...us grew up learning about 'the 4Ps' of the marketing mix: product, price, place, promotion. And this model still works when the focus is on product marketing. However most developed economies have moved on, with an ever-increasing focus on service businesses, and therefore service marketing. To better represent the challenges of service marketing, McKinsey developed a new framework for analyzing and improving organizational effectiveness, the 7S model: The 3Ss across the top of the model are described as 'Hard Ss': STRATEGY: The direction and scope of the company over the long term The strategy of HUL has been to introduce new and innovative products at competitive price in the market which gives value for money. This is the prime reason that the company emphasizes a lot on research and development. This is why it has been termed as the most reputed FMCG brand in the country. STRUCTURE: The basic organization of the company, its departments, reporting lines, areas of expertise, and responsibility (and how they inter-relate).Hindustan Unilever Limited is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company. It is present in Home & Personal Care and Foods & Beverages categories. HUL and Group companies have about 15,000 employees, including 1200 managers.The fundamental principle determining the organisation structure is to infuse speed and flexibility in decision-making and implementation, with empowered managers across the company’s nationwide operations...
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...HINDUSTAN LEVER LTD. About HUL Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) (BSE: 500696) is India's largest consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever which controls 52% majority stake in HUL. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. HUL was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited and came into being in 1956 as Hindustan Lever Limited through a merger of Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India and has an employee strength of over 16,500 employees and contributes to indirect employment of over 65,000 people. The company was renamed in June 2007 as “Hindustan Unilever Limited”. Products Brand & Product Mix With over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories such as soaps, detergents, shampoos, skin care, toothpastes, deodorants, cosmetics, tea, coffee, packaged foods, ice cream, and water purifiers, the Company is a part of the everyday life of millions of consumers across India. Its portfolio includes leading household brands such as Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Rin, Wheel, Fair & Lovely, Pond’s, Vaseline, Lakmé, Dove, Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Pepsodent, Closeup, Axe, Brooke Bond, Bru, Knorr, Kissan, Kwality Wall’s and Pureit. Fig. Major Brands/Products of HUL The Company has over 16,000 employees and has an annual turnover of around Rs. 21,736 crores (financial year 2011 - 2012). HUL is a subsidiary of Unilever...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON A Study on marketing mix & competitive analysis of “Pure it” (HUL) Submitted By: Smruti Ranjan Das Roll No. 049 PGDM-RM 2009-11 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Dr. R. Padmaja (Assistant Prof. Marketing) IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (RETAIL & MARKETING) INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISE OSMANIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS HYDERABAD – 500 007 DECLARATION I, Smruti Ranjan Das, a student of PGDM-RM (2009-11) studying at IPE (Institute of Public Enterprise), Hyderabad, solemnly declare that the project work titled- ‘A Study on Effectiveness of Kiosk-based sales channel & competitive analysis of “Pure it” (HUL)’ was carried out by me at Hindustan Unilever Limited; Hyderabad, in partial fulfillment of the PGDM programme.This programme was undertaken as a part of academic curriculum according to the University rules and norms and by no commercial interest and motives. Place: Date Smruti Ranjan Das PGDM-RM (049) 2009-11 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I feel great pleasure for the completion of this project. At the very...
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...ANALYSIS OF HUL ON 4P’S OF MARKETING AND ITS CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR A PROJECT REPORT CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION BONAFIDE CERTIFIACATE Certified that this project report “ANALYSIS OF HUL ON 4P’S OF MARKETING AND ITS CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR” is the bona-fide work of “ASHISH KUMAR SAINI” who carried out the project work under my supervision. ……………………………… ………………………………… Dr. Kriti Priya Gupta Miss. Subodh Choudhary (ACADEMIC CO-ORDINATOR PGDM) (SUPERVISOR) IAMR Ghaziabad DECLARATION I, Ashish Kumar Saini, hereby declare that the project work entitled “ANALYSIS OF PUREIT ON 4 P’S OF MARKETING AND CONSEMER BENHAVIOUR” is an authenticated work carried out by me at HINDUSTAN UNILIVER LIMITED under the guidance of Miss. Subodh Choudhary for the partial fulfillment of the award of the Diploma of PGDM and this work has not been submitted for similar purpose anywhere else except to IAMR, Ghaziabad, approved by AICTE. Date: Place: (ASHISH KUMAR SAINI) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the Management of HUL at Jaipur for providing me the opportunity to get an exposure of their esteemed unit. I am sincerely thankful to the HR department for coordinating my training and explicitly express my thanks to Mr. Shahnawaz Alam for their continued help and guidance during my stay there. Last...
