Prepared by:-

Ronak P. Parmar

11MBA043

Brand Comparison Study for Various Economic Dailies

Faculty Guide : Mr. Pranav Desai

Company Guide : Mr. Kunal Panchal

Project DetailsName of the Company Business Standard Ltd.

Location Ahmedabad

Faculty Guide Mr. Pranav Desai

Company Guide Mr. Kunal Panchal (Officer – Market Development)

Title Brand comparison study for various economic dailies

Duration 14th May 2012 – 15th July 2012

Introduction

• Mumbai-based financial investors newspaper.• led by the Kotak Mahindra Bank• published from 12 centres - Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata,

Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Pune, Kochi and Bhubaneswar.

• T. N. Ninan chairman and editorial director of BSL.• Business Standard sells 144,000 copies daily in English.• The Hindi edition sells 53,000 copies daily.• A newspaper cost is Rs. 17-20 to the publication house at

Business Standard.

Product Profile• Business Standard consist of Business News, Finance News ,

World Business, India Stock News, Indian stock market, India investments, Indian industry, Sensex, Nifty, BSE, NSE, India Business, India Economy, India, share market, Corporate Result, Finance News .

• Supplements – Smart Investor(Every Monday)– The Strategist(Every Tuesday)– Weekend(Every Saturday)

• Magazine – The Fund Manager– The Billionaire Club– Banking Annual– BS 1000.

Space Marketing Department

– Editorial department collects the news form the various sources and then edits the contents and then send it to Mumbai or Delhi for the adjustment in the page.

Hierarchy of Editorial Department

Chief Editor

Senior Reporter

Principle Correspondence

Special Correspondence

Scheduling Department• Responsible for the layout of the newspaper.• Uses Quark Express Software for designing the space

according to the advertisements which have to be published.

• The data must be in either of the two formats, PDF (Portable Disk Format) or EPS (Ended Post Script).

• These are checked for errors by softwares like Pit Shop (for PDF files) and Fight Check (for EPS files).

Systems Department• System department is responsible for the

communication network as well as all the technical related problems in the company.

• The system department at Ahmedabad receives a facsimile copy of newspaper everyday and forwards its printout on the butter paper to the production department.

Production Department• Sambhav press• Paper from Mysore papre mill• 546 mm height and 700 mm width• Use four films – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black• One machine – 20 pages together but if coloured then

only 6 pages.

Dispatch Department

• responsible for the regular dispatch of total number of copies at various destinations at the right time.

• There are more than 70 distributors and 8000 vendors of Business Standard across the Gujarat. The distributors will get 5% commission and vendors will get 28% commission

PROJECT STUDY

Brand comparison study for various economic

Dailies

Importance of StudyImplement necessary steps to improve the market share especially in Ahmedabad. It will also help to organization to find out weak points compare to competitors.

Need of Study

compare the qualitative service & promotional strategies of Business Standard and other economic dailies.

Objectives• To find out the brand preference among the business

newspaper.• To find out the time duration of using particular business daily.• To find out the attributes which influence the consumer to

purchase business daily.

Research Design

• Data Source---Primary data source- Questionnaire

Secondary data source- Company website

• Sampling area---Ahmedabad

• Sample size---100

• Sampling method---Quota sampling

• Research instrument---Questionnaire

• Method of contact---Personal

Do you read any financial news paper daily?

If yes, then which financial news paper daily you read?

Since how long you are reading financial daily news paper?

Which of the following news paper has the most understandable language?

Which factor do you consider while purchasing news paper?

Why do you refer a particular newspaper(s)?

If you are given any discount on the yearly subscription of financial newspaper then

which newspaper you will subscribe?

Which is the most important benefits you gain from reading business dailies?

If, as per your requirement (basis of Feature & Factor) the Business Standard will be fulfill

than in future you would continue as well as go for it?

How would you rate the overall quality of business standard news paper?

Findings• Second most preferred newspaper.• The basic idea of reading a newspaper is to

gain information and knowledge.• Coverage plays an important role.• The supplements of BS are fairly popular.• Agriculture industry news is not provided

Recommendations• Regarding news content.• Increase the font size of stock details.• Collaborate with B-schools to provide copy of BS

daily at their home.• Make some events with corporate to spread

awareness of BS.• Add the news on IT and Information in much

more detail.

Conclusion

• Economic times is market leader.• Company can enhance its market by providing

services n satisfying customers.• Awarness of BSL is low.• Company can use events, public relations &

personal marketing for cpmmunication mix.

Bibliography

• Web Resources:– www.business-standard.com– www.indiainfoline.com– www.the economic times.com– www.google.com– www.auditbureu.com

• Books:– Kothari C.P– Phillip kotler

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