A MINOR PROJECT REPORT

ON
“A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CONSUMER
BEHAVIOR WITH REFRENCE TO D-MART”

Submitted in the partial fulfillment for the award of

Degree of Bachelor in BBA (G): 2021-24

SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
Ms. Saumya Goel Ashutosh Tiwari
Associate Professor 00321501721
MCIT Batch:2021-24

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CONSUMER BEHAVIOR WITH REFRENCE TO D-MART” which is submitted
by me in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of degree B.B.A.
(G) to GGSIP University, Dwarka, Delhi comprises only my original work and
due acknowledgement has been made in the text to allother material used.

Date: ASHUTOSH TIWARI

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I offer my sincere thanks and humble regards to Chanderprabhu Jain

College of Higher Studies & School of Law, GGSIPU, New Delhi for
imparting me very valuable professionaltraining in BBA(G)

I pay my gratitude and sincere regards to Ms. Somya Goyal, my project guide
for D-MART of his knowledge. I am thankful to her as she has been a constant
source of advice, motivation and inspiration. I am also thankful to her for
giving her suggestions and encouragement throughout the project work.

I take the opportunity to express my gratitude and thanks to our computer lab
staff and library staff for providing me the opportunity to utilize their resources
for the completion ofthe project

I am also thankful to my family and friends for constantly motivating me to

complete theproject and providing me an environment which enhanced my
knowledge.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER PARTICULAR PAGE NO.

NO.

1. Conceptual Framework 1 to 3

2. Objectives 4

3. Review of Literature 5 to 6

4. Research Methodology 7 to 11

5. Data Analysis 12 to 23

6. Findings & Conclusion 24

7. Suggestions 25

8. Bibliography 25
 Chapter 1- Introduction

A consumer buying behavior with reference to D-Mart is to checking the buying behavior of
an individual consumer when he used to shopping in D-Mart. D-Mart offers all over the
household products for our daily routine in best affordable prices for every customer. The key
objectives of this project are:
• To study of availability of offers and services.
• To know availability of varieties of products.
• To know about affordable price for everyone.
• To know the customer satisfaction level.
• To study of quality of products.
D-Mart is a chain of hypermarket and supermarkets in India started by R K Damani. It
founded in 15th May 2002 As of 2016, it has 110 stores spread across Maharashtra, Gujarat,
Telangana, Aadhtra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Karatka. The company shows
a good pace in advancing towards expanding across India.
The retailer has 29 stores in Maharashtra and Gujarat, and is likely to double that number in
the next two years. "The plan is to close financial year 2010 with 35 stores, up from 29,™ a
D-Mart executive said. A second executive said, on condition of anonymity, D-Mart will add
10-15 large-format stores of 30,000-40,000 sq. ft every year for the next two years. D-Mart
did not reply to email queries. Industry observers said D-Mart enjoys an edge due to its
combination of large stores and a value platform. D-Mart is a one-stop supermarket chain that
aims to offer customers a wide range of home and personal products under one roof. Each D -
Mart store stocks home utility products - including food, toiletries, beauty products,
garments, kitchenware, bed and bath linen, home appliances and more - available at
competitive prices that our customers appreciate. Our core objective is to offer customers
good products at great value.
D-Mart was started by Mr. Radhakishan Damani to address the growing needs of the Indian
family. From the launch of its first store in Powai in 2002, DMart today has a well-
established presence in 110 locations across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Chattisgarh, With our mission to be the lowest priced
retailer in the regions we operate, our business continues to grow with new locations planned
in more cities.
The supermarket chain of D-Mart stores is owned and operated by Avenue Supermarts
Ltd.(ASL). The company has its headquarters in Powai, Mumbai.
Since last 3 years Avenues Super Mart Ltd owned D-Mart has announced opening up of its
shopping mall in Jalgaon city on Shirsoli road near Shirsoli Naka. This would be city third
shopping mall after Vishal and Big Bazaar and It has prepared for its extensive marketing in
the region. This area has lot of potential in terms of customer. The middle income group
mainly resides here and nearby area. It is easy to access from every place of Jalgaon by auto
rickshaws and vehicles. Large frontage makes mall clearly visible from outside. ATMs are
available near the mall for one to withdraw money, if required. D-Mart is provide parking

