Videocon Industries LTD.: Understanding Marketing Strategies
Videocon Industries LTD.: Understanding Marketing Strategies
LTD.
Understanding Marketing Strategies
Guide Prof. Rajeev Kamble
Dineshwar Moparthi 2009130
Sravanthi Nanduri 2009131
Parth Bhatt 2009135
Dipti R 2009139
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Table of Contents
Introduction 4
SWOT Analysis 6
4 P’s of Marketing
Product 9
Price 18
Place 21
Promotion 24
Past Experience 27
Re-positioning 28
Future 30
Bibliography 31
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Introduction
Videocon Industries, also known as Videocon Industries Limited is
an India-based electronics goods manufacturing company established in
1979.
• Consumer Durables
Consumer products like Color Televisions, Washing
Machines, Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, Microwave ovens
and many other home appliances, selling them through a
Multi-Brand strategy with the largest sales and service
network in India. In-house compressor manufacturing
technology in Bangalore further supports refrigerator
manufacturing.
• Thomson CPT
With the Thomson acquisition Videocon has emerged as
one of the largest Color Picture tube manufacturers in the
world operating in Italy, Poland and China, continuing to lead
through new innovative technologies like slim CPT, extra slim
CPT and High Definition 16:9 format CPT.
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• Color Picture Tube Glass
Videocon is one of the largest CPT Glass manufacturers
in the world with a high level of experience and technical
expertise operating through Poland and India.
Swot Analysis
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STP
SEGMENTATION
Market segmentation is the process in marketing of dividing a
market into distinct subsets (segments) that behave in the same way or
have similar needs. Because each segment is fairly homogeneous in their
needs and attitudes, they are likely to respond similarly to a given
marketing strategy. They are likely to have similar feelings and ideas
about a marketing mix comprised of a given product or service, sold at a
given price, distributed in a certain way and promoted in a certain way.
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Conventional, Flat screen Slim, and LCD can also segmented
on the basis of benefits that an end consumer would receive from
them.
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TARGETING
Once the firm has identified its marketing-segment
opportunities, it has to decide how many and which ones to
target. The decisions involved in targeting strategy include:
* Which segments to target?
* How many products to offer?
* Which products to offer in which segments?
At the lower end of the market Videocon still retains its
“Value for money customer”.
At the premium end it is attempting to upgrade its image to
one of “Quality Driven” customers by associating itself with the
international reputed brand name of SANSUI.
POSITIONING
Positioning has come to mean the process by which
marketers try to create an image or identity in the minds of their
target market for its product, brand, or organization. It is the
'relative competitive comparison' their product occupies in a given
market as perceived by the target market.
Once the competitive frame of reference for positioning has
been fixed by defining the customer target market and nature of
competition, marketers can define the appropriate points-of-
difference and points-of parity associations.
Points of Parity (POPs) are associations that are not
necessarily unique to the brand but may in fact be shared with other
brands. They represent necessary-but not necessarily sufficient-
conditions for brand choice.
✔ Videocon's Points-of-Parity are good quality Picture and
good sound.
Points-of-Difference (PODs) are attributes or benefits
consumer strongly associates with a brand, positively evaluate, and
believe that they could not find to the same extent with a
competitive brand.
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✔ Videocon's POD is the quality product with low cost.
Thus, Videocon is positioned itself as a reliable and
value-for-money product.
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Two of the points of Videocon’s Vision & Mission include…
Product
Technology is no more a premium input; it has become the bare minimum in recent
years. Rapid advances have only fuelled this phenomenon. Videocon is extremely
vigilant in shunting out dated technology and replacing it with the best-in-class offers
of the times.
Product development, innovation and customization are the tools Videocon uses to
stay ahead of the competition. This is because a continuous stream of innovative
products excites the market and enhances brand recall - A strategy that Videocon
banks on a lot, especially on the domestic front
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Product Mix
The width of a product mix refers to how many different product lines the
company carries.
The length of a product mix refers to the total number of items in the
mix.
The depth of the product mix refers to how many variants are offered
of each product in the line.
