IT’S	
  NOT	
  TEA…IT’S	
  A	
  PRIDE	
  
Established in 1868 by Jamsetji
Tata
Operations in more than 100
countries
Revenue in 2014-15 : 103.24
billion
The Parent brand: TATA GROUP
TATA CHEMICALS
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
TATA STEEL
TATA MOTORS
TATA POWER TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES
TATA TELESERVICES TATA COMMUNICATION
TATA SUBSIDIARIES
INDIAN TEA INDUSTRY 2014-15
Production: 1200 million kg
Packaged tea market: 9500 crores
Retail value growth rate: 17%
20.7	
  
20	
  
6.7	
  6.1	
  3.6	
  
40.1	
  
Brand shares( in %)
Tata Tea
Brooke Bond
Lipton
Wagh Bakri
Kana Devan
Local players
Source:	
  Euromonitor.com	
  
86	
  Mn	
  
100	
  Mn	
  
	
  117	
  Mn	
  
CATEGORY DATA:
2012-2014
19.4	
  
20.0	
  
20.7	
  
Tata Tea: Brand
share as a % of
retail value
Black Tea: Retail
Sales by value in
INR
Source:	
  Euromonitor.com	
  
Product Place Price Promotion
Ø Each variant’s packaging and product attributes designed keeping in
mind the respective target segment
Ø Eg: Tata Tea Gold: Premium customers- Positioned as most Aromatic
tea with 15% longer leaves
Ø Available as bulk packages and tea bags
Ø Bulk packages SKUs: 100 g, 250 g, 500g, 1 Kg
Ø Tea bags come in bunch of : 40, 80, 100, 250
Product Place Price Promotion
Ø Produced in Assam and Darjeeling and Kannan Devan hills in South
India
Ø Distribution network throughout the country
Ø Tea availability :
South India- Mostly Dust
North India- Tea leaves/ Dust with Tea leaves
Ø Major Consumers: South Indian states, UP, Bihar, Haryana
Source:	
  Euromonitor.com	
  
Product Place Price Promotion
Product Place Price Promotion
Ø Viewed as a value for money brand
Ø Pricing in 3 segments:
Economy : Tata tea Agni/ Kannan devan – INR 224/kg
Upper middle class/ Premium : Tata tea Premium – INR 330/kg
Premium & distinguished taste : Tata tea Gold- INR 400/kg
Source:	
  Bigbasket.com	
  
Product	
  	
   Place	
   Price	
  	
   Promo9on	
  
hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqOzRbcrUIM	
  
The JAAGO RE Campaign
Communication Objective:
Awaken the youth to participate
in the country’s politics
Product Place Price Promotion
Digital Marketing Initiative
Started the website Jaagore.com in
2009
•  Users can register to join
•  It includes discussion forums on
social and political issues
•  Also includes information and
updates on political affairs
Product Place Price Promotion
Communication Objective:
•  49% women voters in India
•  To raise awareness among
women to vote and select an
accountable government
hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUhHTJsZVXw	
  
JAAGO Re- Power of 49
Product Place Price Promotion
Communication Objective: Make the
brand more appealing to the youth
Celebrity Endorsements
Product
Similar packaging, leaves quality and sub branding
techniques
Geographic segmentation not present like Tata Tea
Place
Well established distribution channel like Tata Tea
Price
Priced in the same range 300-400/ kg
Top Competitor- Brooke Bond
Top Competitor- Brooke Bond
Promotion
1.Celebrity endorsements-
Akshay Kumar
2. Advertisements
communicating family get
together with the tagline ‘Swad
apnepan ka’
3. WOM and Digital Media
The ChaiWallah campaign in Dubai
>>Tea stall was put up in a Dubai festival, with the chai Wallah selling
tea in the traditional Indian way. This was seen for the first time outside
India and drew 500 visitors per day. It created WOM and the news went
viral on online media
TataTeaKannanDevan
•  Karnataka, kerela
•  Resourced from
the Kannan devi
hills
•  ‘Heighten your
senses’
•  Characterised by
unique taste
preferred in
karnataka and
kerela
TataTeaChakraGold
•  Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka
•  Hight quality
Assam leaves
•  ‘Gloden colour
Golden taste’
•  Targetting the
south Indian
customers who
consider gold as
pure and
auspicious
TataTeaGemini
•  Andhra pradesh
•  ‘Strong tea for
strong family
relations’
•  Targetting
Andhra
community
known for
giving highest
emphasis on
family relations
GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENTATION
DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATIONTatateagold
•  Aroma coupled
with refreshing
taste for
premium
segment who
have
distinguished
taste
preferences
TatateaChakragold
•  Smart women
from upper
middle class
family aged
25-40 who are
empowered and
is the buyer
TatateaAgni
•  Offering for the
middle class
Families
looking for
economic value
TARGET CONSUMER
Indian middle class and upper middle
class families accounting 300 million
people
Youth, awakening them with the ‘Jaago Re! ‘
campaign
Housewives who are key in decision
making
hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuoDcYERiDk	
  
hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LG9xqKVyMc	
  
POINTS OF PARITY
Ø Quality leaves/dust with good packaging
Ø Good Flavour, aroma and refreshing
Ø Available in different packs/sizes
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
Ø Leverages Tata Brand equity
Ø More diverse portfolio of products targeting different
segments as compared to competitors
Ø Self owned tea plantations
Ø First player in the Indian market
Ø Social awareness campaigns – Jaago Re and power of 49 has
built strong brand image
Tata Tea is the most aromatic tea with
superior quality leaves which is not a mere
wake up drink but a medium of social
awakening in India
POSITIONING STATEMENT
FlavourNo Flavour
Fresh/Energizing
Non Fresh/ Non Energizing
Brooke bond Taj
Mahal
Brooke
bond
Tazaa
Brooke
bond Red
Label
Tata Tea
Agni
Wagh bakri
Tetley
PERCEPTUAL MAP
High Price
Fresh/Energizing	
  
Non Fresh/ Non Energizing
Brooke bond Taj
Mahal
Brooke
bond
Tazaa
Brooke
bond Red
Label
Tata Tea Gold
Wagh bakri
Kanan Devan
Low Price
PERCEPTUAL MAP
Tata Tea
Agni Tata Tea
premium
Brooke bond
premium
Lipton Darjeeling
tea
600/kg450/kg200/kg 300/kg*Not to scale
SUMMARY
4 P’s Helped us contrast Tata Tea’s offerings with its
competitors
The key difference lies in the promotion strategy adopted
TATA is a well established and trusted brand that
Tata tea leverages
Tata tea is established as a strong national brand
with the help of the Jaago Re campaign
Tata Tea has to adopt more
differentiation strategies to achieve a
unique place in the perceptual map
REFERENCES
•  http://www.tataglobalbeverages.com/
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Global_Beverages
•  www.euromonitor.com
•  http://www.tataglobalbeverages.com/docs/documents/tatatea-
sustainability-report-2013-14.pdf?sfvrsn=0
•  http://www.tataglobalbeverages.com/our-investors/annual-reports
Thank you
Submitted by
Manil Punware
Section: B
Pgp30031
IIM Lucknow
Submitted to:
Prof Sameer Mathur
Ph.D Carnegie Mellon
Marketing Professor, IIM
Lucknow