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space for the every customer to park their vehicle like two wheelers and four wheelers also.
There are various sections for every type of product is available.
The project was carried out as per the steps of Marketing Research. The well supportive
objectives were set for the study. To meet the objectives primary research was undertaken.
The data collection approach adopted was experimental research & survey research. The
instrument used for the data collection was observation & questionnaire. The target
respondents were the visitors of D-Mart, with the sample size of 50 for the study of sales
management of the company. Tables & charts were used to translate responses into
meaningful information to get the most out of the collected data. Based on those the
inferences have been drawn with peer supportive data
The product mix is good & lot of variety is available. The D-Mart offer price and the Max.
Retail Price both ware visible on the price card. The whole area was divided as per the
products that they offered like apparels, stationeries, crockery's, sanitary items, gift articles,
steel items, detergents, vegetables, fruits etc. D-Mart executives credit the chain's operating
model for its smooth sailing. The chain pays its suppliers within 48 hours of delivery, gaining
a 1-2% advantage on cost margin over other national retailers, claimed the first company
executive mentioned earlier.
Thomas Verghese, chief executive of Aditya Birla Retail Ltd, said D-Mart is a "well-
established mini-hypermarket player", but would face its "test" in the next three months as it
competes with "hypermarkets, which are larger, offer international experience and strong
value positioning". D-Mart offer products to satisfy the entire family's needs Merchandise
offered at D-Mart is always at lower prices.
Stores are designed with customer convenience in mind. D-Mart respects your intelligence by
offering a wide choice of brand and pack sizes, couple with easy-to-understand
communication and information. D-Mart seeks to provide one-stop shopping experience for
the entire family, meeting all their daily household needs. A wide selection of home utility
products is offered, including foods, toiletries, beauty products, garments, kitchenware, bed
and bath linen, home appliances and much more.
D-mart's vision is to make available products/categories for the customer's everyday use at
the 'best' value than D-Mart is constantly expanding across departments to keep pace with our
rapidly growing business. If you are looking for a career in an exciting environment, with lots
of potential for professional and personal growth, then join us at D-Mart!
D-Mart will believe in learning through opportunities'. As an equal opportunity employer, it
strongly believe that ANYBODY can be a part of D-Mart. it encourage candidates from
every background to bring in their best in terms of new ideas, innovative thinking and
positive outlook towards work. They judge their prospective and existing employees only on
the basis of their professional mettle.

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 Chapter 2-Objective

Project was undertaken bearing following objective:

 To Scan the customer buying behavior.
 To comprehend the determinants of customer satisfaction.
 To know about the growth prospective with respect to demand analysis.
 To study of availability of offers and services.
 To know availability of varieties of products.
 To know about affordable price for everyone.
 To know the customer satisfaction level.
 To study of quality of products.

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 Chapter 3- Review of literature

Review of literature literally means reviewing already acquired knowledge in a detailed and
completely connected way. It is a summary in which, Various truths intensively studied are
seen as an organized whole, accurately related and well unified. Researcher takes advantage
of the knowledge which has accumulated in the past as a result of constant human
Endeavour.
Research can never be undertaken in isolation of the work that has already been done on the
problems which are directly or indirectly related to a study proposes by a researcher.
One of the important steps in the planning of any research study is a careful review of the
research journals, books, dissertations, theses and other sources of information on the
problem to be investigated. It enables the researcher to define the limits of his field and to
avoid unfruitful and useless problem areas. The knowledge of related literature makes the
researcher up-to-date on the work which others have done and help him to avoid
unintentional duplication of well established findings. The review of related literature gives
the researcher an understanding of the research methodology, tools and instruments, which
have proved to be useful and promising in the previous studies and provides an insight into
the statistical methods through which validity of results is to be established.
In the words of Best, "A familiarity with the literature in any problem area helps the students
to discover what is already known, what others have attempted to find out, what methods
have been promising and disappointing and what problems remain to be solved." In view of
the importance of the review of related research, an attempt was made to analyze the related
researches on A consumer buying behavior with reference to D-Mart. These studies have
been systematically presented in the following section.

STUDIES RELATED TO RESEARCH ON A CONSUMERBUYING BEHAVIOR

WITH REFERENCE TO D-MART
(Doyle & Fenwick 1974; Jain & Etgar 1976; King & Ring 1980; Chowdhury 1998), with
some research efforts having attempted to explore the evolution of store image formation.
(Mazursky and jacoby 1986); and others seeking to conduct a meta-analysis of retail
patronage studies (Pan & Zinkhan 2006). However, the exciting literature did not retail image
Consumers perception of store image is based, in part, on functional qualities that the store
may possess, and by other, less tangible or psychological attributes (Lindquist 1974).
Lindquist analyzed over 20 studies dealing with store image formation and indentified 35
different aspects that in reveal in prior studies where clustering techniques had been used to
study consumers perception of influence store image formation. These were grouped into
nine broad categories, including: merchandise, service, clientele, physical facilities,
convenience, promotion, store atmosphere, institutional attributes, and post-transaction
satisfaction.

