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    A Summ

    Strategic sales in reta

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    Christ U

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    r Internship Project Report on

    l closed user group on Atos Worl

    lada Infotech, Bangalore

    Submitted by

    Bhagesh Kumar

    Register No.: 1221208

    Under the Guidance of

    Dilipchandra S

    Professor (Marketing)

    iversity Institute of Management

    Institute of Management

    hrist University, Bangalore

    MBA 2012-2014

    line project

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    DECLARATION

    I, Bhagesh Kumar hereby declare that the project report entitled Strategic sales in retail closed

    user group is a record of bonafide work/study carried out by me under the guidance of Prof.

    Dilipchandra S, Christ University Institute of Management (CUIM), Bangalore and Mr. Vishal

    Narvekar, South Head, strategic sales, Atos Worldline, Bangalore.

    I also declare that this work has not been submitted for the award of any degree, Associate ship or

    Fellowship or any other title in this University or any other University.

    Place: Bangalore Bhagesh Kumar

    Date: Registration No.:1221208

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    This is to certify that the report

    closed user group is record of bunder my guidance and supervisi

    degree of Master of Business Ad

    any degree, Associate ship or

    University.

    Place: Bangalore

    Date:

    CERTIFICATE

    submitted by Bhagesh Kumar on title Strate

    onafide work done by him during the academion in partial fulfillment of the requirements fo

    ministration. This work has not been submitte

    ellowship or any other title in this Univer

    Prof. Dilipchandra S

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    ic sales in retail

    c year 2013-2014the award of the

    for the award of

    ity or any other

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    CERTIFICATE FROM THE COMPANY

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    ACKNOWLEGEMENT

    I am indebted to many people who helped me accomplish this internship successfully.

    First, I thank the Vice Chancellor Dr Fr Thomas C Matthew of Christ University for giving me the

    opportunity to do my summer internship project.

    I thank Prof. Ghadially Zoher, Associate Dean, Fr Thomas T V, Director, Prof. C K T

    Chandrasekhara, Head-Administration and Prof Kshetragna CN, Head-Marketing of Christ

    University Institute of Management for their kind support.

    I wish to take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude to thank Mr. Vishal

    Narvekar, (South Head of Strategic Sales) for his invaluable guidance throughout my project. I

    sincerely thankAtos Worldline and Uphaar card for providing me with an opportunity to work

    in the Sales department of Plada Infotech to get an insight about corporate gifting and loyalty

    cards.

    I thank Prof. Dilipchandra S, for his support and guidance during the course of my summer

    internship. I remember him with much gratitude for his patience and motivation, but for which I

    could not have submitted this work.

    I thank my parents for their blessings and constant support, without which this summer internship

    would not have seen the light of day.

    Bhagesh Kumar, Register No: 1221208

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    PREFACE

    Corporate gifts are used by business people to distribute among target audience and increase brand

    awareness. There are many unique corporate gifts that are used to meet the sales target. The world

    is moving at a very fast pace on a wide scale of modernity, technology and competition in

    business. The tough competition in business has given way to promotional products and corporate

    gifts for promoting, advertising and marketing business.

    Various researches on the subject verified the Paretos 80-20 principle which is 80% of the sales

    are because of the 20% of the customers/end user. Also, the cost of retaining an existing customer

    is vey less compared to the cost of attracting /acquiring a new customer, compelled the retailers to

    think about it. Hence, the concepts of loyalty card came into the existence and help the merchants

    to make their customers loyal.

    In this modern business scenario, corporate gifting in form of loyalty card or reward, hold a key

    place and influence the performance with plethora of benefits. The prime objective of unique

    corporate gifts holds the function of retaining existing customers, creating brand awareness,

    attracting new customers, reaching the global market, and maintaining longevity in company-

    client relationship.

    Both the key players and small business people are looking out for new, stylish, innovative and

    unique business gifts so that they can attract more audience and enhance brand awareness along

    with increasing the sale and generating high revenue for the company.

    In this report, at giftdedo, the corporate gifting strategies are designed and implemented in such a

    way that merchants join us in order to enrich the experience of corporate gifting/loyalty

    programme and at the same time getting a sizable customer base which generates revenue and

    becomes a win-win situation for both the merchants as well as the clients.