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  • 1.
  • 2.
    Established in 1868by Jamsetji Tata Operations in more than 100 countries Revenue in 2014-15 : 103.24 billion The Parent brand: TATA GROUP
  • 3.
    TATA CHEMICALS TATA CONSULTANCYSERVICES TATA STEEL TATA MOTORS TATA POWER TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES TATA TELESERVICES TATA COMMUNICATION TATA SUBSIDIARIES
  • 4.
    INDIAN TEA INDUSTRY2014-15 Production: 1200 million kg Packaged tea market: 9500 crores Retail value growth rate: 17% 20.7   20   6.7  6.1  3.6   40.1   Brand shares( in %) Tata Tea Brooke Bond Lipton Wagh Bakri Kana Devan Local players Source:  Euromonitor.com  
  • 5.
    86  Mn   100  Mn    117  Mn   CATEGORY DATA: 2012-2014 19.4   20.0   20.7   Tata Tea: Brand share as a % of retail value Black Tea: Retail Sales by value in INR Source:  Euromonitor.com  
  • 6.
    Product Place PricePromotion Ø Each variant’s packaging and product attributes designed keeping in mind the respective target segment Ø Eg: Tata Tea Gold: Premium customers- Positioned as most Aromatic tea with 15% longer leaves Ø Available as bulk packages and tea bags Ø Bulk packages SKUs: 100 g, 250 g, 500g, 1 Kg Ø Tea bags come in bunch of : 40, 80, 100, 250
  • 7.
    Product Place PricePromotion Ø Produced in Assam and Darjeeling and Kannan Devan hills in South India Ø Distribution network throughout the country Ø Tea availability : South India- Mostly Dust North India- Tea leaves/ Dust with Tea leaves Ø Major Consumers: South Indian states, UP, Bihar, Haryana
  • 8.
  • 9.
    Product Place PricePromotion Ø Viewed as a value for money brand Ø Pricing in 3 segments: Economy : Tata tea Agni/ Kannan devan – INR 224/kg Upper middle class/ Premium : Tata tea Premium – INR 330/kg Premium & distinguished taste : Tata tea Gold- INR 400/kg Source:  Bigbasket.com  
  • 10.
    Product    Place   Price     Promo9on   hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqOzRbcrUIM   The JAAGO RE Campaign Communication Objective: Awaken the youth to participate in the country’s politics
  • 11.
    Product Place PricePromotion Digital Marketing Initiative Started the website Jaagore.com in 2009 •  Users can register to join •  It includes discussion forums on social and political issues •  Also includes information and updates on political affairs
  • 12.
    Product Place PricePromotion Communication Objective: •  49% women voters in India •  To raise awareness among women to vote and select an accountable government hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUhHTJsZVXw   JAAGO Re- Power of 49
  • 13.
    Product Place PricePromotion Communication Objective: Make the brand more appealing to the youth Celebrity Endorsements
  • 14.
    Product Similar packaging, leavesquality and sub branding techniques Geographic segmentation not present like Tata Tea Place Well established distribution channel like Tata Tea Price Priced in the same range 300-400/ kg Top Competitor- Brooke Bond
  • 15.
    Top Competitor- BrookeBond Promotion 1.Celebrity endorsements- Akshay Kumar 2. Advertisements communicating family get together with the tagline ‘Swad apnepan ka’ 3. WOM and Digital Media The ChaiWallah campaign in Dubai >>Tea stall was put up in a Dubai festival, with the chai Wallah selling tea in the traditional Indian way. This was seen for the first time outside India and drew 500 visitors per day. It created WOM and the news went viral on online media
  • 16.
    TataTeaKannanDevan •  Karnataka, kerela • Resourced from the Kannan devi hills •  ‘Heighten your senses’ •  Characterised by unique taste preferred in karnataka and kerela TataTeaChakraGold •  Tamil Nadu, Karnataka •  Hight quality Assam leaves •  ‘Gloden colour Golden taste’ •  Targetting the south Indian customers who consider gold as pure and auspicious TataTeaGemini •  Andhra pradesh •  ‘Strong tea for strong family relations’ •  Targetting Andhra community known for giving highest emphasis on family relations GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENTATION
  • 17.
    DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATIONTatateagold •  Aromacoupled with refreshing taste for premium segment who have distinguished taste preferences TatateaChakragold •  Smart women from upper middle class family aged 25-40 who are empowered and is the buyer TatateaAgni •  Offering for the middle class Families looking for economic value
  • 18.
    TARGET CONSUMER Indian middleclass and upper middle class families accounting 300 million people Youth, awakening them with the ‘Jaago Re! ‘ campaign Housewives who are key in decision making hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuoDcYERiDk   hGps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LG9xqKVyMc  
  • 19.
    POINTS OF PARITY Ø Qualityleaves/dust with good packaging Ø Good Flavour, aroma and refreshing Ø Available in different packs/sizes POINTS OF DIFFERENCE Ø Leverages Tata Brand equity Ø More diverse portfolio of products targeting different segments as compared to competitors Ø Self owned tea plantations Ø First player in the Indian market Ø Social awareness campaigns – Jaago Re and power of 49 has built strong brand image
  • 20.
    Tata Tea isthe most aromatic tea with superior quality leaves which is not a mere wake up drink but a medium of social awakening in India POSITIONING STATEMENT
  • 21.
    FlavourNo Flavour Fresh/Energizing Non Fresh/Non Energizing Brooke bond Taj Mahal Brooke bond Tazaa Brooke bond Red Label Tata Tea Agni Wagh bakri Tetley PERCEPTUAL MAP
  • 22.
    High Price Fresh/Energizing   NonFresh/ Non Energizing Brooke bond Taj Mahal Brooke bond Tazaa Brooke bond Red Label Tata Tea Gold Wagh bakri Kanan Devan Low Price PERCEPTUAL MAP Tata Tea Agni Tata Tea premium Brooke bond premium Lipton Darjeeling tea 600/kg450/kg200/kg 300/kg*Not to scale
  • 23.
    SUMMARY 4 P’s Helpedus contrast Tata Tea’s offerings with its competitors The key difference lies in the promotion strategy adopted TATA is a well established and trusted brand that Tata tea leverages Tata tea is established as a strong national brand with the help of the Jaago Re campaign Tata Tea has to adopt more differentiation strategies to achieve a unique place in the perceptual map
  • 24.
    REFERENCES •  http://www.tataglobalbeverages.com/ •  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Global_Beverages • www.euromonitor.com •  http://www.tataglobalbeverages.com/docs/documents/tatatea- sustainability-report-2013-14.pdf?sfvrsn=0 •  http://www.tataglobalbeverages.com/our-investors/annual-reports
  • 25.
    Thank you Submitted by ManilPunware Section: B Pgp30031 IIM Lucknow Submitted to: Prof Sameer Mathur Ph.D Carnegie Mellon Marketing Professor, IIM Lucknow