This project has been done to know to the catchment area of the Big Bazaar in Patna (Bihar). It helps to understand the vicinity of the store, profile of the potential customers and basis of the customer promotions.
Uncover Insightful User Journey Secrets Using GA4 Reports
Â
"Catchment area analysis & Promotion-Big Bazaar" by Akshay Amber
1. SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT
CATCHMENT AREA ANALYSIS & PROMOTION
OF
BIG BAZAAR (PATNA)
PRESENTED BY,
AKSHAY AMBER
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management, HARIHAR
BIG BAZAAR
By- Akshay Amber
2. ABOUT BIG BAZAAR…..
• History- Future group owns Big Bazaar
• Big Bazaar is the largest hypermarket chain in India.
• The inspiration behind this entire retail format was from “Saravana Stores”, a local store in
T. Nagar, Chennai.
• Future Group also owns Central Hypermarket, Brand Factory, Pantaloons, eZONE,
Hometown, futurebazaar.com, and KB's Fair Price, apart from Big Bazaar.
• Group Vision:- Future Group shall deliver Everything, Everywhere, Every time for Every
Indian Consumer in the most profitable manner.
• It offers wide range of merchandise including fashion and apparels, food products, general
merchandise, furniture, electronics, books, fast food and leisure and entertainment sections.
• Financials: 11,000 crore(US$1.9 billion) crores (in 2012) (Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar
combined)
By- Akshay Amber
3. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
• To find the catchment area of Big Bazaar, Patna
• To know whether Big bazaar is getting its customer from its target locations or
not.
• To know the effective Marketing strategy or promotional activities which
influence customer to purchase a product of Big Bazaar.
• The analysis can be of particular value in identifying sectors where actual sales or
visitor penetration is low but where potential is shown to be high.
• Benefits for the company-
• New Promotional activities can be made to attract more foot falls from its
catchment area.
• Strategies can be prepared to increase the conversion rate of customers.
• New attractive promotions can increase loyal customer base and will increase
“Ticket Size”.
• Catchment area analysis can give actual need of their customers, preference for
other stores, average monthly spending, mostly shop products etc.
• Customer survey will also help to create a database of their regular customers.
By- Akshay Amber
4. BRIEF DESCRIPTION….
• For this project the area of research is Big Bazaar, Pataliputra colony, Patna and
its other catchment area. Basically, Catchment area is divided into three
segments-
1. Primary Catchment –: 0-3 K.M
2. Secondary catchment -: 3-6 K.M
3. Tertiary Catchment-: Beyond 6 K.M
• Total catchment area is divided into 9 zones which come under above three
segments on the basis of distance from the store.
• Sample size: - 400 people
• SOURCES OF DATA:
• PRIMARY DATA: Internal survey and External survey through structured
questionnaire.
• SECONDARY DATA: Books, websites, journals,discussion with the executives,
managers and employees.
By- Akshay Amber
9. AGE GROUP OF RESPONDENT
98
86
108
75
33
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
15-20 21-25 26-35 36-50 51-75
NO.OFRESPONDENT
AGE GROUP OF RESPONDENT
By- Akshay Amber
10. RESPONDENTS AVERAGE MONTHLY SPENDING
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Below 2500
2501-4000
4001-6000
6001-10000
above 10000
74
71
111
61
83
NO.OFRESPONDENTS
INCOME GROUP
RESPONDENTS AVERAGE MONTHLY SPENDING
By- Akshay Amber
12. FREQUENCY OF VISIT TO BIG BAZAAR
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
44
23
6
29 28
13
176
81
By- Akshay Amber
13. MOSTLY SHOP PRODUCT AT BIG BAZAAR
GROCERIES
46%
CLOTHES
37%
PUC
7%
ELECTRONICS
3%
OTHERS
7%
Other
10%
GROCERIES CLOTHES PUC ELECTRONICS OTHERS
By- Akshay Amber
14. REASON OF BUYING AT BIG BAZAAR
71 68
134
121
6
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
QUALITY LOW PRICE VALUE FOR
MAONEY
CONVENIENCE NEAR TO HOME
REASON OF BUYING AT BIG BAZAARBy- Akshay Amber
15. PREFERENCE OF SHOPPING OTHER THAN BIG BAZAAR
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
VISHAL MEGA
MART
V2 KHETAN
SUPER
MARKET
RELIANCE 9 T0 9 LOCAL STORES
72
35
51
26 13
203
18
9
13
6
3
51
PREFERNECE OF SHOPPING AT OTHER THAN BIG BAZAAR % OF RESPONDENTS
By- Akshay Amber
16. REASON OF SHOPPING AT OTHER STORES
32
61
28
57
207
15
0
50
100
150
200
250
QUALITY LOW PRICE VALUE FOR
MONEY
CONVENIENCE NEAR TO HOME OFFERS HOME
DELIVERY
REASON OF SHOPPING AT OTHER STORESBy- Akshay Amber
17. PEOPLE PERCIEVE BIG BAZAAR AS A BRAND
39
88
173
100
10
22
43
25
0
50
100
150
200
250
YOUTH BRAND VALUE BASED QUALITY BASED BRAND FOR ALL
NO. OF PEOPLE PERCEIEVE BIG BAZAAR AS BRAND % OF RESPONDENTSBy- Akshay Amber
32. MAJOR COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
• LOCAL STORES: The presence of hyper market like Big Bazaar is not
everywhere and there is a confusion about them that is only for high income
group. According to the analysis 52% people buy at local store only due to
nearness factor, followed by “Low Price” factor.