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    The project was based on the purview of corporate gifting in terms of loyalty cards and rewards in

    Bangalore. The marketing & sales strategies were designed and executed to connect the merchants

    and the corporate customers using the website interface and gift card known as Giftdedo.com

    and Giftdedo card as well as customized loyalty card respectively.

    The idea was introduction of a flash card known as the giftdedo card along with the existing

    electronic data collection (EDC) customized cards having magnetic strips on them designed in

    order to capture each financial transaction details. Complete business and marketing package was

    offered to the merchant where in the corporate selling of the gift vouchers under listing, Best deals

    from the merchant in terms of special offers/discounts as well as providing the merchants a unique

    option of making their own customized cards or the retail closed user group (RCUG) which has

    many add on facilities such as daily management information system (MIS) reports, bulk short

    messaging services (SMS) facility, free electronic data collection (EDC) machine, call centre

    facility as well as loading different loyalty programs on the card which shall help in enhancing

    their business.

    The project started in April 2013 in Bangalore and sales strategies were formulated and executed

    in order to acquire merchants for any of the above mentioned services such as Best deals, Listing

    as well as the customized cards. Various researches on the subject verified the Paretos 80-20principles i.e. 80% of the sales are because of the 20% of the customers (Srivastava, chetan, & G,

    2011). Also the fact that the cost of retaining an existing customer is much less compared to the

    cost of attracting a new customer made the retailers to think about it.

    It was observed that through customer loyalty programs, merchants can get in touch with their top

    clients or customers throughout their association and can predict the customer behavior accurately

    which will help the merchant immensely to excel his business and generate profits.

    The databases of the merchants were prepared followed by making cold calls, sending business

    proposal and negotiation before the final closeout of the deal. Towards the end of the project, total

    of 50 deals were closed by me under the guidance and support of my mentor Prof. Dilipchandra S

    and corporate mentor Mr. Vishal Narvekar, South Head, strategic sales at Atos Worldline.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    DECLARATION.ii

    CERTIFICATEiii

    CERTIFICATE FROM THE COMPANY..iv

    ACKNOWLEDEMENT.v

    PREFACEvi

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.vii

    TABLE OF CONTENTSviii

    LIST OF CONVERTED MERCHANTS....x

    CHAPTER I

    1.0 Introduction1

    1.1Background..1

    1.2 Objective..2

    1.3Purpose..2

    CHAPTER II

    2.0 About the company..3

    2.1 Atos Worldline..3

    2.2 Uphaar Cards ........5

    CHAPTER III

    3.0 Retail Market: India..7

    CHAPTER IV

    4.0 Loyalty Program..10

    4.1Evolution of Loyalty Program12

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    4.2 Developing, Implementing & Controlling an

    effective loyalty program..14

    4.3 Loyalty card: local and international player

    CHAPTER V

    5.0 About the product17

    5.1 Program features21

    5.2 Prepaid Program Workflow................25

    CHAPTER VI

    6.0 ANALYSIS..31

    6.1PEST ANALYSIS.31

    6.2 SWOT ANALYSIS..32

    6.3 PORTERS FIVE FORCE ANALYSIS33

    6.4 COMPETITOR ANALYSIS36

    CHAPTER VII

    7.0 General Sales Strategies.37

    7.1 Specific Sales Strategies (CASE BY CASE)40.

    CHAPTER VIII

    8.0 Customer feedback41

    CHAPTER IX

    9.0 Conclusion45

    CHAPTER X

    10.0 Recommendation...46

    References .....47

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    CHAPTER Iint r oduct ion

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    1. INTRODUCTION

    Everyone values loyalty presidents, generals, and friends. Thats no less true for corporations.

    US companies spend $50 billion a year on loyalty programs. When done right, loyalty programs

    can generate as much as 20 percent of a companys profits.

    Loyalty marketing:

    Customer loyalty and marketing is gaining importance and due importance and transformed into a

    discipline. Studies suggest that making new customer is expensive when compared to retaining

    existing customers. The discipline of customer loyalty marketing has been around for many years,

    but expansions from it merely being a model for conducting business to becoming a vehicle for

    marketing and advertising have made it omnipresent in consumer marketing organizations since

    the mid- to late-1990s.