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Width
Leng Home appliances Consumer electronics
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Refrigera Washin Air Microw Televisio Audio/Video
tors g conditio ave n players
machin ners ovens
es
Videocon Videoco Videocon Videocon Videocon Videocon
n
Kelvinator Kelvinat Kelvinator Electrolu Akai Akai
or x
Electrolux Electrol Electrolux Kenstar Sansui Sansui
ux
Kenstar
Consumer Electronics
Television Audio/Video
Ultra Slim TV
Flat TV Multimedia
Speakers
Conventional TV
Home Appliances
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Television
LCD TV
Similarity Variant
• Full HD 1080p
• 100000:1 Super
Platinum – Contrast Ratio
VLL32FBA • 1.06 billion display
• High Glossy Finish
color
• HDMI facility
• Invisible Speaker
• 30,000:1 Super
• Sleek Design
Platinum – Contrast Ratio
• DCRe
VLL22SBA • 1.06 billion display
• High Resolutions
color
• Response Time
• DCRe
• Aspect Ratio
• 16.7 Million Display
Platinum – Color
VLL19SBH • 15,000:1 Super
Contrast Ratio
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Ultra Slim TV
Similarity Variant
FLEMINGO • 44% Slimmer (54
200 – cm wide) •
VBS21SGR • 200W PMPO
FLEMINGO • Stereo Sound
200 – • 200 Program •
VBS21SRR Memory
FLEMINGO • 4- Mode Selectable
200 – Sound •
VBS21SBR • 5 Mode Selectable
Picture
• Picture
FLEMINGO improvement
200 – Technology •
VBS21SDR • Child Lock
• Hindi OSD
• Plug & Play.
Flat TV
Similarity Variant
• 54/36cm Flat TV
ALPHA 250 • 500W / 250 W PMPO
– • Stereo sound
VAF15SDV • 04 sound modes
• 200 Program
• Game Facility
Memory
ALPHA 150 • 54/36cm Flat TV
• 10 Picture Modes
– • 200 W / 150W PMPO
• Child Lock
VAF15MOV • Game Facility
• Hindi OSD
ALPHA 150
• Plug & Play • 38cm Flat TV
–
• 150 W PMPO
VBF15MOV
ALPHA 150
• 38cm Flat TV
–
• 150 W PMPO
VBF15CDV
Conventional TV
Similarity Variant
CHAMP 20 • 200 Program • 51cm Conventional
– Memory TV
VAN20ESP • Music Mode • 200W PMPO
CHAMP 20 • 10 Pictures Mode • 51cm Conventional
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– TV
VBN20ESP • 200W PMPO
CHAMP 20 • 36cm Conventional
• Child/Panel/AV/TV/L
– TV
ock
VCN20ESP • 100W PMPO
• Plug & Play
Videocon has continued to manufacture CRTs for the lower middle
class of the country. CRTs such as Videocon, Challenger brands are still in
the market.
Audio / Video
DVD Players
Similarity Variant
• 12 / 24 bit Audio
DAC
VAD 10SNN
• Parental Lock
• Pro-Logic II
• In built USB port
VAD 11SUN
• Power resume
• In built USB port
VAD 12SCU • Composite /
• Parental Lock
Component / S-
• 12 / 24 bit Audio
Video output
VBD 13SAN DAC
• DivX / MPEG4
• Pro-Logic II
Compatible
• 12 / 24 bit Audio
VBD 14SAG DAC
• Pro-Logic II
• In built USB port
VBD 15SAU
• In built Amplifier
• HDMI Output
VBD 16SHC
• USB & Card reader
Similarity Variant
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• 2.1 ch. Amplifier
VDH20BNN
• Bass Control
• 5.1 ch. Amplifier
• 2 Ch. Input to 5.1
VBH45SNN
Ch. Output
• Super Bass
• 5.1 ch. Amplifier
VCH45BUN
• LED Display
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Microwave Ovens
Refrigerators
Washing Machines
The washing machine market valued at Rs. 1600 crore (US$ 400
million) annually has witnessed total sales of approximately 2.2 million
units in fiscal 2007. In this category, the high-end segment comprising
fully-automatic and front-loaders have shown the maximum growth.
Marine
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Air Conditioners
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Price
Pricing for products is a result of the pursuit value that they hold i.e.
based on the perceptions the customers have about the brand. Since its
launch, Videocon has always been a “value for money” brand and its target
customers are the middle class population.
• At the lower end of the market, it still retains its “value for
money” method of pricing.
• At the premium end, it is attempting to upgrade its image to
one of “quality-driven” by associating itself with the internationally
reputed brand name of Sansui, and following a perceived value
pricing method.
The brands Akai and Kelvinator target the same audience; the only
difference being the hoard of varying features such as color and technology
used among the products of the different brands, to avoid brand versus
brand conflicts.
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Electrolux and Sansui, being foreign brands and having the
perception as offering superior technology, are priced higher compared to
the rest for similar category of product.
Television
✔ Akai products are mostly flat and conventional CRT TVs. The
only LCD that it offers is the 32” screen size with a low aspect
ratio priced at Rs. 26000.
