THURSDAY‚ MARCH 23‚ 2006 Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever’s Project Shakti Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer Marketing Management (MKG1010) International University of Japan‚ Fall 2005 Nishino Kei Pham Thi Thuy Ha Suwannathat Sanpat Tan Siew Siew Zha Li Executive Summary HLL has enjoyed a competitive advantage as a sole provider of personal hygiene care products before the liberalization of India’s economy. However‚ with the entry of foreign MNC‚ HLL is suffering from stagnant
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Unilever in India – Hindustan Lever’s project Shakti – Marketing FMCG to the rural consumer Summary Hindustan Lever (HLL) formed in 1956 is an Indian subsidiary of Unilever Limited (world’s largest FMCG Company). It was a market leader with a share of 40-45%. HLL’s growth has been related to the political development of the country. The heavily regulated Indian economy between 1947- 1980’s was characterised by License Raj which imposed restrictions on investments by the private players. In 1990
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Hindustan Lever’s Project: Case Study in Marketing FMCG to Rural Consumer With the population of over 1.2 billion and vast territory‚ India maintains an annual economic growth rate of over 6.5% since 1998. In this fast developing market‚ India enhances specific characteristics in many aspects: the consumer preference‚ marketing channel‚ market liquidity‚ distributors and manufactories‚ and so on. Therefore‚ administrators have to make decisions and strategies corresponding to this circumstance
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U 2011 Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever’s Project Shakti- Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer Riddhi Biswas PGP/14/236 Section E Q1. What are the key features of Shakti? What are its positive aspects and what are its drawbacks? Key features of Shakti: Axiomatic truly ‚ ‘Rural caravan’ of HUL as it can be popularly called is Project Shakti. Untapped and unexplored for years Indian rural market remain unnoticed and undiscovered as par as the business opportunities‚ especially
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Q2. What was the motivation for the Shakti initiative? Was it a CSR activity? SHAKTI is HUL’s sales and distribution initiative that combines social responsibility‚ sustainability‚ and business strategy. India has more than 6‚ 30‚000 villages‚ most of these are ’hard to reach’ and offer relatively lower business potential. Hence‚ reaching them through the conventional distribution system is a challenge. By promoting micro-enterprises‚ HUL’s initiative not only made great business sense‚ but
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Case Study: Hindustan Lever Limited Overview Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL)‚ a leader in the fast-moving consumer goods business‚ is among the top five exporters in India.15 HLL’s distribution network‚ with more than 3‚400 distributors and 16 million outlets‚ markets more than a thousand products manufactured in more than a hundred plants across India. The company’s HIV and AIDS program‚ initiated in 2002‚ focuses on protecting the health of its skilled young workforce. Its factories have HIV and
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Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever’s Project Shakti-Marketing FMCG to the rural Consumer Case Analysis Notes Section E‚ Group 7 Submitted By Anshu Khanna PGP/17/257 Diksha Singh PGP/17/267 Mohd. Shajeer PGP/17/277 Priya Chandak PGP/17/287 Shiji Thilak PGP/17/297 Q1q Q1)How is HUL placed in the Indian Consumer market? Hindustan Unilever Limited is the biggest player in the market share of FMCG sector of the country. The FMCG sector of the country is the fourth largest
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Hindustan Unilever Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra. It is owned by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever which owns a 67% controlling share in HUL. HUL’s products include foods‚ beverages‚ cleaning agents and personal care products. HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and‚ in 1956‚ became known as Hindustan Lever Limited‚ as a result of a merger between Lever Brothers‚ Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd
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Hindustan Unilever [Rural marketing] Product Mix of HUL. HUL is India’s largest marketer of Soaps‚ Detergents and Home Care products. It has the country’s largest Personal Products business‚ leading in Shampoos‚ Skin Care Products‚ Colour Cosmetics and Deodorants. HUL is also the market leader in Tea‚ Processed Coffee‚ branded Wheat Flour‚ Tomato Products‚ and Ice cream‚ Soups‚ Jams and Squashes. Home & Personal Care • Personal Wash • Fabric Wash • Home Care • Oral Care • Skin Care • Hair Care
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1. What are the key features of Shakti? What are its positive aspects and what are its drawbacks? Key features of Shakti are: • Shakti is an initiative which empowers women in rural India to become capable of earning livelihood and contribute to their family well being • Shakti involves woman to do door to door selling of the branded products • Shakti enabled large conglomerate to penetrate into the untapped rural market of India. • It involved women/entrepreneur to build relationship with customers
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