    Loyalty marketing is an approach to marketing, based on strategic management, in which a

    company focuses on growing and retaining existing customers through

    incentives. Branding, product marketing and loyalty marketing all form part of the customer

    proposition the subjective assessment by the customer of whether to purchase a brand or not

    based on the integrated combination of the value they receive from each of these marketingdisciplines.

    1.1 Background:

    To create a solution for merchants for their daily payments convenience, increase footfalls of the

    customer, brand visibility for everyone involved in the ecosystem.

    The solution will help merchants in the following elements:

    Cash Management

    Change Management

    Prominent Branding of Merchant

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    Spends / Visits to Merchant Restaurant (migration)

    Real-time Customer Engagement

    Innovative offering

    Ease of use

    Convenient solution

    Listing online

    Corporate selling of the cards/vouchers

    1.2 Objective:

    The objective of this project is selling the product and services offered in form of loyalty cards and

    flash cards by Atos Worldline in the organized retail in Bangalore.

    The organized retail is the target sector for this project which consists of Restaurants, Bar and

    Pubs, Saloon & Spa, Dance Studio, Fitness studio, Exclusive garment stores and clients.

    1.3 Purpose:

    Keeping the above in mind, a complete marketing package has been designed which consists of

    Listing, Best deal as well as RCUG prepaid and loyalty program has been envisaged for merchantand the program dynamics is covered in the following sections.

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    CHAPTER IIABOUT THE COMPANY

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    2. ABOUT THE COMPANY

    2.1 Atos Worldline:

    Atos is an international information technology services company with annual revenues of EURO8.7 billion and 78,500 employees in 42 countries. Through a global delivery base, Atos delivers hi-

    tech transactional services, consulting and technology services, systems integration and managed

    services to a client base across multiple industry sectors, including Banking & Financial services.

    Atos Worldline, a subsidiary of Atos, implements Hi-Tech transactional services in the field of

    payments, eServices for customers, citizens and communities (eCS) and financial markets. A

    leader in end-to-end services for critical electronic transactions, Atos Worldline specializes in

    electronic payment services - issuing, acquiring, terminals, card and non card payment solutions &

    processing ; eServices for customers, citizens and communities ; as well as transactional services

    for financial markets with revenue of about EURO 1 billion.

    2.1.1 Some facts and figures:

    In Payment:

    470 million remote payment

    2.2 billion acquiring transactions 36 million credit cards and debit cards

    850 000 terminals

    In eCS:

    2.1 billion calls (IVR & Contact Centre)

    1.6 billion SMS

    61 million eMail boxes

    166 billion internet pages viewed

    70 million archives with evidentiary value.

    In Financial markets:

    340 million trades

    450 billion assets under management

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    Atos Worldline capitalises on over 30 years of expertise in the development of transactional

    services with high added value intended for customers, citizens and communities. Atos Worldline

    solutions help its clients optimize their client relations through all interaction channels.

    Loyalty program management, marketing databases

    Contact management - virtual contact center, multichannel push

    Development and hosting of Internet services: websites, eCommerce, eBanking

    Mobile services - Mobile Internet, innovative applications, mCommerce, boarding passes,

    loyalty cards, SMS, MMS

    Voice services - IVR systems, speech recognition, natural language

    Dematerialization services: as a trusted third party, Atos Worldline covers the complete

    chain of dematerialization: invoice dematerialization, archiving, online contracting,

    electronic signature

    Atos Worldline India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atos. More than 50 Banks and Corporates in

    India employ the services of Atos Worldline for executing a comprehensive range of activities

    associated with payments. Apart from managing end-to-end activities for about 1 million credit

    cards issued by our bank customers, our issuing portfolio also manages the largest prepaid card

    program in India with more than 3 Million cards with approximately 5 Million transactions per

    month. They manage more than 220,000 terminals across 1600+ locations in India. They also have

    the largest card personalization bureau in the country and personalize more than 36 million cards

    per annum.

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    2.2 Uphaar cards (a subsidiary of Plada Infotech):

    Plada Infotech is a front-end customer service company with people consisting of varied

    experiences in the financial services industry backed by powerful management team as corporate

    members. They have their regional offices across major metro cities mainly Ahmadabad,Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Pune having head office in Mumbai and

    many other resident locations for customer operations.

