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INTRODUCTION
It is being hard to please the present day customers. The market conscious society turned smarter and
more priced conscious and in turn more demanding and less forgiving. They checkout the competitors
with similar or at times even better offers. So the challenge is not to produce for customers, any firm could
do it. The real challenge is to produce delighted customers and more importantly loyal customers.
Customers are the king and without satisfying their needs none can exist in the corporate
competitive world. Customer perception is a marketing concept that encompasses a customers
impression, awareness and/or consciousness about a company on its offerings. Customer perception is
typically affected by advertising, reviews, public relation, social media, personal experience and other
channels.
By way of analyzing customer perception we can clearly understood how much a firm treats its
customers, what is the quality of their products, is it capable to serve the dynamic needs of customers,
what will be their future in what way they need to making changes etc
The Study report deals with the analysis of customer perception conducted among customers of
Royal Enfield who purchased different brands Royal Enfield.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A Study named CUSTOMER PERCEPTION WITH MOTOR CYCLE Conducted by Dr: L. Vijay,
Professor in SA Eng. College Chennai and B. Jayachitra associate professor Vel Sreenivasa college
Chennai. And published in International Journal of Marketing and Human Resource Management
(IJMHRM). It is a comparative study between customers of Hero Honda, Bajaj and TVS to know
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customer perception and the reason to a customer opt for a particular brand. The study suggests that it is
better to introduce eco- friendly bikes and to reduce cost in case of Hero Honda. Better to Introduce
bikes for women and improve mileage incase of Bajaj. And it is better to take necessary step to improve
brand image in case of TVS.
A STUDY ON CONSUMER PERCEPTION AND EXPECTATIONS FOR TATA NANO Conducted by
Dr.Garima Malik Asst.Prof in Amity Business School- Noida. Main objectives of the study are, to know
general perception and awareness about NANO, factors influencing purchasing decision and customer
expectations from NANO, etc... The study reveals that long waiting period, bad word of mouth and reports
in the market like Auto-rickshaw, etc...Have negative impact on the products demand. Customers are
satisfied in price and fuel efficiency, effective sales promotion activities with the theme of Young-car
and steps to solve complaints from customers are necessary to improve customers satisfaction.
type of data collected, method used for data collection and analysis etc the methodology includes
collection primary and secondary data.
RESEARCH DESIGN
A research design is basis frame work, which provides guidelines for the rest of research process.
It is the map or blueprint according to which, the research is to be conducted. The research design
specifies the method of study. Research design is prepared after formulating the research problem and
need to be most suitable to solve the problem.
POPULATION
Here the researcher selected 250 customers who purchased different brands of Royal Enfield.
SAMPLE SIZE
It refers to the number of items to be selected from the universe to constitute a sample. An
optimum sample is one, which fulfills the requirement of efficiency, representative, reliability and
flexibility. So the researcher selected 100 respondents as sample from the population.
SAMPLING METHOD
Sampling technique used in the study is convenient sampling which comes under the purposive
sampling which is also called non- random sampling.
DATA COLLECTION
The collection of data is the primary step in statistical investigation. Collection of data is process
of enumeration together with the proper recording of results. The success of an enquiry depends upon
proper data collection. The methodology of this study involved collection of the primary data and the
secondary data.
SOURCE OF DATA
Data are the raw materials in which the research works. The task of data collection begins after
research problem has been defined and research design chalked out. The data collection is classified as
Primary data and Secondary data.
A)PRIMARY DATA
Primary data are collected directly by way of using questionnaires as well as by meeting the
company managers, service head, store keeper and also few sales executives of different agencies.
So it will be reliable and accurate and can easily by respondent
B)SECONDARY DATA
These are data already collected and recorded. Here secondary data were collected from the
companys office records like customer register and delivery book, newspapers, official website of
Royal Enfield, other web sites, library books and also from previous project reports in related
areas.
