PROJECT REPORT

ON

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CONSUMER PREFERENCE OF HUL OVER ITC BATHING SOAPS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor in Business Administration (Banking & Insurance) 2009-2012

Under the Guidance of: Mrs. Anju Bharti Asstt.profr.

Submitted By: R.Nivetha Devi Enrollment No.:- 04414701809

Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Management Studies Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi PSP Area, Plot No.1, Sector 22, Rohini, Delhi 110086

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to convey my heartfelt thanks to Director Dr.N.K.Kakkar and my project guide Mrs.Anju Bharti Faculty maims, who always gave valuable suggestion and guidance for completion of project. She helped me to understand and remember important details of the project. My project has been completed because of her guidance.

Name of the Student - R.Nivetha Devi Enrollment No - 04414701809 Batch BBA (B&I) 2009-2012

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This project report is based upon The comparative study on consumer preference of HUL over ITC bathing soaps.

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company, touching the lives of two out of three Indians with over 20 distinct categories in Home & Personal Care Products and Foods & Beverages. HUL is a subsidiary of Unilever, one of the worlds leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe with annual sales of 40.5 billion in 2008. Unilever has about 52% shareholding in HUL.

ITC is one of India's foremost private sector companies with a market capitalization of over US $ 33 billion and a turnover of US $ 7 billion. ITC is rated among the World's Best Big Companies, Asia's 'Fab 50' and the World's Most Reputable Companies by Forbes magazine, among India's Most Respected Companies by Business World and among India's Most Valuable Companies by Business Today. ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Information Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal Care, Stationery, Safety Matches and other FMCG products.

The objective of research is to study which is most preferred bathing soap the HUL or the ITC products, to study in detail the consumer preferences determines the choice at the time of purchasing such as quality, price etc, to analyse the impact of media on the popularity of the soap brand, the level of satisfaction the consumer draws from their choice of soap brands. For achievement of above objective researcher used Primary data- collected by questionnaire i.e close handed type & Secondary data - collected through internet, books & newspaper.

By analysing the data we found that HUL product of lux is highly demanded.

TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION

About the Organization / Company Profile....................................

Page no.

2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Research Objectives of the study.. 2. Research Methodology of the study....................... Research Design....................................... Population... Sample size........ Sampling technique

3. Data Collection ............................................................. Method of data collection.............. Instrument for data collection............

3. FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS.. 4. CONCLUSIONS.. 5. SUGGESTIONS.......................................................................... 6. LIMITATIONS ................................. BIBLIOGRAPHY ANNEXURE

CHAPTER - 1 ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE

INTRODUCTION TO HUL
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company, touching the lives of two out of three Indians with over 20 distinct categories in Home & Personal Care Products and Foods & Beverages. The companys Turnover is Rs. 20, 239 crores (for the 15 month period January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009). HUL is a subsidiary of Unilever, one of the worlds leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe with annual sales of 40.5 billion in 2008. Unilever has about 52% shareholding in HUL. Hindustan Unilever was recently rated among the top four companies globally in the list of Global Top Companies for Leaders by a study sponsored by Hewitt Associates, in partnership with Fortune magazine and the RBL Group. The company was ranked number one in the AsiaPacific region and in India. The mission that inspires HUL's more than 15,000 employees, including over 1,400 managers, is to add vitality to life". The company meets every day needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care, with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. It is a mission HUL shares with its parent company, Unilever, which holds about 52 % of the equity.

Heritage
HULs heritage dates back to 1888, when the first Unilever product, Sunlight, was introduced in India. Local manufacturing began in the 1930s with the establishment of subsidiary companies. They merged in 1956 to form Hindustan Lever Limited (The company was renamed Hindustan Unilever Limited on June 25, 2007). The company created history when it offered equity to Indian shareholders, becoming the first foreign subsidiary company to do so. Today, the company has more than three lakh resident shareholders. HULs brands -- like Lifebuoy, Lux, Surf Excel, Rin, Wheel, Fair & Lovely, Sunsilk, Clinic, Close-up, Pepsodent, Lakme, Brooke Bond, Kissan, Knorr, Annapurna, Kwality-Walls - are

household names across the country and span many categories - soaps, detergents, personal products, tea, coffee, branded staples, ice cream and culinary products. They are manufactured in over 35 factories, several of them in backward areas of the country. The operations involve over 2,000 suppliers and associates.HUL's distribution network covers 6.3 million retail outlets including direct reach to over 1 million. HUL has traditionally been a company, which incorporates latest technology in all its operations. The Hindustan Lever Research Centre (now Hindustan Unilever Research Centre) was set up in 1958.