    Plada started merchant acquiring services during the year 2006, June and successfully acquired

    nearly 45,000 plus merchants till year 2010 for various service providers and associated Banks.

    Plada which has been servicing customers since 2005, started with merchant acquiring services

    and gradually stepping into field management services. Their mission was to bring systematic

    approach in service delivery to achieve customer promises, which they gained through continuous

    research and new developments in service delivery.

    Pladas field management services are presently servicing around 7500 merchant establishments

    with dedicated resources customer wise. They have well experienced coordinators and field

    associates who have been recruited from similar service industry background with a strong

    screening HR process and in-house training sessions in place.

    During this last one year of their field operations, they have established themselves self strongly in

    Northern, Eastern and Western India and spreading our wings to other part of the Country. They

    have started field operations for South since March 2011.

    Plada Infotech has been appointed the all India direct selling authority (DSA) and the incubation

    of the idea of corporate gifting started and eventually Giftdedo happened with the help of

    collaboration between Plada Infotech and Atos Worldline.

    The giftdedo was launched in Mumbai on 24th January 2013 and the project started in April 2013

    with the mission of becoming the largest aggregator of gift cards and gift vouchers and to start Gift

    card for sensible gifting.

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    The web portal offers you wide range of gift cards and vouchers that suits every occasion you

    name. We have researched at our best to bring you the enormous varieties of products and

    services. And thus we have associated with the best brands that will offer you remarkable journey.

    The whole process of gifting card to your loved ones is very simple and easy. You just have to login, select your appropriate gift card and place your order. The card will reach you in 4 days at your

    chosen address.

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    CHAPTER IIIRet a il mar ket in INDIA

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    3. Retail market in India :

    The real GDP is expected to grow at 8-10 per cent per annum in the next five years. As a result,

    the consuming class with annual household incomes above Rs. 90,000 is expected to rise from

    about 370 million in 2006-07 to 620 million in 2011-12. Consequently, the retail business inIndia is estimated to grow at 13 per cent annually from US$ 322 billion in 2006-07 to US$ 590

    billion in 2011-12.

    The retail market is booming in Bangalore especially the organized retail market. The rise in

    the income levels of the young professionals working in various multinational companies in and

    around Bangalore has led the organized retail sectors to flourish.

    The reason for the paradigm shift in retail market in the city is growing affluence. In the last 10

    years Bangalore's population has increased around 30 per cent; it is ranked the seventh most

    affluent city in India. It is estimated that over one-third of the households in Bangalore have an

    annual expenditure between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh, while 40 per cent of the city's population

    has annual incomes ranging between Rs 70,000 and Rs 1.4 lakh. The 15-45 age group is a

    retailer's delight (Giriprakash, 2005) .

    The high end streets in Bangalore such as Koramangala, M.G. Road, Brigade road, Commercial

    Street, Indira nagar, ITPL Road, Whitefield etc. are the prominent places where these organized

    retail in form of Restaurants, Bar and Pubs, Saloon & Spas, Dance Studios, Super market,

    Hyper market etc.

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    There has been a phenomenal growth of organized retail in Bangalore which is evident from

    table no. 01.

    Source: (Sheela, 2010)

    The advent of organized retail market started way back in 1970 when big retailers such as

    Nilgiris in food segment, Viveks in consumables and others started their operations from

    Bangalore. Slowly, Tatas (Star Bazar), Birlas (More), Ambani (Reliance Retail), Shoppers

    Stop, Future group (Big Bazar), Auchan etc. entered Bangalore and are doing quite well.

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    The traditional shops slowly started fading from the city as branded items were available in the

    big retail outlets with lot of discounts and schemes. More number of people or inhabitants has

    started to spend on food, fun, clothes, Spa etc. through the services provided by the organized

    retailers in Bangalore.

    Due to attractiveness of organized retail, many unorganized retailers started realizing the

    importance of the organized way and started to convert their traditional kirana shops to mini

    super market in order to increase their business.

    This transition of the unorganized retail to the organized retail changed the face of retail in

    Bangalore and also provided the new market to tap in with the loyalty programme by means of

    loyalty cards.

