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Consumer durable makers eye to to clock up to 40 pc sales growth this festive season

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Consumer durable makers expect to clock up to 40 per cent sales growth this festive season by offering freebies and discounts to woo consumers, hoping to put behind the woes they faced in the run-up to GST rollout.
According to a PTI report: Manufacturers, including Sony, LG, Panasonic and Haier, are pinning hopes on pent-up demand post GST after destocking by trade partners in June, to keep their sales counter ticking.
The companies are also loosening their purse strings for marketing campaigns, with Sony alone earmarking Rs 250 crore and Panasonic looking to spend 1.4 times more this season on branding and marketing exercise.
Haier is spending 70 per cent more this year compared to last year.
“In the festive season this year, we plan 25 per cent sales growth from August to November, 2017, over the corresponding period last year,” MD, Sony India, Kenichiro Hibi told PTI.
There is a huge demand in the market and the same is expected to rise ahead of the festive season, he told PTI, adding “we plan to invest Rs 250 crore towards our marketing activities”.
Industry body Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA) said most of the factors point to favourable sales in the festive season.
“Pent-up demand due to GST and favourable monsoons leading to good harvest shall boost the rural demand for consumer durables,” President, CEAMA, Manish Sharma was quoted by PTI as saying.
Moreover, an increase in central employees’ allowance and the rate cut by RBI in August will further build consumer confidence to drive the sales of consumer durables, he added.
In June, the industry saw pre-GST clearance sale as stockists and trade partners sought to liquidate inventories to avoid losses during transition to the new tax regime.
Bullish on good sales across categories in the festive season, CMO, LG Electronics India, Amit Gujral was quoted by PTI as saying: “We are expecting an upsurge in demand in various categories and have adequately geared up for the same.”
Haier, which is expecting up to 50 per cent rise in sales this year, sees online retail channels contributing to growth, besides the traditional retail format.
“Overall, e-commerce contributes to 10 per cent of our sales and we’re expecting the festive season to make this contribution more robust,”said President, Haier India, Eric Braganza told PTI.
Panasonic, which is looking at 30-40 per cent growth, plans to invest 1.4 times more this season on branding and marketing to draw buyers.
“This will be in the form of TVC commercials, print ad, in-shop brandings, digital marketing efforts and hoardings, besides other local level below-the-line activities. The spend this time is about 1.4 times that of last year,” Sharma, who is also President and CEO of Panasonic India, was quoted by PTI as saying.
Likewise, Haier India is adopting an integrated marketing approach.
“This year, we have increased our marketing spends by almost 70 per cent across all mediums – electronic, print, out of home, digital and social and in-store branding,” Braganza saidtold PTI.
The festive season in India has already started in south with Onam and will go up to Christmas in December.

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