• VISHAL MEGA MART: Vishal offers a range of cheap and quality
products. Category of Plastic, crockery and utensils in Vishal are cheaper
than Big Bazaar and also maintain a good quality.
• KHETAN SUPER MARKET: Khetan super market is a complex with
more than 500 shops of all kind. For fair and cheap products mainly clothes
people likes to visit there
• V2: It offers a great range of value garments mainly targeting teenagers and
students with a variant range in T-shirts, jeans, shirts, Tees etc with low
pricing.
• ADITYA’S 9 TO 9: It sells only branded products and the people who
prefers only branded item or brand conscious prefers it mostly.By- Akshay Amber
33. FINDINGS
• Big Bazaar is getting the advantage of lower penetration in hyper market by other
competitors but another newly opened outlet of Big Bazaar will surely cut the
catchment of it.
• Apart from Big Bazaar people like to shop at local stores due to nearness factors as
well as their relationship, home delivery facility.
• Vishal Mega Mart is another important competitor of big bazaar as it always
provides a range of quality products with different promotinal offers.
• Plastics, crockery products are of good quality but high price as compared to other
competitors.
• Stock out problems in electronics section.
• Problem related with less no. of trial rooms in garment section.
• Some people feels thar Big Bazaar should keep more Branded merchandise.
• Parking problem as well as customers compare parking fee with other Competitors.
• Many a customers annoy due to no proper follow up by staffs in the store.
By- Akshay Amber
34. RECOMMENDATIONS
SUGGESTED PROMOTIONAL STRATEGIES
• RELATE TO SOME THING LOCAL: - Some offers should be made based on
domestic events. In Bihar 22 March- 24 March is celebrated as
“XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
• YELLOW PAGE STRATEGY:- A yellow page ads are not something different
from a newpaper ads but easily grab sight of any one. On the basis of this
strategy we can start advertisement of Big Bazaar with headline-
• XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
• REFERRAL STRATEGY: - A referral strategy is a way of introducing new
customers to your business by getting your existing customers to promote your
business for you.
Under this strategy Big Bazaar can promote
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
By- Akshay Amber
35. CONTD…..
• SEND OUT NEWSLETTER: - Sending a news-style leaflet
every couple of months to the customers can really make them feel
as though they are a part of your business.
• COLLECT A DATABASE: - Once you have a database of
customers, there are an infinite number of things you can do with
it. Big Bazaar can start SMS service to promote offers or Big days.
• CORPORATE INVITATION: -
• XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
By- Akshay Amber
36. CONTD….
• LOOK FOR BIG IDEAS WHICH CAN BE REPEATED YEARLY :-
Generally all promotional offers are made on the zonal level but we can create
some new big days or Promotional activities as recommended:-
• “XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
By- Akshay Amber
37. CONTD…..
• VINTAGE POINT :- Big Bazaar should place its hoarding
just in front of their competitors like Vishal, V2, Khetan
super Market and 9 to 9 to attract more customers with
catchy lines like-
• XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
• PROMOTION OF PROFIT CLUB:- Profit club should be
promoted as Premium customer club as this mebership helps
to create a regular and loyal customer base.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
• WEDNESDAY BAZAAR:-Wednesday bazaar is not
attracting customers in Patna otherwise it is successful in
other cities. It can be
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX………………Not Disclosed
By- Akshay Amber
38. OTHER SUGGESTIONS
• Advertisements can be given through the following channels for
attracting the entire range of customers-
• Promotion through Radio – Radio Mirchi
• Promotion through newspaper- Hindustan, Dainik Jagran,
Hindustan times, i-next etc.
• Auto miking during Big days is important for proper advertisement.
• Customer service should be enhanced in order to bring the level of
highly satisfied customers.
• Steps should be taken to ensure that the salespersons are attending
the customers in the right time.
• Proper communication of new promotion should be evident and the
tone of the message would be value and benefit provider.
• Sponshorship of highly regarded causes such as AIDS awareness
compaigns on store levels may give an advantage to the store &
will also give a chance to emotionally attach with the society,.By- Akshay Amber