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A
RESEARCH PROJECT
REPORT
ON
A STUDY ON BUYING BEHAVIOUR OF
CUSTOMER
IN BIG BAZAAR IN DELHI
Submitted
To
Kurukshetra University, KurukshetraIn the
Partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree
Of
MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SESSION (2009-2011)
SUBMITTED TO: - SUBMITTED BY:-
KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY, SAHARSH MITTALKURUKSHETRA Class: MBA
College Roll No. MBA/09/04University Roll No.-
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KARNAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, KARNAL(Approved by AICTE, Affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It is my pleasure to be indebted to various people, who directly or
indirectly contributed in the development of this work and who influenced my
thinking, behavior, and acts during the course of study.
I express my sincere gratitude to Dr. R.B. Sanghwan, worthy
Principal for providing me an opportunity to undergo summer training at
..
I am thankful to Mr. for his support, cooperation, andmotivation provided to me during the training for constant inspiration, presence
and blessings.
I also extend my sincere appreciation to Mr/Ms.
who provided his valuable suggestions and precious time
in accomplishing my project report.
Lastly, I would like to thank the almighty and my parents for their
moral support and my friends with whom I shared my day-to-day experience and
received lots of suggestions that improved my quality of work.
(SAHARSH MITTAL)
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DECLARATION
I, SAHARSH MITTAL, STUDENT OF MBA IVTH SEMESTER, STUDYING AT
KARNAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, KARNAL,
HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE RESEARCH REPORT ON A STUDY ON
BUYING BEHAVIOUR OF CUSTOMER IN BIG BAZAAR IN DELHI
SUBMITTED TO KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY, KURKSHETRA IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF DEGREE OF MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
IS THE ORIGINAL WORK CONDUCTED BY ME.
THE INFORMATION AND DATA GIVEN IN THE REPORT IS AUTHENTIC TO THE
BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
THIS SUMMER TRAINING REPORT IS NOT BEING SUBMITTED TO ANY
OTHER UNIVERSITY FOR AWARD OF ANY OTHER DEGREE, DIPLOMA
AND FELLOWSHIP.
(SAHARSH MITTAL)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Description Page No.
1. Introduction 07-13
2. Literature Review 14-15
3. Introduction to subject 16-27
4. Research Objective 28-29
5. Research methdology 30-34
6. Data analysis and Interpretations 35-66
7. Swot Analysis 67-69
8. Suggestions 70-71
9. Conclusions 72-74
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Questionnaire 75-80
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Bibliography 81-83
1 Annexure 84-87
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Executive Summary
As customers taste 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 customers changing tastes and
preference, 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 market. Todays generation people are
no more dependent on hat market and far off departmental stores. Today we can
see a new era in market with the opening up of many departmental stores,
hypermarket, 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.
The 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 in to 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 demand for big
bazaar and the satisfaction level of customers in big bazaar. The study will find
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out the current status of big bazaar and determine where it stands in the current
market.
This market field survey will help us in knowing the present customers tastes and
preferences. It will help in estimating the customers future needs and wants.
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Introduction
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Introduction About the Company
Pantaloon Retail India Ltd (PRIL) has emerged as the leading retailer in India with its
chain of Pantaloon, Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar stores. With the right mix of management
capabilities, high growth product profile, well-developed strategy and extensive IT and
logistics capabilities, PRIL has ensured rapid growth. More importantly, while most
organized retailers are struggling to be in black, PRIL has demonstrated a consistent track
record of profitable growth.
COMPANY RESEARCH
PRIL has chalked out an aggressive expansion plan to increase its retail space to over1,740,000 sq.ft. over the next two years. Space for additional 4 Pantaloons, 11Big Bazaars
and 2 Food Bazaars has already been finalized, and these would be Operational over the
next two years. PRIL aims to set up over 30 Food Bazaars and is scouting for appropriate
locations for the same.
After popularizing the concept of hypermarket in India, PRIL is now also setting up a new
format shopping mall in the country under the name Central. The format would be on the
lines of a Selfridhes in London or a Central Mall in Bangkok. Two malls of 100,000 and
240,000 sq.ft. are being set up in Bangalore and Hyderabad respectively
Diversity of product range will ensure profitable volume growth
To achieve better return on retail space, PRIL uses certain product categories as margin
managers and certain product categories to generate traffic. The food and groceries
business will act as key volume growth driver while high share of apparel (which account
for over 80% sales in Pantaloon Stores and 40% in Big Bazaar) will enable PRIL to
maintain high margins. The management has demonstrated its ability to improve stock
turnovers in both the formats successfully, which has enabled significant margin
improvement.
Fully integrated value chain and own labels give competitive edge
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PRIL has a completely integrated value chain in apparels from fabric manufacturing to
apparel manufacturing, branding, distribution to retailing. The company controls the total
value chain from yarn to apparel retailing and gives a competitive edge in terms of speed of
delivery; lower inventory carrying costs and better realizations. Also, large part of PRILs
apparel revenues comes from own private labels. PRIL has developed significant
competencies in apparel branding over a period of time and has developed own labels
(John Miller, Shrishti, Bare, Annabelle, AFL) in all the apparel product categories.
Worldwide, private labels give higher margin to retailers than the national brands.
Also growth of private labels is faster as retailer controls shelf space and visibility. Other
initiatives such as faster turnover of stocks by introducing 6 seasons in a year (against 2
earlier) has helped in bringing down inventory levels and at the same time providing wider
choice to customer and improving frequency of customer visits.
High scalability of business model multiplier effect will set in
Size and scale drive economies on procurement and lower logistics costs, which enables a
retailer to deliver better value to customers. The hyper-market format has much higher
scalability as compared to the pure apparel-retailing format. Also, the potential to expand
and scale is virtually unlimited in the food & grocery segment, where efficiencies improve
dramatically with scale as the multiplier effect sets in. Food constitutes the largestexpenditure item (estimated at over 50%) of an average
Indians monthly personal expenditure. However, the share of modern retail formats in the
Rs6700bn Food & Grocery market is a minuscule 0.3%, revealing the high growth
potential in the segment.
New product categories and innovative tie-ups to aid growth
PRIL offers large number of products to the customer to give them better choice for
selection. Different product categories have different depth and width in merchandise
offering. Besides, PRIL has tied up with Shop-in-Shop partners in its Big Bazaar stores.
Some product categories where the company does not have core competency or does not
want to invest, but would attract customers are catered through these partners. Eventually,
in the long run, the Company may manage some of these product categories on its own as
volumes grow and it develops competencies in these businesses.
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Shop-in-Shop partners typically pay a fixed rental for their space and share a part of their
profits. By expanding the range of product offerings and retail formats, PRIL today has
been able to target a much larger share of the consumers basket (about 70% as against less
than 8% in 1994).
