi did not give the promised margins to the distributor. Coca had problems with distribution evident from the fact that is shifted 11 distributor in 3 years before switching to Jayant distributor.
Business in rural market is based on relationship

In beverage category, inclination of the rural consumer has been more towards fruit juices and energy drinks in spite of the price points. (Minute maid, Real Juices, Red Bull, Cloud 9)

In biscuits category, Parle is the most purchased brand in Wai.

In chocolates, Cadbury lower priced SKU’s is the most selling brand

Coca is more aggressive than Pepsi evident from the hoardings on the highways and in and around Wai In confectionaries, Chlormint is popular at Pan-Shops and brands like Centre fresh, Happy Dent, Alpenliebe are popular in Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar.

FMCG & Telecom
HUL & Airtel

M/s. Rajendra. P. Gade
Mr. Rajendra. P. Gade has been associated with HUL for the last 40 years and with Airtel from the last 7 years as distributor
M/s. Rajendra. P. Gade currently caters to 47 markets to name a few
Jamb Udtare Meda Bilar (lowest population of just 1000)

HUL Products Sold
Detergents
•Wheel, Surf Excel

Toothpaste
•Close up & Pepsodent

Soaps
•Lux, Lifebuoy, Hamam

Cream
•Fair & Lovely, Vaseline

Powder
•Ponds,

Shampoos
•Clinic Plus, Sunsilk

Water Filter
•PureIT

Mobile market report
Idea is the market leader with 50% market share and has the best network coverage Airtel has 30% market share Airtel carries out promotion through mobile vans Whereas new entrant DoCoMo has done well recently Mostly Prepaids are sold, post paid are only 5% of the total sales Prepaid preferred due to low paper work, less defaulters for company DoCoMo successful only with agriculture workers and students (2 Sims)

Mr. Gade speaks
Total T/O 25,00,000 per month Weekly replenishment to all the 47 markets Sachets contribute to 95% of the sales volume for all products. 50% of the sales are on credit basis Credit period – 7, 14, 30 days. Next delivery only on clearing previous dues.

30 % of the HUL Distributors turnover of 25 lakhs per month comes via Wheel

Lux is the best Seller in the market better than lifebuoy

Pears sales are substantial only in the winter periods

40 permanent staffs employeed

7 personnel for Sales beat – HUL , 2 for Airtel

10 tonnes or more delivery directly thru company depot- Kolhapur.

Margins:
•2% wholesaler •4.76% distributor •8 – 10% Retailer

Vaseline only 6 Rs pack of 20ml sells

1% cash discount on purchase of 50,000 and above is given to retailer

Total population served 1,50,000

Weekly 1-2 visits from the company

Market with
 

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