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        A BRAND AUDIT PROJECT
                                           ON
                                       TITAN



                         FINAL REPORT
                                      Submitted by:

                                  Section B Group 13
                                       Group Members:

                                  Abhishek Palo (FT12403)

                                 Himanshu Yadav (FT12431)

                               P Gouthem Karthik (FT12325)

                                      S Kesavan (FT12224)

                           Srinivasrao Dhenuvukonda (FT12467)




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Table of Contents

History .................................................................................................................................. 3

Corporate information ........................................................................................................... 4

Product Related Attributes .................................................................................................... 4

Brand portfolio....................................................................................................................... 6

Communication, pricing and distribution ................................................................................ 6

Customer Knowledge ............................................................................................................ 7

Sources of Brand Equity ....................................................................................................... 8

CBBE Model for Titan Watches............................................................................................. 9

TITAN in various Brand Ratings .......................................................................................... 10

TITAN’s Brand’s Architecture.............................................................................................. 11

TITAN’s Brand Hierarchy Evaluation ................................................................................... 11

TITAN’s fit in a broader brand portfolio ................................................................................ 12

TITAN’s Growth strategy Assessment................................................................................. 12

Brand Awareness................................................................................................................ 14

Brand Attitude ..................................................................................................................... 15

Attitude- Product ................................................................................................................. 16

Level of Desire for the Brand............................................................................................... 17

Behavioural Tendencies ...................................................................................................... 18

Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 22

References ......................................................................................................................... 23




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History

With presence in over 4 continents and 40 countries,$ 1.46 billion company, Titan is the
worlds fifth largest and India’s largest wrist watch manufacturer. Since its inception as JV
between Tata group and TIDCO in 1984, the company has grown to develop and offer Titan,
Octane, Regalia, Fastrack, Nebula, Raga Xylys brands in the wrist watch market and has
extended to jewellery and accessories market through the brand Tanishq in 1995 and more
recently has entered into eye wear by launching eye gear sunglasses and prescription
sunglasses. As market leaders with over 60% market share in domestic organized watch
markets, Titan has recently claimed to have manufactured the world’s slimmest watch –
Titan Edge through devotion to extensive R&D activities.

Titan had set up its first plant for the manufacture of analog electronic watches in the state
industries promotion corporation of Tamil Nadu at Hosur in the year 1984 and went on to get
into an collaboration agreement with France Ebauches for technical documentation and
assistance in procurement of equipment and materials. In the year 1991 a joint venture
Company along with Economic Development Council of Goa, Daman & Diu Ltd., in the name
of Titan Time Products, Ltd., was set up at Goa, for the manufacture of Electronic Circuit
Blocks. The name of the Company was changed from Titan Watches, Ltd. to Titan Industries
Ltd. in the year 1993, in view of the fact that the Company's products consisted of not only
watches but also jewellery. Since then the company has consistently captured new markets
and thrown out many existing players to capture market leadership in the domestic market
and markets abroad.




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Corporate information

Some key changes in the history of corporate professionals profile include the induction of
Mr Jeyakodi as a director of the company in 2002 followed by resignation of Mr. Jacob
Curien in 2003. However the management was a given a boost by the appointment of Mr.
Harish Bhatt as Chief operating officer of watches and accessories division in the year 2006
followed by induction and then resignation of Mr. Sunil Palliwal as the board of director of
the company in 2007. However the following is the brief list of senior management team of
the Titan Industries as of 2011.




Name                                        Designation
Susan Mathew                                Chairman / Chair Person
N Sundaradevan                              Director
Ishaat Hussain                              Director
T K Balaji                                  Director
Vinita Bali                                 Director
R Poornalingam                              Director
Name                                        Designation
Bhaskar Bhat                                Managing Director
V Parthasarathy                             Director
N N Tata                                    Director
C G Krishnadas Nair                         Director
Hema Ravichandar                            Director
Das Narayandas                              Independent Director




Product Related Attributes

All watches provide the time of day, giving at least the hour and minute, and usually the
second. Most also provide the current date, and often the day of the week as well. However,
many watches also provide a great deal of information beyond the basics of time and date.
Some watches include alarms. Other elaborate and more expensive watches, both pocket
and wrist models also incorporate striking mechanisms or repeater functions, so that the
wearer could learn the time by the sound emanating from the watch. This announcement or
striking feature is an essential characteristic of true clocks and distinguishes such watches
from ordinary timepieces. This feature is available on most digital watches.




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A complicated watch has one or more functions beyond the basic function of displaying the
time and the date; such functionality is called complication. Two popular complications are
the chronograph complication, which is the ability of the watch movement to function as a
stopwatch, and the moon phase complication, which is a display of the lunar phase.

Other more expensive complications include Tourbillon, Perpetual calendar, Minute
repeater, and Equation of time. A truly complicated watch has many of these complications
at once. Some watches can both indicate the direction of Mecca and have alarms that can
be set for all daily prayer requirements. Among watch enthusiasts, complicated watches are
especially collectible. Some watches include a second 12-hour display for UTC (as Pontos
Grand Guichet GMT).

The similar-sounding terms chronograph and chronometer are often confused, although
they mean altogether different things. A chronograph has a stopwatch complication, as
explained above, while a chronometer watch has a high quality mechanical or a thermo-
compensated quartz movement that has been tested and certified to operate within a certain
standard of accuracy by the COSC (Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres). The
concepts are different but not mutually exclusive; so a watch can be a chronograph, a
chronometer, both, or neither.


Many computerized wristwatches have been developed, but none have had long-term sales
success, because they have awkward user interfaces due to the tiny screens and buttons,
and a short battery life. As miniaturized electronics became cheaper, watches have been
developed containing calculators, tonometer, barometers, altimeters, a compass using both
hands to show the N/S direction, video games, digital cameras, key drives, GPS receivers
and cellular phones. In the early 1980s Seiko marketed a watch with a television in it. Such
watches have also had the reputation as unsightly and thus mainly geek toys. Several
companies have however attempted to develop a computer contained in a wristwatch.

Braille watches have analogue displays with raised bumps around the face to allow blind
users to tell the time. Their digital equivalents use synthesised speech to speak the time on
command.

Some key unique features of Titan are:


   1) Distinct watches in Gold and Leather
   2) Stylish watches in Gold and Precious metals
   3) Contemporary watches in stainless steel to withstand rigors of daily life


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   4) Casual watches for youngsters and for outdoor use
   5) Jewellery watches in 18 carat Gold, studded with Gems and coloured stones
   6) Use of plastic dials for bold and contemporary design



Brand portfolio

Some of the most notable brands in the TITAN’s portfolio are

Titan Edge - World’s slimmest watch (at 3.45mm) that epitomizes the philosophy ‘less is
more’.
Titan Raga - a feminine and opulent accessory for today's affluent woman
Nebula - watches crafted with solid 18k gold and precious stones
Sonata - India's largest selling watch brand to suite the common man's wallet
Xylys - a Swiss-made, impeccably designed watch for the connoisseur and new age
achiever
Fastrack – watches created to accessories the trendy youth of today

The watch division also boasts of collections such as Automatic, Heritage, Nebula,
Orion, Raga, Zoop and series like Aviator, Octane and WWF.