PRIL will be adding new product categories to its business in both Pantaloons as well as
Big Bazaar stores. Gold, Investment products, White goods and Appliances, Footwear will
be the new product categories that will be added. These product categories will help in
improving Walk Ins into its stores and generate additional business from the existing
categories too.
Competition from global players would pose a major threat
Most global retailing majors have been keen on entering into the huge untapped Indian
market. However policy restricts Direct Foreign Investment in the sector. There is a high
likelihood of the Government lifting restriction on FDI into the retail sector in the near
future. Entry of these foreign giants - with significant experience and skills in retail
management would increase competition for PRIL. However, we believe that given the
widely dispersed and heterogeneous nature of Indian markets, a foreign entrant would find
it extremely difficult to establish a national presence. Pantaloon with its early
Mover advantage and understanding of local markets is well entrenched to retain highcustomer share.
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited (PRIL) was incorporated on October 12, 1987 as Manz
Wear Private Limited under the stewardship of Mr. Kishore Biyani. It was converted into a
public limited company in September, 1991. The company sold branded garments under
Pantaloon, Bare and John Miller brands. PRIL set up its first menswear Pantaloon Shoppe
outlet in 1993. The companys name was changed to Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited in
1999, when it made a full-fledged entry into the retail segment through the Pantaloons
Family Store.
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Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd:ACompany Snapshot
Business Description:
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. The Company's principal activity is to operate chain retails
stores in names of Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Central and Pantaloons. The Big Bazaar is the
discount store which offers a wide range of products under one roof. The products include
apparels and non-apparels such as utensils, sports goods and footwear. The Company also
has its presence into gold retailing by launching Gold Bazaar. The Company's Food Bazaar
provides a range of food and grocery products ranging from fresh fruits and vegetables,
staples, FMCG products and ready-to-cook products. The Central offers a chain of stores
including books and music stores, global brands in fashion, sports and lifestyle accessories,
grocery store and restaurants. The Pantaloon retail stores focus largely apparels and
accessories.
About Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited is a leading retailer with a turnover of Rs. 1088 crores for
the financial year ending June 2008. The company is headquartered in Mumbai and has a
presence in Lifestyle Retailingthrough 18 Pantaloons Stores, 3 Central Malls in Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Pune. In Value Retailingit is present through 24 Big Bazaar hypermarkets,
38 Food Bazaars and 2 Fashion Stations.PRILhas a national presence with 2.6 million
square feet of retail space across 24 cities.
Pantaloon: Fashion by Pantaloon
Pantaloon is the company's departmental store and part of life style retail format. In fact,
PRIL took its very initial steps in the retail journey by setting up the first Pantaloon store in
Kolkata in 1997. In a short time Pantaloon has been able to carve a special place for it self
in the hearts and minds of the aspirational Indian customers. The company has depth of
offering for both men and women at affordable prices. A striking characteristic of
Pantaloon has been the strength of its private label programme. John Miller, Ajile.
Scottsvile, Lombard, Annabelle are some of the successful brands created by the company.
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With 13 stores across the country and an ever-increasing stable of private brands,
Pantaloon - in the coming years is poised to become a leading fashion trendsetter.
Big Bazaar: Is se sasta aur acha kahin nahin
Big bazaar is the companys foray into the world of hypermarket discount stores, the firstof its kind in India. Price and the wide array of products are the USPs in Big Bazaar. Close
to two lakh products are available under one roof at prices lower by 2 to 60 per cent over
the corresponding market prices. The high quality of service, good ambience, implicit
guarantees and continuous discount programmes have helped in changing the face of the
Indian retailing industry. A leading foreign broking house compared the rush at Big Bazaar
to that of a local suburban train.
Food Bazaar Wholesale prices
Food Bazaars core concept is to create a blend of a typical Indian Bazaar and International
supermarket atmosphere with the objective of giving the customer all the advantages of
Quality, Range and Price associated with large format stores and also the comfort to See,
Touch and Feel the products. The company has recently launched an aggressive private
label programme with its own brands of tea, salt, spices, pulses, jams, ketchups etc. With
unbeatable prices and vast variety (there are 42 varieties of rice on sale), Food Bazaar has
proved to be a hit with customers all over the country.
Big Bazaar
Big Bazaar is a chain of shopping malls in India, owned by the Pantaloon Group and which
work on Wal-Mart type economies of scale. They have had considerable success in many
Indian cities and small towns. Big Bazaar provides quality items but at an affordable price.
It is a very innovative idea and this hypermarket has almost anything under one
roof.Apparel, Footwear, Toys, Household Appliances and more. The ambience and
customer care adds on to the shopping experience.
Is Se Sasta Aur Accha Kahin Nahin !
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What's in store for you at Big Bazaar?
1,70,000 products at 6- 60 % discount.
At Big Bazaar, you will get: A wide range of products at 6 60 % lower than the
corresponding market price, coupled with an international shopping experience.
Products available in Big bazaar
Food Bazaarscore concept is to create a blend of a typical Indian Bazaar and
International supermarket atmosphere with the objective of giving the customer all
the advantages of Quality, Range and Price associated with large format stores and also the
comfort to See, Touch and Feel the products.
Apparel and Accessories for Men, Women and Children.Baby Accessories.
Cosmetics
Crockery
Dress Materials Suiting & Shirting
Electrical Accessories
Electronics
Footwear
Toys
Home Textiles
Home Needs
Household Appliances
Household Plastics
Hardware
Home Decor
Luggage
Linens
Sarees
Stationery
Utensils & Utilities
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'FOOD BAZAAR'a division of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd is a chain of large
supermarkets with a difference. It was flagged off in April'02. With store sizes ranging
from 8,000 sq ft to 15,000 sq. ft. in Mumbai (two stores), Kolkata, Bangalore &
Hyderabad, it is opening more stores at Gurgaon (Delhi), New Bombay & Nagpur. It
currently caters to over 1.2 million customers every day across 4 outlets in India and is
soon set to expand and double this figure across 12 outlets all over the country by June
2009.
Food Bazaar offers the Indian consumer the best of Western and Indian values. The
western values of convenience, cleanliness and hygiene are offered through pre packed
commodities and the Indian values of "See- Touch- Feel" are offered through the Mandi
atmosphere created by displaying staples out in the open, all at very economical and
affordable prices without any compromise on quality. This satisfies the Indian consumer
and comforts her before making her final buying decision. At other super markets, the
consumer is deprived of this factor.
Truly the Indian consumer now agrees with Food Bazaar:"Ab Ghar Chalaana
kitna Aasaan. This positioning platform of Food Bazaar is evident from the higher
discounts and the wholesale price-points which is below MRP.
Food Bazaar represents the companys entry into food retail and istargeted across all classes of population. Food Bazaar replicates a local mandi, to provide
the much important touch & feel factor which Indian housewives are used to in the local
bazaar. Food Bazaar has over 50,000 stock keeping units which cover grocery, FMCG
products, milk products, juices, tea, sugar, pulses, masalas, rice wheat etc, besides fruits
and vegetables. All products are sold below MRP and discounts range between 2% to 20%.
