...an increased inclination of new product testing and rising disposable incomes have largely contributed to an overwhelming increase in the organic beauty products and cosmetics. However, this does not fully justify as to 1) why the consumers buy organic cosmetics, 2) where do they buy and 3) how they come to the decision to test, buy and continue to buy these products. Perhaps an answer can be found by raising several questions: a) How much is the market for organic cosmetics? b) Where is this market? c )Is it increasing in numbers or decreasing in numbers? d) Do the rising inflation, current depressed economic situation and rapid levels of technological enhancement has an effect on the growth and development of this market for organic cosmetics? e) What lies behind the motivation to buy these products? f) How are the attitudes and behaviour changing towards organic cosmetics? An investigation in to the size of the organic cosmetics market, does not give a clear picture though broad individual countries trends are available (see, Hennessey 2007, Armstrong 2009) and very limited published data for this industry sector. Mathew Hennessey (2007) in the article “Organic Cosmetics Break Out” raises a very vital issue by asking, “Is the makeup counter poised to go green? May be. What's certain is the global cosmetics industry is enjoying an unprecedented boom and the organic market is the next frontier. ” Hennessey wrote this in July 2007 when the Hain Celestial Group, a leading...
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...To Know And Study The Trends Of Consumer Buying Behavior Toward The Cosmetic Products Of HUL, P&G And Nirma Company’s Brands. 2013 PRITHVI NATH THAKUR St. KABIR INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIED 12/31/2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMERY The Project and research works are integral part of academic curriculum. During the process I get an opportunity to study the market scenario and set the practical aspect of theory which makes the concept clear. This is an outcome of the research work and study of market that undertaken on the subject related to “To Know And Study The Trends Of Consumer Buying Behavior Toward The Cosmetic Products Of HUL, P&G And Nirma Company’s Brands.” of the cosmetic items. The study and research is also to understand the value of sales and advertisement promotion so also the perception of cosmetic users. DECLARATION I Prithvi Nath Thakur student of PGDM at St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies Ahmedabad, 2012-14 batch, hereby declare that the Project Report Titled “To Know And Study The Trends Of Consumer Buying Behavior Toward The Cosmetic Products Of HUL, P&G And Nirma Company’s Brands.” is the outcome of my work and same has not submitted by any institute for the award of any degree or any professional diploma. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I owe a great many thanks to a great people, ...
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...A Project On Consumer Behaviour Submitted To University of Mumbai In the partial fulfillment of the B.M.S. Degree By Vivek .R. Jaiswal Roll No. 29 Uder the guidance of Prof. Furquan Shaikh Studying at Rizvi Education Society’s Rizvi College of Art, Science & Commerce Rizvi Educational Complex, Bandra (West), Mumbai Academic Year 2012-2013 Declaration I Mr.Vivek .R. Jaiswal a student of the TYBMS class, Roll No.29 of the academic year 2011-2013 studying at Rizvi College of Art, Science & Commerce, herby declare that the work done on the project entitled CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR is true and original to the best of my knowledge and my any reference used in the project is duly acknowledged. Date: Signature of Student (Name of student Vivek .R. Jaiswal) Cerificate This is to certify that Mr.Vivek.R.Jaiswal a student of TYBMS class, Roll No. 29 of the academic year 2012-2013 studying at Rizvi College of Art, Science & Commerce, has successful completed the project entitled Consumer Behaviour. Prof. Furqan Shaikh Prof. Furqan Shaikh (Project Guide) (Prof. Furqan Shaikh) External Examiner Dr.M.Z. Farooqui (Principal) . Introduction As the twentieth century has come to a close and we have move into the third millennium...
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...look beautiful and gorgeous. Cosmetics have been introduced many years ago. The earliest archaeological evidence of cosmetics has been founded in Egypt around the 4000 B.C., as evidenced by the remains of artifacts probably used for eye makeup and for the application of scented unguents (Britannica, 2011).The cosmetics industry has been one of the world’s leading industries, and today the cosmetic and toiletries industry in Malaysia has developed rapidly. This is because of the increasing number of working women, increased urbanization, and the increasing self-awareness due to education. Due to the trend of globalization, the markets of cosmetic not only develop in western area but has been spread to Asian area such as Eastern Europe and South America which represent a progressive consumption in the cosmetics markets (Kumar, 2005).Therefore, with the growth of global economics, the cosmetic and fragrance industry show a successful performance with an average of 5% growth rate among the industries every year (Kumar, 2005). According to Britannica (2011) the word "cosmetics" is derived from the Greek word Kosmetikos, which means "skilled at decorating". It refers to any of several preparations (excluding soap) that are applied to the human body for beautifying, preserving, or altering the appearance or for cleansing, coloring, conditioning, or protecting the skin, hair, nails, lips, eyes, or teeth. Besides that, when people hear the word ‘cosmetic’, they tend to think of makeup...
