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    A Study on Customer Perception with

    reference to Big Bazaar in Noida

    BY :-

    SUBMITTED TO:-

    NAMITA KAPOOR

    JAI CHORARIA D-51

    MANI BHATIA D-15

    ROHIT SHARMA D-32

    SANIYA KHATTAR D-17

    SANYAM PANDEY D-05

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    I take this as an opportunity to thank with bottom of my hear all those without whom

    the journey of doing my project would not have been as pleasant as it has been to me.

    Working on my project was a constant learning experience with all sweat and tear

    which was its due but not without being richly stimulating experience of life time.

    I am very thankful to Prof. Namita Kapoor, MBA, Dept. for giving me their

    valuable advice and guidance towards fulfillment of the project

    I want to express my deep gratitude to our institution Amity University, Noida for

    giving me the opportunity to undertake this project and enhance my knowledge.

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    CONTENTS

    S.NO CHAPTER

    NO.

    TOPIC PAGE

    NO.

    1 Executive Summary 6

    2 1 Introduction

    1.1Purpose of study

    1.2Objective of study

    1.3Hypothesis

    7

    7

    8

    8

    3 2 Literature Review 9

    4 3 Research design

    3.1 Type of research design

    3.2 Information needs

    3.3 Data collection from primary sources

    3.4 Data collection from secondary sources

    3.5 Scaling techniques used

    3.6 Questionnaire development

    3.7 Sampling Techniques

    3.8 Field work

    10

    10

    10

    10

    10

    11

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    5 4 Data Analysis and Interpretation

    4.1 Results

    4.2 Limitations

    12

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    32

    6 5 Conclusions and Recommendations 33

    7 Bibliography and Reference 34

    8 Annexure(s) 35

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    List of Tables

    Table No. Name of table Page No.

    1 Average age of customers 12

    2 Average of ratings given to

    different parameters under study

    19

    3 Ratings of quality of services with

    respect to gender.

    21

    4 ANOVA between income groupsand quality of service

    23

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    LIST OF GRAPHS & CHARTS

    PAGE NO.

    Annual income of the respondent13

    Customers visit Big Bazaar..14

    Source of information about Big Bazaar...15

    Gender of respondents..15

    Satisfaction level of customer of different Items

    -Food items and Grocery...16

    -Clothes..17

    -Electronics.....17

    -Home dcor...18

    -Toys19

    Rating the quality of service in terms of employee friendliness..26

    Rating in terms of billing services26

    .Rating in terms of customer support...27

    Rating in terms of ambience.27

    Rating in terms of security28

    Experience of big bazaar helpline numbers..28

    Rating of customers on prices of products...29

    Rating of customers in locating the product.29

    How frequently benefits are offered.30

    Rating of convenience in availability of trolleys30

    Rating of convenience in labelling of products..31

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    Big bazaar is a major shopping complex for todays customers. It is a place where

    customers find variety of products at a reasonable price. Big bazaar has a good

    reputation of itself in the market. It has positioned itself in the market as a discountedstore. It holds a huge customer base. The majority of customers belong to middle class

    family. The youth generation also likes shopping and moving around big bazaar.

    Volume sales always take place in big bazaar. Impulse buying behavior of customers

    comes in to play most of the times in big bazaar.

    Big bazaar 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 the year. It holds a large customer base and it seemed from the study that

    the customers are quite satisfied with big bazaar. As of now there are 34 big bazaars

    in different cities of India, it seems that there is a vast growth of big bazaar lying as

    customers demand is increasing for big bazaars.

    Big bazaar is a hypermarket store where varieties of products are being sold on

    different product category. It has emerged as a hub of shopping specially for middle

    class people.

    Different types of products starting from a baby food to pizzas all are available under

    one roof. In Noida it is the middle class people who mostly do marketing from big

    bazaar. Even most of the people do their monthly shopping from big bazaar. People

    not only visit big bazaar to do shopping .. Grocery, apparels and food items are the

    products which are demanded most by the customers of Noida in big bazaar. The

    major drawback of big bazaar is that it lacks in providing enough parking space for its

    customers. This may discourage the customers to come to big bazaar and shop as they

    face difficulty in parking their vehicles. Even though some customers say that they

    dont feel problem in parking their vehicle, it is because of the parking space available

    to them by the mall.