Doing Well By Doing Good

HUL believes that an organizations worth is also in the service it renders to the community. HUL focuses on hygiene, nutrition, enhancement of livelihoods, reduction of greenhouse gases and water footprint. It is also involved in education and rehabilitation of special or underprivileged children, care for the destitute and HIV-positive, and rural development. HUL has also responded in case of national calamities / adversities and contributes through various welfare measures, most recent being the relief and rehabilitation of the people affected by the Tsunami disaster, in India. HULs Project Shakti is a rural initiative that targets small villages populated by less than 5000 individuals. Through Shakti, HUL is creating micro-enterprise opportunities for rural women, thereby improving their livelihood and the standard of living in rural communities. Shakti also provides health and hygiene education through the Shakti Vani programme.The program now covers 15 states in India and has over 45,000 women entrepreneurs in its fold, reaching out to 100,000 villages and directly reaching to over three million rural consumers. HUL also runs a rural health programme, Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetana. The programme endeavours to induce adoption of hygienic practices among rural Indians and aims to bring down the incidence of diarrhoea. It has already touched 120 million people in approximately 50, 676 villages across India. If Hindustan Unilever straddles the Indian corporate world, it is because of being single-minded in identifying itself with Indian aspirations and needs in every walk of life.

INTRODUCTION TO ITC
ITC is one of India's foremost private sector companies with a market capitalization of over US $ 33 billion and a turnover of US $ 7 billion. ITC is rated among the World's Best Big Companies, Asia's 'Fab 50' and the World's Most Reputable Companies by Forbes magazine, among India's Most Respected Companies by Business World and among India's Most Valuable Companies by Business Today. ITC ranks among India's `10 Most Valuable (Company) Brands', in a study conducted by Brand Finance and published by the Economic Times. ITC also ranks among Asia's 50 best performing companies compiled by Business Week. ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Information Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal Care, Stationery, Safety Matches and other FMCG products. While ITC is an outstanding market leader in its traditional businesses of Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards, Packaging and Agri-Exports, it is rapidly gaining market share even in its nascent businesses of Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Branded Apparel, Personal Care and Stationery. As one of India's most valuable and respected corporations, ITC is widely perceived to be dedicatedly nation-oriented. Chairman Y C Deveshwar calls this source of inspiration "a commitment beyond the market". In his own words: "ITC believes that its aspiration to create enduring value for the nation provides the motive force to sustain growing shareholder value. ITC practices this philosophy by not only driving each of its businesses towards international competitiveness but by also consciously contributing to enhancing the competitiveness of the larger value chain of which it is a part."

Life in the Day of ITC

More than 26,000 employees, spread across a plethora of businesses. Each day at ITC, a diverse, dynamic and committed pool of talent, toils ceaselessly to take the organization further ahead. This is the ITC motto. To nurture leaders, to harness potential and to constantly strive to overcome even bigger challenges. And to achieve our goals, we have a brilliant team of employees and associates, working on so many levels at several vastly different areas of expertise

Multiplicity. Diversity. The pursuit of excellence.