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...PRODUCT AND BRAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT ON Company study of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) Submitted to- Prof. Pitamber Dwivedi Submitted by- Anish Bhattacharyya [FT-09-720] Anurag Kumar Mishra [FT-09-729] Durgesh Tiwari [FT -09-748] Jagat Singh Nagar [FT -09-754] Shwetank Kumar [FT-09-856] Sourav Mukherjee [FT- 09-862] Ravi Kumar Sinha [ FT- 09-813] IILM-GSM-09-11_PBM_SEC-A_ 1 | P a g e We take this opportunity to convey our sincere thanks and gratitude to all those who have directly or indirectly helped and contributed towards the completion of this project. First and foremost, we would like to thank Prof. Pitamber Dwivedi for her constant guidance and support throughout this project. During the project, we realized that the degree of relevance of the learning being imparted in the class is very high. The learning enabled us to get a better understanding of the nitty-gritty of the subject which we studied. We would also like to thank our batch mates for the discussions that we had with them. All these have resulted in the enrichment of our knowledge and their inputs have helped us to incorporate relevant issues into our project. Last but not the least we would like to thank God and our parents for their ...
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...personal care. Unilever operates in more than 100 countries, has a turnover of € 39.6 billion and net profit of € 3.685 billion in 2006 and derives 41 per cent of its income from the developing and emerging economies around the world. It has 179,000 employees and is a culturally-diverse organisation with its top management coming from 24 nations. Internationalisation is based on the principle of local roots with global scale aimed at becoming a ‘multi-local multinational’. The genesis of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in India, goes back to 1888 when Unilever exported Sunlight soap to India. Three Indian, subsidiaries came into existence in the period 1931-1935 that merged to form Hindustan Lever in 1956. Mergers and acquisitions of Lipton (1972), Brooke Bond (1984), Ponds (1986), TOMCO (1993), Lakme (1998) and Modern Foods (2002) have resulted in an organisation that is a conglomerate of several businesses that have been continually restructured over the years. HUL is one of the largest FMCG company in India with total sales of Rs. 12,295 crore...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON Study of Customers Satisfaction towards the “ Pure it” (HUL) (With special reference to Cuttack city) For partial fulfillment of MBA degree course of Biju Pattnaik University of Technology Submitted By: Soumya Prakash Pani Roll No. B/10/01 Reg. No.1006281028 MBA 2010-12 External Guide: Internal Guide: Mr. Pratim Chatterjee Mr. Biswarup Singh Territory Sales Officer Sc Lect. Marketing HUL( Pure it ) IPSAR INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES & RESEARCH CDA SECTOR-6 , CUTTACK-753014,ORISSA DECLARATION I, Soumya Prakash Pani, a student of MBA (2010-12) studying at IPSAR (Institute of Professional Studies & Research), Cuttack, solemnly declare that the project work titled- ‘ Study of customers satisfaction towards “Pure it” (HUL)’ was carried out by me at Hindustan Unilever Limited; Cuttack, in partial fulfillment of the MBA programme. This programme was undertaken as a part of academic curriculum according to the University Date : ...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON Study of Customers Satisfaction towards the “ Pure it” (HUL) (With special reference to Cuttack city) For partial fulfillment of MBA degree course of Biju Pattnaik University of Technology Submitted By: Soumya Prakash Pani Roll No. B/10/01 Reg. No.1006281028 MBA 2010-12 External Guide: Internal Guide: Mr. Pratim Chatterjee Mr. Biswarup Singh Territory Sales Officer Sc Lect. Marketing HUL( Pure it ) IPSAR INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES & RESEARCH CDA SECTOR-6 , CUTTACK-753014,ORISSA DECLARATION I, Soumya Prakash Pani, a student of MBA (2010-12) studying at IPSAR (Institute of Professional Studies & Research), Cuttack, solemnly declare that the project work titled- ‘ Study of customers satisfaction towards “Pure it” (HUL)’ was carried out by me at Hindustan Unilever Limited; Cuttack, in partial fulfillment of the MBA programme. This programme was undertaken as a part of academic curriculum according to the University Date : ...