Communication, pricing and distribution

Communication

Aamir khan is the brand ambassador for TITAN

Mahendra Sing Dhoni is the brand ambassador for SONATA.

Rani Mukherjee is the brand ambassador for Raga

Also Titan releases lot of advertising during festivals.

Pricing

Mass –INR 350-600

Popular-INR 600-900

Premium- INR 900-1500

Super premium-INR 1500-8000

Connoisseur segments –INR 8000- 150000


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Distribution

The company has over 317 exclusive ‘World of Titan' showrooms and over 50 Fastrack
stores. It also has a large network of over 650 after-sales-service centres.



Customer Knowledge

TITAN has revolutionized the watch market by making quartz its watch and is the
unquestioned leader in the segment. Many consumers’ brand associations for TITAN were
“simple and stylish”, “Elegant”, “High Quality”. The mental map is given below for the TITAN
watches.

Image:                                           Performance:
Time                                             Ruggedness
Amazing Design                                   Durability
Elegant
Simple and Stylish                               Sports:
Totally Inspiring, Talismanic, Amazing and       Trendy
Nice                                             Advanced Features
Remember the titans movie                        Digital
Watch
Power of TIME                                    People:
Distinct sound of their advertisements           High-Class
TITANS                                           Fashion
Greek GOD                                        Style



      Performance                                             Image




                                       TITAN



           People                                                  Sports




                                      Negative




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Sources of Brand Equity

The brand name “TITAN” is classical and is based on Greek mythology.




Brand Name:

Tagline: BE MORE. WHAT’S YOUR STYLE



Logo:
The pervasive blue-coloured Tata logo which was planned by the Wolff Olins consultancy
was given a modification to make it more Greek like , curbing the circle around to make a
base and giving it black and grey colour amalgamations and so the TITAN logo was born .
The logo represents indefiniteness.

Brand     Meaning:    Titan        personifies   anything    of    size,   strength,    or    achievement.
Memorability:        The      name         is     very      easy     to     recall      and        recognize
Likeability:    The        brand      name       is   fundamentally        expressive        and     cogent.
Transferable: The name Titan means achievement and anybody wearing a Titan is an
achiever is what is communicated. It can easily be applied across all product categories and
geographies.
Legal Protection: The brand name is legally protected in watches.
Slogan: “BE MORE”
Titan was launched in 1987 when watches were seldom stylish and catered to the basic
need of knowing the time. TITAN brought in the style concept and gradually built its brand
equity.
Jingle: Mozart’s Fifth Symphony
Titan has a typical signature tune taken from Mozart’s fifth symphony. TITAN pioneered the
concept of gifting watches and with the signature tune the watches caught the attention of
many.




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     Brand Associations: By being associated with Amir Khan, M.S. Dhoni, Rani Mukherjee it
     has clearly communicated that this watch is the choice of Leaders.



     CBBE Model for Titan Watches




                                           Loyalty,                         Brand Loyalty
                       Resonance
                                       Attachment,
                                                                            (What about you & me?)
                                   Sense of community

                                                                            Brand Response
                               High Quality,            Pride,
                                                                           (What about you?)
                            Trustworthy,               Status,
         Judgement                                                   Feelings
                           Superior, likeable   Social Approval

                     Reliable, Sturdy,                Stylish and trendy,    Brand Meaning

                 Long lasting or durable, No. of models, Colours, (What are you?)
Performance                                      Segmented approach,           Imagery
                 Chronographs, alarms,

                  Available in diff prices            Huge no of outlets

                                                                              Brand Identity
Brand Salience                     Wrist Watches
                                                                               (Who are you?)
                                   Pocket Watches




     In the CBBE model, Titan is undoubtedly in the Resonance stage. People used Titan
     watches over time and they seem quite satisfied and happy with their experience, which
     explains the repeat purchases. Titan as a brand is extremely strong and also has delivered

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its promise over the years. So, there is a sense of satisfaction/accomplishment when the
product is used, which in turn means Titan has connected extremely well with its target
audience through all its brands. Customers feel attached to Titan watches and hence exhibit
great loyalty towards it.



TITAN in various Brand Ratings

   •   In 2001, Indian consumers rated Titan as Most Admired Brand in India in a first ever
       survey done by Brand Equity.
   •   In 2011, TITAN is ranked 73rd in Economic Times Brand Equity India’s Most Trusted
       Brands.
   •   According to the Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2011, Titan is at no 10 among the
       total of 16000 brands studied in the report.
   •   Titan brand won the “Most Valuable Brand in the State” award at the IIPM & The
       Sunday Times STATE EXCELLENCE AWARD”
   •   Both Titan and Sonata feature in the Top 100 Brands-2009 in the Annual Survey
       conducted by Economic Times. While Titan is ranked at Number 4, Sonata increase
       their rank to 86. Titan is ranked number 1 in the consumer durables category.




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TITAN’s Brand’s Architecture
Brand architecture goes beyond the visual/graphic naming relationship of brands and sub-
brands. It is about the overall experience created for your customer segments.


The Titan brand architecture comprises of several sub-brands:
   •   Titan Edge - world's slimmest watch based on the philosophy ‘less is more’,
   •   Titan Raga - feminine and sensuous accessory for today's woman,
   •   Nebula - crafted with solid 18k gold and precious stones.


Several other popular collections like Heritage, Aviator, Automatic, Regalia, Obaku, HTSE
also form a part of the Titan portfolio. Generally brand architecture comprises of two major
tiers. The top tier happens to be the corporate brand, TITAN and the second tier comprises
of “sub-brands”, Nebula, Heritage.


   •   Tier One focus: Companies that develop the corporate or parent brand as the
       umbrella for overall products and services.
   •   Tier Two focus: Companies that primarily support their product/service brands.

A New Tier: One of the most innovative solutions is to create a new model that introduces a
new, third tier sitting between the parent and the product/service brands. This tier serves as
a platform for marketing efforts that is valuable from a number of perspectives. In the TITAN
portfolio of high premium watches, there seems to be a mismatch for the Tier two
approaches. TITAN corporate brand covers the Connoisseur segment watches but at the
same time these brands are on their own. A brand portraying the elegance is missing, which
might help TITAN to attract customers in that segment. TITAN which is basically known for
its product catering to semi premium segments, the high end segment requires more
branding and attention.



