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Monika M.S.
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Madurai-625015
APRIL 2016
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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LIST OF FIGURES
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TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
TOPIC
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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LIST OF FIGURES
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Scope of the study
1.3 Objective of the Study
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 Review of literature
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Source of Data
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5.2 Recommendations
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5.3 Limitations
CONCLUSION
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APPENDIX
i. Questionnaire
ii. References
iii. Bibliography
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Today human begins work with the time. The various activities to be
performed on generally prescribed on the basis of time factor. Thus time is
considered to be a fresher factor in every walk of life. Now-a-days we find no person
without a wrist watch and a home without a clock. Thus the watches have become
almost a necessity for human begins; to whichever economic class they belong.
In the 18th and 19th century watch industry has flourished in western world
only, specifically Switzerland but the second half of the 20th century has seen India
emerging an important manufacturer of watches. Titan Industries a TATA group
company as created history in the Indian watch industry by manufacturing and
marketing different brands of watches not only in Indian market but also in the
international market. This project work titled A STUDY ON BRAND PREFERENCE
OF TITAN WATCHES is an effort to study the market response to Titan brand of
watches.
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2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 Review of Literature
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reforms
of
1991,
Indias
economy
has
witnessed
One of the most vibrant markets in Western India, it stands out as extremely
attractive for any goods and services provider.
Prof. Rajesh Kumar Sharma[3]
Finding
Strength of a nation is now measured based on the level of technology it
possesses and with the "technovation" (technology and innovation) is the key for
growth of the organization. It is the single most important factor that drives
organization. Organizations are likely to sustain that are able to identify consumer
preferences, predict market trends, innovate new products and produce world class
product and services. In this scenario, there is a need to clearly identify new
technology, modern manufacturing processes, ensure quality in production and
improve skills of the employees so that they are able to adapt to new environment.
By doing so organizations are expected to improve upon their knowledge
management function. It is therefore essential to understand new technology
paradigm and dovetail skilled human resource in the process to achieve human
factor engineering to enable quality product and services are rendered to the society.
It is in the light of the above; HR functions are required to be seen to meet the impact
of technology. The article examines the current trend in new technology and
development of human skills in its light.
Aner Tal, PhD; Scott Zuckerman, MD and Brian Wansink, PhD[4]
Finding
Television (TV) has generally been blamed for helping make Americans
overweight owing to both its distracting influence and its encouragement of a
sedentary lifestyle.
illustrated that the frequency of TV viewing during dinner was 1 of the 2 largest
correlates of adult and child body mass index.
However, the focus to date has been on the medium and not the message. Granted,
TV may lead distracted viewers to mindlessly eat past the point at which a person
would usually stop. In this, it is not unlike other distracting activities that increase
food intake, such as reading, listening to the radio, and interacting with dining
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companions. However, little is known about whether the content, valence, or pace of
content influences how much a viewer eats while watching TV. For instance, how do
objective technical characteristics, such as the frequency of visual camera cuts or
the variation in sound, influence how much food is eaten?
Alex Migicovsky, Zakir Durumeric, Jeff Ringenberg, and J. Alex Halderman [5]
Finding
Many companies have recently started to offer wearable computing devices
including glasses, bracelets, and watches. While this technology enables exciting
new applications, it also poses new security and privacy concerns. In this work, we
explore these implications and analyze the impact of one of the first networked
wearable devicessmartwatches on an academic environment. As a proof of
concept, we develop an application for the Pebble smartwatch called ConTest that
would allow dishonest students to inconspicuously collaborate on multiple-choice
exams in real time, using a cloud-based service, a smartphone, and a client
application on a smartwatch. We discuss the broader implications of this technology,
suggest hardware and software approaches that can be used to prevent such
attacks, and pose questions for future research.
Sandeep Bhanot[6]
Findings
The concept of luxury has been present in various forms since the beginning
of civilization. Its role was just as important in ancient western and eastern empires
as it is in modern societies. With the clear differences between social classes in
earlier civilizations, the consumption of luxury was limited to the elite classes. It also
meant the definition of luxury was fairly clear. Whatever the poor cannot have and
the elite can was identified as luxury. The purpose of the study is to understand the
growth of the luxury market in India and abroad, to study the profile of Indian luxury
customers, to study the luxury industry with respect to luxury watches and suits and
to study the purchase behaviour of luxury customers with respect to luxury watches
and suits and what motivates them to buy these products. A secondary study is done
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about the luxury market globally and in India, the profile of luxury customers in India
and the luxury industry with respect to watches and apparel and accessories. Then a
primary study has been done by taking 50 respondents for luxury suits and for luxury
watches from different areas in Mumbai to find out about their purchase behaviour.
