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Segmentation of Rural Market
Marketer can target a market with two broad
       strategies.



        Mass Market                     Market
        Strategy                        Segmentation
                                        strategy


•Market Segmentation is the process of identifying small
Markets that exists within a large market .
Mass Marketing or Undifferentiated Marketing
                   e.g. Ruf & Tuf Jeans,

                    Segment Marketing - Cars


                     Niche Marketing – specialize to a narrowly defined
                     customer group – Temple jewellery for South Indian
                     women wanting to take part in cultural programmes
Levels of Market
Segmentation
                     Local Marketing – Market around sector 44

                                               One to One Marketing
                   Individual Marketing
                                               Mass customization –
                                               ability to prepare on a
                                               mass basis individually
                                               designed products
Why is segmentation useful ?
 Segmentation helps firm tailor their marketing programs

 focuses an actionable and accessible set of the market.

 cuts of wasteful expenditures on unwanted consumers

 matches needs and wants of specific groups of buyers to firm’s offerings

 stimulates demands through multi-products for multi-segments

 resource allocation to segment specific marketing mix activities will be made
        more efficient

 Segmentation is a way to plan rather than explain
Geographic - Rural / Urban; metropolis/city/town/village;
                     modern retail stores/kirana stores / mandis/ haats


                Demographic – Age, Family Size (nuclear or joint ), gender,
                Income, Occupation, Education, SEC, religion, race,
                Nationality, social class


Bases
        Psychographic – Use of Psychology and demographics
        •Lifestyle (AIO) – Nike, Benetton, * Personality – Femina
         – woman of substance
        * Values – HiDesign leather accessories – consumers
        who hold the value ‘style and elegance in a classical sense’


              Behavioral Segmentation – next slide
Behavioral Segmentation - based on buyer’s
knowledge of, attitude towards,
       use of, or response to a product

Occasions – Marriage, Birth – Archies and Hallmark cards

Benefits – In soaps - Dettol – antiseptic, Lux – Beauty

User Status – Non users, first time users, potential users, regular user

Usage rate – Light users, medium users, heavy users

Buyer Readiness State – Cold Prospect, Hot Prospect

Loyalty status – Hard Core Loyals, Split Loyals, Shifting Loyals, Switchers

Attitude – enthusiastic, positive, indifferent, negative, hostile
Segmenting the Market: Nirma vs HLL

Until about twenty ago, the rural market in India was considered a
homogenous decade of the 1980s was a significant one for Hindustan
Level Ltd (HLL), when the giant and undisputed market leader in
detergent (Surf) in Indian Suffered significant losses at the hands of a
new and small firm , Nirma Chemicals . Nirma immediately caught th
fancy of the middle and lower-income customers, who were finding it
difficult to make both ends meet with their limited monthly income.
Nirma was the lowest –priced branded washing powder available in
grocery and co-operatives stores. The middle class house wife was
happy as she could choose a lower priced washing powder against
Surf, Which was beyond her budget
Around 1984 , HLL decided to take a fresh look at the market.
Research conducted across the country revealed that different income
groups of consumers had varying expectorations from detergent and
washing powder. Thus, to counter the attack from Nirma, HLL
launched Sunlight (Yellow), Wheel (green) and Rin (blue) detergent
powders for different market segments. This strategy of segmenting
the market helped HLL win back part of its lost market.
Segmenting the Markets
• T-Series introduced audiocassettes at unbelievably
  low price and took away a huge share from the
  market leader HMV.
• Cavin Kare studied the Shampoo market and came
  out with Chik Shampoo priced at 50 paisa per
  sachet and the brand became an instant hit in rural
  areas.
• Titan has introduced Sonata brand watches; priced
  between Rs 350/- and Rs.800/- to meet the
  requirement of price sensitive rural and semi
  urban consumers.
Utsav Time
• Asian Piants Ltd(APL) is India’s largest paints company and ranks
  among the top ten decorative coating companies in the world today.
  The company has come a long way since its small beginning in 1942.
  APl was the first Indian company to go rural In 1999 It launched
  Tractor enamel paint in rural markets, rural customers started using it
  to paint the horns of their bullock. APL survey the rural markets
  extensively with the able support of its advertising agency Ogilvy
  outreach. They found that there was a gap in demand in the market for
  paints used for houses. These were two choice available for rural
  people : the traditional chuan powder, which cost around Rs9 per kg
  and enamel paint which cost around Rs 50 per liter was very
  expensive for most rural customers. Chuan powder however was not
  long lasting .
Hence APL launched Utasv distemper exclusively for rural markets in
  1999. Utsav is good example of brand that used excellent STP for
  rural markets.
Segmentation Variables

