The Perception and Profiles of Bullet Riders

Description
The object of ppt is about To arrive at the psychographic profile of Bullet Riders in Manipal. To ascertain the factors that affect the choice of a Bullet as a motorcycle.

The Perception and Profiles of Bullet Riders in Manipal
Group K

Index
• • • • • • • • • Objective Methodology Constructs Quantitative Data Analysis Qualitative Analysis Advertising Effectiveness Conclusions Limitations References

Objective
• To arrive at the psychographic profile of Bullet Riders in Manipal • To ascertain the factors that affect the choice of a Bullet as a motorcycle • To ascertain the barriers to purchasing a Bullet for a prospective customer • To derive the perception of Bullet as a motorcycle amongst respondents vis-à-vis other brands • To propose an effective Marketing Communication plan for brand Royal Enfield

Methodology
• The study was undertaken in two phases
– Exploratory Research – Descriptive Research

• Exploratory Research
– Online Focus Group Discussion – Secondary Data – Focus Interviews (unstructured)

• Descriptive Research
– Convenience Sampling – Administering a Questionnaire (Aided and Online) – Data Analysis

Exploratory Research
• Online Focus Group Discussion held with 5 veteran riders from across the country • Two team members facilitated the FGD • Secondary Data studied from Bike India – Leading Automobile Magazine and other automobile websites • Focus Interviews conducted with Udupi showroom personnel and Mr. Rashid, Bullet mechanic

Descriptive Research
• Sampling
– For a population of 70 Bulleteers in Manipal, and for a 95% confidence level, Sample Size=41 – Sampling: Convenience and Snowball – Only 19 responses were collected

• Questionnaire
– Prepared based on findings from the Exploratory Research Phase – Administered as Aided Questionnaire to 14 Bulleteers in Manipal – 5 more answered online – Snowball sampling – 19 responses from non-Bullet riders collected online (mostly from TAPMI)

Constructs
• Buying behavior depends on Psychographic variables
– Ego-Defensive Attitude
• Customer tries to cover an internal shortcoming by his/ her choice of product • Showing off and Macho Image more important to such Customers

– Value-Expressive Attitude
• Internal locus of Control • Proactive, informed and evaluative customer • Values like Freedom, Respect and Control

Quantitative Data Analysis
• Study based on psychographic and demographic differences between Bullet riders and non-Bullet riders • Comparative study done for data collected to arrive at the core reasons affecting the choice to buy or not buy a Bullet

Demographics – All responses
18% Student 50% 50% Bullet Riders Non Bullet Riders 31% 3% 45% Government Service Ex-Serviceman Professional Self-Employed

3%

8%

16% Less than 1,20,000 18% 120000 to 3,59,999 53% 3,60,000 to 719999 Above 720000 13% 92% Male Female

Demographics – Comparative

Buying Behavior Comparison
• Independent t-Test

Finding the Influence of Factors
• Factor Analysis done on Purchase decision influencing parameters
Rotated Component Matrixa,b

Component
1 KMO and Bartlett's Testa Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy. .636 Bartlett's Sphericity Test of Approx. Chi-Square df Sig. 48.938 15 .000 Power Looks Brand Speed Price Mileage .908 .869 .851 .824 .063 -.209 2 -.143 -.144 -.205 .240 .867 .792

a. Only cases for which BulletRiders = 1 are used in the analysis phase.

Relative Importance of Factors
• CrossTabulation and Chi-Square Test • Determination of the relative importance of
– Looks – Power – Brand On bullet riders’ purchase decision.

Looks

Brand
0 Brand 1 Count % within Brand % within BulletRiders % of Total 4 23.5% 21.1% 10.5% 1 13 76.5% 68.4% 34.2% Total 17 100.0% 44.7% 44.7%

Value Pearson Chi-Square Likelihood Ratio Linear-by-Linear Association N of Valid Cases 10.565a 11.846 4.460 38

df 4 4 1

Asymp. (2-sided) .032 .019 .035

Sig.

a. 6 cells (60.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 1.00.