Fruits and vegetables are sold at prices comparable to wholesale prices
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Introduction to
Subject
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Retailing
The Indian consumer could well be crowned King with all economic indicators in the right
place. Queuing up for the coronation ceremony are a multitude of global companies that are
looking at India as the next consumer market powerhouse. And it seems to be the retail
sector that will give the desi consumer royal status.
In this study I will try to find out the present scenario of retail market in India. This project
will give focus on the global scene to retail industry and what will drive the growth of
industry in the future.
Retailing is the final step in the distribution of merchandise, the last link in supply chain
connecting the bulk procedures of commodities to the final consumers.
Retailing in India is thoroughly unorganised. There is no supply chain management
perspective. According to a survey by AT Kearney, an overwhelming proportion of the Rs.
400,000 crore retail market is UNORGANISED. In fact, only a Rs. 20,000 crore segment
of the market is organised.
From a size of only Rs.20,000 crore, the ORGANISED retail industry will grow to Rs.
160,000 crore by 2008. The TOTAL retail market, however, as indicated above will grow
20 per cent annually from Rs. 400,000 crore in 2000 to Rs. 800,000 crore by 2008.
A study by McKinsey points out that India's market for consumer goods could reach a
whopping $400 billion by 2010 - making it one of the five largest in the world. Further,
KPMG in a recent report titled `Consumer Markets in India - the next big thing?' has said:
"India represents an economic opportunity on a massive scale, both as a global base and a
domestic market." The report, however, finds that the next leap in the growth of the
consumer market will be spearheaded by the changing dynamics of the retail sector.
"Companies expect that the next cycle of change in Indian consumer markets will be the
arrival of foreign players in consumer retailing. Although FDI remains highly restricted in
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retailing, most companies believe that will not be for long," says Deepankar Sanwalka,
Executive Director and Head - Consumer Markets, KPMG India.FDI in retail has once
again begun to appear imminent following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent
interview to McKinsey, in which he expressed confidence that he would be able to get the
Left parties on board on the matter. KPMG is in fact going ahead with its plans to conduct
a series of five roadshows in the US and a few countries in Europe to hold discussions
about the opportunities in India's consumer markets, especially in retail. And the numbers
do lend credence to the enthusiasm.The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) country briefing
on India, 2008, estimates the retail market in India will grow from $394 billion in 2008 to
$698.9 billion in 2011. In fact, KPMG finds that the organised retail sector in India is
expected to grow at a higher rate than GDP growth in the next five years, driven by
changing lifestyles, strong income growth and favourable demographic patterns. According
to EIU, India currently has more than five million retails outlets, out of which 96 per cent
are smaller than 500 sq. ft. But this scenario is changing fast. .
Emerging trends in organized retailing
Over the last five years, a number of large business groups such as Tatas, RPG, Rahejas
and Piramals has set up stores/malls and built businesses within retail. Thesem include the
Rs1.9bn Food World - a leading supermarket chain set up by RPG; the Rahejas Rs1.8bn
Shoppers Stop - a multi-brand departmental outlet and the Crossroads Mall set up by the
Piramals. While many of these initiatives were initially driven by the need to use existing
real estate, they are beginning to assume the contours of a serious business today.
Fuel retailers, notably BPCL and HPCL are also expanding their presence from fuel retail
to grocery and convenience stores. Suitability of location, optimal utilization of real estate,
diversifying business to reduce reliance on the commodity nature of fuel retail business and
improve margins are the key factors that has lead fuel majors to
enter into the retailing.
Also, existing family owned businesses are expanding their businesses. The more
successful of them are the Nilgiris - a Bangalore base food retailer, Viveks - a 40-year old
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Chennai based chain selling consumer durables and Narulas - the food chain in North
India.
Interestingly, manufacturers are also looking for forward integration and are building
chains around brands. Brands in apparel, footwear and durables have driven the growth of
specialty chains and upgraded existing multi-brand outlet.
Theme for a mall
Although the retail sector in India highly fragmented and consists predominantly of small,
independent, owner-managed shops, it happens to be the country's second largest
employer after agriculture. The country is currently witnessing a boom in retailing,
thanks mainly on account of an increase in the disposable incomes of middle and
upper-middle class households.
More and more corporate houses, including large real estate companies, are now
entering the retail business directly or indirectly. One sign of the modernization of
Indian retailing is the rapid growth in the number of speciality malls and theme malls.
The Piramals, Tatas, Rahejas, ITC, S. Kumar's, RPG Enterprises, Aerens, Omaxe and
mega retailers like Crosswords, Shopper's Stop and Pantaloon have taken the lead in
organised retailing.
Emergence of specialty retailing
Though organized retailing is still at a nascent stage - accounting for only around two
per cent of the $180 billion retail market in India - it is likely to touch 10 per cent by
the end of this decade. Four product categories have led the organized retailing wave:
foods, apparel, lifestyle products, consumer durables and electronics. In recent times,
several theme malls such as Gold Souk (jewellery malls), Wedding Mall, Electronic
Mall, Auto Mall, etc catering to specific needs and occasions have been completed orannounced.
Many top developers are now toying with the idea of developing speciality malls.
Speciality malls are already a success in the West, whereas the concept is in its infancy in
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India. One could venture so far as to say speciality and theme based retailing will drive the
growth of organized retailing in India.
ORGAINSED RETAILING
Organised retailing got a leg up during 2008 with the opening of new format stores, rapid
growth of existing players, start-up of new-generation shopping malls, the Government's
intention of allowing a certain level of foreign direct investment in retail and the formation
of a retailers' association. With consumer sentiment positive during most of 2008, it led to
substantial spending across a number of categories such as consumer durables, clothing and
lifestyle, automobiles and telecom products. At the beginning of this decade, organized
retailing accounted for a mere $2.9 billion in India. This is only 1.25 per cent of the
estimated total retail market. This share has already grown to 2 per cent. Growth
projections for retail business vary widely. Some studies estimate that by 2011, the share of
organized retail in the retail pie will jump three times to reach 5-6 per cent.
BIG BAZAAR AT DELHI METRO STATIONS!
First time a Discount Hypermarket opens at a Metro Station
Pantaloon Retail opens 2 Big Bazaars at Wazirpur & Inderlok
Metro stations in Delhi
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, the countrys leading retailer, opens 2 BIG BAZAARS in
Delhi. The two BIG BAZAARS are located at the Wazirpur and Inderlok
Metro Stations respectively. This is the first time a discount hypermarket
has opened at a station and Big Bazaar is proud to be the first to offer a
never-before shopping experience to the metro commuters. The national tally of BIGBAZAAR is now at 20 taking the total tally of BIG BAZAAR in NCR region to 4 .Both
BIG BAZAAR, Wazirpur & BIG BAZAAR, Inderlok have FOOD BAZAARS within the
store. This takes the national tally of Food Bazaar to 32 and total tally of Food Bazaar in
NCR to 5.
