3. INTRODUCTION
Murugappa group and Lion dates are the renowned
clients of Interface Communication, Chennai
Interface communication handles the 360 degree
integrated marketing communication campaigns of
Murugappa and Lion dates all over India. The campaign for
Murugappa Group ended in 4th week of October 2014 and
campaign for Lion dates is going on currently.
Finding the effectiveness of the campaigns and the
additional inputs for the future campaigns were assigned to
the researcher.
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4. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Murugappa group:
Murugappa Group owns a lot of well know brands
like TI Cycles, Coromandel Fertilizers, Parry, CUMI etc.
They wanted to strengthen their corporate brand
‘Murugappa’ which is the mother brand of the sub-brands.
This study aims at identifying the post-campaign
awareness level and knowledge about Murugappa group
among its target group in Chennai, Tuticorin and
Virudhunagar.
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5. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Lion Dates:
Lion dates is a widely known company which is
expanding its product line in nutritional food category. Since
it’s the introductory stage for the new products, promoting
them for consumers and retailers awareness becomes
mandatory for facilitating the product movement in market.
This study aims at identifying the awareness level of
the Lion’s product range, retailers opinion and the
consumers opinion regarding health and nutrition in
Chennai, Tuticorin and Virudhunagar.
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6. Consumers, Business Partners, Students and
Professionals in Chennai , Tuticorin and Virudhunagar
falling within SEC A1, A2 and age limit within 55 were
considered.
SCOPE – Murugappa Group
Target group Tier I Tier II Tier III Total
Consumers 38 12 23 73
Business Partners 19 26 15 60
Students 15 21 17 53
Professionals 15 9 15 39
Total 87 68 70 225
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7. Consumers (Mothers – purchase decision makers) in
Chennai, Tuticorin and Virudhunagar falling within SEC
A1, A2, B1, B2 and age limit within 55 were considered.
Retailers in Chennai , Tuticorin and Virudhunagar
were considered.
SCOPE – Lion Dates
Target group Tier I Tier II Tier III Total
Retailers 83 78 64 225
Consumers 62 58 62 182
Total 145 136 128 407
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8. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
SAMPLING TYPE Convenience sampling within Area sampling
SAMPLING
LOCATION
Chennai, Tuticorin, Virudhunagar
DATA COLLECTION
METHODS
Direct Interview
Casual Conversation
DATA ANALYSIS
TOOLS
Chi-square test
Weighted average
Frequency analysis (Single and multiple responses)
Correlation
Mean Rank
Kruskal Wallis Test
Cluster Analysis
Cross Tabulation
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13. OBJECTIVES
1. To analyze post-ad corporate brand awareness of
Murugappa group and its companies among the stake
holders.
2. To analyze the effective Television Commercials reach
among the stake holders.
3. To analyze the stakeholders knowledge about
Murugappa Group.
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15. FINDINGS
• 91% of the stakeholders are aware of Murugappa Group.
Among which 4% is TOM, 9% is Spontaneous and 78% is
aided recall. (Freq. Analysis)
• City wise awareness of Murugappa Group (Freq. Analysis)
City Not Aware Aware
Chennai 3.1% 35.6%
Tuticorin 0.4% 29.8%
Virudhunagar 5.3% 25.8%
Total 8.8% 91.2%
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16. FINDINGS
• TOM Awareness of brands under Murugappa (Freq. Analysis)
4%
0%
12%
6%
10%
2%
0%
10%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Chola / Cholamandalam
Chola MS
Coromandel
CUMI
Parry
Parry Agro
TI
TI Cycles
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17. FINDINGS
• Spontaneous Awareness of brands under Murugappa
(Freq. Analysis)
5%
4%
12%
9%
25%
16%
10%
21%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Chola / Cholamandalam
Chola MS
Coromandel
CUMI
Parry
Parry Agro
TI
TI Cycles
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18. FINDINGS
• Aided Awareness of brands under Murugappa (Freq. Analysis)
51%
20%
34%
15%
40%
23%
20%
57%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Chola / Cholamandalam
Chola MS
Coromandel
CUMI
Parry
Parry Agro
TI
TI Cycles
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19. FINDINGS
• General source of awareness (Freq. Analysis)
• 60% of the stakeholders were able to recall the corporate
logo of Murugappa Group. (Freq. Analysis)
• There is no relationship between the awareness of
Murugappa group and the familiarity of their logo
(Correlation)
26%
17%
28%
18%
3%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Family
Workplace
Ads
Internet
News/Events
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20. FINDINGS
• Awareness of brands under Murugappa varies with target
group. (chi-square)
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Category Avg. no of sub-brands
known
Consumers 4
Students 4
Business Partners 5
Professionals 3
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21. FINDINGS
• Age and gender are found to be independent of the
awareness of Murugappa Group. (chi-square)
• Awareness about sub-brands of Murugappa varies with
the age of the stakeholders. (chi-square)
Age Average no. of sub-
brands known
Below 25 4
25 to 35 3
35 to 45 4
45 to 55 6
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26. FINDINGS
• Appx. 62% of the target group were aware of the name
Murugappa but they don’t know the exact business that
they do.( Majority – Consumers, Students)
• Appx. 21% of the target group recalled Murugappa as a
very old South Indian conglomerate that has its base in
Chennai. (Majority – Consumers, Students)
• Appx. 14% of the target group know atleast 2 brands
under Murugappa. (Majority – Busin. Part., Professionals)
• Appx. 3% of the target group know the entire business of
Murugappa. (Majority – Business Partners) (Freq. Analysis)
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28. FINDINGS
• Consumers (Weighted Mean)
• Students (Weighted Mean)
Would like to do internship
Would like take job offer from
Murugappa
3.33 3.91
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Would like to try Murugappa
products in future
Would recommend the
products of Murugappa
3.23 3.27
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29. FINDINGS
• Business Partners (Weighted Mean)
• Professionals (Weighted Mean)
Murugappa constantly upgrades
technology and services
Would recommend dealership
of Murugappa
2.96 2.38
Being an employee of
Murugappa gives pride
Would like to take job offer
from Murugappa
2.87 2.82
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30. SUGGESTIONS
MURUGAPPA GROUP
• The reach strategy for Murugappa advertisements
should be replaced by frequency strategy until there
is considerable awareness among the target group.