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...are the cognitive beliefs on the three brands of shampoos? (what are those advertising elements that ,match with the cognitive beliefs?) Answer The cognitive beliefs on the three brands of shampoos and their advertising elements that match with the cognitive beliefs on the three brands of shampoo are: • Clinic plus-Cosmetic shampoo of Unilever with portfolio driven on “family value and health foundation”. it prevents from dirt and split ends. • Head & Shoulders-it’s an anti- dandruff brand of Proctor and gamble which is chemically tested. Approved by Dermatologist. • Chik- it’s a cosmetics shampoo mainly contributes in south at a very cheaper rate .It’s a cosmetic shampoo brand of Cavin kare which promises soft, nourished, beautiful hair. Question 3. What are the affective aspects reflected by advertisements of three brands of shampoo? (What are those advertising elements that, match with the affective beliefs?) Answer The advertising elements that match with the effective aspects on the three brands of shampoo are: Clinic plus Head and shoulder Chick Kind of Shampoo Cosmetic Shampoo, Anti-Dandruff Shampoo Cosmetic Shampoo Of Brand Of HUL Of P&G. Cavin Care Central Character Young School Going Young Male & Female...
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...Seminar Leader: Jennifer Chang | Word Count: | 12/9/2010 | By Taslima Khanom, Sinem Sisman, Hamda Batah and Zhaneta | Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Terms of reference 3 3. Industry Information 3 4. Overview of adverts 4 5. Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning 5 6. Consumer Buying Behaviour 8 7. Promotion 12 8. Communication strategy 16 9. Price 17 10. Product 18 11. Place 20 12. Critique & Recommendations 22 13. Bibliography 23 14. Appendices 26 1. Executive Summary 2. Terms of reference 3. Industry Information The Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association annual report (CTPA), (2009) declares ‘Mass toiletries have performed less well with higher growth from units (4.3%) than value (2.5%)’, as seen by the sales figures in Table 1.1. In addition to this Mintel (2010) suggests ‘women spend an average £653.64 a year on beauty products’. Such products include toiletries like cosmetics, fragrances and personal care products as seen in table 1.1. The director of Research at Mintel, Joan Holleran (2009) states "Personal care companies need to focus on value, feel-good benefits and new product innovation to keep shoppers interested" in order to generate sales growth. The distribution channel of the companies within the industry include direct and multiple selling depending on the specific product categories, these include department stores, supermarkets, drugstores and speciality retailers. Further...
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... 13 Table 2 19 Table 3 21 Executive summary This report refers to an evaluation and recommendations on the current market situation of L’Oreal Paris. A brief introduction of the background of L’Oreal Paris and the product category which L’Oreal Paris exists will be also explained in this report. It includes the general idea of cosmetic industry. Furthermore, this report also indicates the macro and micro environment and major competitors. The most significant factors in macro environment are economic, cultural and demographic forces. In this case, it will be also providing the reason and some evidence that explain how these factors are affecting L’Oreal Paris. Otherwise, for, micro environment, this report only discuss between customer and competitors. Next, there is a significant evaluation of the product analyse with reference to the type of products, the three level of products, the branding strategies, and what types of packing and labelling that L’Oreal Paris provided. In addition, a complete analysis of target segment and how current product influence buyer behaviour and meet difference needs and wants. Later on, L’Oreal Paris needs to consider and build the marketing mix to attract more consumers. It includes a brief evaluation of the price, place, promotion and products. Some recommendations associated with several aspects are also provided at the end of this report. The sources of information were collected from academic journals...