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BIG BAZAAR will provide shoppers with a completely new shopping
experience and make available -a range of products for every household
need at never before prices Shoppers for the first time will have the widest
range of products in every segment Womens Apparel, Mens Apparel, Accessories like
belts and bags, Cosmetics, Gold Jewellery, Kids Wear, Stationary and Toys, Footwear,
Plastics and Home Dcor products, Utensils & Home Appliances, Gift Articles, food and
grocery items.Food Bazaar will offer services like Live Kitchen where customers can get
vegetables cut and select gravies of their choice, Golden Harvest providing best quality
grain, pulses & spices, Ready to cook and Hungry Kya the ready to eat food sections. In
addition, regular Food Bazaar offerings of Grains and Provisions, Farm Fresh Fruits &
Vegetables, Drinks & Beverages, Dairy Products, Fabric Care products, Music Cassettes
and CDs, Chill Station, Home Care Products, Accessories, Kitchen Linen.
On the occasion of the launch, Mr. Kishore Biyani, Managing Director, Pantaloon Retail
(India) Ltd., said, We are very proud to open 2 BIG BAZAARS at the 2 Metro Stations in
Delhi. As has been the homemakers experience across the country, the store is a support to
the homemakers untiring effort of saving the maximum while givingthe best to her
family. Our opening of the 2 stores in Delhi after the runaway success of the other stores at
Gurgaon & Ghaziabad shows our commitment to this region. It also reflects the love and
affection the people of this region have showered on us!
Living up to its motto of Is se sasta aur accha kahin nahin", all products in BIG BAZAAR
will be available at prices lower than the MRP, often up to 60% discount. In addition to
this, various offers, discounts and promotions will be regularly held at the store. The
consumer will experience a new level of standard in price, convenience and comfort,
quality, quantity, and store service levels. BIG BAZAAR in its true hypermarket model
will offer all of the above for both leading brands as also for its private labels.
A layout chart of Big bazaar located at Indralok
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LAYOUT INDEX
1. HELP DESK
2. KIDS ACCESSORIES
3. JACKETS
4. BABA SUITS
5. LADIES TOPS
6. TRIAL ROOM
7. PILLARS USED FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION (SIZE CHART, SECTION
DESCRIPTION)8. WOOLEN CLOTHS FOR KIDS
9. WINTER WEAR
10. KIDS CASUAL WEAR
11. KIDS JEANS AND SHORTS
12. INFANT SHIRTS AND T-SHIRTS
13. MEN ACCESSORIES SUNGLASSES, WRIST WATCHES ETC
14. SOFT TOYS
15. HOME DECORATIVE ITEMS
16. MUSIC COUNTER
17. LADIES ETHINIC
18. LADIES WESTERN
19. LADIES FORMALS(OFFICE WEAR)
20. LADIES ACCESSORIES LINGERIES
21. LADIES PERFUMERIES
22. LADIES COSMETICS
23. LUGGAGE
24. FOOTWEAR
25. SPORTS
26. SCHEME BASED PROMOTIONAL ITEMS
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27. CASH COUNTER
28. HOME FURNISHING (CURTAIN CLOTHS, CARPETS)
29. MEN FORMAL SHIRTS
30. MEN TROUSERS
31. MEN SUITS AND BLAZERS
32. MEN FABRICS
33. MEN ETHINICS
DESCRIPTION
HELP DESKAs you can see from the layout, the Help Desk is located in a place
where every one has their first sight that is in front of the entrance. This shows that when aperson enters in to big bazaar it can get all information about the stores of big bazaar from
the person sitting in the help desk. Help Desk uses paging service as a tool for the
convenience of its employees and customers.
KIDS SECTION The kids section is located just at the left corner of the entrance of
big bazaar. In the kids section kids accessories like diapers, trolleys, suckers, water
bottles are available in one part. Kids jackets and baba suits are available in another part.Kids casual wear (jeans and shorts) are placed in one part of it and infant shirts & t-shirts
are also placed in another part. In this section the pillars are used for displaying information
like size chart and section description. The apparels are available at a price of Rs59
onwards.
MENS SECTION Next to it is the mens section that is in the center. It is divided in
to five parts. At one part men formal shirts are available. In other parts men trousers, suits
and blazers, fabrics and ethnics are available respectively. Here the price ranges from a
minimum of Rs99 to Rs899.
LADIES SECTION Next to it is the ladies section that is in the extreme right side.
The ladies section is segregated in to seven parts. Ladies section starts from ladies ethnics,
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ladies western wear, ladies formals (office wear), ladies accessories lingeries, ladies
perfumeries, and ladies cosmetics respectively. Here the price of the apparel ranges from
Rs99 to Rs1000 approx.
Promotional schemeWith an add on to the above products there are various other
products which are available with a promotional scheme. The various products under this
scheme includes girl t-shirts, infant winter wear etc.
Non-Promotional scheme There are various other products available without any
promotional scheme which includes jeans, infant baba suits, infant t-shirts, kids night wear,
kids salwar suits etc.
Sports Store At the extreme corner there is a sports store where various kinds of sport
items are available.
Food Bazaar The food bazaar is in the 1st floor of the building. Various kinds of food
items, fruits and vegetables are available there. Sitting arrangements are well made so that
people can sit and take tea, coffee or snacks or any other food item and can relax.
Cash Counter The cash counter is located just near the exit
Product Layout Chart
Ground Floor First Floor
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1. Ladies Western 1. Fruits and Vegetables
2. Ladies Ethnic 2. Golden Items
3. Saree and Dress Materials 3. Ready to eat
4. Night wear/Lingerie 4. Ready to cook
5. Boys and Girls 5. Sweets and Farson
6. Infants 6. Spices
7. Toys 7. Beverage
8. Mens Formals 8. Confectionaries
9. Mens Ethnic 9. Tea and Coffee
10. Mens Casuals 10.Personal Cars
11. Mens Accessories 11.Plastics
12. Mens Party 12.Utensils
13. Denim and T-shirts 13.Crockeries
14. Sportswear 14.Appliances
15. Footwear
16. Home Linen
17. Luggage
18. Sunglasses and Watches
BIG BAZAAR AT GURGAON
From today, housewives and compulsive shoppers in Gurgaon need not
step elsewhere for shopping. With Big Bazaar, the hypermarket
(discount store) from Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. opening its first
outlet in North India, they have a lot to choose from. Spread over an
area of around 50,000 sq ft, Big Bazaar offers a variety of products 2%
to 60% lower than the corresponding market price. After consolidating
its position in 4 cities namely Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore and
Mumbai (Lower Parel and Mulund), Big Bazaar is all set to win t! he
hearts of people in Delhi and Gurgaon.
