Sony Vs Samsung
Sony Vs Samsung
Sony Vs Samsung
Vs Others
Hypothesis
-Brand loyalty and consumer behavior associated with other devices of the same
brand are held constant.
- Samples collected are representative of the entire population.
-Modern consumer is conscious and awareness is high. He/she is more curious
about product quality, price and features offered.
Reference Study
-Google
-Annual sales report
- Newspapers (Economic Times)
- Survey conducted by FICCI (FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
AND INDUSTRY) on Indian consumer durable industry.
Objective
-Basic objective of the project is to identify, how consumer react in today's
changing economic and globalization conditions towards High End consumer
Durables, more focus is given to consumer buying behavior while purchasing color
televisions.
- To judge if any Brand loyalty exists in the consumers towards a brand and what
factors influence consumer buying behavior and brand loyalty. For this actual
survey is to be done from people in Delhi and NCR.
Limitations
-Within the tech sector, the market for handheld devices like smart phones and
tablets is playing an increasingly important role in shaping consumers overall
awareness of brands.
-The research is limited to Delhi region.
-Among technology companies, those with a broader portfolio of products and
services, like Samsung, are better positioned to score many points in the survey
than companies like Sony, Apple, which doesnt make refrigerators or videogame
consoles.
-As consumer behavior and preferences are changing very rapidly, a failure to
keep up with the data regarding changes could result in a sudden and steep
decline in brand awareness of a company.
Background
Before the liberalization of the Indian economy, only a few companies like
Kelvinator, Godrej, Allwyn, and Voltas were the major players in the consumer
durables market, accounting for no less than 90% of the market. Then, after the
liberalization, foreign players like LG, Sony, Samsung, Whirlpool, Daewoo
appeared. Today, few of these players control the major share of consumer
durable market.
Consumer durables market is growing very fast because of rise in living standard,
easy access to consumer finance, and wide range of choice, as many foreign
players are entering in the market.
With the increase in income levels, easy availability of finance, increase in
consumer awareness, and introduction of new models, the demand for consumer
durables has increased significantly. Products like washing machines, air
conditioners, microwave ovens, color televisions (CTVs) are no longer considered
luxury items. However, there are still very few players in categories like vacuum
cleaners, and dishwashers.
Consumer durables sector is characterized by the emergence of MNCs, exchange
offers, discounts, and intense competition. The market share of MNCs in
consumer durables sector is 65%. MNCs major target is the growing middle class
of India and increasing floating population. MNCs offer superior technology to the
consumer whereas the Indian companies compete on the basis of firm grasp of
the local market, their well-acknowledged brands, and hold over wide distribution
network. However, the penetration level of the consumer durables is still low in
India.
Observation:
LG Electronics is playing an active role in the market with its active business
policy.
LG India ha outperformed in all segment of consumer durable and consumer
electronic market. For most of the consumer LG is having maximum recall
value.
Consumer purchases are influenced strongly by cultural, social, personal and
psychological characteristics. For most marketers cannot control such factors,
but they must take them into account.
Quality ,design features, brand name, packaging, variety and services offered
have a bearing on consumer behavior and brand recall.
Quality is the most important factor in brand recall.
Consumers are not very sure about their association with a particular brand.
Only 44.19% consumers respond positively. Probably some consumer wants
to try a different brand next time. Changing market environment and
globalization is shifting consumer focus from being brand loyal.
For color TV as a product, it is a complex decision making process. Many
consumers would like to do a lot of information processing from various
sources. Consumers dont mind doing a show room surveys, going through
various news papers, magazine, active search of information is also involved
from internet.
Bibliography:
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www.google.com
www.wikipedia.com
Business today
Economic Times
www.lgindia.com
www.business.mapsofindia.com