Refrigerators
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lower than the latter. Kelvinator carries with it the perception of
an in-built superior technology and so, priced slightly higher
than Videocon.
Microwaves
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Place
Videocon has been and is No.1 in terms of the quantity of
products sold by any consumer durable enterprise. In the Western region, it
holds 63% market share.
Videocon Industries Ltd. conducts its operations in Maharashtra, where
it has its branch offices in certain regions- Pune, Mumbai, Nashik, Vidharba
(Nagpur). There are 2 or 3 distributors per region, depending on the demand
of Videocon products in those regions. Currently, in the Vidharba region,
there are 16 distributors, 26 dealers, 3 NEXT retail showrooms.
Videocon has its central manufacturing plant located at Aurangabad
and 5 other manufacturing units over India. The company has both company
owned warehouses (depot at Wadi) and franchises to carry out its
distribution of products. The marketing channel used for distribution is either
a zero level marketing channel or a 3-level marketing channel. The zero
level channel consists of the manufacturing unit connected to retailing their
goods and merchandise at company owned retail outlets like Next. The 3-
level channel contains three intermediaries. These are local wholesalers or
distributors, dealers and sub dealers.
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Forward and Backward Integration
Backward integration too has been a part of its operations, wherein the
company manufacturers the components of its products such as the picture
tubes for CRTs, and other parts, without the need for suppliers.
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Marketing its own brand and other brands
Retailing is done through its own NEXT showrooms and also through
display and sale in shopping malls (also called single point selling), who buy
from the manufacturers i.e. the company directly. This is the modern trend
because the customer prefers a wide variety of brands at display before he
zeroes down to buying one.
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Videocon, besides marketing its own products, also markets other
Promotion
brands’ products in the Indian market. Videocon has marketing alliances
with Japanese brands such as Akai, Sansui and Swedish brand Electrolux to
promote those brands in India. These companies pay royalty to Videocon
for marketing and advertising their brands. Their products may or may not
target the same audience, each differing in their own features and
specifications.
The change in the logo speaks a lot about its changing focus to target
the higher end of the market through its ad campaign of “Experience
Change”. Videocon has been the pioneer in introducing consumer durable
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product range in India. It targeted the only market then, i.e. the middle
class. Since then until now, it has focused only on that segment and has
been successful in doing so. To remain competitive in the market, it has
become imperative for it to target the upper class customers too and so
with its new logo and new ad campaign, is trying to change the perceptions
of people about the brand as not only being for the middle class.
The Videocon logo is the heart of the new brand identity. The Fluid
lava reflects the brand idea, 'Experience change'. The color palette has
been chosen to reflect the philosophy of Videocon Group i.e. the color
green is symbolic to the company's ecology drive.
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Brand Ambassadors
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Past Experience
Videocon has also great learning from its own past experiences as
not proper utilizing a balanced mix of 4 P’s of marketing.
The brand image of Videocon right from the starting is value for
money i.e. they are always considered as the middle class brand in India
and was more synonymous to the fighting spirit of the middle class of
India.
The products like Internet TV and DTH service were well ahead of
time and the company was unable to promote the product nicely so that it
would have gone to the masses.
The brand image change now gives the youthful image to the brand
and actually gives freedom to innovate and succeed. Now we can see the
embedded DTH service with the LCD TV are given to the customers.
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Re-positioning
The aim is to bridge the gap between mass and premium brands.
Videocon has already started developing new hi-tech products and is
trying to bring more products across categories in LCD, frost free,
automatic washing machines and air conditioners so as to address the
premium segment. Thus, we feel it is becoming imperative to upgrade our
customers in to buying a premium product”. Videocon has always been
seen as a 'value for money' proposition and has created a strong
presence. However, the premium segment is where the margins exist. In
the mid segments it is a volume driven market where price sensitivity is
much higher.
Durables major Videocon is rebranding itself and has shed its solid
steel 'V' for more fluid, lava like 'V', coupled with a new proposition –
'Experience change'. The brand, which has been in existence for more
than two decades, has managed a fair share in the entry/middle product
segment. It is perceived as a brand for the Indian middle class -- no frills,
no glamour, simple, reliable and hassle-free. This rebranding exercise is
being read as cues of Videocon making forays into the premium segment.
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natured, kind, and maybe a little romantic too. The smaller one, Mouw, is
quick witted, energetic bordering on restless, curious, and funny.
The rebranding exercise has been successful on the front that it is:
✔ Vibrant- The green color for the “V” logo is Vibrant, appealing
and also provides continuity from its earlier green products
platform.
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Future
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Bibliography
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