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Speaking at the launch, Mr. Kishore Biyani, Chief Knowledge Officer,
Pantaloon Retail (India) said, "The Company was the first in India to
launch a hypermarket discount store - Big Bazaar. Seeing the
tremendous response, today we are pleased to bring the same
excitement to shoppers in and around Gurgaon in the form of Big
Bazaar with its variety, discounts and shopping ambience. The main
attraction at Big Bazaar is the product variety. The company will stock
about 1,70,000 items. In short, there is something for everyone."
Big Bazaar has apparel and accessories for men, women and childrenbesides Cosmetics, Toys, Home Needs, Household Appliances, Gift
items, Jewellery, Luggage, Linen, and a lot more.
Food Bazaar, with an area of around 10,000 sq ft is also a part of Big
Bazaar offering products at wholesale rates below the MRP. To attract
regular bazaar-goers, a mandi has been created within Food Bazaar
where Consumers could touch, feel, pick & choose products. This choice
has been supplemented by the provision of packaged food for the
Westernized shoppers. Food Bazaar will stock around 10,000 stock
keeping units (SKUs). These will include provisions, vegetables, fruits
and fresh produce, FMCG products, bakery products, basic staples,
cereals, pulses, cooking oils, flour, spices, dry fruits, health food, baby
food, dairy products, drinks, beverages as well as ready-to-eat and
ready-to-cook product! s. There are special purchase offers and
discounts worked out with several leading brands exclusively for Food
Bazaar customers making shopping at Food Bazaar highly affordable.
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Research Objective
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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY:
Main objective of the study is to find out the buying behavior of the customers coming in
to Big Bazaar.
There are some extensive objectives for the study which are listed below.
1. To determine the current status of Big Bazaar.
2. To find out the customers response towards Big Bazaar.
3. To study the satisfaction level of customers in different attributes of Big Bazaar.
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Research
Methodology
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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Technology and customers tastes and preferences plays a vital role in todays generation.
Research Methodology is a set of various methods to be followed to find out various
informations regarding market strata of different products. Research Methodology is
required for every industrial service industries for getting acquire knowledge of their
products.
Period of Study:This study has been carried out for a maximum period of 7 weeks.
Area of study:The study is exclusively done in the area of marketing. It is a process
requiring care, sophistication, experience, business judgment, and imagination for which
there can be no mechanical substitutes.
Sampling Design: The convenience sampling is done because any probability
sampling procedure would require detailed information about the universe, which is not
easily available further, it being an exploratory research.
Sample Procedure: In this study convenience sampling procedure is used.
Convenience sampling is preferred because of some limitation and the complexity of the
random sampling. Area sampling is used in combination with convenience sampling so as
to collect the data from different regions of the city and to increase reliability.
Sampling Size:The sampling size of the study is 200 users.
Data Collection: Data is collected from various customers through personal
interaction. Specific questionnaire is prepared for colleting data. Data is collected with
mere interaction and formal discussion with different respondents
Tools of Analysis: - The market survey and the techniques for marketing and
investment of finance is carried out by physically interacting with the potential customers
in big bazaar.
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Research Design: - The research work is exploratory in nature, and is meant to
provide the basic information required by research objectives. It is a preliminary study
based on primary data and the findings can be consolidated after a detailed conclusive
study has been carried out.
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Limitations
LIMITATIONS
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Preparation of a project report and concluding a research is a whole process
which is carried out in a number of steps. Therefore through out the whole
process of research there are a number of difficulties encountered by researcher,
at every step. In the present study we may assume following limitation.
1. Data dont represent entire population behavior.
2. It is very difficult to measure perception by means of mathematical
calculation.
3. This research was done in Delhi and gurgaon city only hence this
Conclusion is valid only for Delhi and gurgaon.
4. It was assumed that respondent have the knowledge of the choice that
were given in the questionnaire and respondent were compelled to
choose only from given alternatives.
The respondent view point on the study/questionnaire purely judgment and may be
induced by other reasons also.
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Analysis
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ANALYSIS
The survey is done on big bazaar. Survey is done of 200 respondents of Delhi who come
to visit big bazaar. A specific questionnaire is prepared for the customers and data is
obtained from them by moving around big bazaar and personally interacting with them.
The customers gave valuable information regarding their consumption pattern in big
bazaar. All informations are collected 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 a serious interpretation has been done
to best of my effort.
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INCOME GROUP
INCOMEGROUP
5%
50%
20%
25% Higher Income
Group
Middle Income
Group
Lower Income
Group
No Income Group
Higher Income Group 5%
Middle Income Group 50%
Lower Income Group 20%
No Income Group 25%
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Analysis:The above diagram shows the distribution of income level of customers
coming in to big bazaar. Among the 200 respondents 50% of customers are of middle
income level that is between Rs20000 60000. Least number of customers visiting Big
bazaar are the higher income level people that constitute only 5%. The lower income level
of people coming to big bazaar constitutes of 20%. 25% of people belong to no income
group which mostly consists of students.
Interpretation: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. Hence big bazaar should include branded products in its product
category, which will encourage higher income group people to come in to big bazaar.
Probably not much of lower income group people come to big bazaar as they dont like to
have any shopping experience rather they just go for near by store where they can get their
necessity goods. Even they purchase goods on a regular basis on a small quantity. So they
dont have much interest to come to big bazaar and do shopping.
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Purpose behind visiting big bazaar
Shopping 60Outing 10Both 30
PURPOSE
60%
10%
30%
Shopping
Outing
Both
Analysis: Out of the 200 respondents 60% of respondents visit big bazaar for
shopping, 10% for outing and 30% visit big bazaar for both the purposes.
Interpretation: From this I interpret that big bazaar is purely a shopping complex
but it also facilitates a certain kind of ambience and decorum to the people that they also
visit it for the purpose of outing. The infrastructure and ambience of big bazaar is so that
people even like to go there even also they dont have to purchase anything. People enjoy
doing shopping in big bazaar. This is very nice for it as often customers purchase some
goods while moving I the building.
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Demand
for
other
retail outlets in a mall
Garment Outlet 40%
Footwear Outlet 15%Food Court 20%
Entertainment 10%
Gift Corner 10%
Jewellery and Watches Store 5%
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40%
15%
20%
10%
10%5%
garment outlet
foot wear outlet
food court
entertainment
gift corner
jewelery and
watches
Analysis: The above graph shows that 40% of people visit garment outlet in a mall
other than that of big bazaar. 20% of people also prefer to visit food court in a mall other
than big bazaar. 15% of the people go to footwear outlet in a mall other than big bazaar.
10% of people also go to mall for entertainment purpose. Some people that are 15% each
also visit gift corner store and jewellery & watches store in a mall other than big bazaar.
Interpretation: From this analysis I come to know that most of the people tend to
visit garment outlets in a mall other than big bazaar as it has some exclusive branded
outlets. People also go for footwear stores as malls have branded footwear stores in it.