TITAN’s Brand Hierarchy Evaluation

The brand hierarchy of TITAN is apt. The core brand acts as the umbrella brand which
represents the institution as a whole. The sub brand identities of Nebula, Aviator, and
heritage are great and delivered their promise of elegance. The below diagram shows how
the brand has delivered, feeling of elegance and superiority right from the attribute level to




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the highest level,. TITAN as a brand has been very conservative in approach but still has
managed to push itself as a sought after brand in the young generation.



                                 Something Bigger
                                 Elegant, Feeling
                                 Superior




                                 Emotional End Benefit

                                 Socially Acceptable.




                                 Functional Benefit

                                 Durable




                                  Attributes
                                  Time, Good, Sharp
                                  Colour
TITAN’s fit in a broader brand portfolio
The TITAN portfolio owns around 60% of domestic market share in organized watch market.
The TITAN brand has been extended to eye wear, which retails sunglasses under the fast
track brand. It has overall developed a sense of homely and indigenous product which has
mastered the latest technology and offers a wide range of products.




TITAN’s Growth strategy Assessment

Titan Industries Ltd has posted an increased sales turnover during the third quarter of the
fiscal by 40 per cent from Rs.105.85crore to Rs147.97crore in the current year while the


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company's profit after tax has gone up by 28 per cent from Rs1.37crore to Rs1.96crore
During the nine month period, Titan's watch sales rose from 31.38 lakh pieces to 36.90 lakh
units marking a growth of 18 per cent, led by brands like Regalia, Raga, Fastback, Sonata
(plastic) and its newly launched Dash labels. The growth has been exceptionally great and is
attributed to the following factors.

    •   The Customer and Market Focus checks how the company determines customer
        groups
    •   Strategic Planning criterion examines how the company develops strategic objectives
    •   The Information and Analysis criteria check whether the organisation has key metrics
        in place
    •   The Human Resources Focus checks the appraisal system, the work environment
    •   Process management examines the product design, production and delivery process




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Brand Awareness
The first brand characteristic that was investigated was Brand Awareness.
The information that was sought included.
    1. The total extent of brand awareness
    2. Which geographic group is most familiar with the brand
    3.   The degree to which the brand is easily recognized as distinct from competitors

The total extent of brand awareness:

                   Brand
 Geography       Awareness
 South India       77.8%
  North India      94.4%
  West India      100.0%
  East India       80.0%
 Central India     50.0%
  Total India      86.0%


Fig 1

 60%
          48%
 50%
 40%                 30%
 30%
 20%                          12%
                                         8%
 10%                                            2%
  0%




Fig 2

TITAN brand awareness is seen as 86% on an overall India basis. West India has got
most (100%) brand awareness, followed by North India.

Figure 1 compares the three geographic groups that were analysed throughout the study
and
Identifies which geographic group is most familiar / least familiar with the brand. A chi square
test was applied to analyse whether there is a dependence of ‘geography’ (variable 1) on
‘familiarity with brand’ (variable 2).
The null hypothesis (H0) and alternative hypothesis (HI) for this test is:



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H0: Geography is independent of familiarity with brand
HI: Geography is dependent on familiarity with brand


The results from the test gave a p-value (probability) of less than 0.05, which indicates that
there is enough statistical evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, geography does
have an influence on whether the respondent will be familiar with the brand.

                   Chi-Square Tests
                                             Asp. Sig. (2-
                        Value       d          sided)
Pearson Chi-           5.033a       4            .004
Square
Likelihood Ratio        5.427       4            .006
N of Valid Cases         248


Brand Attitude

The second brand characteristic that was investigated was Attitude towards the TITAN
brand. Attitudes are usually measured with multi-attribute scales that are suitable for survey
research, such as a Liker scale.


    1. Correlation Tests between “Geography” and Brand Attitude Variables
       (Likeability, Quality, Attractive, Desirable & Superior)



                                   Coefficients
      Model            Unstandardized            Standardized
                        Coefficients             Coefficients
                        B       Std. Error              Beta      t      Sig.
1      Constant        .240        1.046                        .230     .019
       Likeability     -.381          .341           -.230      -1.116   .021
         Quality       .698           .267              .483    2.609    .012
        Attractive     -.115          .272           -.086      -.421    .076
          ness
          Desire       -.108          .267           -.094      -.407    .460
         Superior      .354           .285              .265    1.242    .221
a. Dependent Variable: Geography




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   2. Correlation Tests between “Gender” and Brand Attitude Variables (Likeability,
         Quality, Attractive, Desirable & Superior).

                                    Variables
                                                Score         d           Sig.
Step 0    Variables          Likeability        .639          1          .024
                              Quality           .250          1          .017
                           Attractiveness       .462          1          .550
                              Desire            .436          1          .039
                             Superior           .518          1          .472
           Overall Statistics                   .769          5          .979
Dependent Variable: Gender



Attitude- Product

   1. Correlation Tests between “Geography” and Product Attitude Variables
         (Interesting, beneficial, fond of, value for money, exceptional).


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           Model                                                  Standardized
                                Unstandardized Coefficients       Coefficients
                                     B           Std. Error          Beta          t      Sig.

   1         (Constant)            -.265           1.222                         -.217    .029

             Interesting           .416            .284               .317       1.466    .015
             Beneficial            .014            .301               .008       .048     .006

              Fond of              -.396           .245              -.333       -1.612   .015

          Value for money          .438            .258               .273       1.702    .006

            Exceptional            .126            .300               .094       .421     .076
a. Dependent Variable: Geography




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      2. Correlation         Tests    between    “Income”     and   Product     Attitude     Variables
          (Interesting, beneficial, fond of, value for money, exceptional)


                                             Coefficients
              Model                   Unstandardized         Standardized
                                       Coefficients          Coefficients
                                      B         Std. Error      Beta            t          Sig.
     1         (Constant)            3.271        1.935                     1.690          .009
               Interesting           -.023        .449          -.012         -.050        .006
               Beneficial            .060         .477           .024         .126         .032
                Fond of              .026         .389           .015         .067         .042
               Value for             -.175        .408          -.075         -.429        .041
                money
              Exceptional            -.074        .475          -.038         -.155        .078
a. Dependent Variable: Income bracket




Level of Desire for the Brand

The fourth brand characteristic that was investigated was the level of Desire for the TITAN
brand. The information sought included:
.1    The total extent of desire for the brand (fig 3)
          .
      Desire for the
                             %age
          brand
      Strongly desire         30%
        Mild desire           52%
     Somewhat desire          14%
       Least desire            6%



.2    Which geography group has the most / least desire for the brand?