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    CHAPTERI

    INTRODUCTION

    As customers tastes and preferences are changing, the market scenario is also

    changing from time to time. Todays market scenario is very different from that of the

    market scenario before 1990. There have been many factors responsible for the

    changing market scenario. It is the changing tastes and preference of customer which

    has bought in a change in the market. Income level of the people has changed; life

    styles and social class of people have completely changed now than that of olden

    days. There has been a shift in the market demand in todays world. Technology is

    one of the major factors which is responsible for this paradigm shift in the mark. New

    generation people are no more dependent on haat market and far off departmental

    stores. Today we can see a new era in market with the opening up of many

    departmental stores, hyper market, shoppers stop, malls, branded retail outlets and

    specialty stores. In todays world shopping is not any more tiresome work rather its a

    pleasant outing phenomenon now.

    Our study is based on a survey done on customers of a hypermarket named big

    bazaar. Big bazaar is a new type of market which came into existence in India since

    1994. It is a type of market where various kinds of products are available under one

    roof. My study is on determining the customers satisfaction level of in big bazaar.

    This market field survey will help in knowing the present customers tastes and

    preferences. It will help me in estimating the customers future needs , wants &

    demands.

    1.1Purpose

    The research will show the rate of customer satisfaction level with Big Bazaar in

    Noida. This market field survey will help in knowing the present customers tastes and

    preferences . The study also estimates the customers future needs , wants &

    demands.. Research say about main competitors in the field of organized retail sectors

    to Big Bazaar. The study provides suggestions for further extension of Big Bazaar in

    Noida.

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    1.2Objectives of the study

    1. To study the satisfaction level of customers in different attributes of Big Bazaar ,

    Noida

    Availability of products

    Quality of Services

    Price of products

    Range of products

    Extra benefits

    Convenience

    1.3Hypothesis

    1.Overall satisfaction of customers in terms of quality of services differ significantly

    in terms of gender.

    2. Overall satisfaction of customers in terms of quality of services differs significantly

    in terms of income.

    3. Overall satisfaction level of customers in terms of convenience differs significantly

    in terms of location of the product.

    4. Overall satisfaction level of customers in terms of convenience differs significantly

    in terms of availability of trolleys.

    5. Overall satisfaction level of customers in terms of convenience differs significantly

    in terms of labeling of products.

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    CHAPTERII

    LITERATURE REVIEW

    Unique customer perception (UCP) (YEAR 2005)

    BY SOUMEN CHATTERJEE (Lecturer Management Studies NSHM Academy

    Durgapur West Bengal)

    Objective- To find Unique Customer Perception is key to success instead of Unique

    Selling Point.

    Research Methodology- For the purpose of the study methodology has been divided

    in following steps

    Selection of the brand: Antihypertensive brand was selected as this segment is

    fastest growing segment all over the world including India. Brand-N was

    selected for this study.

    Identifying the USP: After selecting brand, the USP was identified i.e. as

    promoted by the company from various sources like print ads, sample catch

    cover and detailing folder.

    UCP concept: Instead of the USP, the focus should be on the UCP of the

    product.

    Identifying the UCP: As the important part of the research was to find out the

    customer perception of the brand, it was accomplished by using questionnaire

    approach of research methodology.

    Formulating the UCP: A ranking technique was used to find the most

    important customer perceptions for the brand. On the basis of these

    perceptions the UCP was formulated.

    Test the effectiveness of the UCP: A fresh survey was conducted to validate

    the formulated UCP. Inferences and conclusions were drawn based on this

    survey.

    Conclusion- Unique Customer Perception is the key to success. It is ultimately that

    customer look for satisfaction based on the picture of perception derived from various

    sources. If these perceptions of customer can be analyzed then promotion would be

    easier for customer centric marketing. This has lead to the concept - Customer

    Perception is the Rule and not Customer Satisfaction.