                                 Demographic
  Geographic
                                 variables
  Variables


 Psychographics
                                 Product Related
 Variables
                                 Variables


•Segmentation variables are the parameters and
characteristics of people comprising total market for o
product category on which can segment them into
groups.
Conditions fro Effective Market Segmentation



    1.Measurable
                            Customer Oriented Philosophy


   2.Accessible
                                Enables Tailoring of
                                marketing Programme

    Profitable

                               Enables Development of
    Data                       strong positioning of Brand
    Availability
Approaches for segmentation the rural
              market of India
•  Based on Size of Village Population
   (The size of population residing in a village is a significant factor which
   determines the overall potential demand for a product or service in that
   village)
Population         No.of Villages      % of total Villages
Less than 200      114,267             17.9*
200-499            155,123             24.3*
500-999            159,400             25.0
1,000-1,999        125,758             19.7
2,000-4,999        69,135              10.8**
5,000-9,999        11,618              1.8**
10,000& above      3,064               0.5**
Note:* Hardly any shop in these 2.7 lakh village
** 13% of villages falling in the last three categories account 50% rural
   population and 60% rural wealth.
Based on Location with Respects to
             Nearby Town
• Villages Near Urban Centers.
• Villages in Developing Districts
• Immobile and self sufficient Asiatic
  Villages
Based on Size of Farmland

1.   Marginal Farmer   :holding upto 1.0 hectare
2.   Small Framer      :holding 1.0-2.0 hectare
3.   Semi-medium       :holding 2.0-4.0 hectare
     Farmer:
5.   Medium Farmer     : holding 4.0-10.0 hectare
6.   Large Farmer      :holding 10.0 hectares and above
Rural Market Segmentation Tools

•   Thompson Rural Market Index.
•   Mica Rural Market Rating
•   Linquest
•   Indian Market Demographic
•   Business Intelligence Unit
•   Lincompass
•   ARCVIEW

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Segmentation of rural marketing