Whether there is a relationship between Desire for the Brand and Product Usage
H0: south Indian = north Indian = West Indian = µ East Indian = central Indian
HI: At least one of the means of these populations differs




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The p-value for this test is 0.03, indicating that there is enough statistical evidence to reject
the Null hypothesis. It was found that there is a significant difference between the means of
the various geographic groups.

.3   Whether there is a relationship between Desire for the Brand and Product Usage


A one-way variance test was applied to determine whether there was a difference in the
means
Between those respondents who have used TITAN products and their level of desire for the
Brand. The null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis for this test is:


H0: Desire for the brand is not related to Usage of TITAN products
HI: Desire for the brand is related to Usage of TITAN products


The results of the test yielded a p-value of less than 0.01, which indicates that there is
enough Statistical evidence to reject the null hypothesis. The results indicate that the desire
of those Respondents who have used TITAN products is stronger.



Behavioural Tendencies
The fifth brand characteristic that was investigated was the specific Behavioural
Tendencies with regard to the usage / purchase of Titan products. The information that was
sought included:


• Which ethnic group is the majority user of Titan products?
• How many respondents have used TITAN products as well as products from category?


Comparison of the three geographic groups that were analysed throughout the study and
identifies which geographic group has the most positive usage behaviour of Titan products.
A chi square test was applied to analyse whether there is a dependence of ‘Geography’’
(variable 1) on ‘used Titan products’ (variable 2). The null hypothesis and alternative
hypothesis for this test are:


H0: Geography is independent of product usage
HI: Geography is dependent on product usage




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The results of the test yielded a p-value of 0.046 which indicates that there is enough
statistical evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, ethnicity does have an influence
on whether the consumer has used any Titan products.


Value Proposition
The sixth, and final, brand characteristic that was investigated was the Value Proposition of
the brand. The information that was sought included:


• The ability to determine which ethnic group places the most / least emphasis on functional,
emotional and self-expressive benefits as sought by the brand / products. Only one test was
found to be statistically significant. The result of a one-way analysis of variance test of
‘geography’ (variable 1) and ‘functional benefits’ sought by the using the brand (variable 2).
The null and alternative hypotheses are as follows:


H0: µ south India = µ North India = µ west India = µ east India = µ central India
HI: At least one of the means of these populations differs


The p-value for this test is 0.01, indicating that there is enough statistical evidence to reject
the null hypothesis. After the Bonferroni adjustment and the post-hoc test, it was found that
there is a significant difference between the means of the various geographic groups.




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          Summary of the Statistically Significant Tests (α = 0.05)

                                          Variable 2         Statistic Test
Brand Characteristic     Variable1                           employed              p-value
                                          Familiarity with
                                                             Chi-square
Brand awareness          Geography        brand                                     0.004
                         Geography        Likeability                                0.021
                         Geography        Quality                                    0.012
                         Geography        Attractive         Linear regression       0.076
                         Geography        Desire                                      0.46
                         Geography        Superior                                   0.221
     Brand attitude
                         Gender           Likeability                                0.024
                         Gender           Quality                                    0.017
                         Gender           Attractive         Logistic regression      0.55
                         Gender           Desire                                     0.039
                         Gender           Superior                                   0.472
                         Geography        Interesting                                0.015
                         Geography        Beneficial                                 0.006
                         Geography        Fond of                                    0.015
                                                             Linear regression
                                          Value for
                                                                                     0.006
                         Geography        money
                         Geography        Exceptional                               0.076
   Attitude -product
                         Income bracket   Interesting                                0.006
                         Income bracket   Beneficial                                 0.032
                         Income bracket   Fond of                                    0.042
                                                             Linear regression
                                          Value for
                                                                                     0.041
                         Income bracket   money
                         Income bracket   Exceptional                                0.078
                                          Positive
                                          towards the        one way Anova
      Desirability       Geography        brand                                      0.03
                                          Preference to
                                                             one way Anova
      Behavioural        Geography        the brand                                  0.01
      Tendencies                          Loyalty to the
                                                             one way Anova
                         Geography        brand                                     0.046
                                          Emotional
                                                             one way Anova
                         Geography        benefits                                   0.01
   Value preposition
                                          Self-expressive
                                                             one way Anova
                         Geography        benefits                                   0.01




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        TITAN- BRAND EQUITY PYRAMID BASED EMPIRICAL RESEARCH




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Recommendations

Statistical analysis suggested that Brand attitude parameters such as Attractiveness, Desire,
and Superiority are in significant factors for brand TITAN. This may be because of lot
attractive and better models available (according to consumer perception) due stiff
competitive branding by other Watch makers such as TIMEX, SWATCH & CITIZEN etc.
TITAN needs to reposition the branding activities by projecting “Superior” and “Desire” as
new brand elements. Particularly Male community has to be targeted for these elements.

Statistical analysis also suggests that the consumer perception on TITAN BRAND products
is not significant when it comes to the product attribute “Exceptional”. This shows the brand
uniqueness is deteriorating for TITAN brand. TITAN must redesign branding strategy to
reposition their products as unique to sustain the brand equity.

Again as we have statistical evidence to prove that geography has played a significant role in
contributing to the awareness of the brand, we can identify the geographical areas that are weak in
awareness and as India is an emerging market the volumes that can be generated by mere increase
in brand awareness in certain targeted areas can bring sales volume to the business. Also by knowing
where exactly the brand awareness is high, the company can afford to cut down upon its marketing
expenses in those segments.

As gender affects the brand attitude, the brand can be made to cater to women by stressing on
attributes like likeability quality and desire. Also with the luxury of the jewellery subdivisions like
Tanishq, titan can leverage the jewellery division’s brand names and collaborate with the watch
division and come up with integrated high end watches that can cater to high end women customers
and thereby increase profitability.

With the advent of Chinese, Japanese and Korean products in the domestic watch markets, a lot of
duplicate watches have been manufactured and sold at low cost. This phenomenon of duplicate
watches might seriously affect the revenues of TITAN. So company can introduce holograms or RFIDs
etc. and preserve and prevent their loyal customers and potential customers from getting beguiled
by the watch vendors.

Titan can exploit the rich cultural diversities of the domestic market and can address the cultural
needs of its customers by integrating its range of products/offerings specific to cultures/festivals etc.
A number of new variants can be introduced keeping in mind the cultural needs of the customers
and its range can be channelized to create a cultural identity for the customers.


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The company can have tie-ups with schools and colleges across the country and can increase its
market penetration by recommending the educational institutions to offer their products to the new
students. Also the company must try to understand the emerging consumer needs in the young
generation and try to be updated and also some disruptive technological innovation like having a
radio tuner card in a watch, health monitor incorporated in a watch, having a speedometer, digital
camera etc. to stay abreast with the competition and maintain and grow market share.

Titan can extend into new markets like wallets, handbags, clothes etc. before any of its competitors
in this product category would enter and thereby increase its brand equity and develop long term
relationships with its customers.