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...Group 3: Himanshu Kamat (22) Hitesh Mahansaria (24) Sahil Gupta (88) Prachi Bansal (84) Kuntal Panja (106) Overview of HUL Distribution Network Sales Force Management Incentives Financial Analysis Maintaining Favorable trade relations Providing innovative incentives to retailers Organizing demand generation activities Logistic Support Evolution of Sales Force Salesman Registered Wholesaler A stock point for company’s products in that market Products manufactured over 40 factories decentralized across 2 million square mile of territory. The operation involves 2000 suppliers and associates. Distribution network consist of 4000 redistribution stockists 6.3 million retail outlets Reaching entire urban population and about 250 million rural consumers Factory Carrying and Forwarding Agent Distributor Urban Area Redistributi on Stockists Star Seller Rural Area Redistribut or Redistribution Stockists Whole seller Family Groceries Retailers Carry and Forward Agents Buffer stock points Resulted in cost saving in terms of direct transportation and reduced time lag delivery Improved customer service to RS Redistribution Stockists Provide distribution units to the company salesman Company Depot Helped in transshipment, bulk breaking, stock point to minimize stock out at the RS level Role by redistribution stockists Financing stock, warehousing facilities...
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...THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNING & MANAGEMENT NEW DELHI THESIS SYNOPSIS SUBMITTED TO: Prof. Sumanta Sharma DETAILS OF THE STUDENT: |Name |: |Shikhir Handa | |Batch |: |pgp/ss/2008-10 | |Specialization |: |Marketing & Finance | |Section |: |FN-2 | |Phone No |: |9990048880 | |Email Id |: |shikhir.handa@gmail.com | Desired Area: Marketing Title of the thesis: Consumer Buying Behavior towards Hul Premium Soap Study of Pears and Dove INTRODUCTION The main objective of the project is to get the full knowledge of the Introduced in India in 1902, Pears soap has no equal. It is gentle enough, even for baby's skin. Pears is manufactured like any other soap, but unlike in conventional soaps, the glycerine is retained within the soap. That is the cause if its unique transparency. After manufacturing, the soap is mellowed under controlled conditions...
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...GROUP 7B: PEARS CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR PROJECT GROUP MEMBERS Gaurav Jain (B10079) Kapil Dhanania (B10083) Riddhi Mazumdar (B10104) Sahil Ahuja (B10105) Souvik Halder (B10112) Sulabh Govila (B10113) Contents PEARS BRAND HISTORY 3 Change in 2009: 4 OBJECTIVE 4 PEARS POSITIONING: A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE 5 Pears Brand Manager: Insights from Interview 6 NEED RECOGNITION: 8 Insights from customer interactions: 8 Company Recommendations 9 INFORMATION SEARCH: 10 Insights from customer interactions: 10 Recommendations for company: 10 EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES: 12 Insights from customer interactions: 12 Recommendations for company: 13 PRODUCT CHOICE 15 Insights from customer interaction: 15 Company Recommendations 16 APPENDIX 18 PEARS BRAND HISTORY Pears transparent soap is a brand of soap first produced and sold in 1789 by Andrew Pears at a factory just off Oxford Street in London, England. It was the world's first transparent soap. According to Unilever records, Pears Soap was the world's first registered brand and is therefore the world's oldest brand. Launched in India in 1902, Pears exuberates a long heritage of purity and pristine. Pears soap is now made in India by Hindustan Lever a company in which Unilever controls a fifty-two percent stake. Pears Pure & Gentle: It is enriched with pure glycerine and natural oils that gently moisturize skin to keep it smooth while its mild fragrance and...
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...THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010 CHIKITSAK SAMUHA’S S.S & LS PATKAR VARDE COLLEGE OF ARTS COMMERCE & SCIENCE AND V.P VARDE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS,GOREGAON (W) MUMBAI -62 1 CHIKITSAK SAMUHA’S PATKAR – VARDE COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE SCIENCE. GOREGAON (W), MUMBAI -400063 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that PRIYANKA SHASHIKANT TELANG OF T.Y.Bachelor of Management studies VI (2009-2010) has successfully completed the project on “BRANDING STRATEGY OF HUL” under the guidance of SAMADHAN SIR. COURSE CO-ORDINATOR PROJECT GUIDE/INTERNAL EXAMINAR EXTERNAL EXAMINER 2 CHIKITSAK SAMUHA’S PATKAR – VARDE COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE SCIENCE. GOREGAON (W), MUMBAI -400063 DECLARATION I, PRIYANKA TELANG OF Patkar –Varde College of TYBMS (semester VI) hereby declare that I have completed this project on “BRANDING STRATEGY OF HUL” during the academic year 2009-2010. The information submitted is true and original to the best of my knowledge. DATE: SIGNATURE OF STUDENT PLACE: MUMBAI 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to express my profound gratitude to PROF.SAMADHAN KHAMKAR for his kind support and valuable guidance for the completion of this project. I also express my sincere thanks to my principal and BMS co-coordinators who guided, instructed and encouraged me. I would also like to acknowledge the assistance and encouragement of the various professionals and persons whom...
