Titan Report
Titan Report
SUBMITTED BY
Madurai-625015
APRIL 2016
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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The culmination of the project work is cornerstone in the life of
any student with the project guide being the driving force
behind. I would like to sincerely thank my project guide Dr. M.
Jeevananthan for giving us an opportunity to do this research
project for our internal evaluation of research methodology and
whose experience and knowledge has helped us immensely in
successful completion of this project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Titan entered the watch market as a premium watch. But the
unorganized sector and low priced options from HMT gave Titan
serious competition. The unorganized sector grew very fast —
almost 55% of the demand in the total market size of 45million
watches was being met by the unorganized sector. With the
import duty reduced to 25% (earlier 50%) and with the import
license for watch movement being easy to obtain, many small-
time players cropped up. These small players offered
competition to Titan on the price front. Thus Titan launched low
priced segment Sonata.
Titan has been facing a dilemma that whether it should market
these brands as independent sub-brands or not, but it because
of the high costs carried on with status quo but with more
emphasis on segments.
It is also putting in place a strategy to tap the rural market
rigorously. While has the product and the brand for this market
in the form of 'Sonata', and reach in terms of distribution, but in
terms of Titan they don't have the communication. Mistake
companies generally make in approaching the rural market is to
see as one large lump, while in reality the market is very
segmented and distinct.
Titan has been the first one to build upon style, but in terms of
marketing if we consider Classique or any other brand it was
not targeting any particular segment initially with a focus,
whether it was the youngsters or the Children. Thus there was a
need to foray into these already present segments.
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LIST OF FIGURES
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TABLE OF CONTENT
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CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2
2.1 Review of literature 2
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 6
3.1 Source of Data 6
5.2 Recommendations 16
5.3 Limitations 17
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION 18
APPENDIX
i. Questionnaire
ii. References
iii. Bibliography
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Today human begins work with the time. The various activities to be
performed on generally prescribed on the basis of time factor. Thus time is
considered to be a fresher factor in every walk of life. Now-a-days we find no person
without a wrist watch and a home without a clock. Thus the watches have become
almost a necessity for human begins; to whichever economic class they belong.
In the 18th and 19th century watch industry has flourished in western world
only, specifically Switzerland but the second half of the 20th century has seen India
emerging an important manufacturer of watches. Titan Industries a TATA group
company as created history in the Indian watch industry by manufacturing and
marketing different brands of watches not only in Indian market but also in the
international market. This project work titled “A STUDY ON BRAND PREFERENCE
OF TITAN WATCHES” is an effort to study the market response to Titan brand of
watches.
Study covers the awareness of the consumer towards Titan watches, the
market share of Titan watches, the reasons of buying the Titan watches and the
consumer attitude towards the price of the Titan watches.
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Findings
Dr. Kunal Bhattacharya, Dr. Shikha Jain and Prof. Avadhoot Pol [2]
Findings
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One of the most vibrant markets in Western India, it stands out as extremely
attractive for any goods and services provider.
Finding
Finding
Television (TV) has generally been blamed for helping make Americans
overweight owing to both its distracting influence and its encouragement of a
sedentary lifestyle. Indeed, a recent correlational analysis of dinner patterns
illustrated that the frequency of TV viewing during dinner was 1 of the 2 largest
correlates of adult and child body mass index.
However, the focus to date has been on the medium and not the message. Granted,
TV may lead distracted viewers to mindlessly eat past the point at which a person
would usually stop. In this, it is not unlike other distracting activities that increase
food intake, such as reading, listening to the radio, and interacting with dining
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companions. However, little is known about whether the content, valence, or pace of
content influences how much a viewer eats while watching TV. For instance, how do
objective technical characteristics, such as the frequency of visual camera cuts or
the variation in sound, influence how much food is eaten?
Alex Migicovsky, Zakir Durumeric, Jeff Ringenberg, and J. Alex Halderman [5]
Finding
Sandeep Bhanot[6]
Findings
The concept of luxury has been present in various forms since the beginning
of civilization. Its role was just as important in ancient western and eastern empires
as it is in modern societies. With the clear differences between social classes in
earlier civilizations, the consumption of luxury was limited to the elite classes. It also
meant the definition of luxury was fairly clear. Whatever the poor cannot have and
the elite can was identified as luxury. The purpose of the study is to understand the
growth of the luxury market in India and abroad, to study the profile of Indian luxury
customers, to study the luxury industry with respect to luxury watches and suits and
to study the purchase behaviour of luxury customers with respect to luxury watches
and suits and what motivates them to buy these products. A secondary study is done
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about the luxury market globally and in India, the profile of luxury customers in India
and the luxury industry with respect to watches and apparel and accessories. Then a
primary study has been done by taking 50 respondents for luxury suits and for luxury
watches from different areas in Mumbai to find out about their purchase behaviour.