Thales S. Teixeira[7]
Findings
Attention is a necessary ingredient for effective advertising. The market for
consumer attention (or eyeballs) has become so competitive that attention can be
regarded as a currency. The rising cost of this ingredient in the marketplace is
causing marketers to waste money on costly attention sources or reduce their
investment in promoting their brands. Instead, they should be thinking about how to
buy cheaper attention and how to use it more effectively. Research in the emerging
field of the Economics of Attention shows how this can be achieved. Here, I argue
that, irrespective of the means to attain it, attention always comes at a price. I also
show that the cost of attention has increased dramatically (seven to ninefold) in the
last two decades. To counteract this trend I propose novel approaches to lower its
cost or use attention more efficiently by adopting multitaskertailored ads, Lean
Advertising, and Viral Ad Symbiosis. To guide the choice of which approach to take, I
propose the Attention contingent Advertising Strategy, a framework to match the
most effective approach to the quality of attention contingently available. As the
value of attention rises, marketers need to become better managers of attention.
This paper is intended to help them in this regard.
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
primary
data
collection
by
is that researchers are collecting information for the specific purposes of their study.
In essence, the questions the researchers ask are tailored to elicit the data that will
help them with their study. Researchers collect the data themselves, using surveys,
interviews and direct observations.
Secondary data is a data previously collected for any purpose other than the one at
hand. Secondary data originating within the company includes documents such as
annual reports, reports to shareholders, product testing results perhaps made
available to the news media and house periodicals composed by the companys
personnel for communication to employees, customers or others.
Innumerable outside sources of secondary information also exist in the forms
of government departments and agencies that compile and publish summaries of
business data. Trade and industry associations also publish secondary data. Still
more data are available in business periodicals and other news media that regularly
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publish studies and articles on the economy, specific industries and even individual
companies.
Secondary data saves time and money if they help solve he researchers
problem. Even if the problem is not solved, secondary data have other advantages.
They can aid in formulating the problem statement and suggest research methods
and other types of data needed for solving the problem. In addition, secondary data
can pinpoint the kinds of people to approach and their locations and serve as a basis
of comparison for other data.
Questionnaire
A questionnaire is
a research instrument
consisting
of
series
of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from
respondents. It serves four basic purposes: to (1) collect the appropriate data, (2)
make data comparable and amenable to analysis, (3) minimize bias in formulating
and asking question, and (4) to make questions engaging and varied.
Questionnaires have advantages over some other types of surveys in that they are
cheap, do not require as much effort from the questioner as verbal or telephone
surveys, and often have standardized answers that make it simple to compile data.
However, such standardized answers may frustrate users. Questionnaires are also
sharply limited by the fact that respondents must be able to read the questions and
respond to them. Thus, for some demographic groups conducting a survey by
questionnaire may not be concrete.
The responses of the questionnaire are collected through google form.
and/or selected
from
a statistical
population by a
defined
procedure. The elements of a sample are known as sample points, sampling units or
observations.
Typically,
the
population
is
very
large,
making
a census or
statistics
are
calculated
from
the
samples
so
that
one
can
make inferences or extrapolations from the sample to the population. The data
sample may be drawn from a population without replacement, in which case it is
a subset of a population; or with replacement, in which case it is a multisubset.
Sample size
Sample size determination is the act of choosing the number of observations
or replicates to include in a statistical sample. The sample size is an important
feature of any empirical study in which the goal is to make inferences about
a population from a sample. In practice, the sample size used in a study is
determined based on the expense of data collection, and the need to have
sufficient statistical power. In complicated studies there may be several different
sample sizes involved in the study: for example, in astratified survey there would be
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different sample sizes for each stratum. In a census, data are collected on the entire
population; hence the sample size is equal to the population size. In experimental
design, where a study may be divided into different treatment groups, there may be
different sample sizes for each group.
Total
YES
female
24
29
male
10
21
38
15
45
67
10
Fig 4.2: figure showing result of crosstab analysis between gender and preference of
TITAN
In this analysis there are 3 types of customers male, female and people dont wear
watches. The analysis says that maximum female customers are preferring TITAN
watches.
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2. Cross tabulation between number of customers shifting the brand and reason
for brand shifting from TITAN.
Are_you_willing_to_change_the_brand_from_TITAN *
Reason_why_you_dont_prefer_TITANChanging_from_TITAN_ Crosstabulation
Count
Reason_why_you_dont_prefer_TITANChanging_fro
Total
m_TITAN_
Attractive
Less collection
Price
Are_you_willing_to_change
_the_brand_from_TITAN
Yes
Total
Fig 4.3: figure showing the analysis why customer shifting from TITAN.
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From the analysis it is clear that most people change the brand from TITAN because
of its price.
3. Using the regression analysis the relation between the monthly income and
reason for preferring TITAN watches are studied.
Variables Entered/Removeda
Model
Variables
Variables
Entered
Removed
Monthly_income
Method
. Enter
a. Dependent Variable:
Why_do_you_prefer_TITAN_brand
b. All requested variables entered.
ANOVAa
Model
Sum of Squares
Regression
df
Mean Square
.332
.332
Residual
40.912
43
.951
Total
41.244
44
Sig.
.558b
.349
Coefficientsa
Model
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized
Sig.