• Social media campaigns can be used for promotions.
• Presence of Corporate logo in sponsorships instead of
individual brand logos.
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34. OBJECTIVES
4. To analyze the awareness of Lion’s range of products
among the consumers and retailers.
5. To analyze the opinion of the consumers regarding
healthy lifestyle for advertisements input.
6. To analyze the opinion of the retailers regarding lion
products.
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39. FINDINGS
• Advertisement reach – consumers
Ad 2Ad 1
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(Freq. Analysis)
City Syrup (Ad1) Dates (Ad2)
Chennai 68% 29%
Tutircorin 64% 31%
Virudhunagar 74% 31%
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40. FINDINGS
• Brand recall
• Product recall
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(Freq. Analysis)
City Syrup Ad Dates Ad
Chennai 93% 83%
Tuticorin 86% 89%
Virudhunagar 93% 100%
City Syrup Ad Dates Ad
Chennai 56% 100%
Tutircorin 63% 100%
Virudhunagar 77% 100%
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41. FINDINGS
• Element recalled
• Message recalled
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(Qualitative. Analysis)
Syrup Ad Dates Ad
• Kids
• Milk + Syrup combo
• Flexing biceps
• Lion
• Police women
• Lock
• Air lock package
• Flexing biceps
• Lion
Syrup Ad Dates Ad
• Milk + Syrup gives
strength
• Nutrition from seeds
are also added in syrup
• Dates give strength for
working women
• New air lock package
preserves dates for a long
time
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43. OBJECTIVE 5
(Reg. opinion of the consumers
regarding healthy lifestyle )
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44. FINDINGS
• Opinion about being healthy among various age groups
(Mean Rank)
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Opinion Age Below 25 25-35 35-45 45-55 Overall
Having energy
and stamina
2 1 1 2 1
Being slim and fit 1 2 3 4 3
Lesser visits to
doctor
3 3 2 1 2
Mental peace and
happiness
4 4 5 3 4
Having longer life
time
5 5 4 5 5
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46. FINDINGS
• Health concerns faced (Freq. Analysis)
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Health concerns
Age
TotalBelow 25
years
25-35
years
35-45
years
45-55
years
None 1.6% 6.6% 15.9% 3.8% 28.0%
Anemia 0.0% 4.9% 8.2% 1.1% 14.3%
Irregular Periods 1.1% 2.2% 4.4% 0.0% 7.7%
Hair Loss 1.6% 2.2% 7.7% 0.5% 12.1%
Skin Related 0.0% 7.1% 13.2% 1.1% 21.4%
Weight Related 0.5% 2.2% 8.2% 1.6% 12.6%
Diabetes 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 1.1%
Weak Bones 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 1.1%
Headache 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 1.1%
Vision Problem 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
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47. FINDINGS
• Major concern over children’s health – Height / Weight
(46%) and Lack of nutrition (31%) (Freq. Analysis)
• Mothers ensure children’s nutritious intake by
monitoring the frequency of their health issues.
(Freq. Analysis)
• 37% of consumers buy dates regularly among which 56%
belongs to age category 35 to 45 years. 31% consumers
buy once in a while. (Freq. Analysis).
• 47% of consumers associated Lion brand with fresh and
good quality followed by trustworthy(23%). (Freq. Analysis)
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48. FINDINGS
• Challenges in providing nutritious food to kids
56%
2%
5%
13%
24%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Nutitious food is not tasty
Preference towards junk
food
Budget constrain
Time constrain
None
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49. FINDINGS
• 85% of respondents consume dates product.