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Mazursky and Jacoby (1986) conducted a similar analysis and verified that "merchandise
retail aspects" (such as quality, pricing and assortment), and "service related aspects" (such as
quality in general and sales persons's service) are among the most important components of
store image. A 1994 study by Baker, Grewal and Parasuraman confirmed that "the store
image literature suggests there are linkages between merchandise and service quality, and
store image."
A later study by Baker, Grewal and Voss (2002) also confirmed that service quality was a
key determinant of store image. Given the prevalence in the literature of merchandise and
service as two key determination in the formation of store image, these two attributes were
selected for present study to gauge consumer's perception of retail stores. These attributes
were incorporated in this study by obtaining consumer similarity judgments on retailers
"service quality" and "merchandise quality". The clustering of retail stores based on these two
attributes will yield a better understanding of competition within the retailing industry.
CONCLUSION:
D-Mart is a major shopping complex for today's customers. It is a place where customers find
variety of products at a reasonable price The majority of customers belong to middle class
family. The youth generation also likes shopping & moving around D-mart. As it is surveyed
it seems that D-Mart is big competitors store at today's level.

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 Chapter 4- Research Methodology

Since the study is on retail sector first the detail study of the store is been conducted about its
Management team its structure the number of departments which all brands does the store
has, who are the suppliers about its warehouses. Based on the topic objectives were set and to
arrive at the opinion on objectives a set of 50 questionnaires were designed of 11 questions
and response is collected from the customers who are visiting the store. For data collection
Personal investigation, Filed survey, as well as Sampling method are adopted. For this project
the area of research is Jalgaon.

Data Collection:
For this project the area of research is Jalgaon.
Any research requires two types of data i.e. primary data & secondary data. Primary data has
been used abundantly for the study. Well structured questionnaires were prepared & the
survey was undertaken. Feedback for the display has been taken by asking questions &
observations has also done to gather primary information. Their is also a use of secondary
data, collected from the various journals, books, & websites & from store managers.

Types of Data:
There are two types (sources) for the collection of data. (1) Primary Data (2) Secondary Data
(1) Primary Data: The primary data are the first hand information collected, compiled and
published by organization for some purpose. They are most original data in character and
have not undergone any sort of statistical treatment. Example: Population census reports are
primary data because these are collected, complied and published by the population census
organization.

(2) Secondary Data: The secondary data are the second hand information which are already
collected by someone (organization) for some purpose and are available for the present study.
The secondary data are not pure in character and have undergone some treatment at least
once. Example: Economics survey of England is secondary data because these are collected
by more than one organization like Bureau of statistics, Board of Revenue, the Banks etc...

Primary Data - Field Survey

Secondary Data - D-Mart records
Company Websites
Area of research - Jalgaon
Research approach - Survey method

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Methods of Collecting Primary Data: Primary data are collected by the following
methods:
1) Personal Investigation: The researcher conducts the survey him/herself and collects data
from it. The data collected in this way is usually accurate and reliable. This method of
collecting data is only applicable in case of small research projects.
2) Through Investigation: Trained investigators are employed to collect the data. These
investigators contact the individuals and fill in questionnaire after asking the required
information. Most of the organizing implied this method.
3) Collection through Questionnaire: The researchers get the data from local representation
or agents that are based upon their own experience. This method is quick but gives only
rough estimate.
4) Through Telephone: The researchers get information through telephone this method is
quick and give accurate information.

Methods of Collecting Secondary Data: The secondary data are collected by the
following sources:
1) Official: e.g. The publications of the Statistical Division, Ministry of Finance, the Federal
Bureaus of Statistics, Ministries of Food, Agriculture, Industry, Labor etc...
2) Semi-Official: e.g. State Bank, Railway Board, Central Cotton Committee, Boards of
Economic Enquiry etc…

3) Publication of Trade Associations, Chambers of Commerce etc...

4) Technical and Trade Journals and Newspapers.
5) Research Organizations such as Universities and other institutions.