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    CHAPTER-III

    RESEARCH DESIGNType of research design

    We have used descriptive type of research.

    Information needs

    Data is collected from various customers through personal interaction. Specific

    questionnaire is prepared for collecting data. Data is collected with mere interaction

    and formal discussion with different respondents. Some other relevant information

    collected through secondary data

    Data collection from primary sources

    Data is collected from various customers through personal interaction. Specific

    questionnaire is prepared for collecting data. Some other relevant information

    collected through secondary data .

    Data collection from secondary sources

    Sources for secondary research are:

    Internet

    Newspapers

    Magazines, Journals etc

    Business Reports

    Analysis of the data gathered from Primary Research.

    Scaling techniques used

    We have used non-comaparative type of scaling i.e Likert scale

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    Questionnaire development

    Collection of the questionnaire

    Sufficient time was given to the respondents to answer the questionnaire.

    Problem faced while collecting and filling questionnaire

    Some of the respondents were hesitant to answer the questionnaire.

    Some respondents did not want to answer the questionnaire, so they left it

    unanswered.

    Where the respondents did not find the relevant answer in his choice provided, they

    added they added their own choice or left it unanswered.

    Sampling techniques:

    Non Probability sampling- Convenience sampling

    Sample Size:

    250 Customers

    Field work

    The market survey about the techniques of marketing and nature of expenditure is

    carried out by personally interacting with the potential customers in Big Bazaar.

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    CHAPTERIV

    DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF

    RESULTS

    A market field survey was conducted on big bazaar. We have surveyed 250

    respondents of Delhi & NCR who visit big bazaar. A specific questionnaire was

    prepared for the customers and data is obtained from them by moving around big

    bazaar and personally interacting with them. The customers gave us valuable

    information regarding their consumption pattern in big bazaar. We collected all thoseinformation and a proper analysis is done.

    All the analysis and its interpretations are discussed below. Each of the analysis is

    done as per the information obtained from the customers and interpretation has been

    done .

    Table-1 Average age of customers of respondents

    Descriptive Statistics

    N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation

    Age of the respondent 250 20 56 28.16 8.129

    Valid N (listwise) 250

    Interpretation:

    The average age of respondents visiting Big Bazaar Noida fall in the bracket 28 to 34

    years.

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    Graph 1 Annual income group of the respondent

    Interpretation:

    The above diagram shows the distribution of income level of customers coming in to

    big bazaar. Among the 250 respondents 24% of customers are of higher income level

    above Rs. 40000 and above . Least number of customers visiting Big bazaar are the

    lower income level people between Rs. 50000 and Rs. 100000 that constitute only

    3.2%. The middle income level of people coming to big bazaar constitutes of 14% ,

    19% and 23% .

    Big bazaar is the hub of shopping for middle level income group people because of its

    reasonable price on its each product category. The higher level income group people

    dont prefer to do shopping in big bazaar as it doesnt deal with branded products. The

    higher level income group people are very status conscious and their psychology is

    such type that they dont prefer much to visit big bazaar as it is a discounted store.

    The lower income group people come in to big bazaar as they get goods at a

    discounted price.

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    Graph-2 Customers visits Big Bazaar

    Interpretation:

    From this we interpret that in big bazaar more than half that is 54.8% customers visit

    once in a month, 32% customer visit twice in a month. 8% customers visit thrice and

    4% customers visit more than thrice in a month to purchase their basic requirements.

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    Chart-1 Source of Information

    Interpretation:

    Most popular source of information about Big Bazaar is newspaper that is 34.6% , tv

    advertisements second at 34.4%. The least informative sources are radio and internet

    constituting of 7.6% and 6.8% respectively.

    Chart-2 Gender of people

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    Interpretation:

    Out of 250 respondents , 137 are males that is 54.8% and 113 are females consisting

    of 45.2%.

    Rating of satisfaction level of different Items

    Graph -3 Satisfaction level of food items and grocery

    Interpretation:

    Almost half of the respondents are satisfied that is 46% with the food items and

    grocery. 23.2% are neutrally satisfied and 5.2% and 11.2 % are dissatisfied and

    highly dissatisfied respectively.