Core Values
ITC's Core Values are aimed at developing a customer-focused, high-performance organization which creates value for all its stakeholders: Trusteeship: - As professional managers, we are conscious that ITC has been given to us in "trust" by all our stakeholders. We will actualize stakeholder value and interest on a long term sustainable basis. Customer Focus: - We are always customer focused and will deliver what the customer needs in terms of value, quality and satisfaction. Respect for People:-We are result oriented, setting high performance standards for ourselves as individuals and teams. We will simultaneously respect and value people and uphold humanness and human dignity. We acknowledge that every individual brings different perspectives and capabilities to the team and that a strong team is founded on a variety of perspectives. We want individuals to dream, value differences, create and experiment in pursuit of opportunities and achieve leadership through teamwork. Excellence: - We do what is right, do it well and win. We will strive for excellence in whatever we do. Innovation: - We will constantly pursue newer and better processes, products, services and management practices. Nation Orientation:- We are aware of our responsibility to generate economic value for the Nation. In pursuit of our goals, we will make no compromise in complying with applicable laws and regulations at all levels.

CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION
Comparative study on HUL and ITC bathing Soap
i.e. LUX, PEARS, LIFEBUOY, HAMAM, ESSENZA DI WILLS, FIAMA DI WILLS, VIVEL, SUPERIA

INTRODUCTION
LUX

Lux stands for the promise of beauty and glamour as one of India's most trusted personal care brands. Lux has always believed in taking up ground-breaking endeavors and has always enjoyed venturing with various brand associations, be it a Coffee Table Book or A Lux Couture Show at the Lakme Fashion Week or coming up with a Chocolate seduction soap. The new Lux Strawberry & Cream and Lux Peach and Cream have a stronger fragrance, creamier lather and moisturizing beauty oils which makes your skin soft and smooth Skin noticeably softer and perfumed like The latest addition in the Lux kitty is the all new Lux Festive Glow with Honey for naturally radiant and admired skin, with milk cream, ubtan extracts & honey. Not to forget Lux International which has Swiss Moisturizers in it!

PEARS

Pears launched in India in 1902, exuberates a long heritage of purity. It is so pure that you can actually see through it! Pears launched in India in 1902, exuberates a long heritage of purity and has a pristine quality. With the goodness of glycerine & natural oils, Pears is gentle enough, even for a babys skin and hence recommended by doctors and pediatricians worldwide. It is so pure that you can actually see through it! Pears is available in three variants - the traditional Pure & Gentle variant, a green variant for oil control and a blue variant for germ protection.

LIFEBUOY

Lifebuoy, an undisputed market leader for 112 years, has a compelling vision to make 5 billion people across the world, feel safe and secure by meeting their personal care hygiene & health needs Lifebuoy has journeyed from humble beginnings of being a chunky red bar of soap to an evolved range of general and specialized products across formats, offering solutions in the health and hygiene space. Lifebouy has a strong social mission, promoted through its rural hygiene programme, Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetna, which propogates the practice of hand washing with soap to reduce diarrheal deaths.

HAMAM

Hamam brings alive the wisdom behind time-less skincare rituals in convenient and contemporary formats Launched in 1931 as a mild, family soap, Hamam soon drew a large natural following long before it was trendy or fashionable. Perhaps the only Indian-made natural soap at the time, Hamam was embraced by mothers and doctors alike, or its purity safety on skin.

Only Hamam brings alive ancient time-tested skincare rituals that have been perfected over generations in convenient and contemporary formats. The three variants of Hamam-Sampoorna Snaan, Hamam Scrub Bath and Abhyanga Snaan embody traditional skincare practices.

Hamam can best leverage this due to its heritage and natural ingredient legitimacy to claim purification of the body and spirit.

ESSENZA DI WILLS

Essenza Di Wills is an exclusive range of fine fragrances and bath & body care products for women and men. Inizio, the signature range from Essenza Di Wills, provides a comprehensive grooming regimen with distinct lines for women (Inizio Femme) and men (Inizio Homme). The rich and sensual international fragrances of Essenza Di Wills are all-day offerings created by leading French fragrance houses. The range includes a host of bath & body care products that share the same olfactory signature to offer a harmonised fragrance experience.

FIAMA DI WILLS

The Fiama Di Wills range combines the goodness of nature and science, providing gentle and effective care.

The Fiama Di Wills product portfolio has been developed by scientists at the ITC R&D Centre, leveraging the expertise of International product formulation specialists. The fragrances, aesthetics and packaging have been developed in collaboration with European specialists.