Difference between Primary and Secondary Data: The difference between

primary and secondary data is only a change of hand. The primary data are the first hand data
information which is directly collected form one source. They are most original data in
character and have not undergone any sort of statistical treatment while the secondary data
are obtained from some other sources or agencies. They are not pure in character and have
undergone some treatment at least once. For Example: Suppose we interested to find the
average consumer who are buying in D-Mart. We collect the number of consumer data by
two methods; either by directly collecting from each consumer himself personally or getting
their feedback from the questionnaire. The data collected by the direct personal investigation
is called primary data and the data obtained from the forms of consumers feedback is called
secondary data.

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Primary Data: The primary data are the first hand information collected, compiled and
published by organization for some purpose. They are most original data in character and
have not undergone any sort of statistical treatment. Example: Population census reports are
primary data because these are collected, complied and published by the population census
organization.

Secondary Data: The secondary data are the second hand information which are already
collected by someone (organization) for some purpose and are available for the present
study.
The secondary data are not pure in character and have undergone some treatment atleast
once. Example: Economics survey of England is secondary data because these are collected
by more than one organization like Bureau of statistics, Board of Revenue, the Banks etc...

Sampling Method:
Since the study is restricted to Retail sector, all the functional Departments of D-Mart & the
respondents are found the store only so according to the convenience randomly they are
being picked so sampling method is used in the study is Random convenient sampling.

SAMPLING:

Sample size 10 questionnaires

Sampling Method Random Sampling Method
Sample Unit Customers of D-Mart
Measuring Tools Questionnaires

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 Chapter 5- Data Analysis

The project aims to study A Consumer Buying Behaviors With Reference to D-Mart
implemented by Many number of consumers in Jalgaon city. To evaluate the effectiveness of
this program in Jalgaon city, a questionnaire was prepared for finding out the Actual
consumer who shops from D-Mart as well as any small Store or Superstore. This
questionnaire was distributed among a sample of 50 Consumers who shops from D-mart &
others in a particular area of Jalgaon city. The results obtained from the responses were
analyzed.

Analysis of responses
1. Which Store you prefer first?
D-Mart D-Mart Both None Total

No of 38 8 4 0 50
Responses
Percentage 76 16 8 0 100

No. of responses

D-MART Store Both None

Analysis:
From the survey, from 50 respondents, gave response for more powerful preference to D-
Mart is 76%, Store 16%, Both 8% & None 0%.

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Interpretation:
Majority of the customers are give response for most powerful preference is D-Mart. We can
also interprent that the D-Mart comparision is more powerful attract with the Puchasing
syatems by the D-Mart.
From the above analysis it is observed that:
• 38 cunsumers are needs to use D-Mart.
• 8 customers are needs to use Store.
It is found that majority of number of consumers of D-Mart is very high as compare to any
other superstore or small store.

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2. How frequently do you use D-MART?
Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly Total
NO. of 1 17 30 2 50
responses

Percentage 2 34 60 4 100

NO. of responses

daily Weekly Monthly Yealy Total

From the above analysis it is observed that:

• Only 1 consumer can prefer D-Mart for daily shopping purpose.
• 17 number of consumers can prefer D-Mart for weekly shopping purpose.
• 30 number of consumers can prefer D-Mart for monthly shopping purpose.
• Lastly 2 number of consumers can prefer D-Mart for yearly shopping purpose.
Majority of consumers like D-Mart for monthly shopping purpose. D-Mart offers the various
numbers of offers with affordable prices which are easily preferable for every individual in
any income group.

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3. Level of shopping from D-MART?
Below 1000 Below 3000 Below 5000 Total
No. of reponses 17 26 7 50
Percentage 34 52 14 100

no of responses

Below 1000 Below 3000 Below 5000

From the above analysis it is observed that:

• 17 number of Consumers level of shopping from D-Mart is 34% for the shopping of a
product at the below 1000 price list.
• While 26 number of consumers level of shopping from D-Mart 52% gor the sopping
of products at the below 3000 price list.
• Only 7 number of consumers level of shopping is more than 5000
So from this analysis it is observe that at present in the Jalgaon city D-Mart shopping mall is
affordable for the middle income group. It is not suitable for every income group.

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4. Distance between your house & D-Mart?
Below 2 km Below 5 km Below 10 km more Total

No. of 20 21 1 8 50
Responses
Percentage 40 42 2 16 100

No. of Responses

Below 2 km below 5 km below 10 km more

From the above analysis it is observed that:

• Distance between 20 consumers house and below D-Mart is 2KM and 40% from the
above chart.
• Distance between 21 consumers house and D-Mart is below 5KM and 42%. It means
large number of consumer have to go below than 5Km of distance for the shopping.
• Only 1 consumer have to go more than 10km distance for the shopping from D-Mart.
• Lastly more than 10km distance is 8 number of consumers which is 16% of the above
chart. From this explanation its is observed that below than 5 km distance have huge
numbers of consumers. After that 2km distance of 40% consumers. It means D-Mart
is easily access to anyone.