References

    1. http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia.html
    2. http://www.titanworld.com/country/in/the-titan-story
    3. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topbrands.cms
    4. http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia.html
    5. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brand+titan+&aq=f
    6. Strategic brand management, third edition, by Kevin lane Keller
    7. http://www.infibeam.com/Watches/Titan.xhtml
    8. http://www.managementparadise.com/tirthsoni/documents/535/
    9. http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Hamid403-642094-product-and-brand-
        managment/




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Brand Audit-TITAN

  • 1. Great Lakes Institute of Management A BRAND AUDIT PROJECT ON TITAN FINAL REPORT Submitted by: Section B Group 13 Group Members: Abhishek Palo (FT12403) Himanshu Yadav (FT12431) P Gouthem Karthik (FT12325) S Kesavan (FT12224) Srinivasrao Dhenuvukonda (FT12467) Section B Group 13 Page 1
  • 2. Great Lakes Institute of Management Table of Contents History .................................................................................................................................. 3 Corporate information ........................................................................................................... 4 Product Related Attributes .................................................................................................... 4 Brand portfolio....................................................................................................................... 6 Communication, pricing and distribution ................................................................................ 6 Customer Knowledge ............................................................................................................ 7 Sources of Brand Equity ....................................................................................................... 8 CBBE Model for Titan Watches............................................................................................. 9 TITAN in various Brand Ratings .......................................................................................... 10 TITAN’s Brand’s Architecture.............................................................................................. 11 TITAN’s Brand Hierarchy Evaluation ................................................................................... 11 TITAN’s fit in a broader brand portfolio ................................................................................ 12 TITAN’s Growth strategy Assessment................................................................................. 12 Brand Awareness................................................................................................................ 14 Brand Attitude ..................................................................................................................... 15 Attitude- Product ................................................................................................................. 16 Level of Desire for the Brand............................................................................................... 17 Behavioural Tendencies ...................................................................................................... 18 Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 22 References ......................................................................................................................... 23 Section B Group 13 Page 2
  • 3. Great Lakes Institute of Management History With presence in over 4 continents and 40 countries,$ 1.46 billion company, Titan is the worlds fifth largest and India’s largest wrist watch manufacturer. Since its inception as JV between Tata group and TIDCO in 1984, the company has grown to develop and offer Titan, Octane, Regalia, Fastrack, Nebula, Raga Xylys brands in the wrist watch market and has extended to jewellery and accessories market through the brand Tanishq in 1995 and more recently has entered into eye wear by launching eye gear sunglasses and prescription sunglasses. As market leaders with over 60% market share in domestic organized watch markets, Titan has recently claimed to have manufactured the world’s slimmest watch – Titan Edge through devotion to extensive R&D activities. Titan had set up its first plant for the manufacture of analog electronic watches in the state industries promotion corporation of Tamil Nadu at Hosur in the year 1984 and went on to get into an collaboration agreement with France Ebauches for technical documentation and assistance in procurement of equipment and materials. In the year 1991 a joint venture Company along with Economic Development Council of Goa, Daman & Diu Ltd., in the name of Titan Time Products, Ltd., was set up at Goa, for the manufacture of Electronic Circuit Blocks. The name of the Company was changed from Titan Watches, Ltd. to Titan Industries Ltd. in the year 1993, in view of the fact that the Company's products consisted of not only watches but also jewellery. Since then the company has consistently captured new markets and thrown out many existing players to capture market leadership in the domestic market and markets abroad. Section B Group 13 Page 3
  • 4. Great Lakes Institute of Management Corporate information Some key changes in the history of corporate professionals profile include the induction of Mr Jeyakodi as a director of the company in 2002 followed by resignation of Mr. Jacob Curien in 2003. However the management was a given a boost by the appointment of Mr. Harish Bhatt as Chief operating officer of watches and accessories division in the year 2006 followed by induction and then resignation of Mr. Sunil Palliwal as the board of director of the company in 2007. However the following is the brief list of senior management team of the Titan Industries as of 2011. Name Designation Susan Mathew Chairman / Chair Person N Sundaradevan Director Ishaat Hussain Director T K Balaji Director Vinita Bali Director R Poornalingam Director Name Designation Bhaskar Bhat Managing Director V Parthasarathy Director N N Tata Director C G Krishnadas Nair Director Hema Ravichandar Director Das Narayandas Independent Director Product Related Attributes All watches provide the time of day, giving at least the hour and minute, and usually the second. Most also provide the current date, and often the day of the week as well. However, many watches also provide a great deal of information beyond the basics of time and date. Some watches include alarms. Other elaborate and more expensive watches, both pocket and wrist models also incorporate striking mechanisms or repeater functions, so that the wearer could learn the time by the sound emanating from the watch. This announcement or striking feature is an essential characteristic of true clocks and distinguishes such watches from ordinary timepieces. This feature is available on most digital watches. Section B Group 13 Page 4