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OPTIONS
NO.OF RESPONDENTS
YES
100
NO
0
TOTAL
100
Source : Primary Data
FIGURE-1
PERCENTAGE
100%
0%
100%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
YES
NO
PERCEN
INTERPRETATION: The above table indicates that the whole respondents under the study had already
heard about the Royal Enfield.
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OPTIONS
NO OF
RESPONDENTS
2
76
8
14
100
1
2
3
4
ADVERTISEMENTS
FRIENDS & RELATIVES
DEALERS
BY SEEING ON ROAD
TOTAL
Source : Primary Data
PERCENTAGE
2%
76%
8%
14%
100%
FIGURE-2
ADVERTISEMENTS
2%
BY SEEING ON
ROAD
14%
DEALERS
8%
FRIENDS &
RELATIVES
76%
INTERPRETATION: From the above table and figures it is clear that 76% of customers had heard about
Royal Enfield from their friends and relatives, 14% by seeing on road, 8% from dealers and rest of 2%
from advertisement.
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TABLE AND FIGURE SHOWING THE MODEL OF ROYAL ENFIELD WHICH ARE USED BY
RESPONDENTS
TABLE-3
SL NO
MODEL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
BULLET STANDARD
ELECTRA
CLASSIC 350 CC
CLASSIC 500 CC
DESERT STORM
CHROME
TBTS 350 CC
TBTS 500 CC
TOTAL
Source : Primary Data
NO.OF
RESPONDENTS
60
18
8
4
0
0
6
4
100
PERCENTAGE
60%
18%
8%
4%
0%
0%
6%
4%
100%
FIGURE-3
BULLET STANDARD
CLASSIC 500 CC
TBTS 350 CC
ELECTRA
DESERT STORM
TBTS4%
500 CC
6%
0%
4%
CLASSIC 350 CC
CHROME
8%
18%
60%
INTERPRETATION:
It is clear that 70% of respondents are using Bullet Standard, 18% are using Electra, 8% are using
Classic 350 CC, 4% are using Classic 500 CC, 6% are using TBT 350 CC, 4% are using TBT 500 CC and
no respondents under study are using the models like Chrome and Desert Storm.
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TABLE AND FIGURE SHOWING THE MOST REQUIRED FEATURE FOR RESPONDENTS
WHILE PURCHASE A BIKE
TABLE-4
SL NO
1
2
3
4
REQUIRED
FEATURE
COST
STYLE & POWER
FUEL EFFICENCY
RESALE VALUE
TOTAL
NO OF
RESPONDENTS
2
70
19
9
100
PERCENTAGE
2%
70%
19%
9%
100%
STYLE
FUEL EFFICENCY
9%
RESALE VALUE
2%
19%
70%
INTERPRETATION:
It is clear from the study that 70% of respondents provide importance to style & power, 19%
provide importance to fuel efficiency, 9% provide importance to re sale value and only 2% of respondents
provide importance to cost.
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OPTION
S
1ST
PLACE
ROYAL
79%
ENFIELD
2
HONDA
7%
YAMAH
3
0%
A
4
HERO
7%
5
BAJAJ
7%
6
TVS
0%
TOTAL
100%
Source : Primary Data
1
2ND
PLACE
3RD
PLAC
E
4TH
PLACE
5TH
PLAC
E
6TH
PLAC
E
TOTA
L
0%
7%
0%
14%
0%
100%
50%
43%
0%
0%
0%
100%
36%
29%
7%
7%
21%
100%
7%
7%
0%
100%
21%
0%
0%
100%
43%
36%
14%
100%
22%
36%
21%
100%
0%
14%
65%
100%
100%
100%
100%
FIGRE-5
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
ROYAL
HONDA
ENFIELD
1ST PLACE
YAMAHA
HERO
2ND PLACE
BAJAJ
TVS
3RD PLACE
INTERPRETATION:
The above table and figure shows respondents order of selection from different companies.79% of
respondents provided 1st place to Royal Enfield and none opined 6th place to Royal Enfield. None of the
respondents provides 1st place to Yamaha and TVS. Only 7% of respondents provided 1st place in case of
Honda, Hero and Bajaj. It is noted that a majority of 65% of respondents provides only 6th place to TVS.