Thales S. Teixeira[7]
Findings
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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Gaining knowledge about the product and services offered
by titan watches
The required data for the study is collected from Questionnaire. The
responses collected for the purpose is a primary data. Data collected by the
investigator himself/ herself for a specific purpose . An advantage of using primary data
is that researchers are collecting information for the specific purposes of their study.
In essence, the questions the researchers ask are tailored to elicit the data that will
help them with their study. Researchers collect the data themselves, using surveys,
interviews and direct observations.
Secondary data is a data previously collected for any purpose other than the one at
hand. Secondary data originating within the company includes documents such as
annual reports, reports to shareholders, product testing results perhaps made
available to the news media and house periodicals composed by the company’s
personnel for communication to employees, customers or others.
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publish studies and articles on the economy, specific industries and even individual
companies.
Secondary data saves time and money if they help solve he researcher’s
problem. Even if the problem is not solved, secondary data have other advantages.
They can aid in formulating the problem statement and suggest research methods
and other types of data needed for solving the problem. In addition, secondary data
can pinpoint the kinds of people to approach and their locations and serve as a basis
of comparison for other data.
The data required for the study is collected from the responses through
questionnaire. The questionnaire used for the survey is closed ended.
Questionnaire
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Fig 3.1: Responses collected through questionnaire
Sample
Sample size
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different sample sizes for each stratum. In a census, data are collected on the entire
population; hence the sample size is equal to the population size. In experimental
design, where a study may be divided into different treatment groups, there may be
different sample sizes for each group.
SPSS
SPSS Statistics is a software package used for statistical analysis. Long
produced by SPSS Inc., it was acquired by IBM in 2009. The current versions (2015)
are officially named IBM SPSS Statistics. Companion products in the same family
are used for survey authoring and deployment, data mining, text analytics, and
collaboration and deployment. The software name originally stood for Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), reflecting the original market, although the
software is now popular in other fields as well, including the health sciences and
marketing. SPSS is a widely used program for statistical analysis in social science.
Statistics included in the base software:
Analytics plays an increasingly important role in helping your organization achieve its
objectives. The IBM SPSS Statistics family delivers the core capabilities needed for
end-to-end analytics. To ensure that the most advanced techniques are available to
a broader group of analysts and business users, we have made enhancements to
the features and capabilities of IBM SPSS Statistics Base and its many specialized
modules. IBM SPSS Statistics Base enables users to view analytical results on their
smart devices for data-driven decision making wherever they happen to be. The
latest release also provides additional simulation modeling techniques to improve
modeling and risk analysis, and numerous enhancements to strengthen overall
performance.
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4. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS
The response which was obtained through google form was entered in SPSS.
Various analyses were done with the collected data to study the brand preference of
TITAN among customers.
Are_you_a_customer_of_titan Total
NO YES
female 0 5 24 29
Gender
male 7 10 21 38
Total 7 15 45 67
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Fig 4.2: figure showing result of crosstab analysis between gender and preference of
TITAN
In this analysis there are 3 types of customers – male, female and people don’t wear
watches. The analysis says that maximum female customers are preferring TITAN
watches.
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2. Cross tabulation between number of customers shifting the brand and reason
for brand shifting from TITAN.
Are_you_willing_to_change_the_brand_from_TITAN *
Reason_why_you_dont_prefer_TITANChanging_from_TITAN_ Crosstabulation
Count
Reason_why_you_dont_prefer_TITANChanging_fro Total
m_TITAN_
Are_you_willing_to_change 1 0 1 0 1
_the_brand_from_TITAN Yes 1 1 4 6
Total 1 2 4 7
Fig 4.3: figure showing the analysis why customer shifting from TITAN.
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From the analysis it is clear that most people change the brand from TITAN because
of its price.
3. Using the regression analysis the relation between the monthly income and
reason for preferring TITAN watches are studied.