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    Graph- 4 Satisfaction level of clothes

    Interpretation:

    30% of respondents are satisfied. 29% are neutral in their satisfaction level. Only 4%

    are highly satisfied. It shows clothes are not preferred by respondents. It may be due

    to quality of the clothes. 16% and 20% are dissatisfied and highly dissatisfied

    respectively.

    Graph 5-Satisfaction level with Electronics

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    Interpretation:

    Half of the respondents are neutral in their satisfaction level. Only 6% are

    highly satisfied. Electronics are not popular items in Big Bazaar. Very few ,

    only 10% are satisfied with the electronics.

    Graph 6-Satisfaction level with Home Dcor

    Interpretation:

    34% respondents are neutrally satisfied and 30% are satisfied. Highly satisfied

    and highly dissatisfied are the same percentage that is 12%.

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    Graph 7 Satisfaction level with toys

    Interpretation:

    37% respondents are neutral whereas 27% are satisfied. 9% are highly dissatisfied and

    18% are highly satisfied.

    Table 2 Average of ratings given to different parameters under study

    Descriptive Statistics

    N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation Variance

    availability of desired

    product in the store250 1 5 2.11 .942 .887

    rating the quality of service

    in terms of employess

    friendliness

    250 1 5 3.50 1.088 1.183

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    rating the quality of service

    in terms of billing services250 1 5 3.27 1.020 1.040

    rating the quality of service

    in terms of customer support250 1 5 3.26 .954 .910

    rating the quality of service

    in terms of ambience 250 1 6 3.23 1.041 1.084

    rating the quality of service

    in terms of security250 1 5 3.40 1.076 1.157

    experience on the big

    bazaar's helpline number250 1 5 3.06 1.142 1.305

    price of the product 250 1 5 3.27 1.147 1.315

    rating of extra benefits

    offered in terms of quantity

    discounts

    250 1 5 3.34 1.029 1.059

    rating of extra benefitsoffered in terms of special

    discounts

    250 1 5 3.38 .963 .927

    rating of extra benefits

    offered in terms of special

    schemes

    250 1 5 3.36 1.022 1.044

    rating of convienance in

    locating the product250 1 5 3.14 .961 .924

    rating of convienance in

    avalability of trolleys250 1 5 3.47 1.007 1.013

    rating of convienance in

    terms of labelling of

    products

    250 1 5 3.50 1.038 1.078

    rating overall satisfaction

    level with big bazaar noida250 1 5 2.90 .922 .850

    Valid N (listwise) 250

    Interpretation:

    Mean value for almost all the parameters in the above table is within the range of 3-

    3.5 with less variation , thus we can say that most of the respondents have rated all the

    parameters neutrally, so they are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the services

    offered by the Big Bazaar Noida.

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    Table 3 Ratings of quality of services with respect to gender.

    Independent Samples Test

    Levene's

    Test for

    Equality of

    Variances

    t-test for Equality of Means

    F Sig. t df Sig.

    (2-

    tailed

    )

    Mean

    Differenc

    e

    Std. Error

    Differenc

    e

    95%

    Confidence

    Interval of the

    Difference

    Lowe

    r

    Uppe

    r

    rating the

    quality of

    service in

    terms of

    employess

    friendliness

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    26.30

    5

    .00

    0-.831 248 .407 -.116 .139 -.390 .158

    Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    -.877245.46

    6.381 -.116 .132 -.375 .144

    rating the

    quality of

    service in

    terms of

    billing

    services

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    6.038.01

    5-.291 248 .772 -.038 .131 -.295 .219

    Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    -.301247.31

    1.764 -.038 .126 -.287 .211

    rating the

    quality of

    service in

    terms of

    customer

    support

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    2.074.15

    1

    -

    1.44

    4

    248 .150 -.176 .122 -.415 .064

    Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    -

    1.49

    0

    246.81

    2.137 -.176 .118 -.408 .057

    rating the

    quality of

    service in

    terms of

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    24.25

    7

    .00

    0-.810 248 .419 -.108 .133 -.370 .154

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    ambience Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    -.866238.66