Coefficients
B
1
Std. Error
(Constant)
3.585
.522
Monthly_income
-.068
.114
Beta
-.090
6.869
.000
-.591
.558
Fig 4.4: figure shows the relation between monthly income and the brand preference
of TITAN
From the analysis it is clear that there is no significant relation between monthly
income and the brand preference of TITAN.
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4. Frequency analysis for after sales service and also on what occasion a
customer buy TITAN are analysed and the result for the analysis are as below.
How_would_you_rate_after_sales_service
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Above average
Valid
Missing
11.9
17.8
17.8
Average
10
14.9
22.2
40.0
Excellent
1.5
2.2
42.2
Good
25
37.3
55.6
97.8
Poor
1.5
2.2
100.0
Total
45
67.2
100.0
System
22
32.8
67
100.0
Total
Fig 4.5: figure showing result of frequency analysis of after service rating
Most of the customer who prefer wearing TITAN watches say after sales service was
good for TITAN.
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On_occasion_do_you_intend_to_buy_a_titan_brand
Frequency
Percent
Valid Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Missing
Total
Birthday gift
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19.4
28.9
28.9
casual buying
26
38.8
57.8
86.7
Parting gift
4.5
6.7
93.3
wedding anniversary
4.5
6.7
100.0
Total
45
67.2
100.0
System
22
32.8
67
100.0
Fig 4.6: figure showing result of frequency analysis of occasion on which TITAN
Watches are bought
Most of the customer purchased TITAN watches for casual wear.
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5.2 Recommendations
The survey of consumers has revealed the like and dislikes and taste
regarding wrist watches and
satisfaction level in relation to Titan industries Ltd. The consumers have forwarded
the following suggestions for the consideration of the company and dealers.
1. The respondents feel that the price of Titan watches is too high. They anticipate a
reduction in the price, which can be affordable to all common class of people.
2. The service for the new watches should be improved.
3. One service mechanic must be provided by the company at every showroom to
ensure consumers good service and advice.
4. Some respondents feel that the price of spares of Titan watches is high and
suggest for a reduction in prices.
5. Some more attractive festival offers and gifts should be given on purchases.
6. All varieties of watches should be made available in show room, which cater to the
taste of different income group customers.
7. Quality of the leather straps (belt) of watches should be improved.
8. Advertisements in local media should be increased. This may cover rural areas
also.
9. Guarantees should be given for costly interior parts of watch.
10. Some respondents suggested that Titan industries Ltd., should manufacture
separate kids and sports watches.
11. The dealer has to improve after sales service to satisfy the customers.
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5.3 Limitations
Usually the market is indifferent to providing information
about their personal likes & dislikes.
The customers are busy throughout the day. So they have
to be approached tactfully so as to get the required
information.
They have to be convinced about the secrecy
information and then the primary data is collected.
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6. CONCLUSION
6.1 Conclusion
The Titan brand of watches coming from the Titan industries is known for
quality and performance in the domestic and international markets. The consumer of
Titan brand watches are highly satisfied customers having pride in owning and
wearing the most sophisticated, highly reliable and superior performance watch.
Titan brand watches are in great demand not only in India but also abroad. It is
owing to a fact that they come from a Tata group company. The turnover of titan
brand of watches has shown uptrend from year to year. Titan watches enjoy a
lions share in the domestic watch market. Though, there, is increasing demand for
all varieties of Titan a watch, a few suggestions given by the respondents is to be
considered by Titan industries. The company has to put its efforts in improving
quality of its watches, introduce new varieties with changing out look to appeal and
attract potential customers for its products. Again the company can also consider for
a reduction in the prices which may make it market leader in the years to come.
Finally it can be said that the performance of Titan watches is not only amazing but
also highly satisfactory. The company can achieve further success by improvement
the suggestions of the consumers.
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APPENDIX
QUESTIONNIARE
1. Gender
male
female
2. Age
< 20Years
21-30 years
30-40years
40+
3. Occupation
Student
Businessmen/Professional
Govt employee
Other:
4. Monthly income
below 15000
15000-20000
20000-30000
30000 above
NIL
5. How often you wear wrist watches?
Regular
Occasion
YES
NO
Titan
Fastrack
Raga
Nebula
Others
2. Since how many years you have been using TITAN?*Required
< 1 year
1-3Years
2-5 Years
5 Years above
3. Why do you prefer TITAN brand*Required
Attractive
Reasonable price
Brand image
Good quality
4. How would you rate the design of TITAN *Required
Poor
Average
Above average
Good
Excellent
5. How would you rate after sales service*Required
Poor
Average
Above average
Good
Excellent
Sports
chain
Bracelet
others
7. What type of strap do you prefer*Required
Leather
Metal
8. On occasion do you intend to buy a titan brand*Required
Parting gift
Birthday gift
casual buying
wedding anniversary
9. Are you willing to change the brand from TITAN*Required
Yes
No
Attractive
Less collection
Price
Quality
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What You EatAction-Related Television Content Increases Food Intake
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Outsmarting Proctors with Smartwatches: A Case Study on Wearable
Computing Security.
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Care, and What You Can Do about It.
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