Fiama Di Wills products are targeted at the young, modern, aware customers who are confident of themselves and seek indulgences that make them feel alive and beautiful.

Fiama Di Wills Skinsense bathing Bar is enriched with plant derived extracts and 6 Pro formula that ensures skin loses minimum proteins making it soft, supple, radiant, moisturized, even toned and smooth.

VIVEL

This high quality range of are for the upper-mid and mid-market consumer segments.

All products offer a unique value proposition of bringing together ingredients that provide the benefit of Nourishment, Protection and Moisturisation through one product.

It providing the ever discerning consumer complete care, which makes her beautiful and confident.

SUPERIA

The products under the Superia brand are made from scientifically developed formulations enriched with natural ingredients that have traditionally been known to be good for the skin. The range offers consumers access to some of the best-in-class products in vibrant attractive packaging.

Key facts
LUX The brand name Lux has been derived from Luxury Lux stands amongst Indias top 10 most trusted brands. Since Leela Chitnis in 1929, Bollywood beauties throughout ages have appeared in Lux commercials. Till date nearly 50 Bollywood heroines have featured in Lux ads. The first bar of Lux was made in India and sold for a princely sum of two annas in 1934 Recent Awards: Lux PR campaign(India): Diva Temptation awarded Gold at AME Awards , Hong Kong, 09, Readers Digest Trusted Brand 08, Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands 08, Awards CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards 07, 4Ps Power Brand Awards 07

PEARS The story of this popular soap was first created in 1789 by a young man called Andrew Pears. This is from whom it derived its name! The most famous Pears 'face' is 'Bubbles', from an original painting by Sir John Everett Millais in 1866. The painting later came to be the very first advertising on the brand!

LIFEBUOY Undisputed Leader in the soaps market of India, with 18.4% share. Turnover of 350 million a year globally, 200 million in India. Has a consumer base of 140 Million households in India The iconic jingle of Lifebuoy tandrusti ki raksha.. is almost like the health anthem of India and Indians Recent Awards:Voted in the top 10 most trusted brands in India in the Brand Equity Survey (came in at No. 9 in 2008 as well)Marketing excellence awards for its recent innovations and activations:

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Gold at the Emvies 2008 for best use of media innovation ASIA Pacific CSR Award 2007, for Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetna

HAMAM Only 400 crore Herbal soap brand in the personal care segment 21.36% market share in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

ESSENZA DI WILLS Essenza Di Wills (EDW) is positioned in the top end of the premium personal care segment. Retailed exclusively at the Wills Lifestyle stores, this brand personifies a fine balance between Classical and Contemporary. EDW is a classic example of building a premium brand. The promotion was low profile and aimed at projecting the brand as an international one. The company has chosen Diana Hayden as the brand ambassador. This brand is clearly aimed at the super rich.

FIAMA DI WILLS Fiama Di Wills range of transparent gel bathing bars was launched in New Delhi by the brand Ambassador, Deepika Padukone. Uniquely crafted, these Gel Bathing Bars provide a novel proposition with a unique dew drop shape, transparent look, rich creamy lather, and a great long-lasting fragrance. These bathing bars are dermatologically tested and proven mild and contain the goodness of natural exotic extracts such as Peaches, Avocadoes, Sea Weed and lemongrass. This differentiated range of bathing bars enriches the consumers with a delightful bathing experience that they will never get enough of!

 VIVEL Vivel Di Wills can be termed as a brand for the middle class and priced well below Fiama Di Wills . Vivel Di Wills has been launched even before the brand Fiama Di Wills settled in the market. Vivel Di Wills - as the name suggests shares the term ' Di Wills ' with Fiama and Essenza. Vivel Di Wills is the ingredient branded Actipro-N which was developed by ITC R & D team. Actipro -N nourishes, protects and hydrates the skin thus enhancing the beauty of the skin. Vivel Di Wills comes in an attractive carton package with some elegant color scheme. Vivel Di Wills is being promoted using TVC and the message is that the lady is so beautiful that the husband does not notice any other ladies.