People go for watching movies to mall for entertainment. Yet a few people visits gift
corners and jewellery stores in a mall. This is of course a threat for big bazaar that it is not
able to attract customers from other retail outlets and retain them with it. Big bazaar should
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definitely include more of branded products in its product category in order to bring in the
customers of mall to it and retain them with it. It can include some of the exclusive branded
outlets of cloths and jewellery in it in order to attract the brand choosy customers.
Products mostly purchased by customers in big bazaar
Clothes 60%
Grocery 70%
Food Item 50%
Leather Item 25%
Electronic Item 15%
Gift Item 10%
Any other Item 10%
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Clothes
Grocery
Food Item
Leather Item
Electronic Item
Gift Item
Any other Item
Series1
Analysis: This chart clearly indicates that the demand for grocery that is 70% is
highest by the customers followed by clothes rated 60%. The next highest demand is for
food items that is 50%. 25% demand is for leather items in big bazaar. Electronic items
holds 15% of demand and gift items and other items has a demand of only 10% by the
customers of big bazaar.
Interpretation:From this analysis I interpret that customers demand are high for
grocery and clothes followed by food items in big bazaar. Electronic items have a little
demand by the customers. Gift items and other items are not much in demand by the
customers. I can interpret that clothes, grocery and food items are the major products which
hold maximum number of customers. So big bazaar should maintain its low pricing and
product quality to keep hold of the customers and also it should keep more qualitative
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products of gift and leather items so that people would go for more purchase of these items
from it. Big bazaar has many local branded products of grocery and cloths and it is
successfully selling it. It should also include branded products so that more sales can take
place.
Expenditure pattern of customers coming in to big bazaar
Below 500 11%
500-1000 16%
1000-1500 22%
1500-2000 22%
More than 2000 29%
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EXPENDITURE PATTERN
11%
16%
22%22%
29%Below500
500-1000
1000-1500
1500-2000
More than 2000
Analysis: We can clearly see from this graph that majority of the customers spend a lot
in big bazaar that is 29% of people spend more than Rs2000 in a single visit to big bazaar.
Equal number of people that is 22% of people each spend Rs 1000-1500 and Rs 1500-2000
respectively in a visit to big bazaar.16% of people spend Rs 500-1000 and only 11% of
customers are there who spends less than Rs500 in their visit to big bazaar.
Interpretation: From this I interpret that most of the customers purchase goods in
bulk which leads them to spend a lot. Volume sales are high in big bazaar. Customers tend
to purchase more goods from big bazaar as it provides goods at a discounted rate. Probably
those persons who spend more in a visit to big bazaar are purchasing on a monthly basis.
Those customers who are spending very less money that is below Rs 500 are mostly
coming in just to move around big bazaar and spend time. In the process they used to spend
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money on food items and also purchase some products while roaming in it. Impulse buying
behavior of customers comes in to play to a large extent. More discounts shall be provided
to people who does bulk purchase. This will encourage people to purchase more products.
Time spent by customers in shopping in big bazaar
Less than half an hour 10%
Half an hour to 1 hour 30%
1 hour to 1 1/2 hours 50%
1 1/2 hours to 2 hours 40%
More than 2 hours 20%
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0% 20% 40% 60%
Less than half an hour
Half an hour to 1 hour
1 hour to 1 1/2 hours
1 1/2 hours to 2 hours
More than 2 hours
Series1
Analysis: People spend a lot of time in shopping in big bazaar. Majority of the
respondents said that they spend at least 1 hour to 1 hours in big bazaar. 40%
respondents also said that they spend 1 hours to 2 hours in their visit to big bazaar. Only
10% of people said that they spend very little time that is less than half an hour in big
bazaar.
Interpretation: As per the given data I interpret that customers are very product
choosy now a days and thats why they spend a lot of time in shopping in big bazaar.
Probably customers might even be spending more time in big bazaar as it provides a very
nice ambience and atmosphere for the people to shop in. Hence those persons who spend
half an hour or less than half an hour in big bazaar are those persons who just come to
purchase limited products and come only because of low pricing of products. People also
spend much time in it but purchase very few goods. The sales personnel should focus on
the people who take long time in shopping and purchases a lot and provide special kind of
service to them as they are the major customers.
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Comparison of footfalls in weekdays and weekends
Weeks days 40%
Weekends 60%
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FOOTFALLS
40%
60%
Weeks days
Weekends
Analysis: The above graph shows that more number of people comes to big bazaar in
weekends than that of week days .40% of people visits big bazaar in weekdays where as
60% of people visit big bazaar in weekends.
Interpretation: I can clearly interpret from this that most of the people tend to visit
big bazaar in weekends rather than that of week days. There are more footfalls in big
bazaar in weekends than that of week days. Though there is not much difference as 40% of
people visit big bazaar in week days hence in weekends the footfall increases by 10%. As
people come more in weekends, so big bazaar should keep it open for more time in
weekends. The infrastructure can be changed a bit in weekends so that customers can see
more products clearly and can move around comfortably. In order to bring in more number
of customers in week days big bazaar should provide some schemes in week days which
will encourage people to come in to it in week days also. Hence the crowd is more in
weekends and big bazaar should avail more parking spaces for its customers in weekends.
It can make some temporary arrangement for parking every weekend. It should not spend
much money in advertising and displaying of products in weekdays rather it should
advertise and display products more in weekends as more number of people comes in
weekends.
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Customers preference of timing to visit big bazaar
10 A.M. - 6 P.M. 42%
6 P.M. -10P.M. 58%
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TIMEPREFERENCE
42%
58%
10 A.M. - 6P.M.
6 P.M. -10P.M.
Analysis: The above pie chart shows that most of the people prefer to visit big bazaar
in evening time than that of the daytime. Only 42% of people tend to visit big bazaar
during daytime while 58% of people tend to visit big bazaar during evening time.
Interpretation: From the above analysis I interpret that evening time is the peak time
for big bazaar and daytime is the off peak time for big bazaar. There is more number of
people found in big bazaar during evening time than that of daytime. Probably more of
products are being sold during evening time in big bazaar than that of daytime. Big bazaar
shall provide some special offerings during daytime so that more people should come in
during daytime. It could offer some special kind of product in daytime, which will be not
available during evening time. In this way it will bring in more number of people during
day time for getting the special kind of products but along with that it will be able to sale
other products as people do a lot of impulse buying at big bazaar
Comparison of customers purchasing with planned list of
products and purchasing products on an unplanned basis
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PLANNEDANDUNPLANNEDBUYERS
80%
20%
Yes
No
Analysis: As shown in the graph out of my total respondents of 200, 80% of customers
come to big bazaar with a planned list of products. Only 20% of people come in to big
bazaar without any planned list of products to be purchased from big bazaar.
Yes 80%
No 20%
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Interpretation: As per the data obtained from the customers of big bazaar I interpret
that most of the customers comes in to big bazaar with a planned list of products. Few
customers come to big bazaar without any planned list of products and purchases products
depending on their selection. These people basically come to the mall and hence get in to
big bazaar. Depending on the product category and brand and quality of products they
purchases goods. Some couples come to mall and go to food bazaar to have food together
and to have chit chat among them. The customer who comes with a planned list of products
purchases more products than that of the customers who comes without any planned list of
products. So big bazaar should provide more variety and essential goods so that more
number of people should come in with a planned list of products.