    9.387 -.108 .125 -.353 .138

    rating the

    quality of

    service in

    terms of

    security

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    13.94

    3

    .00

    0

    -2.00

    5

    248 .046 -.274 .137 -.543 -.005

    Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    -

    2.11

    0

    246.50

    0.036 -.274 .130 -.530 -.018

    rating ofconvienanc

    e in locating

    the product

    Equal

    variance

    sassumed

    1.892.17

    0

    -.135 248 .892 -.017 .123 -.259 .226

    Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    -.138241.98

    4.890 -.017 .121 -.255 .221

    rating of

    convienanc

    e inavalability

    of trolleys

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    .524.47

    0

    2.63

    5248 .009 .335 .127 .085 .585

    Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    2.67

    1

    238.78

    7.008 .335 .125 .088 .582

    rating of

    convienanc

    e in terms

    of labelling

    of products

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    10.79

    5

    .00

    1.729 248 .467 .097 .133 -.165 .359

    Equal

    variances not

    assumed

    .760 247.997

    .448 .097 .127 -.154 .348

    price of the

    product

    Equal

    variance

    s

    assumed

    4.710.03

    1

    -

    1.32

    8

    248 .185 -.194 .146 -.483 .094

    Equal

    variance

    s not

    assumed

    -

    1.36

    8

    246.30

    0.173 -.194 .142 -.474 .086

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    T-Test

    Hypothesis

    H0-Two means do not differ significantly

    H1- Two means differ significantly

    Interpretation

    According to the independent sample t-test the two means differ significantly in terms

    of quality of security and convenience in terms of availability of trolley because both

    of the above mentioned quality parameters have a P-value less than .05, it means that

    males and females perceive these qualities differently while all the other parameters

    have a P-value greater than .05, thus male and female perceive these qualities in the

    similar way.

    Table 4 ANOVA BETWEEN INCOME GROUPS AND QUALITY

    OF SERVICES

    ANOVA

    Sum of

    Squares

    df Mean

    Square

    F Sig.

    availability of desired

    product in the store

    Between

    Groups13.715 5 2.743 3.231 .008

    Within Groups 207.149 244 .849

    Total 220.864 249

    rating the quality of

    service in terms of

    employess friendliness

    Between

    Groups20.157 5 4.031 3.586 .004

    Within Groups 274.339 244 1.124

    Total 294.496 249

    rating the quality of

    service in terms of

    billing services

    Between

    Groups22.991 5 4.598 4.753 .000

    Within Groups 236.053 244 .967

    Total 259.044 249

    rating the quality of

    service in terms of

    customer support

    Between

    Groups31.385 5 6.277 7.846 .000

    Within Groups 195.191 244 .800

    Total 226.576 249

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    rating the quality of

    service in terms of

    ambience

    Between

    Groups69.991 5 13.998 17.077 .000

    Within Groups 200.013 244 .820

    Total 270.004 249

    rating the quality of

    service in terms of

    security

    Between

    Groups75.056 5 15.011 17.185 .000

    Within Groups 213.140 244 .874

    Total 288.196 249

    price of the product

    Between

    Groups9.124 5 1.825 1.399 .225

    Within Groups 318.380 244 1.305

    Total 327.504 249

    rating of extra benefits

    offered in terms of

    quantity discounts

    BetweenGroups

    18.234 5 3.647 3.624 .004

    Within Groups 245.542 244 1.006

    Total 263.776 249

    rating of extra benefits

    offered in terms of

    special discounts

    Between

    Groups5.090 5 1.018 1.100 .361

    Within Groups 225.810 244 .925

    Total 230.900 249

    rating of extra benefits

    offered in terms of

    special schemes

    Between

    Groups18.324 5 3.665 3.702 .003

    Within Groups 241.552 244 .990

    Total 259.876 249

    rating of convienance

    in locating the product

    Between

    Groups23.033 5 4.607 5.428 .000

    Within Groups 207.067 244 .849

    Total 230.100 249

    rating of convienance

    in avalability of trolleys

    Between

    Groups 55.366 5 11.073 13.719 .000

    Within Groups 196.938 244 .807

    Total 252.304 249

    rating of convienance

    in terms of labelling of

    products

    Between

    Groups42.149 5 8.430 9.087 .000

    Within Groups 226.347 244 .928

    Total 268.496 249

    rating overall

    satisfaction level with

    Between

    Groups6.395 5 1.279 1.520 .184

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    big bazaar noida Within Groups 205.301 244 .841