    Source: (Sheela, 2010)

    The table above shows that discount on prices and offers on purchase of certain variety of

    products were found predominantly in the organized outlet.

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    CHAPTER IVLoya l t y pr ogr am

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    4. Loyalty program:

    Definition:

    Loyalty program is a program that allows customer to accumulate free rewards/incentives in form

    of points or cash back etc. when they make repeat purchases with a firm.

    The term customer loyalty program was coined by Neiman Marcus in the retail industry which is

    also called InCircle.

    Thus, loyalty is a multi dimensional construct and needs to be viewed as an attitude that leads to

    relationship with the brand/store, outcome in terms of revealed behavior, relational in terms of

    advocacy, word of mouth communication and buying is moderated by the individualscharacteristics, circumstances and /or the purchase situations.

    Why we need a loyalty programme?

    In the modern era of retailing, when every street side retailer is providing the same goods and

    services at almost the same price, there is nothing to choose from. Here come loyalty cards in

    handy and stands out to be a great differentiator.

    Factors influencing loyalty:

    The factors which influence/shape loyalty are:

    Satisfaction emanating from prior purchase experience with a retail outlet motivating a

    consumer to come to the store again.

    Switching barriers, once a consumer signs a loyalty program, if he leaves it, he loses thepoint accumulated on previous purchases made. Thus once a consumer becomes a member

    of any loyalty program, switching barriers get created.

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    Interpersonal relationships, particularly in the context of a retail store, floor persons,

    billing persons in charge and customers interact. If a customer frequently visits the store,

    interpersonal relationships develop as shopping of groceries requires frequent visits to the

    store. This also helps in strengthening loyalty & creating a switching barrier.

    Attractiveness of alternatives, in the context of retail store if there is any new outlet

    which is closer than the current store; proximity enhances the attractiveness of it & may

    create a barrier to loyalty.

    If a retail store comes out with a very special promotion then also temporarily it may become very

    attractive to a potential customer & hence may trigger a drift on that purchase occasion. If the

    customer has signed in a particular loyalty programme then he would weigh alternatives &

    accordingly decide to stay loyal or drift.

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    4.1 Evolution of Loyalty Programmes:

    It is believed that in mid 1800s, co-operatives pioneered this concept. Literature mentions the

    famous Green Shield Stamp a co-operative dividend programme. However, real impetus was

    seen in 1990s with technological developments in developed markets. Wide ranging programmes

    were in existence from save your till receipts to sophisticated smart cards and complex coalition

    programmes involving huge customer base and large number of loyalty partners with greater

    diversity of rewards.

    Early adoption of loyalty programmes was found in airline sector. Hotels, retail, financial services,

    leisure sectors followed suit. FMCG sector also experimented through continuity programmes and

    loyalty clubs. It is observed that durable goods manufacturers, many service businesses (like

    entertainment businesses-multiplexes, credit card providers) and organized retail outlets have been

    using varied loyalty programmes.

    In UK, 92%of UK consumers participated in a loyalty program of which 72% were members of 2

    or more programs. According to recent studies, there were 150 schemes in operation resulting in

    the circulation of more than 40 million cards.

    In US, the value of loyalty programs was worth $6 billion in early 2000, and there were 2,250

    separate loyalty programs. Recent study found that 90% of Americans actively participate in some

    type of loyalty programs. Forrester research study found that 54% of primary US grocery shoppers

    belong to 2 or more programs.

    Following are the two means for running the loyalty programme:

    a) Loyalty cards:

    Loyalty cards are the easiest and cheap ways for running the loyalty programme. Its applicationsare most common in retailing. Specially coded credit/debit cards or other special scanner-readable

    cards are issued which are swiped at point of sale.

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    It is a mechanism for identifying and rewarding loyal customers. They resemble to debit and

    credit cards of banks yielding credibility and value. They are durable, cheap and versatile. Card are

    of various types: point cards, coalition/multi retailer cards, co-branded cards, store cards etc.