Brand preference of customers in big bazaar
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Yes 10%
No 50%
Depends on category 40%
BRANDPREFERENCE
10%
50%
40%
Yes
No
Depends on
category
Analysis:As seen in the above chart it is clearly known that only 10% of people come
in to big bazaar with a list of brands in advance. 50% of people completely deny that they
dont prepare in list of brand in advance. 40% of people told that they prepare a list of
brand depending on the product category.
Interpretation:From this I interpret that customers dont opt for much brand
preference while purchasing products in big bazaar. A few customers search for brands but
depending on the product category. Customers probably dont decide for brands on
products as there are not much of known branded products available at big bazaar. On
product categories like grocery and clothes, big bazaar has many local branded products.
Customers purchase a lot of these, as its cheap in price even though its quality is not so
good. As most of the customers belong to lower class and middle class people, they
purchase those local branded products as it gives them value for money. Different products
of the same category have different prices. Quality of products varies with the price. This
enables customization of products for various types of customers. Customers search for
brands mostly in apparel section. Some customers also pre decides the brand on the local
manufactured grocery and food products of big bazaar. Big bazaar should include more of
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the branded products in its each category so that customers have more options to choose
among the brands. This will bring in more number of people to big bazaar, which will
definitely
increase the
sales.
Comparison of brand preference on different product category
Cloths 40%
Grocery 40%
Gift Items 33%
Electronic Items 25%
Leather Items 2%
Any Other Item 12%
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%35%
40%
45%
Cloths
Leathe
rIte
Ele
ctroni
cIte
Gro
cery
Gift
Items
Any
Oth
erIte
Series1
Analysis: This graph shows that cloths and grocery are the only two items on which
customers mostly prefer the brands that is 40% each. 33% brand preference is on gift items
and 25% is on electronic items. Brand preference on leather items is 2% and 12% on any
other item.
Interpretation: From this I interpret that some of the products brand are predecided
in advance and for some of the products customers dont at all predecide any brand. As per
electronic goods are concerned customers predecide the brand as many branded electronic
products are available in big bazaar. The customers predecides brands on cloths and
grocery most as big bazaar produces much of local brands and also have some well known
branded products of clothes with it like flying machine jeans.
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Mode of payment of customers in big bazaar
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MODEOFPAYMENT
73%
21%
6%
CashPayment
Credit Card
Debit Card
Analysis: As per my study is concerned, out of the total respondents 73% of people
make cash payment in big bazaar. 21% of them uses credit card as their mode of payment
and 6% of the people makes payment in big bazaar through their debit card
Interpretation: As per the obtained data I interpret that maximum number of people
makes cash payment in big bazaar. A fraction of people uses their credit card for payment
in big bazaar and a very few people uses their debit card for payment. I can interpret that
quick exchange of money for goods is done in big bazaar as most of the people mode of
Cash Payment 73%
Credit Card 21%
Debit Card 6%
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payment is cash payment. Hence some times big bazaar has to wait for a short time period
as some of the customers make their payment through credit and debit card
Customers mode of transport to big bazaar
Hired Vehicle 10%
Two-wheeler 40%
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Four-wheeler 50%
Any Other 0%
MODEOF TRANSPORT
10%
40%
50%
0%
HiredVechle
Two-wheeler
Four-wheeler
Any Other
Analysis: Around 50% of the total respondent of 200 that is 100 people comes in to big
bazaar with their own four wheelers. The second majority of people consist of people
riding two wheeler and coming in to big bazaar. Only 10% of people of the total
respondent visits big bazaar on hired vehicles. None of the customers of the total
respondent comes in any other mode of transport.
Interpretation: From the above data I interpret that there are more number of four
wheelers coming found in big bazaar than that of two wheelers. People prefer more to go
to big bazaar in four wheelers than that of two wheelers. A few people are found who
comes in to big bazaar with a hire vehicle. Probably they might be the tourists.
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Parking space availability in big bazaar
Less than adequate 45%
Adequate 45%More than adequate 10%
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AVAILABILITYOF PARKINGSPACE
45%
45%
10%
Less than
adequate
Adequate
More than
adequate
Analysis: As it is shown in pie chart most of the people say big bazaar does not provide
adequate parking space. Equal number of people also says that adequate space is provided
for parking big bazaar. Only 10% of people say that more than adequate space is available
for parking in big bazaar.
Interpretation: Analyzing the above data, I interpret that customers are not satisfied
with the parking space availability provided by big bazaar. Hence its a threat for big
bazaar as it may loose its customers because of less parking space availability. Even though
many customers say adequate space is available for parking in big bazaar but also it is a
threat for big bazaar as it is seen more number of people are expected to come in to big
bazaar. In holidays probably it will be very difficult for customers to park their vehicle in
big bazaar.
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Customers preference towards Kirana store
Yes 85%
No 15%
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PREFERENCE TOWARDS KIRAN
STORE
85%
15%
Yes
No
Analysis: Out of my total respondent of 200 customers, 85% of them says they go to
their near by kirana store and 15% said that they dont at all go to any kirana store. This
shows that majority of people go to kirana store even though they visit big bazaar. But
some customers are there who never goes to any kirana store.
Interpretation: As per the given data I analyze that most number of people tend to
purchase goods from near by kirana store even if they come to big bazaar. I can conclude
from this that a kirana store is a competitor of big bazaar. Some customers never go for
shopping in kirana store as of it does not have much variety option available with it.
Probably they are more interested in having a shopping experience rather than to just go
and purchase goods from kirana store.
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Comparison of Big bazaar with any Kirana store
Price Service Variety Quality Convenience
Shopping
Experience Ambience
Big bazaar 70 50 100 40 25 90 95Kirana
store 30 50 0 60 75 10 5
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70
50
100
40
25
90 95
30
50
0
60
75
1050
20
40
60
80100
120
Price
Service
Variety
Quality
Convenience
Shop
ping
Exp
erien
ce
Ambie
nce
Big bazaar
Kirana stor
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Analysis:
The above graph shows the comparison of different factors between big bazaar and a
nearby kirana store. 70% of people say big bazaar provides goods at a cheaper price as
compared to that of a kirana store. 50% of people say big bazaar provides better service
and another 50% of them say kirana store provides better service. Each and every customer
that is 100% agrees that there are more variety of products available at big bazaar than that
of kirana store. As per quality of goods is concerned 60% of the customer say kirana store
provides better qualitative products while 40% of the customers say big bazaar also
provides qualitative products. 75% people say it is more convenient for them to go to a
kirana store while 25% of them say going to big bazaar is more convenient for them. 90%
of respondents said it is a good shopping experience at big bazaar while 105 of them said
that they also have a good shopping experience at kirana store. As per ambienc
e is concerned 95% of customers said big bazaar provides much nice ambience than big
bazaar while 5% of them said that ambience provided by kirana store is also equivalent to
that of big bazaar.