  • 2. Marketer can target a market with two broad strategies. Mass Market Market Strategy Segmentation strategy •Market Segmentation is the process of identifying small Markets that exists within a large market .
  • 3. Mass Marketing or Undifferentiated Marketing e.g. Ruf & Tuf Jeans, Segment Marketing - Cars Niche Marketing – specialize to a narrowly defined customer group – Temple jewellery for South Indian women wanting to take part in cultural programmes Levels of Market Segmentation Local Marketing – Market around sector 44 One to One Marketing Individual Marketing Mass customization – ability to prepare on a mass basis individually designed products
  • 4. Why is segmentation useful ?  Segmentation helps firm tailor their marketing programs  focuses an actionable and accessible set of the market.  cuts of wasteful expenditures on unwanted consumers  matches needs and wants of specific groups of buyers to firm’s offerings  stimulates demands through multi-products for multi-segments  resource allocation to segment specific marketing mix activities will be made more efficient  Segmentation is a way to plan rather than explain
  • 5. Geographic - Rural / Urban; metropolis/city/town/village; modern retail stores/kirana stores / mandis/ haats Demographic – Age, Family Size (nuclear or joint ), gender, Income, Occupation, Education, SEC, religion, race, Nationality, social class Bases Psychographic – Use of Psychology and demographics •Lifestyle (AIO) – Nike, Benetton, * Personality – Femina – woman of substance * Values – HiDesign leather accessories – consumers who hold the value ‘style and elegance in a classical sense’ Behavioral Segmentation – next slide
  • 6. Behavioral Segmentation - based on buyer’s knowledge of, attitude towards, use of, or response to a product Occasions – Marriage, Birth – Archies and Hallmark cards Benefits – In soaps - Dettol – antiseptic, Lux – Beauty User Status – Non users, first time users, potential users, regular user Usage rate – Light users, medium users, heavy users Buyer Readiness State – Cold Prospect, Hot Prospect Loyalty status – Hard Core Loyals, Split Loyals, Shifting Loyals, Switchers Attitude – enthusiastic, positive, indifferent, negative, hostile
  • 7. Segmenting the Market: Nirma vs HLL Until about twenty ago, the rural market in India was considered a homogenous decade of the 1980s was a significant one for Hindustan Level Ltd (HLL), when the giant and undisputed market leader in detergent (Surf) in Indian Suffered significant losses at the hands of a new and small firm , Nirma Chemicals . Nirma immediately caught th fancy of the middle and lower-income customers, who were finding it difficult to make both ends meet with their limited monthly income. Nirma was the lowest –priced branded washing powder available in grocery and co-operatives stores. The middle class house wife was happy as she could choose a lower priced washing powder against Surf, Which was beyond her budget Around 1984 , HLL decided to take a fresh look at the market. Research conducted across the country revealed that different income groups of consumers had varying expectorations from detergent and washing powder. Thus, to counter the attack from Nirma, HLL launched Sunlight (Yellow), Wheel (green) and Rin (blue) detergent powders for different market segments. This strategy of segmenting the market helped HLL win back part of its lost market.
  • 8. Segmenting the Markets • T-Series introduced audiocassettes at unbelievably low price and took away a huge share from the market leader HMV. • Cavin Kare studied the Shampoo market and came out with Chik Shampoo priced at 50 paisa per sachet and the brand became an instant hit in rural areas. • Titan has introduced Sonata brand watches; priced between Rs 350/- and Rs.800/- to meet the requirement of price sensitive rural and semi urban consumers.
  • 9. Utsav Time • Asian Piants Ltd(APL) is India’s largest paints company and ranks among the top ten decorative coating companies in the world today. The company has come a long way since its small beginning in 1942. APl was the first Indian company to go rural In 1999 It launched Tractor enamel paint in rural markets, rural customers started using it to paint the horns of their bullock. APL survey the rural markets extensively with the able support of its advertising agency Ogilvy outreach. They found that there was a gap in demand in the market for paints used for houses. These were two choice available for rural people : the traditional chuan powder, which cost around Rs9 per kg and enamel paint which cost around Rs 50 per liter was very expensive for most rural customers. Chuan powder however was not long lasting . Hence APL launched Utasv distemper exclusively for rural markets in 1999. Utsav is good example of brand that used excellent STP for rural markets.
  • 10. Segmentation Variables Demographic Geographic variables Variables Psychographics Product Related Variables Variables •Segmentation variables are the parameters and characteristics of people comprising total market for o product category on which can segment them into groups.
  • 11. Conditions fro Effective Market Segmentation 1.Measurable Customer Oriented Philosophy 2.Accessible Enables Tailoring of marketing Programme Profitable Enables Development of Data strong positioning of Brand Availability
  • 12. Approaches for segmentation the rural market of India • Based on Size of Village Population (The size of population residing in a village is a significant factor which determines the overall potential demand for a product or service in that village) Population No.of Villages % of total Villages Less than 200 114,267 17.9* 200-499 155,123 24.3* 500-999 159,400 25.0 1,000-1,999 125,758 19.7 2,000-4,999 69,135 10.8** 5,000-9,999 11,618 1.8** 10,000& above 3,064 0.5** Note:* Hardly any shop in these 2.7 lakh village ** 13% of villages falling in the last three categories account 50% rural population and 60% rural wealth.
  • 13. Based on Location with Respects to Nearby Town • Villages Near Urban Centers. • Villages in Developing Districts • Immobile and self sufficient Asiatic Villages
  • 14. Based on Size of Farmland 1. Marginal Farmer :holding upto 1.0 hectare 2. Small Framer :holding 1.0-2.0 hectare 3. Semi-medium :holding 2.0-4.0 hectare Farmer: 5. Medium Farmer : holding 4.0-10.0 hectare 6. Large Farmer :holding 10.0 hectares and above
  • 15. Rural Market Segmentation Tools • Thompson Rural Market Index. • Mica Rural Market Rating • Linquest • Indian Market Demographic • Business Intelligence Unit • Lincompass • ARCVIEW