    Total 211.696 249

    HypothesisH0- No two means differ significantly

    H1- At least two means differ significantly

    Interpretation

    According to the analysis of the annova table, perception of customers towards

    availability of desired product in the store differ significantly within different income

    groups, since the P-value is .008(less than .05), so alternative hypothesis is accepted.

    According to the analysis of the annova table, perception of customers towards

    equality of services in the store differ significantly within different income groups,

    since the P-value is less than .05, so alternative hypothesis is accepted.

    According to the analysis of the annova table, perception of customers towards price

    of the products in the store do not differ significantly within different income groups,

    since the P-value is greater than .05(i.e.225) , so alternative hypothesis is accepted.

    According to the analysis of the annova table, perception of customers towards extra

    benefits offered in terms of quantity discounts and special schemes by the store differ

    significantly within different income groups, since the P-value is less than .05, so

    alternative hypothesis is accepted.

    According to the analysis of the annova table, perception of customers in terms of

    convenience in the store differ significantly within different income groups, since the

    P-value is les than .05, so alternative hypothesis is accepted.

    But the overall satisfaction level within income groups is perceived to be almost same

    and do not differ significantly with a P-value of .184 which is greater than .05, so

    there is no evidence to reject null hypothesis.

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    Graph 16

    Interpretation:

    Respondents gave a satisfaction rating to price of the products, availability of product,

    convenience in terms of availability of trolleys, labels on products and locating the

    product in the store, billing services, while other parameters have been given neutral

    rating. No parameter has been given dissatisfied as the rating.

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    Limitations of study

    Certain limitations do creep in a research study due to constraints of the time, money

    and human efforts, the present study is also not free from certain limitation, which

    were unavoidable.

    Although all effort were taken to make the result of the work as accurate as possible

    as survey but the survey have following constraints.

    Due to very large size of the population, only a selected sample of customer

    could be contacted.

    Due to time constraint and other imperative work load during the period it

    could not be made possible to explore more area of concern pertaining tostudy..

    Due to fast pace of life, some customers were not able to do justification to the

    questionnaire.

    Personal biases might have come while answer the questionnaire.

    Findings

    1. Customers are not much satisfied with the electronics section of Big Bazaar while

    other sections like home dcor and clothings have been rated as satisfied.

    2. The customer perception of quality of services offered at Big Bazaar,Noida doesnt

    get affected with gender. Both males and females perceive different parameters under

    study in a similar way.

    3. The customers mainly visiting Big Bazaar lie in the age group of 28 to 34 years.

    4. Big Bazaar mainly deal in the income group of Rs. 400000 and above.

    5. People have rated high on extra bebefits offered to them by Big Bazaar in terms of

    quantity discounts and special schemes.

    .

    6. Customers with different income groups do not give much importance to prices of

    the products rather they are more concerned with the quality of the services offered in

    terms of convenience, customer support, billing services, security, etc.

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    CHAPTER V

    CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS

    Conclusion

    From the study we are able to conclude that the customers mainly visiting Big Bazaar

    lie in the age group of 28 to 34 years. Big Bazaar customers fall in the income group

    of Rs. 400000 and above. Customers are not much satisfied with the electronics

    section of Big Bazaar while other sections like home dcor and clothing have been

    rated as satisfied. The customer perception of quality of services offered at Big

    Bazaar, Noida doesnt get affected with gender. Both males and females perceive

    different parameters under study in a similar way. People have rated high on extra

    benefits offered to them by Big Bazaar in terms of quantity discounts and special

    schemes. Customers with different income groups do not give much importance to

    prices of the products rather they are more concerned with the quality of the services

    offered in terms of convenience, customer support, billing services, security, etc. Thus

    the customers gave a neutral rating to satisfaction level with Big Bazaar Noida.