  • 5. Great Lakes Institute of Management A complicated watch has one or more functions beyond the basic function of displaying the time and the date; such functionality is called complication. Two popular complications are the chronograph complication, which is the ability of the watch movement to function as a stopwatch, and the moon phase complication, which is a display of the lunar phase. Other more expensive complications include Tourbillon, Perpetual calendar, Minute repeater, and Equation of time. A truly complicated watch has many of these complications at once. Some watches can both indicate the direction of Mecca and have alarms that can be set for all daily prayer requirements. Among watch enthusiasts, complicated watches are especially collectible. Some watches include a second 12-hour display for UTC (as Pontos Grand Guichet GMT). The similar-sounding terms chronograph and chronometer are often confused, although they mean altogether different things. A chronograph has a stopwatch complication, as explained above, while a chronometer watch has a high quality mechanical or a thermo- compensated quartz movement that has been tested and certified to operate within a certain standard of accuracy by the COSC (Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres). The concepts are different but not mutually exclusive; so a watch can be a chronograph, a chronometer, both, or neither. Many computerized wristwatches have been developed, but none have had long-term sales success, because they have awkward user interfaces due to the tiny screens and buttons, and a short battery life. As miniaturized electronics became cheaper, watches have been developed containing calculators, tonometer, barometers, altimeters, a compass using both hands to show the N/S direction, video games, digital cameras, key drives, GPS receivers and cellular phones. In the early 1980s Seiko marketed a watch with a television in it. Such watches have also had the reputation as unsightly and thus mainly geek toys. Several companies have however attempted to develop a computer contained in a wristwatch. Braille watches have analogue displays with raised bumps around the face to allow blind users to tell the time. Their digital equivalents use synthesised speech to speak the time on command. Some key unique features of Titan are: 1) Distinct watches in Gold and Leather 2) Stylish watches in Gold and Precious metals 3) Contemporary watches in stainless steel to withstand rigors of daily life Section B Group 13 Page 5
  • 6. Great Lakes Institute of Management 4) Casual watches for youngsters and for outdoor use 5) Jewellery watches in 18 carat Gold, studded with Gems and coloured stones 6) Use of plastic dials for bold and contemporary design Brand portfolio Some of the most notable brands in the TITAN’s portfolio are Titan Edge - World’s slimmest watch (at 3.45mm) that epitomizes the philosophy ‘less is more’. Titan Raga - a feminine and opulent accessory for today's affluent woman Nebula - watches crafted with solid 18k gold and precious stones Sonata - India's largest selling watch brand to suite the common man's wallet Xylys - a Swiss-made, impeccably designed watch for the connoisseur and new age achiever Fastrack – watches created to accessories the trendy youth of today The watch division also boasts of collections such as Automatic, Heritage, Nebula, Orion, Raga, Zoop and series like Aviator, Octane and WWF. Communication, pricing and distribution Communication Aamir khan is the brand ambassador for TITAN Mahendra Sing Dhoni is the brand ambassador for SONATA. Rani Mukherjee is the brand ambassador for Raga Also Titan releases lot of advertising during festivals. Pricing Mass –INR 350-600 Popular-INR 600-900 Premium- INR 900-1500 Super premium-INR 1500-8000 Connoisseur segments –INR 8000- 150000 Section B Group 13 Page 6
  • 7. Great Lakes Institute of Management Distribution The company has over 317 exclusive ‘World of Titan' showrooms and over 50 Fastrack stores. It also has a large network of over 650 after-sales-service centres. Customer Knowledge TITAN has revolutionized the watch market by making quartz its watch and is the unquestioned leader in the segment. Many consumers’ brand associations for TITAN were “simple and stylish”, “Elegant”, “High Quality”. The mental map is given below for the TITAN watches. Image: Performance: Time Ruggedness Amazing Design Durability Elegant Simple and Stylish Sports: Totally Inspiring, Talismanic, Amazing and Trendy Nice Advanced Features Remember the titans movie Digital Watch Power of TIME People: Distinct sound of their advertisements High-Class TITANS Fashion Greek GOD Style Performance Image TITAN People Sports Negative Section B Group 13 Page 7
  • 8. Great Lakes Institute of Management Sources of Brand Equity The brand name “TITAN” is classical and is based on Greek mythology. Brand Name: Tagline: BE MORE. WHAT’S YOUR STYLE Logo: The pervasive blue-coloured Tata logo which was planned by the Wolff Olins consultancy was given a modification to make it more Greek like , curbing the circle around to make a base and giving it black and grey colour amalgamations and so the TITAN logo was born . The logo represents indefiniteness. Brand Meaning: Titan personifies anything of size, strength, or achievement. Memorability: The name is very easy to recall and recognize Likeability: The brand name is fundamentally expressive and cogent. Transferable: The name Titan means achievement and anybody wearing a Titan is an achiever is what is communicated. It can easily be applied across all product categories and geographies. Legal Protection: The brand name is legally protected in watches. Slogan: “BE MORE” Titan was launched in 1987 when watches were seldom stylish and catered to the basic need of knowing the time. TITAN brought in the style concept and gradually built its brand equity. Jingle: Mozart’s Fifth Symphony Titan has a typical signature tune taken from Mozart’s fifth symphony. TITAN pioneered the concept of gifting watches and with the signature tune the watches caught the attention of many. Section B Group 13 Page 8
  • 9. Great Lakes Institute of Management Brand Associations: By being associated with Amir Khan, M.S. Dhoni, Rani Mukherjee it has clearly communicated that this watch is the choice of Leaders. CBBE Model for Titan Watches Loyalty, Brand Loyalty Resonance Attachment, (What about you & me?) Sense of community Brand Response High Quality, Pride, (What about you?) Trustworthy, Status, Judgement Feelings Superior, likeable Social Approval Reliable, Sturdy, Stylish and trendy, Brand Meaning Long lasting or durable, No. of models, Colours, (What are you?) Performance Segmented approach, Imagery Chronographs, alarms, Available in diff prices Huge no of outlets Brand Identity Brand Salience Wrist Watches (Who are you?) Pocket Watches In the CBBE model, Titan is undoubtedly in the Resonance stage. People used Titan watches over time and they seem quite satisfied and happy with their experience, which explains the repeat purchases. Titan as a brand is extremely strong and also has delivered Section B Group 13 Page 9
  • 10. Great Lakes Institute of Management its promise over the years. So, there is a sense of satisfaction/accomplishment when the product is used, which in turn means Titan has connected extremely well with its target audience through all its brands. Customers feel attached to Titan watches and hence exhibit great loyalty towards it. TITAN in various Brand Ratings • In 2001, Indian consumers rated Titan as Most Admired Brand in India in a first ever survey done by Brand Equity. • In 2011, TITAN is ranked 73rd in Economic Times Brand Equity India’s Most Trusted Brands. • According to the Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2011, Titan is at no 10 among the total of 16000 brands studied in the report. • Titan brand won the “Most Valuable Brand in the State” award at the IIPM & The Sunday Times STATE EXCELLENCE AWARD” • Both Titan and Sonata feature in the Top 100 Brands-2009 in the Annual Survey conducted by Economic Times. While Titan is ranked at Number 4, Sonata increase their rank to 86. Titan is ranked number 1 in the consumer durables category. Section B Group 13 Page 10