SUPERIA The Superia range of soaps has been launched to cater to the large popular market in the personal care category. The range offers consumers access to some of the best-in-class products in vibrant attractive packaging. Superia Soaps enriched with natural ingredients give radiant glowing skin.

VARIANTS
LUX Lux Strawberry & Cream Lux Peach & Cream Lux Festive Glow with Honey Lux Creamy White Lux Purple Lotus & Cream Lux Nature Pure Lux Aqua Sparkle Lux Fresh Splash Lux Wake Me Up Lux Magic Spell Lux White Glamour Lux Velvet Touch Lux Soft Touch Lux Power Me Up Lux Sparkling Beauty Lux Fresh Splash Lux Sandal & Cream Lux Silk Caress Lux Soft Kiss Lux Soft Luxury Lux Silk Nourishment

PEARS Pears Pure & Gentle Pears Germ Shield Pears Oil Control

 LIFEBUOY Lifebuoy SkinGuard Lifebuoy ClearSkin

HAMAM Hamam Sampoorna Snaan Hamam Scrub Bath Hamam Abhyanga Snaan

ESSENZA DI WILLS Essenza Di Wills Aqua Essenza Di Wills Mikkel

FIAMA DI WILLS Fiama Di Wills Sheer Smooth Fiama Di Wills Soft Green Fiama Di Wills Mild Dew Transparent Fiama Di Wills Clear Springs Transparent Fiama Di Wills Aqua Pulse Soap

VIVEL Vivel Luxury Crme with Olive Butter Vivel Luxury Crme with Shea Butter Vivel Satin Soft Vivel Young Glow Vivel Deo Spirit

Vivel with Double Moisturisers Vivel Healthy Glow Vivel Ayurveda Essence Vivel Sandal Glow Vivel Olive Oil Vivel Clear 3 in 1

SUPERIA Superia Fragrant Flower Superia Soft Sandal Superia Natural Glow Superia Healthy Glow Superia Milky Glow Superia Lemon Fresh

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CHAPTER-2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
To study which is most preferred bathing soap the HUL or the ITC products. To study in detail the consumer preferences determines the choice at the time of purchasing such as quality, price etc. To analyse the impact of media on the popularity of the soap brand. The level of satisfaction the consumer draws from their choice of soap brands. To study carefully the market segmentation related to demography, number of family members, social status etc

For the achievement of above the stated objective, the researcher has framed a questionnaire to determine the perception by various consumers about The comparative study on consumer preference of HUL over ITC bathing soap.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY

RESEARCH DESIGN
A research design specifies the methods and procedures for conducting a particular study. It is a conceptual structure within which a research is conducted; it constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement and analysis of data.

The researcher has used descriptive type of research in this study. Descriptive studies are undertaken when the researcher is interested in knowing the characteristics of certain groups. The objective of such study is to answer the who, what, when, where and how of the subject under investigation.

SAMPLE SIZE
We request to fill the questionnaire to 50 Consumer.

SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
Probability technique - Simple Random Sampling

A random sample gives every unit of the population a know and non zero probability of being selected. Since random sampling implies equal probability to every unit in the population, it is necessary that the selection of the sample must be free from human judgment.

DATA COLLECTION

METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

Primary data - These are first-hand original data collected by research. Secondary data - These are second-hand readymade data collected by some other agency but not by the researcher.

In this study, I have used both types of data.

INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION

Primary - collected by close handed -------------------------questionnaire. Secondary - collected through---------------------------------internet.

CHAPTER-3 ANALYSIS

1. Do you use Bathing soaps of HUL or ITC Company? a) Yes b) Both

yes

5%

both

95%
3.01

95% people use bathing soap of HUL or ITC and only 5% people use bathing soap of HUL and ITC.

2. Which kind of bath soaps do you like? a) Transparent c) Medicinal b) Glycerine d) Perfumed

transparent glycerine

10% 16% 50%

medicinal perfumed

24%

3.02

50% people like perfumed soap, 24% medicinal, 16% glycerine & 10% transparent.