    Loyalty card scheme operates by awarding points according to customer spend on each

    transaction. These points are used for giving discounts for future/current purchase at store where

    earned, Gifts, member-only deals, rebates at some threshold level of spending and /or eligibility to

    participate in lucky draw, contests.

    b) Rewards:

    The rewards attached to a loyalty programme may be categorized into tangible and intangible

    rewards. Some of the tangible rewards are personal tangibles like gifts, utilitarian tangibles like

    household appliances, and amusement tangibles like music system, video game or economic

    rewards like discounts. Intangible rewards may vary in the form of CSR (corporate social

    responsibility activities), amusement intangibles like invitation to a music, fashion show, free

    packaged tours, information in the form of newsletters, leisure related services like boating, golf,

    exclusive preview of new items or ecological activities like preserve wild life, no to plastics

    campaign etc.

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    4.2 Developing, implementing and controlling an effective loyalty program:

    In order to develop, implement and control an effective loyalty program, following steps are

    suggested to be pursued:

    1. Outline objectives of loyalty program: Objectives should be quantified as far as possible.

    2. Develop budget: The top management should agree to apportion budget to undertake the

    activities under the program.

    3. Determine eligibility for program: Qualification criteria need to be decided upfront so

    that it becomes self sustaining and not a drain on bottom line.

    4. Select rewards: Careful mix of rewards tangible and intangible, price cut and value added,

    experiential and aspirational will ensure involvement of various consumers.

    5. Explore partnerships: Explore partnership with others so that costs can be shared.

    6. Plan for development, maintenance and possible marketing of database to share its costs.

    7. Plan for managing data warehouse & data mining capacity either internally or through

    outsourcing.

    8. Monitoring: Evaluate success or failure of a program once launched.

    9. Take corrective action.

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    Fig. Flow chart for developing, implementing and controlling an effecting loyal

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    Outline

    objectives

    DevelopBudget

    Determine

    eligibility

    Select rewards

    Explore

    partnership

    Maintain

    database

    Managing data

    warehouse

    Monitoring

    Corrective

    action

    ty program.

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    4.3 LOYALTY CARD: LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

    4.3.1 INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO:

    In the international market, there is a mixed response on the loyalty card scheme. On one side

    there are players like Tesco (launched its Clubcard in 1995 and has currently around 15 million

    cardholders) and Sainsbury (launched its Reward Card in 1996 and has currently around 18

    million cardholders) who are focussing more and more on loyalty card schemes then on the other

    side we have ASDA and Safeway who have abandoned their loyalty card schemes.

    4.3.2 INDIAN SCENARIO:

    Loyalty as a market is still growing in India. There are a certain percentage of sales which can be

    set aside from a customer-value-proposition point of view.

    Unlike U.K and U.S where this loyalty card programs is on peak. In India it is still in the growth

    phase. In India majority of the multi brand retailers and single brand retailers are offering loyalty

    card. Recently, in a move Indias biggest retailer Future Group scrapped their old loyalty card

    scheme and switched to the Germans most famous Payback Card scheme, where all the data

    compilation and calculation is done by the third party which is Payback.

    Clients typically spend about one per cent of their retail sales on loyalty/retention programmes.Some part of it goes into managing the programme, while the remaining goes into giving away

    reward points to customers. Typically, you would give out 70 per cent towards reward points, and

    30 per cent into managing systems, software etc. If you look at the sectors which use loyalty

    programmes, be it retail, banking or telecom, these are all organised sectors. So, one per cent of

    their retail sales are a pretty big number. In that sense, its a massive market.

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    CHAPTER VAbout t he Pr oduct

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    5. About the Product:

    A)

    The giftdedo flash card is the concept initiated inorder to make the whole process of gifting asensible approach towards gifting which is called Sensible gifting. The flash card is a pan India

    card where in the owner of the card can access lots of offers on various brands, exciting offers and

    discounts, gift vouchers and other value added services.

    The card is transferable card and does not have any magnetic strips so no records are kept at this

    level but the card bears to unique things which are:

    An unique 5 digit number

    A validity period on the card.

    The card can be shown to the merchant who is onboard and has signed a contract with us and avail

    the best offers on Restaurants, Saloon & Spa, Bar & lounge, Dance studios, Fitness studio,

    Garments etc.