  • 11. Great Lakes Institute of Management TITAN’s Brand’s Architecture Brand architecture goes beyond the visual/graphic naming relationship of brands and sub- brands. It is about the overall experience created for your customer segments. The Titan brand architecture comprises of several sub-brands: • Titan Edge - world's slimmest watch based on the philosophy ‘less is more’, • Titan Raga - feminine and sensuous accessory for today's woman, • Nebula - crafted with solid 18k gold and precious stones. Several other popular collections like Heritage, Aviator, Automatic, Regalia, Obaku, HTSE also form a part of the Titan portfolio. Generally brand architecture comprises of two major tiers. The top tier happens to be the corporate brand, TITAN and the second tier comprises of “sub-brands”, Nebula, Heritage. • Tier One focus: Companies that develop the corporate or parent brand as the umbrella for overall products and services. • Tier Two focus: Companies that primarily support their product/service brands. A New Tier: One of the most innovative solutions is to create a new model that introduces a new, third tier sitting between the parent and the product/service brands. This tier serves as a platform for marketing efforts that is valuable from a number of perspectives. In the TITAN portfolio of high premium watches, there seems to be a mismatch for the Tier two approaches. TITAN corporate brand covers the Connoisseur segment watches but at the same time these brands are on their own. A brand portraying the elegance is missing, which might help TITAN to attract customers in that segment. TITAN which is basically known for its product catering to semi premium segments, the high end segment requires more branding and attention. TITAN’s Brand Hierarchy Evaluation The brand hierarchy of TITAN is apt. The core brand acts as the umbrella brand which represents the institution as a whole. The sub brand identities of Nebula, Aviator, and heritage are great and delivered their promise of elegance. The below diagram shows how the brand has delivered, feeling of elegance and superiority right from the attribute level to Section B Group 13 Page 11
  • 12. Great Lakes Institute of Management the highest level,. TITAN as a brand has been very conservative in approach but still has managed to push itself as a sought after brand in the young generation. Something Bigger Elegant, Feeling Superior Emotional End Benefit Socially Acceptable. Functional Benefit Durable Attributes Time, Good, Sharp Colour TITAN’s fit in a broader brand portfolio The TITAN portfolio owns around 60% of domestic market share in organized watch market. The TITAN brand has been extended to eye wear, which retails sunglasses under the fast track brand. It has overall developed a sense of homely and indigenous product which has mastered the latest technology and offers a wide range of products. TITAN’s Growth strategy Assessment Titan Industries Ltd has posted an increased sales turnover during the third quarter of the fiscal by 40 per cent from Rs.105.85crore to Rs147.97crore in the current year while the Section B Group 13 Page 12
  • 13. Great Lakes Institute of Management company's profit after tax has gone up by 28 per cent from Rs1.37crore to Rs1.96crore During the nine month period, Titan's watch sales rose from 31.38 lakh pieces to 36.90 lakh units marking a growth of 18 per cent, led by brands like Regalia, Raga, Fastback, Sonata (plastic) and its newly launched Dash labels. The growth has been exceptionally great and is attributed to the following factors. • The Customer and Market Focus checks how the company determines customer groups • Strategic Planning criterion examines how the company develops strategic objectives • The Information and Analysis criteria check whether the organisation has key metrics in place • The Human Resources Focus checks the appraisal system, the work environment • Process management examines the product design, production and delivery process Section B Group 13 Page 13
  • 14. Great Lakes Institute of Management Brand Awareness The first brand characteristic that was investigated was Brand Awareness. The information that was sought included. 1. The total extent of brand awareness 2. Which geographic group is most familiar with the brand 3. The degree to which the brand is easily recognized as distinct from competitors The total extent of brand awareness: Brand Geography Awareness South India 77.8% North India 94.4% West India 100.0% East India 80.0% Central India 50.0% Total India 86.0% Fig 1 60% 48% 50% 40% 30% 30% 20% 12% 8% 10% 2% 0% Fig 2 TITAN brand awareness is seen as 86% on an overall India basis. West India has got most (100%) brand awareness, followed by North India. Figure 1 compares the three geographic groups that were analysed throughout the study and Identifies which geographic group is most familiar / least familiar with the brand. A chi square test was applied to analyse whether there is a dependence of ‘geography’ (variable 1) on ‘familiarity with brand’ (variable 2). The null hypothesis (H0) and alternative hypothesis (HI) for this test is: Section B Group 13 Page 14
  • 15. Great Lakes Institute of Management H0: Geography is independent of familiarity with brand HI: Geography is dependent on familiarity with brand The results from the test gave a p-value (probability) of less than 0.05, which indicates that there is enough statistical evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, geography does have an influence on whether the respondent will be familiar with the brand. Chi-Square Tests Asp. Sig. (2- Value d sided) Pearson Chi- 5.033a 4 .004 Square Likelihood Ratio 5.427 4 .006 N of Valid Cases 248 Brand Attitude The second brand characteristic that was investigated was Attitude towards the TITAN brand. Attitudes are usually measured with multi-attribute scales that are suitable for survey research, such as a Liker scale. 1. Correlation Tests between “Geography” and Brand Attitude Variables (Likeability, Quality, Attractive, Desirable & Superior) Coefficients Model Unstandardized Standardized Coefficients Coefficients B Std. Error Beta t Sig. 1 Constant .240 1.046 .230 .019 Likeability -.381 .341 -.230 -1.116 .021 Quality .698 .267 .483 2.609 .012 Attractive -.115 .272 -.086 -.421 .076 ness Desire -.108 .267 -.094 -.407 .460 Superior .354 .285 .265 1.242 .221 a. Dependent Variable: Geography Section B Group 13 Page 15
  • 16. Great Lakes Institute of Management 2. Correlation Tests between “Gender” and Brand Attitude Variables (Likeability, Quality, Attractive, Desirable & Superior). Variables Score d Sig. Step 0 Variables Likeability .639 1 .024 Quality .250 1 .017 Attractiveness .462 1 .550 Desire .436 1 .039 Superior .518 1 .472 Overall Statistics .769 5 .979 Dependent Variable: Gender Attitude- Product 1. Correlation Tests between “Geography” and Product Attitude Variables (Interesting, beneficial, fond of, value for money, exceptional). 11 Model Standardized Unstandardized Coefficients Coefficients B Std. Error Beta t Sig. 1 (Constant) -.265 1.222 -.217 .029 Interesting .416 .284 .317 1.466 .015 Beneficial .014 .301 .008 .048 .006 Fond of -.396 .245 -.333 -1.612 .015 Value for money .438 .258 .273 1.702 .006 Exceptional .126 .300 .094 .421 .076 a. Dependent Variable: Geography Section B Group 13 Page 16
  • 17. Great Lakes Institute of Management 2. Correlation Tests between “Income” and Product Attitude Variables (Interesting, beneficial, fond of, value for money, exceptional) Coefficients Model Unstandardized Standardized Coefficients Coefficients B Std. Error Beta t Sig. 1 (Constant) 3.271 1.935 1.690 .009 Interesting -.023 .449 -.012 -.050 .006 Beneficial .060 .477 .024 .126 .032 Fond of .026 .389 .015 .067 .042 Value for -.175 .408 -.075 -.429 .041 money Exceptional -.074 .475 -.038 -.155 .078 a. Dependent Variable: Income bracket Level of Desire for the Brand The fourth brand characteristic that was investigated was the level of Desire for the TITAN brand. The information sought included: .1 The total extent of desire for the brand (fig 3) . Desire for the %age brand Strongly desire 30% Mild desire 52% Somewhat desire 14% Least desire 6% .2 Which geography group has the most / least desire for the brand? Whether there is a relationship between Desire for the Brand and Product Usage H0: south Indian = north Indian = West Indian = µ East Indian = central Indian HI: At least one of the means of these populations differs Section B Group 13 Page 17
