This project work tries to identify the influence of point of sale atmosphere on the mindset of the consumers. During conducting survey the main findings are as follows: Majority of respondents are male. Majority of respondents are from the age group of 20 years to less than 30 years. Majority of respondents are unmarried. Majority of respondents are students. Majority of respondents are belonging to the income group of 3 lakhs to less than 6 lakhs. Majority of respondents have visited Peter England showroom earlier. Majority of respondents have visited Peter England showroom one to three times in a month. Majority of respondents are showing intention to purchase whenever they visit Peter England showroom. Majority of respondents have observed quality product at Peter England showroom. 49
Majority of respondents have highly rated quality product as the prime attribute of Peter England showroom. Majority of respondents have poorly rated friendly behaviour of sales persons as the poorest attribute of Peter England showroom. Majority of respondents are considering sales representatives, attractive offers and display at the store all as the important factors behind their point of sale decision. Majority of respondents are thinking that the sales representatives of Peter England showroom provoke them to purchase. Almost the full sample unit fills that their purchase decisions are influenced by atmosphere of the store.
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Limitations of the Study
First limitation of this project is time. A portion of the respondents are not cooperative. The researcher is unexperienced. Biasness or prejudice of some of the respondents regarding any sort of the information which is required for such study. Not much of importance was attached to this task by some of the Respondents. The sample size of the respondents is very small. The method of sampling is judgement sampling.