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...Executive Summary After being founded in 1969 in France, Sephora was expanded internationally and opened its first store in Toronto, Canada in 2004. Sephora is a leader in providing customers with a variety of high-quality beauty and wellness products and well-known brands. Sephora has a human relations managerial strategy that focuses on teamwork and company loyalty. Using a combination of base pay, indirect pay and team-based performance pay, Sephora’s compensation strategy aligns well with its chosen managerial strategy. Sephora also has a clear understanding of the different structural and contextual variables and how they must align with their managerial strategy. They take care to ensure that these variables are linked with their human relations strategy. By doing so, Sephora is also able to understand its own needs as well as what behaviours, and mix of compensation to generate these behaviours, is required to achieve its goals. In order to produce the behaviour that is necessary to achieve an organization’s goals, the company needs to be aware of the rewards they are offering their employees and whether the employees find these rewards motivational. Sephora, a leader in compensation in their industry, understands what type of rewards encourages their cast members to produce results, and ensures that these rewards are communicated and visible to the workers. While having a successful team-based reward program, Sephora needs to look at improving its individual rewards...
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...Customer Experience as a Means of Brand Differentiation Key Words: customer experience, branding, differentiation, experiential platform. Esma Cavusoglu Postal Address: Kure İletisim Grubu Elmadag, Cumhuriyet Cad. Pegasus Evi 48/3B Taksim 34367 Istanbul / Turkey Customer Experience as a Means of Brand Differentiation Abstract In today’s customer–dominated business world, there exists the “brand indifferentiation” problem that concerns the difficulty of the customers to perceive the differences between a certain brand and its competitors. This situation calls for a close look at the relationship between the consumer behaviour, branding and differentiation. Taking into consideration the proliferation of products, increasing information flow through digital technologies, fast commoditization and competition in today’s world, differentiation and brand positioning relying on traditional frame, have no longer been resulting the expected performance. Constitution of brand differentiation in the minds/hearts of customers entails to re-evaluate the meaning of consumption for consumers, how consumers make their choices, what the brand the consumer prefered means to him, and what can make a brand different than the others for a customer. In this paper, these issues are examined and the solution to indifferentiation is linked with the concepts of “experience” and “experiential marketing”. Key Words: customer experience, branding, differentiation, experiential...
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...for the Research and Analysis Project is The Marketing Strategy of Shiseido China Co., Ltd (Shiseido) and its effectiveness. Marketing is essentially about marshalling the resources of an organisation to meet the changing needs of customers on whom the organisation depends. Organisations try to identify customers’ needs and develop products that will satisfy these needs through an exchange process (Palmer, 2004). 1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic Marketing is more than selling and advertising. It involves satisfying customer needs. The marketer should understand consumer needs; develop products and services that provide superior customer value; and price, distribute, and promote them effectively. Hence, marketing is the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationship to capture value from customers in return (Kotler et al., 2009). The main role of marketing in the organisation springs from the fact that marketing is the process via which an organisation creates value for its customers. Value is created by meeting customer needs. Thus, an organisation must define itself not by the product it sells, but by the customer benefit provided. Having created the value for its customers, the organisation is then entitled to capture a portion of that value through pricing. To remain a viable concern, the organisation must sustain this process of creating and capturing value over time. Within this framework, the plan...
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...Experimental Dermatology Research Research Article Junaid et al., J Clin Exp Dermatol Res 2014, 5:2 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9554.1000212 Open Access Indian Cosmeceutical Market: A Study of Consumer Preferences and Consumption Patterns Abdullah Bin Junaid*, Reshma Nasreen, Ravichandran N and Faheem Ahmed Department of Management, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India Abstract The study was done to investigate various factors that are associated with the consumption behaviour of the consumers in the Indian market. This study also tries to find out the new and emerging trends of the Indian cosmeceutical industry. The research first sought to explore how different variables influence the behaviour of the consumers regarding the usage of cosmeceutical product. Various factors such as self esteem, the decision making process while purchasing the cosmeceutical products etc were also studied in depth. However this study also tries to examine the various key determinants involved in the purchasing behaviour of consumers while purchasing their cosmeceutical product. The target sample was above 15 years. The sample size is 120 and the sampling method used is the quota sampling method. The study was conducted in six different cities of India that are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur and Patna. Among these six cities three are metro cities and the rest of the three are Tier-I cities. Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are the metro cities and luck now, Jaipur and Patna are the Tier-I...