  • 18. Great Lakes Institute of Management The p-value for this test is 0.03, indicating that there is enough statistical evidence to reject the Null hypothesis. It was found that there is a significant difference between the means of the various geographic groups. .3 Whether there is a relationship between Desire for the Brand and Product Usage A one-way variance test was applied to determine whether there was a difference in the means Between those respondents who have used TITAN products and their level of desire for the Brand. The null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis for this test is: H0: Desire for the brand is not related to Usage of TITAN products HI: Desire for the brand is related to Usage of TITAN products The results of the test yielded a p-value of less than 0.01, which indicates that there is enough Statistical evidence to reject the null hypothesis. The results indicate that the desire of those Respondents who have used TITAN products is stronger. Behavioural Tendencies The fifth brand characteristic that was investigated was the specific Behavioural Tendencies with regard to the usage / purchase of Titan products. The information that was sought included: • Which ethnic group is the majority user of Titan products? • How many respondents have used TITAN products as well as products from category? Comparison of the three geographic groups that were analysed throughout the study and identifies which geographic group has the most positive usage behaviour of Titan products. A chi square test was applied to analyse whether there is a dependence of ‘Geography’’ (variable 1) on ‘used Titan products’ (variable 2). The null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis for this test are: H0: Geography is independent of product usage HI: Geography is dependent on product usage Section B Group 13 Page 18
  • 19. Great Lakes Institute of Management The results of the test yielded a p-value of 0.046 which indicates that there is enough statistical evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, ethnicity does have an influence on whether the consumer has used any Titan products. Value Proposition The sixth, and final, brand characteristic that was investigated was the Value Proposition of the brand. The information that was sought included: • The ability to determine which ethnic group places the most / least emphasis on functional, emotional and self-expressive benefits as sought by the brand / products. Only one test was found to be statistically significant. The result of a one-way analysis of variance test of ‘geography’ (variable 1) and ‘functional benefits’ sought by the using the brand (variable 2). The null and alternative hypotheses are as follows: H0: µ south India = µ North India = µ west India = µ east India = µ central India HI: At least one of the means of these populations differs The p-value for this test is 0.01, indicating that there is enough statistical evidence to reject the null hypothesis. After the Bonferroni adjustment and the post-hoc test, it was found that there is a significant difference between the means of the various geographic groups. Section B Group 13 Page 19
  • 20. Great Lakes Institute of Management Summary of the Statistically Significant Tests (α = 0.05) Variable 2 Statistic Test Brand Characteristic Variable1 employed p-value Familiarity with Chi-square Brand awareness Geography brand 0.004 Geography Likeability 0.021 Geography Quality 0.012 Geography Attractive Linear regression 0.076 Geography Desire 0.46 Geography Superior 0.221 Brand attitude Gender Likeability 0.024 Gender Quality 0.017 Gender Attractive Logistic regression 0.55 Gender Desire 0.039 Gender Superior 0.472 Geography Interesting 0.015 Geography Beneficial 0.006 Geography Fond of 0.015 Linear regression Value for 0.006 Geography money Geography Exceptional 0.076 Attitude -product Income bracket Interesting 0.006 Income bracket Beneficial 0.032 Income bracket Fond of 0.042 Linear regression Value for 0.041 Income bracket money Income bracket Exceptional 0.078 Positive towards the one way Anova Desirability Geography brand 0.03 Preference to one way Anova Behavioural Geography the brand 0.01 Tendencies Loyalty to the one way Anova Geography brand 0.046 Emotional one way Anova Geography benefits 0.01 Value preposition Self-expressive one way Anova Geography benefits 0.01 Section B Group 13 Page 20
  • 21. Great Lakes Institute of Management TITAN- BRAND EQUITY PYRAMID BASED EMPIRICAL RESEARCH Section B Group 13 Page 21
  • 22. Great Lakes Institute of Management Recommendations Statistical analysis suggested that Brand attitude parameters such as Attractiveness, Desire, and Superiority are in significant factors for brand TITAN. This may be because of lot attractive and better models available (according to consumer perception) due stiff competitive branding by other Watch makers such as TIMEX, SWATCH & CITIZEN etc. TITAN needs to reposition the branding activities by projecting “Superior” and “Desire” as new brand elements. Particularly Male community has to be targeted for these elements. Statistical analysis also suggests that the consumer perception on TITAN BRAND products is not significant when it comes to the product attribute “Exceptional”. This shows the brand uniqueness is deteriorating for TITAN brand. TITAN must redesign branding strategy to reposition their products as unique to sustain the brand equity. Again as we have statistical evidence to prove that geography has played a significant role in contributing to the awareness of the brand, we can identify the geographical areas that are weak in awareness and as India is an emerging market the volumes that can be generated by mere increase in brand awareness in certain targeted areas can bring sales volume to the business. Also by knowing where exactly the brand awareness is high, the company can afford to cut down upon its marketing expenses in those segments. As gender affects the brand attitude, the brand can be made to cater to women by stressing on attributes like likeability quality and desire. Also with the luxury of the jewellery subdivisions like Tanishq, titan can leverage the jewellery division’s brand names and collaborate with the watch division and come up with integrated high end watches that can cater to high end women customers and thereby increase profitability. With the advent of Chinese, Japanese and Korean products in the domestic watch markets, a lot of duplicate watches have been manufactured and sold at low cost. This phenomenon of duplicate watches might seriously affect the revenues of TITAN. So company can introduce holograms or RFIDs etc. and preserve and prevent their loyal customers and potential customers from getting beguiled by the watch vendors. Titan can exploit the rich cultural diversities of the domestic market and can address the cultural needs of its customers by integrating its range of products/offerings specific to cultures/festivals etc. A number of new variants can be introduced keeping in mind the cultural needs of the customers and its range can be channelized to create a cultural identity for the customers. Section B Group 13 Page 22
  • 23. Great Lakes Institute of Management The company can have tie-ups with schools and colleges across the country and can increase its market penetration by recommending the educational institutions to offer their products to the new students. Also the company must try to understand the emerging consumer needs in the young generation and try to be updated and also some disruptive technological innovation like having a radio tuner card in a watch, health monitor incorporated in a watch, having a speedometer, digital camera etc. to stay abreast with the competition and maintain and grow market share. Titan can extend into new markets like wallets, handbags, clothes etc. before any of its competitors in this product category would enter and thereby increase its brand equity and develop long term relationships with its customers. References 1. http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia.html 2. http://www.titanworld.com/country/in/the-titan-story 3. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topbrands.cms 4. http://www.trustadvisory.info/allindia.html 5. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brand+titan+&aq=f 6. Strategic brand management, third edition, by Kevin lane Keller 7. http://www.infibeam.com/Watches/Titan.xhtml 8. http://www.managementparadise.com/tirthsoni/documents/535/ 9. http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Hamid403-642094-product-and-brand- managment/ Section B Group 13 Page 23