Power
BulletRiders 0 Power 1 Count % within Power % within BulletRiders % of Total 4 26.7% 21.1% 10.5% 1 11 73.3% 57.9% 28.9% Total 15 100.0% 39.5% 39.5%

Value Pearson Chi-Square Likelihood Ratio Linear-by-Linear Association N of Valid Cases 12.752a 15.677 9.880 38

df 4 4 1

Asymp. (2-sided) .013 .003 .002

Sig.

a. 8 cells (80.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 2.00.

Analysis of Psychographic Variables
• Cluster Analysis to identify market segment based on psychographic variables.

Final Cluster Centers Cluster 1 SenseofFreedom SpeedandThrill Convinience 3 4 4 2 1 2 2

SenseofControl
ToShowOff

4
2

2
4

CrossTabulating Psychographics Sense of Control
Chi-Square Tests Value Pearson Chi-Square Likelihood Ratio Linear-by-Linear Association N of Valid Cases 10.566a 13.247 df 4 4 Asymp. (2-sided) .032 .010 Sig.

3.020
38

1

.082

BulletRider 0 SenseofControl 1 Count % SenseofControl % of Total within 2 18.2% 10.5% 5.3% 1 9 81.8% 47.4% 23.7% Total 11 100.0% 28.9% 28.9%

% within BulletRider

CrossTabulating Psychographics Sense of Freedom
Chi-Square Tests

Value
Pearson Chi-Square Likelihood Ratio Linear-by-Linear Association N of Valid Cases 2.561a 2.963 .674 38

df
4 4 1

Asymp. (2-sided) .634 .564 .412

Sig.

Speed & Thrill

Chi-Square Tests Value Pearson Chi-Square Likelihood Ratio Linear-by-Linear Association N of Valid Cases 6.971a 8.604 .235 38 df 4 4 1 Asymp. (2-sided) .137 .072 .628 Sig.

The significance Pearson Chi-Square is 0.137 which is greater than .05,hence Speed and Thrill is not significant in determining the kind of bike a person owns.

Competitor Analysis Multi Dimensional Scaling

Barriers of Purchase
Spare Availability
They are readily available 23% 47% We don’t get them readily in Manipal. Cities have them They do not have good spares supply. Major headache! 21%

14%

14%
High maintenance 10% Poor after Sales Service High Price Low Mileage Noisy vehicle It’s too heavy. Not for me

21% 9%

Service Center
14%

3%

28%

Not sporty enough

10%

18%

Specialist Mechanic Company Service Station 68%

I do it myself

Qualitative Analysis – Kapferer’s Model

Advertising Effectiveness
Advertisement Recall
36% 45% Everybody makes way for the Bullet TV Commercial Leave Home print Ad Don’t really recall seeing one 19%

What should Bullet Ads show?
16% 4% 23% Speed Power Respect 20% Look Comfort Reliability 10% 27%

Conclusions
• The buying behavior is governed predominantly by the need for Power and respect for the iconic Brand. • The internal locus of control is by and large dependent on the Sense of Control the motorcycle offers and also on the Sense of Freedom that users associate with it. • Users are mostly Professional Males, 20-35 years of age, including some students. • Users’ display mostly Value-Expressive behavior and Ego-defensive behavior is not seen amongst responses. • People who choose not to buy Bullets do so because of high price, maintenance and spares hassles and also because some feel they are not built for it. • Advertisements are rarely recalled and are highly ineffective amongst nonBullet riders as well. • Bullets are perceived as low on cost-effectiveness, but high on ride comfort and reliability.

Limitations
• • • • Low number of responses Lack of clarity on hygiene factors like safety Post purchase dissonance not studied As data is not Metric, Discriminant Analysis could not be done • Export models were not considered as part of the study

Ride Safe!



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