64%
21%
5%
10%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Self conscious about health
doctor recommendation
Family and friends suggestion
Just tried by watching ads
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53. FINDINGS
• Outlet preference for buying Lion Products
SEC
Super
market
Grocery
shop
Medical
shop
Fruit
shop Total
A1 20.3% 4.4% 2.7% 0.5% 28.0%
A2 18.1% 17.0% 2.2% 2.2% 39.6%
B1 15.4% 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 18.1%
B2 9.9% 2.7% 1.6% 0.0% 14.3%
Total 63.7% 26.9% 6.6% 2.7% 100%
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54. FINDINGS
• Outlet preference for buying Lion Products
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Retail outlet
City
Total
Chennai Tuticorin Virudhunagar
Super Market 31.9% 19.2% 12.6% 63.7%
Grocery shop 2.2% 8.8% 15.9% 26.9%
Medical shop 0.0% 3.3% 3.3% 6.6%
Fruit shop 0.0% 0.5% 2.2% 2.7%
(Cross Tabulation)
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55. FINDINGS
• There is no significant relationship between consumers
with health concern and consumers consuming dates
product. (Correlation)
• Rating for Lion products.
SEC Rating
A1 6.39
A2 7.26
B1 6.82
B2 6.96
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57. FINDINGS
• 91% of retailers deal with Lion products among which 58%
are willing to stock new lion products. .
• Retailer’s source of awareness regarding new products
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39%
73%
8%
39%
7%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Advertisements
Salesperson
Other shopkeepers
Customers
Friends & Family
(Freq. Analysis)
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61. FINDINGS
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Highly
visible
Moderately
visible
Low
visibility
% of outlets
that sell Lion
Products
Fruit shop 77% 4% 0% 81%
Super market 90% 3% 3% 96%
General Stores 45% 38% 9% 92%
Pharmacy 54% 27% 8% 89%
Bakery 100% 0% 0% 100%
• Nature of Lion products’ display in different outlets.
(Cross Tabulation)
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62. FINDINGS
Product City Close Competitors
Dates
Chennai Annai , Gokulam, Imported dates
Tuticorin Annai, Kimia
Virudhunagar Camel, Unbranded dates
Fruit Squash All 3 cities Kissan
Dry Fruits All 3 cities Imported, Pvt. Label
Oats All 3 cities Horlicks, Quaker, Saffola
Jam All 3 cities Kissan
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63. FINDINGS
Product City Close Competitors
Honey
Chennai Dabur, Imported Honey
Tuticorin Dabur
Virudhunagar Sarvodaya, Pvt. label
Syrup All 3 cities None
Dates Halwa All 3 cities None
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• Retailers rating for dealing with Lion products – 3.5 (overall)
(Weighted Mean)
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64. FINDINGS
• There is no relationship between dealership rating and
the dealership experience in Chennai. There is weak
relationship between dealership rating and the
dealership experience in Tuticorin and Virudhunagar
• The dealers don’t seem to respond properly to the
retailers while requesting for salesperson visit in
Chennai and Tuticorin.
• Medical shops in Chennai don’t stock dates as they
often face damage due to rat problems.
• Lot of complaints over the product and the package
are observed .
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70. FINDINGS
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( Source : Duraiswamy Nadar & Sons,
B-1&2, New Market, V.E.Road,
Tuticorin )
Product complaint – Dates quality is not good
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71. FINDINGS
Product complaint – Dates are dry , too hard and at times
seeds are also there.
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( Source : Thangappa Nadar Store,
272, V.O.C.Market, Tuticorin )
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72. SUGGESTIONS
LION DATES
• Advertisements are needed for fruit squash , halwa
and dry fruits
• Health related aspects can be emphasized in
advertisements for products like halwa, dry fruits and
fruit squash.
• Frequency of sales person visit should be increased in
the interior areas of Chennai.
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73. SUGGESTIONS
LION DATES
• Product related and package related problems should
be looked into as soon as possible.
• In store ad material can be provided for medical shops
and general stores
• Boxes can be provided for pharmacies in Chennai to
prevent damages due to rat problems.
• Communication between dealers and retailers should
be improved in Tuticorin and Chennai.
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74. THANK YOU
Project instructors at Interface Communication, Chennai
MURUGAPPA GROUP
• Mrs. Abilasha Anish - Strategy and Planning Head
• Mr. Daniel Divyakumar - Sr. Account Executive
• Mrs. Nisha Yuvaraj - Sr. Account Executive
• Mrs. Nili Marfathiya – Media Planning & Manager
LION DATES
• Mr. Ilango Periyaswamy - Branch Head
• Mrs. Abilasha Anish - Strategy and Planning Head
• Mr. Bala Subramanium - Sr. Creative
• Mr. Arun Kumar - Sr. Account Executive
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