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5. Type of products you prefer to Purchase?
Grocery Cloths Household Food items Total
No. of 16 19 34 22 50
responses

Percentage 32 38 68 44 100

no of responses

grocery cloths household food item

From the above analysis it is observed that:

From the survey, from 50 respondents, gave response foe which section like of the store to
68% of them Household, & 44% of them Food, & 38% of them Cloths, & 32% of them
Grocery.

Interpretation:
Majority of customers are give response for household items of the store like the most. We
are also interpret that some of the products brand are pre decided in advance and for some of
the products customers don't all pre decide any brand. As per household items are concerned
customers pre decide the brand as many branded products are available in the store. And
some people are don't like purchase Grocery from the store.

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6. Reason behind D-Mart Purchasing?
Fashion Quality Price Offers Perchasing Total
system
No, of 7 30 28 18 6 50
responses
Percentage 14 60 56 36 12 100

No. of reponses

Fashion Quality Price offers Purchasing sysytem

From the above analysis it is observed that:

From the survey from 50 respondents, gave response for choose from factor which attracted
consumer most while purchasing, to give first rank D-Mart & there after to Store.
• 28 the consumer give response to the Price of products of D-Mart its 56%, because its
price of product is fixed & they gives discount to consumers.
• 30 number of consumers give response to the quality of products of D-Mart is 60%.
• 18 number of consumers give responds to the offers of D-Mart is 36%.
• 14% & 12% are gives to the purchasing systems & fashion of the products.

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7. Offers of D-Mart as compare to Store?
Same Low High Total
No. of 13 17 20 50
responses

percentage 26 34 40 100

No. of responses

same low high

From the above analysis it is observed that:

From the survey from 50 respondents, gave response for choose from factor which attracted
consumer most while purchasing, to give first rank D-Mart & there after to Store.
• 20 numbers of consumers gives respondents 40% to the D-Mart offers of products.
• 17 numbers of consumers gives responds in 34% to the D-Mart offers. So as per their
opinion D-Mart have low offers compare to store.
• 13 number of consumers give responds in 26% to the D-Mart.

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8. How would you rate the returns policy of D-Mart?
Excellent Good Satisfied Non- Total
Satisfied
No. of 24 20 17 0 50
responses
Percentage 48 40 34 0 100

no. Of responses

excellent good satrisfied non-satisfied

From the above analysis it is observed that:

• 24 numbers of consumers give responds in very huge percentage is 48% for returns
policy of D-Mart.
• 20 numbers of consumers give responds in 40% to the returns policy of D-Mart.
• 17 numbers of consumers gives responds in 34% to the returns policy.
• Lastly no one consumer says that with the D-Mart policy they are not satisfied.
48% of returns policy is excellent, 40% of returns policy is good and lastly 34% isof returns
policy id satisfactory. Zero number of consumers are not satisfied with the returns

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9. For day to day need you prefer?
D-MART Store Total
No. of responses 27 23 50
Percentage 54 46 100

no. of responses

D-MART store

From the above analysis it is observed that:

• From the survey of 50 responds 27 numbers of consumers, give respondents for D-
Mart in huge number of percentage in 56%.
• There after 23 numbers of consumers, give respondents to The Store in 46%.
Majority of consumers gives respondents to the D-Mart in 56% for day to day need of
shopping.

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10. For monthly purchasing you prefer?
D-MART Store Total
No. of responses 47 3 50
Percentage 94 6 100

No.of responses

D-Mart Store

From the above analysis it is observed that:

• 47 numbers of consumers gives respondents to the D-Mart in very huge percentage
i.e. 94%.
• Only 3 numbers of consumers gives respondents to the Stores i.e. 6%.
So, from the above explanation it is observed that many of consumers in Jalgaon city can
prefer D-Mart for the shopping purpose & for value for the money.