3. Which Brand do you prefer? a) Essenza Di Wills c) Lifebuoy e) Not in the list b) Pears d) Superia

essenza di wills
pears

2% 23% 25%

lifebuoy

superia
not in the list

10%

40%
3.03

40% people prefer lifebuoy, 25% pears, 10% superia, 2% essenza di wills and remaining 35% preference is not in the list.

4. If Brand is available in the above Question then what preference is most you? a) Perfume c) Protect your skin e) or other b) Color d) Value for money

important to

perfume
color

10%

22%

protect your skin

value for money

20%

or other

18% 30%

3.04

If Brand is not in the list then because:a) Lack of awareness c) You find it expensive b) Lack of availability d) You dont like the above brands.

lack of awareness lack of availability

2% 20% 18%

you find it expensive you dont like the above brands

60%

3.05

60% said that it is expensive, 20% dont like the product & 18% lack of availability.

5. Do you use soaps for every bath/shower? a) Yes b) No

yes

4%

no

96%
3.06

Most of the people use soaps for every bath while 4% people not using soaps for every bath.

6. How many bath soaps do you personally require every month? a) 1 c) 3 b) 2 d) 4

8%

10%

1 2 3 4

36% 46%

3.07

46% required 3 soaps , 36% required 2 soaps, 10% required 1 soaps & 8% required 4 soaps personally for every month.

7. You came to know about bathing soap from a) Radio c) Word by mouth b) TV advertisement d) Point of sale

radio tv advertisement

8%
10%

12%

word by mouth point of sale

70%

3.08

70% people said that they came to knew about bathing soap through TV advertisement, 12% from radio, 10% word by mouth & 8% point of sale.

8. Do you change from one brand of soap to another? a) Yes b) No

yes

no

22%

78%
3.09

If yes, then how often did you change brands in the last 6 months?

a) Once c) Many times

b) Twice

once twice

20% 30%

many times

50%
3.10

9. Is your selected brands easily available to you? a) Yes b) No

yes

2%

no

98%

3.11

98% people said that their brands easily are available

10. Have you tried new variants of selected bathing soap after viewing advertisement? a) Yes b) No

yes no

40% 60%

3.12

60% people said that they are not tried new variants of selected bathing soap after viewing advertisement.

11. Which of the offers available influence you the most to purchase? a) Discount offer c) Combo Pack b) Buy one get one free

discount offer buy one get one free

28% 52% 20%

combo pack

3.13

52% people influenced by the combo pack while 28%by discount offer & 20% by buy one get one free.

12. From where do you usually purchase soap? a) Nearby store c) Wholesaler b) Retail store

nearby store retail store

5%
wholesaler

37%

58%

3.14

Most of the people purchase from retail store, 37% from nearby store and 5% from wholesalers.

13. What is the size of the soap you usually purchase? a) Small c) Large b) Medium

small meddium

12%

8%

large

80%

3.15

80% people usually purchased medium size soap.

14. How frequently you purchase soap? a) Every week c) Occasionally b) Every month

every week

10%

20%

every month occasionally

70%

3.16

70% people said that they purchase soap every month, 20% every week & remaining 10% occasionally.

15. Tick the level of importance according to your preference? a) Color c) Fragrance b) Thickness

color 10% 30%

thickness
fragrance

60%

3.17

60% people preference based on thickness, 30% on fragrance & 10% on color.

16. Does celebrity endorsement prompt you to purchase bathing soap? a) Yes b) No

yes no

30%

70%

3.18

Only 30% people said that celebrity prompt them to purchase bathing soap but 70% not.

CHAPTER-4

CONCLUSION

Lux: has been consider as One of the most well known brands in the world of soaps, Lux has always been associated as the soap used by the stars. And having more demand as among HUL remaining brands bathing soap.

