This presentation is about the impact of Private labels on the sales of National and International Brands. It also studies the increasing number of private labels in India.
3. A brand placed on products that a large manufacturer
has created for a smaller retailer.
example: DJ&C by Big Bazaar
4. Private label strength goes up during economic
downturn and down in strong economy
Offer low cost alternatives to branded products
Faster production
Almost negligible R&D cost
Line filling helps in more shelf space for in-store
brands
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6. Competitive reasons, if we don’t somebody else will
Profits from private label to be used in advertising of
parent brand
Diversification
More shelf space
More knowledge about the consumer
7. Private label brands are developing quality products
Development of premium private labels
Mass merchandise retailers have more incentive to
develop in-store brands
Product category extension, i.e. from traditional
food and grocery to apparels and electronics
8. Conduct a private label audit to inform the top
management
Calculate private label profitability
Examine the impact of private label brand in the market
Close excess-capacity instead of manufacturing for a
private label
9. National brand manufacturers who produce private label
brands should think hard about their decision because this
production deviates the management’s focus from their own
brand.
It’s difficult for an organisation to manage both these
activities well.
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11. Brand names affect purchase decisions
Brands have solid foundation in customers mind
Significant high brand-equity than private labels
Brands drive retail store visits
Excessive emphasis on private labels dilutes strength
of private labels
12. 1. Invest in brand equity
The capitalized value of the trust between a company and its customer.
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2. Innovate wisely
Don’t just go on including line extensions
3. Use flank marketing sparingly
Fighting or flank brands should not cannibalize the core product
13. 4. Build Trade relationships
Inform retailer about the advantages of supporting national brand
5. Educate them about private label profitability
Tell them that national brands bring in more spending from customers
than private label brands
6. Think about the price elasticity before varying prices
Private label brands are twice as sensitive to price gap than national
brands
14. 7. Exploit sales promotion strategies
Prevent customers from buying private label brands by adopting
effective sales techniques like in-store advertisements, incentivise
retailers to drive sales
8. Different strategies for different categories
Think of unique strategies for different product categories
15. 9. Use Profitability as a measure not market share and
volume
10.Take private labels seriously
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17. Private label’s share in the modern retail in India is
about 7%
Food dominates India's private-label market (76% of
total sales)
Private Label Market To Reach $500,000 By 2015 end
Current market share of 4-5%, expected to reach 10%
by 2020
19. Reliance fresh stores generate 25% of its sales from in-
store brands
Pantaloons gets 50% of its sales from in-store brands
Shoppers stop generates 20%
Trent shelves contain 95% of in-store brands
20. Large population price sensitive customers
High profit margin in private labels
Ability to do fast changes in product design to fit
consumer needs
More customer insight
22. More than 80 % bought Croma because they found
value for money
60% didn’t believe it was a quality product
71% strongly agreed upon price affordability
23. 60% people perceived national brands as credible.
More than 90% believed that national brand products
are high quality
Mixed views about affordability
24. People buy private label brands because they can’t afford
national brands just like people buy android because they
can’t afford iPhones
26. 1. Continuous Innovation: Make un-imitable products and protect
innovative technologies with IP protection
2. Invest heavily in brand equity: because private labels won’t be
able to replicate that
27. 3. Don’t indulge in price wars: it will hurt you. Personal disposable
income of Indian customers is increasing, so building better brands and
products will give fruits in the long run