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11. Do you think D-Mart is more affordable for everyone?
YES NO Total
No. of responses 45 5 50
percentage 90 10 100

No. of responses

yes no

From the above analysis it is observed that:

• From the survey, from 50 respondents it is observed that 45 numbers of consumers
can gives respondents in large percentage i.e. 90%.
• There after 5 numbers of consumers can gives the respondents in 10% to the stores.
Majority of consumers are think that D-mart is affordable to everyone. It is highly preferable
for everyone. And there after only 10% are given to the stores price of the products.

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 Chapter 6- Findings and Results

After obtaining the responses from questionnaire distributed among 50 customers of of

Jalgaon city, the data obtained was analyzed and following inferences were drawn.

Inferences from responses given by consumers:

• Most of the customers by their requirement in D-mart & any other Superstore or small
store on daily basis only. Customers retailed that D-Mart & any Stores provide
qualitative products & services with reasonable price.
• At present D-mart & any other Superstore or small stores provide different types of
products assortments to the customers.
• D-Mart is hypermarket as it provides various kinds of goods like apparels, grocery,
stationery, food items, electronic items, leather items, watches, jewellery, crockery,
decorative items, sport items, chocolates and many more. It competes with all the
specialty stores of different products which provide goods at a discounted rate all
through the year. We never need to go for a particular store where only one item is
available.
• D-Mart is mainly deal with middle income group people who want qualitative product
with reasonable cost.
• There are more than 110 stores of D-Mart in different cities in India. It seems that
there is a vast growth of D-Mart lying as customers demand is increasing for D-Mart
as compare to Store

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 Chapter 7- Conclusion

D-Mart is a hypermarket as it provides various kinds of goods like apparels, grocery,

stationary, food items, electronic items, leather items, watches, jewellery, crockery,
decorative items, sport items, chocolates and many more. It competes with all the specialty
stores of different products which provide goods at a discounted rate all through out the year.
It holds a large customer base and it seemed from the study that the customers are quite
satisfied with D-Mart. As of now there are 110 stores of D-Mart in different cities of India, It
seems that there is a vast growth of D-Mart lying as customers demand, increasing for D-
Mart. It has emerged as a hub of shopping specially for middle class people.

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 Bibliography

1. A study of a project by ( Mazursky and jacoby 1986); and others seeking to

conduct a meta-analysis of retail patronage studies (Pan & Zinkhan 2006).
2. To Study of a project of evaluation by Lindquist analyzed over 20 studies dealing
with store image formation and indentified 35 different aspects that in reveal in prior
studies where clustering techniques had been used to study consumers.
3. The study of a project by A later study by Baker, Grewal and Voss (2002) also
confirmed that service quality was a key determinant of store image. Given the
prevalence in the literature of merchandise and service as two key determination in
the formation of store image, these two attributes were selected for present study to
gauge consumer's perception of retail stores.
4. "D-Mart beats the Goliaths" business standard http:/www.business-
standard.com/article/management/D-mart.

References

• http://www.Dmart.co.in
• http://www.pantaloonretail.in/business/d-mar.html
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/D-mart
• http://wikipedia.org
• http:/www.pantalooneretail,.in
• http://dmartindia.com

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 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CONSUMERS

Subject:- "A Consumer Buying Behavior With Reference to D-Mart".

1) Personal Details:-
Name:-
Address:-
Gender:- Male { } Female { }
Age:- Occupation:-

2) How many members in your family?

a) 2 { } b)4 { } c)6 { } d) More { }

3) Which store you prefer first?

a) D-Mart { } b)Store { } c)Both { } d)None { }

4) How frequently do you use D-Mart?

a) Daily { } b) Weekly { } c) Monthly { } d ) Yearly { }

5) Level of shopping from D-Mart?

a) Below 1000 { } b) Below 3000 { } c) Morethan 5000 { }

6) Distance between your house & D-Mart?

a) Below 2km { } b) Below 5km { }
c) Below 10km { } d) More { }
7) Type of products you prefer to purchase?
a) Grocery { } b) Clothes { }
c) House Hold { } d) Food item { }

8) Reason behind D-Mart purchasing?

a) Fashion { } b) Quality { }
c) Price { } d) Offers { }
e) Purchasing system { }

9) Offers of D-Mart as compare to store?

a) Same { } b) Low { } c) HIGH { }

10) How would rate the returns policy of D-mart?

a) Excellent { } b)GOOD { }
c) Satisfactory { } d)Non- Satisfactory { }

11) For day to day need you prefer?

a) D-Mart { } b) Store { }

12) For monthly purchasing you prefer?

a) D-Mart { } b) Store { }

13) Do you think D-Mart is more affordable for everyone?

a) Yes { } b) No { }

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