Pears: Pears is always associated with the transparent soap. Its price is quiet expensive therefore demand is less in Najafgarh area. Lifebuoy: Recognized as one of the best antiseptic soaps. Today, the brand is still going strong and offering protection to people of all age groups. Hamam: Hamam has always been considered the soap for the middle class family. But there demand is less as compared to above bathing soap. Essenza Di Wills: Most of the customer is not aware about the Essenza Di Wills soap of ITC Company. And through secondary data, researcher found that this product is highly demanded in the foreign country.

Fiama Di Wills: one of the well known brand of ITC Company, as per the researcher survey the researcher found that the demand of the product is very less. Vivel: Vivel has been consider as One of the most well known brands in the world of soaps, Vivel soap is highly demanded product of ITC company. It is associated with the high & middle class group people.

Superia: Customer is not aware about the superia bathing soap; the superia product is most popular for the shampoos.

CHAPTER-5

SUGGESTION

Due to high demand of Lux, it can go for Ayurvedic variant. While HUL already has hamam soap in these category. But is a low priced soap whose target customer audience is quite different from lux. This variant can provide the current customer of lux with a blend of both classes. Todays children are tomorrows customer. Therefore it will be a viable decision to launch kids special soap. Bring variations in the ITC product. ITC company should also focus on low income group.

CHAPTER-6

LIMITATION

Due to Big Population therefore no time to cover other area. Result and conclusion were drawn on the basis of whatever information provided by the consumer. Some of them were hesitant to reveal the information. The information on internet may not be updated. Moreover secondary information has been used. So anything X in it has been taken for understanding the concept.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Newspaper: Roy, Saumya, Watch This Soap Opera in Rural India, Forbes, Aug 18,2009 Srivastava, Pallavi, The Soap Opera, Pitch, May 31,2011

Web: http://www.hul.co.in/aboutus/introductiontohul/23 Feb,2012/10:00 PM http://www.hul.co.in/brands/personalcarebrands/28 Feb,2012/9:00 PM http://www.itcportal.com/default.aspx/8 March,2012/10:00 PM http://www.itcportal.com/itc-business/fmcg/personal-care-products.aspx/17 March,2012/11:00 PM www.hul.co.in/20 March,2012/10:30 PM

Annexure
QUESTIONNAIRE

Objective:-Comparative study on HUL and ITC bathing Soap

Name (optional). Gender Occupation.

Family monthly income Upto 10,000 10,000-20,000 20,000-30,000 30,000-40,000 40,000-55,000 Above 50,000 Age 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-above Family type Joint Nuclear

1. Do you use Bathing soaps of HUL or ITC Company? a) Yes 2. Which kind of bath soaps do you like? a) Transparent c) Medicinal b) Glycerine d) Perfumed b) Both

3. Which Brand do you prefer? a) Essenza Di Wills c) Lifebuoy e) Not in the list b) Pears d) Superia

4. If Brand is available in the above Question then what preference is most you? a) Perfume c) Protect your skin e) or other b) Color d) Value for money

important to

If Brand is not in the list then because:a) Lack of awareness c) You find it expensive b) Lack of availability d) You dont like the above brands.

5. Do you use soaps for every bath/shower? a) Yes b) No

6. How many bath soaps do you personally require every month? a) 1 c) 3 b) 2 d) 4

7. You came to know about bathing soap from a) Radio c) Word by mouth e) Newspaper advertisement b) TV advertisement d) Point of sale

8. Do you change from one brand of soap to another? a) Yes b) No

If yes, then how often did you change brands in the last 6 months?

a) Once c) Many times

b) Twice

9. Is your selected brands easily available to you? a) Yes b) No

10. Have you tried new variants of selected bathing soap after viewing advertisement? a) Yes b) No

11. Which of the offers available influence you the most to purchase? a) Discount offer c) Combo Pack b) Buy one get one free

12. From where do you usually purchase soap? a) Nearby store c) Wholesaler b) Retail store

13. What is the size of the soap you usually purchase? a) Small c) Large b) Medium

14. How frequently you purchase soap? a) Every week c) Occasionally b) Every month

15. Tick the level of importance according to your preference? a) Color c) Fragrance b) Thickness

16. Does celebrity endorsement prompt you to purchase bathing soap? a) Yes b) No