Saved Papers

Save papers so you can find them more easily!

Join Now

Get instant access to over 100,000 papers.

Join Now!

Rural Marketing

Rural marketing... Selling in Rural India

The Indian rural market with its vast size and demand base offers a huge opportunity that MNCs cannot afford to ignore

TO expand the market by tapping the countryside, more and more MNCs are foraying into India's rural markets. Among those that have made some headway are Hindustan Lever, Coca-Cola, LG Electronics, Britannia, Standard Life, Philips, Colgate Palmolive and the foreign-invested telecom companies.

Opportunity

The Indian rural market with its vast size and demand base offers a huge opportunity that MNCs cannot afford to ignore. With 128 million households, the rural population is nearly three times the urban.

As a result of the growing affluence, fuelled by good monsoons and the increase in agricultural output to 200 million tonnes from 176 million tonnes in 1991, rural India has a large consuming class with 41 per cent of India's middle-class and 58 per cent of the total disposable income.

The importance of the......


View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 1199
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Why should you join Frat Files?

  • - It's safe, secure, and private.
  • - Instant access to over 100,000 papers. New papers are added hourly.
  • - Fast and reliable customer support.

Credit Card

Bank Account

PayPal

Similar Essays

  1. Rural Marketing In India

    Rural Marketing In India. The concept of Rural Marketing in India Economy has
    always played an influential role in the lives of people. ...

  2. Rural Marketing

    Rural marketing. Rural marketing... Selling in Rural India The Indian rural
    market with its vast size and demand base offers a huge ...

  3. How To Win China Fmcg Markets

    ... Publication List 1. “Rural Marketing in Development Paradigm,” co-authored (second
    author), International Journal of Rural Management, 1(2), July ...

  4. Ishtylish Rural Janta

    ... Think simple, think right, do extraordinary and achieve success seems to be their
    mantra when it comes to rural marketing of products which otherwise would ...

  5. Shanghai Jahwa

    ... have assumed 20%, 50% contribution ratio for rural and urban market brand, if we
    further assume same amount input in urban or rural marketing activities bring ...