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Rural markets – a critical review
Rural markets – a critical review
By
Miss P. PIRAKATHEESWARI, a professor of Commerce
Sri Sarada College for Women (Autonomous), Salem – 16.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke of his vision of rural India: "My vision of rural India is a modern agrarian, industrial and services economy co-exist side by side, where people can live in well-equipped villages and make readily at work or at the farm or the nonfarm economy. There are many things that modern science and technology can do to make this vision a reality. Rural incomes must be increased. Rural infrastructure must be improved. health education and rural development must be achieved. Opportunities Jobs must be created in rural areas. "
Go Rural "is the motto of the marketing gurus after analyzed the socio-economic changes in villages. The rural population is nearly three times the city so that rural consumers have become the main market target for consumer durables and nondurable food, construction, electrical, electronics, automotive, banks, insurance companies, and other sectors, more than one hundred per cent of agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and agricultural machinery. The market is in rural India currently only about Rs 8 billion of the total advertising pie of Rs 120 billion, thus claiming 6.6 percent of the total quota. It is clear, it seems a long way to go. While many spoke of the tremendous potential of unexplored rural market, advertisers and companies find it easier to compete for a piece of the city already divided.
The success of a brand Indian rural market is as unpredictable as rain. It has always been difficult to assess the rural market. Many brands, which should have been successful, have failed miserably. Often people attribute success to luck of the rural market. Therefore, merchants must understand the social dynamics and changes in attitudes each village to national level if it follows a glance model on the challenges and opportunities of rural markets for vendors, we can say that the future is very promising for those who can understand the dynamics of rural markets and exploit them to their advantage. A radical change in the attitude of sellers dynamic markets and growing rural calls, so you can impress with success on the 230 million rural consumers spread over approximately six hundred thousand villages in rural India.
This rural markets that buy?
Rural India buys small packages, as they are perceived as value for money. There is stiffness of the mark, when a consumer buys a brand out of habit and not really by choice. Brands rarely fight for market share, just need to be visible to the right place. Even the high price brands, such as a foreground, cookies and shampoo Mary Hospital are doing well because of the depth distribution, many brands are doing well, without much advertising support – Ghadi, a brand of detergent in northern India, is an example.
Why the rural market?
Market Rural India has a strong demand base offers great opportunities for advertisers. Two thirds of Indian consumers live in rural areas and nearly half National income generated here. The reasons for leaving in rural areas are very clear. The urban consumer durable market for products such as televisions color, washing machines, refrigerators and air conditioners more and more each year between 7 percent and 10 percent.
The rural market is zooming prior to about 25 percent. "The rural market is growing faster than urban India now," said Venugopal Dhoot, chairman of R-989 crore (Rs billion) Videocon Appliances. "The urban market is a market for replacement and grading until today," said director of Samsung, marketing, Ravinder Zutshi.
Reasons for business development in rural areas
- The changes socio-economic factors (lifestyle, habits and tastes, economic location)
- literacy (25% before independence – More than 65% in 2001)
- Infrastructure (roads, electricity, media)
- Increase Revenue
- Increased expectations
MART, marketing and expert advice Rural Rural Development showed that 53 percent of sales of consumer goods in rural areas, that 59 per cent of sales of consumer durables Pradeep Kashyap said at the seminar leader. Connection two million BSNL mobile, 50 percent went to small towns and villages, 20 million subscriptions rediffmail, 60 percent came from small towns, so do half the transactions in the Rediff shopping site.
Special Features rural market
Contrary to urban markets, rural markets are difficult to predict and have special characteristics. The population is mostly illiterate foreground, have low incomes, which is characterized by irregular income, lack of income and monthly fluctuations in revenue flows with the monsoon winds.
Rural markets are facing critical problems of distribution, consumer understanding of the communication infrastructure and rural poor. The seller must strengthen distribution and pricing strategies. Consumers expect Rural and value for money that should have been unstable and low weekly income, higher income families and improve the distribution are viable strategies must be adapted to exploit the huge potential market.
reach the media is a compelling reason for penetration of products like cosmetics, mobile phones, which are only used by the urban population. Increased awareness and knowledge different products and brands to accelerate demand. The public in rural areas most critical to the glamorous television ads, and depend opinion leaders to introduce the product through use and recommend.
Opinion leaders play a key role in popularizing products and influence on the rural markets. Today, the educated youth of the rural population also affects the rural consumers. Rural consumers are influenced by the lifestyle they see on television. Its less exposure to the outside world and makes them innocent fascinated news. Scope means of mass television, especially television has influenced the buying behavior largely
Branding India Rural
Rural markets are delicately powerful. some adjustments are necessary to meet the rural masses, have hope and changes for the four parameters product price, promotion and distribution.
Much has been said about the adaptation of product and its price in terms of packaging, flavors, and envelopes, etc, prices according to the economic situation in rural India and Rs.5 size packets and packets of Re.1 which are perceived as value for money. This is a typical entry strategy promises to transform the first time customers repeat customers.
Promotion strategies and distribution strategies are important paramount. Ad makers have learned to exploit the benefits of improved infrastructure and means of destruction. TV commercials Broadcast to attract the rural masses, and we are confident of reaching the target audience, like most of rural India was and is glued to the TV!
The distribution of small parcels and medium enterprises Thro rough roads over long distances in deep pockets of rural India and learn to trust stockiest mobility is a Herculean task. To give confidence to the announcements of support. sales force is being trained to win the confidence of opinion leaders. Opinion leaders play an important role in popularizing the brand. Sometimes, the role of barriers to entry new products.
The method of promotion should be tailored to market expectations. The techniques that have proven successful campaigns Van edutainment films, production of advertising by word of mouth through opinion leaders, colorful paintings on the wall. The broad Television showed the other Westernization prudent conservative audience. TV in Tamil Nadu Panchayat is the message that is well received and contribute to Community.
Dynamics of rural markets differ from other types of markets, marketing strategies and other rural areas are also significantly different from that of marketing strategies aimed at urban consumers or industrial. That the region as well as several other issues were the subject of intense discussions and debates in countries like India and China and the approach of international symposia organized in these countries.
Rural markets and marketing in rural areas involve a number of strategies, including:
* Customer and promoting site-specific
* Joint or cooperative promotion
* Group of input
* Association for Sustainable Development
Customer and Location specific promotion involves a strategy designed to be adapted to the location and the client. Policy or strategy involves the promotion cooperative participation between marketers and customers. Grouping entries designate "a marketing strategy many items that are sold to client stations, including credit terms, after sales service, and so on. The media, both traditional and modern media, is used as a marketing strategy to attract customers in rural areas. Partnership for sustainability on the involved and create a basis for Stable relations current and long term.
innovative media can be used to reach rural customers. Radio and television are the traditional media are effectively reaching rural audiences. But carts cart horse, by oxen and writing on the wall are other media that can carry the message effectively to rural clients.
Rural marketing is a concept development, and as part of an economy's potential untapped, sellers have recently made the occasion. Improving the infrastructure and to the extent the promise of a future best for those who want to go rural. Rural consumers are very interested in branded products today, and therefore the size of market products and services seems to have prospered. The rural population has shown a tendency to enter a state of progressive development in terms of exposure, habits, lifestyles and, finally, the consumption patterns of goods and services. There are dangers to focus more on rural customers. Reduction characteristics of the product for the price decline is a very dangerous game.
References:
1. Rural Marketing, Ravindranath V. Badi and Naranyansa V. Badi, Himalaya Publishing House, 2004
2. The Hindu – sector Activity
3. www.deccanherald.com
4. www.indiantelevision.com
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