Variables Entered/Removeda
Monthly_income
1 . Enter
b
a. Dependent Variable:
Why_do_you_prefer_TITAN_brand
b. All requested variables entered.
ANOVAa
Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
Regression .332 1 .332 .349 .558b
1 Residual 40.912 43 .951
Total 41.244 44
a. Dependent Variable: Why_do_you_prefer_TITAN_brand
b. Predictors: (Constant), Monthly_income
Coefficientsa
Fig 4.4: figure shows the relation between monthly income and the brand preference
of TITAN
From the analysis it is clear that there is no significant relation between monthly
income and the brand preference of TITAN.
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4. Frequency analysis for after sales service and also on what occasion a
customer buy TITAN are analysed and the result for the analysis are as below.
How_would_you_rate_after_sales_service
Fig 4.5: figure showing result of frequency analysis of after service rating
Most of the customer who prefer wearing TITAN watches say after sales service was
good for TITAN.
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On_occasion_do_you_intend_to_buy_a_titan_brand
Fig 4.6: figure showing result of frequency analysis of occasion on which TITAN
Watches are bought
Most of the customer purchased TITAN watches for casual wear.
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5. RECOMMENDATION AND LIMITATION
5.1 Findings
From the analysis it was found that most of the people who wear watch prefer
TITAN as their brand. The preference of TITAN was because of its quality, its after
sales service and its brand name. Some people don’t prefer TITAN and some tend to
change its brand the main reason behind the change was its price.
5.2 Recommendations
The survey of consumers has revealed the like and dislikes and taste
regarding wrist watches and
satisfaction level in relation to Titan industries Ltd. The consumers have forwarded
the following suggestions for the consideration of the company and dealers.
1. The respondents feel that the price of Titan watches is too high. They anticipate a
reduction in the price, which can be affordable to all common class of people.
2. The service for the new watches should be improved.
3. One service mechanic must be provided by the company at every showroom to
ensure consumers good service and advice.
4. Some respondents feel that the price of spares of Titan watches is high and
suggest for a reduction in prices.
5. Some more attractive festival offers and gifts should be given on purchases.
6. All varieties of watches should be made available in show room, which cater to the
taste of different income group customers.
7. Quality of the leather straps (belt) of watches should be improved.
8. Advertisements in local media should be increased. This may cover rural areas
also.
9. Guarantees should be given for costly interior parts of watch.
10. Some respondents suggested that Titan industries Ltd., should manufacture
separate kids and sports watches.
11. The dealer has to improve after sales service to satisfy the customers.
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5.3 Limitations
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6. CONCLUSION
6.1 Conclusion
The Titan brand of watches coming from the Titan industries is known for
quality and performance in the domestic and international markets. The consumer of
Titan brand watches are highly satisfied customers having pride in owning and
wearing the most sophisticated, highly reliable and superior performance watch.
Titan brand watches are in great demand not only in India but also abroad. It is
owing to a fact that they come from a Tata group company. The turnover of titan
brand of watches has shown uptrend from year to year. Titan watches enjoy a
lion‟s share in the domestic watch market. Though, there, is increasing demand for
all varieties of Titan a watch, a few suggestions given by the respondents is to be
considered by Titan industries. The company has to put its efforts in improving
quality of its watches, introduce new varieties with changing out look to appeal and
attract potential customers for its products. Again the company can also consider for
a reduction in the prices which may make it market leader in the years to come.
Finally it can be said that the performance of Titan watches is not only amazing but
also highly satisfactory. The company can achieve further success by improvement
the suggestions of the consumers.
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APPENDIX
QUESTIONNIARE
1. Gender
• male
• female
2. Age
• < 20Years
• 21-30 years
• 30-40years
• 40+
3. Occupation
• Student
• Businessmen/Professional
• Govt employee
• Other:
4. Monthly income
• below 15000
• 15000-20000
• 20000-30000
• 30000 above
• NIL
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Brand Preference of TITAN
1. Which brand of TITAN do you possess?*Required
• Titan
• Fastrack
• Raga
• Nebula
• Others
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6. What type of Watch do you wear*Required
• Sports
• chain
• Bracelet
• others
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LIST OF REFERENCES
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BIBILIOGRAPHY
http://www.spss.co.in/products.php?p=statistics
http://www.myaccountingcourse.com/financial-ratios/
http://www.investopedia.com/university/ratio-analysis/using-ratios.asp