Interpretation: I interpreted from this that a kirana store is one of the competitor of big
bazaar. It is a threat for big bazaar as some of the attributes of a kirana store provides more
satisfaction to customers. Big bazaar should try to improve on each of its attributes and outcompete the kirana store so that it can convert the customers of kirana store to be the
customers of big bazaar.
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SWOT ANALYSIS
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SWOT Analysis of Big bazaar
A swot analysis is done to know the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of any
company. This analysis will explain about the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats of big bazaar.
Strengths of Big bazaar
Large variety option
Cheap price
Huge customer Base
Volume sales
Weaknesses of Big bazaar
Lacks in branded products
Low in product quality
Unable to provide enough parking space to its customers
Threats for Big bazaar
Opening up of other discounted stores like Vishal mega mart
Convenience of customers to near by kirana stores
Availability of products in other retail outlets
Opportunities for Big bazaar
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To open up more and more number of big bazaars in different cities of
the country.
To grab the rural market
To bring in the customers of other retail outlet by dealing with
branded products.
Add more products to its product category
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Suggestions
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Suggestions
Big bazaar should provide large parking space for its customers so that they can
easily park their vehicles.
Big bazaar should include more of branded products its product category so as to
attract the brand choosy people to come in to big bazaar.
It should make different cash counters for different customers. Cash counter and
credit card payment counter should be placed differently in order to reduce the rush
and save the customers time. This will be a kind of motivator for the customers ofbig bazaar.
The service of the sales person is needed to be improved. Personal care should be
taken by the sales person for the customers so that the customers feel good.
During the off peak hours big bazaar should provide some offers to its customers
so that people would be encouraged to come to big bazaar during off peak hours.
The customers who are present in the mall during the off peak hours of big bazaar
will definitely go in to big bazaar if surprise offers are made at that time.
Customer care department is needed to take proper care of customer complaints and
queries. The person sitting at the help desk of big bazaar should be able to provide
all necessary information to the customers whenever it is required.
The infrastructure is needed to be changed a bit during weekends as heavy crowd
comes in to big bazaar during those days.
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
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 discounted store. 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 Delhi 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 but also visit for outing purpose as it
provides a very nice ambience to its customers. As people go to malls they just tend to
move around big bazaar whether it is for shopping purpose or for outing purpose. Grocery,
apparels and food items are the products which are demanded most by the customers of
Delhi in big bazaar. The major drawback of big bazaar is that it lacks in providing enough
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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. As it is surveyed it seems that the biggest competitors of big
bazaar are the kirana stores and the discounted specialty stores like Vishal mega mart,
Delhi bazaar etc.
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Questionnaire
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Questionnaire prepared for customers of Big Bazaar
1. How frequently do you visit Big Bazaar?
a) Weekly
b) Monthly
c) Quarterly
d) On a unplanned basis
2. Apart from Big Bazaar do you intend to visit any other retail outlet in a
Mall?
a) Yes b) No
3. If yes then what are the other retail outlets do you intend to visit in a
mall?
a) Garment Outlet
b) Footwear Outlet
c) Food Court
d) Entertainment
e) Gift Corner
f) Jewellery and Watches store
4. What is the purpose behind visiting Big Bazaar?
a) Shopping
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b) Outing
c) Dating
5. What type of products do you mostly purchase in Big Bazaar?
a) Cloths
b) Grocery
c) Food Item
d) Leather Item
e) Electronic Item
f) Gift Item
g) Any other Item
6. On an average how much amount of money do you spend in a visit to Big
Bazaar?
a) Below 500
b) 500 1000
c) 1000 1500
d) 1500 2000
e) More than 2000
7. How much time do you spend in a visit to Big Bazaar?
a) Less than half an hour
b) Half an hour to 1 hour
c) 1 hour to 1 hours
d) 1 hours to 2 hours
e) More than 2 hours
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8. Which days of the week do you prefer to visit Big Bazaar?
a) Week days
b) Weekends
9. Which time of the day do you mostly prefer to visit Big Bazaar?
a) 10am 6pm
b) 6pm 10pm
10. Do you go with a planned list of products to be purchased from Big
Bazaar?
a) Yes b) No
11.Do you prepare a list of brands in advance when you visit to Big Bazaar?
a) Yes b) No
c) Depends on category
12. In which categories of products do you pre-decide the brands?
a) Cloths
b) Leather Items
c) Electronic Items
d) Grocery
e) Gift Items
f) Any other Item
13. What is your mode of payment in Big Bazaar?
a) Cash payment b)Credit Card
14. What encourages you to visit Big Bazaar?
a. Price
b. Service
c. Ambience
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d. Product Variety
e. Product Quality
f. Convenience
15. How would you rate the services of the sales personnel in Big Bazaar
on a 1 5 scale?
a. Very good
b. Good
c. Ok
d. Poor
e. Very poor
16.What is your convenience to Big Bazaar?
a) Hired vehicle
b) Two-wheeler
c) Four-wheeler
d) Any other
17. How is the parking space availability in Big Bazaar?
a) Less than adequate
b) Adequate
c) More than adequate
18. Do you go to Kirana store?
a) Yes b) No
19.Compare your nearest Kirana store with Big Bazaar on the following
parameters.
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i. Price
ii. Service
iii. Variety
iv. Quality
v. Convenience
vi. Shopping Experience
..
1. Name: -
2. Age: -
3. Sex: -
4. Location/Address: -
5. Qualification: -
6. Profession: -
7. Whats your monthly income?
a) Below 10,000
b) 10,000 20,000
c) 20,000 40,000
d) 40,000 60,000
e) More than 60,000
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Bibliography
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS-
KNOOTZO DONNELEssentials of management concepts
PHILIP KOTLER
Marketing Management
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C .R. KOTHARI
Research Methodology
WEBSITES-
www.bigbazaar.com
www.google.com
REFERENCE-
Big bazaar outlet in Gurgaon, Noida, Gazhiabad, Indralok, and
Wazirpur.
MAGAZINE-
Business World
The Economic Times
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ANNEXURE
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Big bargains at Big Bazaar
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BIG BAZAAR, the retail store at Koramangala, has an exchange offer where you can get
rid any old item and get yourself a new one. The offer is applicable to products like
utensils, plastics, footwear, luggage accessores, garments, toys, watches, glass, electronics
items, and so on. Customers can get their old household items valued. Big Bazaar says it
offers better value because old, broken utensils and plastics can be exchanged for as much
as Rs. 40 a kilo.
What is more, consumers need not exchange their old items for similar items. They can
bring in an old piece of luggage and walk off with a salwar kameez instead. Similarly, old
shoes and can exchanged for an electric rice cooker.
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