The aim of this to present consumer segmentation for, private FM Radio Channels in Ahmedabad City. The measurement of consumer preferences has always been the area of interest for the marketers and academicians too. After measurement of preferences, market segmentation is carried out for the...

Electronics, a high involvement product (HIP), consists of 8 per cent in organized retail industry in India. This category is growing at a rapid pace with many players entering into organized format of retail in this category. Recently many players have also entered into online marketing of...

Marketers have paid a huge price for their inability to decipher which trend has come to stay and which one is a fad. Such a challenge has jeopardized the survival of blue-chip brands, as marketers anticipated in vain the end of existing red ocean strategies. Essentially, the traditional...

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is heralded by proponents as the quintessential marketing metric for measuring customer and brand loyalty. Its popularity is currently very high, especially in North-American companies. The frenetic interest in NPS has led some commentators to call it a cult-like...

Several brands are striving in their endeavors to find new ways to improve their consumer engagement through social media. They are using different tools including influencer marketing through social networking sites (SNSs). Therefore, this chapter addresses a gap in the academic literature as...

Differentiation of one's offering in this competitive market becomes crucial. Furniture products till now were usually customized by Indian customers. Now, these products are also sold in organized market. National and international players have entered the market with their brands in this...

The current paper analyses the influence of corporate social responsibility on consumer behaviour, since it brings up new questions related to the effect of this issue on traditional loyalty models. Starting from a literature review about the concept, several hypotheses about the influence of...

The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm has become a prominent management theory to analyze firm resources as potential sources of competitive advantage. Theorists have suggested sponsorship of sport properties as one such resource, yet specific cases of sponsorship’s role in a firm’s...

In retail industry furniture and furnishing category has become more competitive. There are many players entering into organized format of retail in this category. Therefore, it becomes important for retailers to differentiate themselves from each other. As the products are similar, one of the...

In spite of having very good growth potential, retail in India is passing through turbulent times and therefore, differentiation becomes very essential. There are various players in apparel segment in terms of lifestyle format. These apparel players deliver almost the same thing as their...