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...Management in Purity Cosmetics [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Marketing Management in the Purity Cosmetics Introduction The marketing concepts and the marketing strategies of a company lead the company towards the path of success in terms of higher economic growth and a competitive position among the leading companies in the marketplace. The Purity Cosmetics is lagging behind in the economic area in terms of slower progress and is therefore unable to compete with the leading companies of the respective field. The company needs to improve the marketing strategies by providing the staff members with the awareness programs related to the marketing concepts and enabling them to lead their company with distinct economic growth and progress among the competitors. Discussion The Purity Cosmetics tends to initiate the awareness campaign among its staff members to overcome the issues of slow growth and compete with the stiff nature of the market. The members of the staff are required to be aware of the core concepts of marketing, regarding the sales and marketing approach associated with the development of the Purity Cosmetics in the market. TASK 1 Core Concepts of Marketing Marketing is basically the transportation of the goods and products from the producers to the consumers. Meanwhile, it carries the process of discovering the customers’ needs and then translating into the products and services as required. The main theme is to satisfy the customers by fulfilling their...
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...the growth of cosmetics industry in India. Women cosmetics market growth on a period of time along with a strong increase in male cosmetics market. Cosmetic brands promotions and advertisements in attracting customers. Consumer behavior in accordance with the utility drawn from the usage. Medicinal & Herbal/Ayurvedic Cosmetics market & Fake cosmetic industry in India. Methodology : A sample survey conducted on UG and PG students regarding their cosmetic usage and benefits they are drawing from them along with a small research on cosmetic stores in different areas to know about the use of cosmetics by the local households also. Survey was conducted by personal interview and using questionnaire also. Findings : The survey portrays the utility of cosmetics usage by students which is varying according to the age groups where as the research on stores at different places reflected different results. From the study it is found that with the growth of women cosmetic market, Men’s grooming product market is also growing rapidly. Consumers are more concerned about herbal and natural cosmetics. With the rise in fake cosmetics market, a lot of people face trouble in recognizing the real products and end up buying fraud ones. Since the consumer buying behavior is the important factor to forecast the sales of any product in a particular area.So company should keep close eye on the market situation. yet, customer were price sensitive, but the changing market trend and customer view and preference...
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...Lush, the scent of success Passionate commitment and clarity of values ensures Lush communicates a coherent brand message that bonds customers and their friends to the brand. Angus Jenkinson Professor of Integrated Marketing Luton Business School angus.jenkinson@luton.ac.uk Branko Sain Research Fellow in Integrated Marketing Luton Business School branko.sain@luton.ac.uk The Centre for Integrated Marketing has been funded by industry to research best practice and develop intellectual and other tools on behalf of leading marketers and their agencies. Contents Integrated Marketing learning points Background Leadership team Global brand The Lush experience The drive of passion 3D Worthwhileness Iconoclasm attracts Everything belongs together Success Executive takeaway Notes 11 6 4 4 3 4 5 5 7 9 10 10 Permission is given for this paper to be copied, forwarded, distributed or quoted from provided that the authorship is acknowledged. © Centre for Integrated Marketing, University of Luton 01/04/2003 Page 2 Lush is about passion and iconoclasm: passionate for natural products, fresh handmade cosmetics, seductive perfumes, growth and profit, and iconoclastic about everything else. Born from the ashes of Cosmetics to Go, Lush opened its first shop in Poole in 1994 and mushroomed into a chain of more than 130 shops worldwide. The humus for this growth was the interplay the ideas of freshness, nature and fun. These ideas are the heart and soul of Lush and everything...
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...Thursday7.00_MR_17 New trends in consumer behaviour and brand personality have gained increased global attention, particularly in cosmetic products. This report will critically analyse the rapidly growing beauty and cosmetics market in China through the consumer behaviour concepts of consumer materialism and brand personality. Both of these aspects will be examined in relation to the similarities and differences present within the Australian and Chinese context. By exploring these two essential concepts of consumer behaviour, the report will highlight China’s growing interests and demands for imported skincare and beauty products, as well as a potential marketing opportunity for Australian cosmetic companies such as Aēsop. Background With an estimated worth of $19.49 billion, the cosmetic market is one of the largest industries stimulating the Chinese economy today (Datamonitor, 2013). A substantial growth of 18.7% in 2012 and a forecasted growth of 48.7% by 2017 (Euromonitor, 2013), has enabled the nation to become Australia’s largest trading partner including other Australian exports. Due to its dominant presence in the world economy, the general level of per capita income has increased progressively with minor improvements in chronic income inequalities between rural and urban populations in China. With higher disposable incomes and the endless choices in distinct cosmetics, many individuals are now seeking high-value skin regimes and specialty...
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