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...HULConclusionBibliography | 34-56789-1213-1515-18192021 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hindustan Unilever Limited is the Indian arm of the Anglo-Dutch company –Unilever. Both Unilever and HUL have established themselves well in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) category. In India, the company offers many households brands like, Dove,Lifebuoy, Lipton,Lux, Pepsodent, Ponds, Rexona, Sunsilk, Surf, Vaseline etc. Some of its efforts were also rewarded when four of HUL brands found place in the ‘Top 10 brands’ list for the year 2008 published in The Economic Times. Unilever was a result of the merger between the Dutch margarine company, Margarine Unie, and the British soap-maker, Lever Brothers, way back in 1930. For 70 years, Unilever was the undisputed market leader but now faces tough competition from Proctor & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive. HUL is also known for its strong distribution network in India. In order to further strengthen its distribution in the rural areas and to empower the local women, HUL launched a project Shakti in 2000 in a district in Andhra Pradesh. The idea behind this project was to create women entrepreneurs and provide them with micro-credit and training in enterprise management, which would enable them to create self-help groups and become direct-to-home distributors of HUL products. Today Shakti is present across 80,000 villages in 15 states and is helping many underprivileged women earn their livelihood. As the per capita income of India...
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...[pic] STUDY OF THE BUYING BEHAVIOUR OF CONSUMERS TOWARDS FAIRNESS CREAMS 1) Introduction / aim / objective 2) Industry overview and competitive analysis 3) Segmentation and targeting 4) Differentiation 5) Positioning 6) Marketing mix and resource capabilities 7)Research design a) Aim and objective....define the problem and outcome of research b) Sampling design c) Questionnaire design d) Sources of secondary data 8) Discussion and analysis of research findings 9) Strategic recommendations and conclusions OBJECTIVE - To study the current Indian market for fairness cream. - To asses whether advertising is influencing the buying behavior of the consumer. - To find out the brand preference for fairness cream among people. - To study factor influencing brand preference for fairness cream. Fairness Cream has become a vital product for the Indian companies in increasing their overall sales due to the importance given by Indian consumers towards fairness. As India is a country known for its diversity different consumers from different parts of the country prefer different brands. The leading players in the market includes Hindustan Lever Ltd., (HLL's) 'Fair & Lovely' with 76 percent of the market share and Cavin Kare' s 'Fairever' with 15 percent of the market share. Other important players like Godrej' s 'Fairglow', Emma's 'Fair and Handsome', Vicco and Himalaya share the rest of the market share. There...
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...WORKING CAPITAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED COMPANY An Overview of FMCG Companies in India Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) goods are all consumable items (other than groceries/pulses) that one needs to buy at regular intervals. These are items which are used daily, and so have a quick rate of consumption, and a high return. FMCG can broadly be categorized into three segments which are: 1. Household items as soaps, detergents, household accessories, etc, 2. Personal care items as shampoos, toothpaste, shaving products, etc and finally 3. Food and Beverages as snacks, processed foods, tea, coffee, edible oils, soft drinks etc. Global leaders in the FMCG segment are Nestlé, ITC, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Carlsberg, Kleenex, General Mills, Pepsi, Gillette etc. A look at some factors that will drive growth in this sector: * Increasing rate of urbanization, expected to see major growth in coming years. * Rise in disposable incomes, resulting in premium brands having faster growth and deeper penetration. * Innovative and stronger channels of distribution to the rural segment, leading to deeper penetration into this segment. * Increase in rural non-agricultural income and benefits from government welfare programmes. * Investment in stock markets of FMCG companies, which are expected to grow constantly. Objectives The study aims at analyzing the working...
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