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TABLE AND FIGURE SHOWING THE RESPONDENTS OPINION ABOUT THE REDUCTION
IN USE OF ROYAL ENFIELD AMONG YOUNGSTERS
TABLE-6
SL NO
OPINIONS
1
2
3
4
STRONGLY AGREE
AGREE
DISAGREE
STRONGLY DISAGREE
TOTAL
Source : Primary Data
NO OF
RESPONDENTS
0
29
57
14
100
PERCENTAGE
0%
29%
57%
4%
100%
FIGURE-6
60
50
40
30
PERCENTAGE
20
10
0
STRONGLY
AGREE
AGREE
DISAGREE
STRONGLY
DISAGREE
INTERPRETATION:
The above table shows that none of respondents strongly agree, 29% are agree, a majority of 57%
are disagree and 14% are strongly disagree that there is a reduction in use of Royal Enfield among
youngsters
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CHI-SQUARE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS INFLUENCING THE BUYING DECISION AND MAIN
ATTRACTION OF ROYAL ENFIELD
AIM:
This test is done to find out the significant relationship between the factors influencing the twowheeler buying decision the main attraction of Royal Enfield
Most required
Feature
Main
attraction
STYLE
COST
STYLE
FUEL
&
EFFICIENCY POWER
RESALE
VALUE
TOTAL
55
64
FUEL
EFFICIENCY
RESALE
VALUE
EASINESS
OF USE
14
12
29
TOTAL
19
70
100
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Chi-square calculation
O
O-E
(O-E)2
(O-E)2/E
1.46
-.46
0.2116
0.1449
0.14
0.86
0.7396
5.2829
0.58
-.58
0.3364
0.58
12.16
-8.16
66.5856
5.4758
1.33
-.33
0.1089
0.0819
14
5.51
8.49
72.0801
13.0817
55
44.8
10.2
104.04
2.3223
4.9
-1.9
3.61
0.7367
12
20.3
-8.3
68.89
3.3936
5.76
-1.76
3.0976
0.5378
0.63
1.37
1.876
2.9778
2.61
0.39
0.1521
0.0583
100.18
34.6737
It is clear from the study that a majority having 76% of respondents had heard about Royal
Enfield from their friends and relatives.
Advertisement is rare in case of Royal Enfield.
Majority of Royal Enfield customers are giving importance to style and power. Style and
power is the main attraction of Royal Enfield.
Whole customers are satisfied in the resale value of Royal Enfield. It also shows that the
second hand market for Royal Enfield is satisfactory.
CONCLUSION
By the Study entitled A STUDY ON CUSTOMER PERCEPTION TOWARDS ROYAL ENFIELD WITH
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MALAPPURAM DISTRICT was undertaken with the objective of finding
out customers perception level on Royal Enfield bikes. Here adopted suitable methodology for data
collection and analysis. It is clear from the study that the most customers of Royal Enfield are highly
satisfied in almost all areas offered by Royal Enfield. And most majorities among the satisfied customers
are delighted customers. This study reveals that by way of reducing the lead-time, improving fuel
efficiency, service and advertisement and by introducing new models capable to compete with the
freshers in the market, Royal Enfield can easily make the whole customers into highly delighted
customers.
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REFERENCES
TEXT BOOKS
MARKETING MANAGEMENT.
-Kotler Philip
SERVICE MARKETING.
-S.M.Jha
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
-C.R.Kothari
New Age publication-New Delhi (2nd Edition-2005)
WEBSITES
Google
Official website or Royal Enfield.
Investopedia.
Wikipedia.
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