    Recommendations

    Big bazaar should improve its electronics and toys section by keeping more

    variety of branded and good quality products.

    Since the rating by the customers to their experience in terms of Big Bazaar

    helpline service is neutral, thus the store can improvise on their dealings with

    customers and attending their post purchase grievances regarding the product. Big Bazaar, Noida as a retail store can also improvise on the ambience of the

    store. This would make the purchasing or shopping more comfortable for the

    existing customers and it can attract the other potential customers. Now days,

    customers not only see the price of the product but also other facilities

    provided by the store which includes a good ambience.

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    Bibliography

    BOOKS

    Kotler Philip, marketing management, (Pearson education, 12th

    edition)

    Berman B and Evans J.R, Retail Management (Pearson education, 10th

    edition)

    Louden D.L. & bitta delia consumer behavior ( tata Mc. Graw hill, 4th

    edition )

    Newman A.J. and Cullen P,Retailing,Environment and operations(Vikas,1st

    Ed.)

    REFERENCES

    Bigbazaar.co.in

    Literature review on Big Bazaar.com

    Retailing.co.in

    Malhotra K. Naresh, marketing research (An applied orientation), Research

    design, (Prentice hall of India pvt. 5th

    edition)

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    ANNEXURE(S)

    Questionnaire

    A study on customer perception with reference to Big

    Bazaar(Noida)

    This survey will help us to understand the customer perception about Big

    Bazaar(Noida), the survey is conducted by the students of Amity Business School.

    * Required

    PART ONE

    1.Name *

    2.Age *

    3.Gender *

    Male

    Female

    4. Which income group do you belong to? * (Below the income is given annually.)

    Below Rs50000

    Rs50000-100000

    Rs100000-200000

    Rs200000-300000

    Rs300000-400000

    Rs400000 and above

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    5.Phone Number *

    6.How did you come to know about Big Bazaar(Noida) ? *

    Newspaper

    T.V. Advertisement

    Magazines

    Radio

    Internet

    PART TWO

    2.How many times in a month do you visit Big Bazaar(Noida) ? *

    Once

    Twice

    Thrice

    More Than three times

    3.The desired product are available in the store. *

    Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither agree nor disagree

    Disagree

    Strongly disagree

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    4.Rate the satisfaction level with range of products in different segments. * (1 highly

    dissatisfied and 5 being highly satisfied.)

    1 2 3 4 5

    Food Items and

    Grocery

    Clothing

    Electronics

    Home Decor

    Toys and Games

    5.Rate the quality of service on the following parameters. * (1 being very poor, 5

    being very good.)

    1 2 3 4 5

    EmployeeFriendliness

    Billing Services

    Customer Support

    Ambiance

    Security

    6.Have you used Big Bazaar(Noida) helpline number, if yes rate your experience on a

    scale of 1 to 5. * (1 highly dissatisfied and 5 being highly satisfied.)

    1

    2

    3

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    4

    5

    7.I find the price of the product reasonable at Big Bazaar(Noida). * (1 being strongly

    disagree and 5 being strongly agree.)

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    8.How do you rate the extra benefits offered by Big Bazaar(Noida)? * (1 being very

    bad and 5 being very good.)

    1 2 3 4 5

    Quantity Discounts

    Special Discounts

    Special

    Schemes/Offers

    9.How frequently these benefits are offered? *

    Very Often

    Often

    Not often

    Rarely

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    10.How do you rate these parameters on the basis of convenience? * (5 being very

    good, 1 being very poor.)

    1 2 3 4 5

    Locating the

    product in the store

    Availability of

    trolleys

    Products well

    labelled

    11.What is your overall satisfaction level with Big Bazaar(Noida)? *

    Highly Satisfied

    Satisfied

    Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

    Dissatisfied

    Highly dissatisfied

    THANKING YOU