    These giftdedo cards are being sold to the corporates wherein the corporates give these cards to

    their employees as part of their contribution to the company. The employee shall visit the website

    and check for the offer and on showing the card to that particular merchant, can avail the offer

    mentioned on the website.

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    Key Benefits of this card:

    We have various deals rolling on our website: www.giftdedo.com/bestdeals in best deals

    section. Please visit to get updates of new merchants.

    Your cardholder can flash privilege card at any of the mentioned store and avail the

    discount mentioned at our website.

    It helps getting discounts upto 20% to 50 %.

    Save yearly on shopping, dining, health & beauty, Travel & many more.

    Benefits in more than 300 shops in Mumbai and 50 shops in Bangalore with categorization

    of Restaurant & Bar, Hotels, Electronics & Watches, Jewellery, Fashion and Health &

    beauty, Fitness , Dance studio etc.

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    B)

    These are the customized closed user group cards created for one of our clients in Bangalore.

    These cards help the merchant to introduce various loyalty programs for its clients. The card has

    following unique features:

    Atos Worldline will be responsible for the following:

    Card Generation & Dispatch

    Card Management & Authorization

    Card Validation

    Loyalty program Management

    Loyalty Campaign design and set-up

    Terminal Management

    Field Services

    Settlement & Reconciliation

    Reporting & MIS

    In addition to this, Atos will also be enabling the facility of loading, reloading, and refund on these

    cards. All the cards issued will be sent in inactive state. These customized cards are closed user

    loop card and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) does not have any regulations to keep on these kinds of

    cards.

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    The customized cards are gaining popularity amongst the merchants and help to be in the elite

    group by creating brands of them. The concept provides a full proof transactional service for the

    retailers or the merchants and helps their business to grow.

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    5.1 Program Features:

    Giftdedo.com, which is an online portal, launched on 24th January2013, already has a plethora of

    big brands like TAJ, Life style, Big Bazaar, Jugheads, Mainland China, Lakme Salon, On Toes,

    Rhysetta ,Westside, CCD, COSTA COFFEE, Titan, Reliance Digital, Nike, Baskin and Robins,

    Monginis, Esbeda, HomeTown, Tresmode, Yebhi.com,jabong.com ,spas like Placid, Sohum,

    Mudd, Empire, Aroma Thai, Megamart, Zaras, The couch, The pub world etc.

    Giftdedo is an online platform to run offer-based or discounted reward catalogues to provide

    tangible additional value for your channel partners, customers and employees. It uses a built in

    secure payment gateway for convenient credit card transactions.

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    Ideal for:

    Employee benefits, Seasonal offers, Channel/Partner value adds etc.

    Advantages:

    - Online platform

    - Customisable home page

    - Quick and easy to deploy

    - Secure payment gateway

    - Customisable deals and offers

    - Branded merchandising

    - Customised communication

    Given below were the areas assigned to me during the internship:

    A) ALL GIFT CARD:

    Under all gift card segments, we will list merchant business forfree on giftdedo.com which will

    help to increase customer base of his business online.

    Due to corporate selling of card, the corporates can view online on the website, merchants gift

    vouchers/coupons can be sold into the corporates. On every purchase, merchants have to pay a

    mutually agreed commission rate as mentioned in the contract to the company (giftdedo.com).

    B) BEST DEALS:

    The listing of merchants business on giftdedo.com under best deals for their privilege card and will

    flash the deal that they want to offer to the corporate customers. This will definitely help

    merchants to increase the customer footfall and increase your revenue generation. The deals that

    merchants will be offering can be changed 6 times in a year depending on the time of the year,

    occasions or special days.

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    The corporate sales team, has distributed the privilege cards on a large scale and they have noticed

    a large demand for cafes, lounges, salon and spa and resorts for the employees of these MNC`s

    Our corporate clients where giftdedo.comprivilege cards have been distributed are Bharti Axa,

    Tata Sky, Club Mahindra etc.

    C) MAKE MY CARD/ RETAIL CLOSED USER GROUP:

    You can offer loyalty cards, gift cards and prepaid cards for your customers.

    Advantages of make my card:

    Easy to Implement:

    a. Once Merchant is signed into the program, the following items will be provided for the

    program

    i. A KIT containing 1,000 prepaid Cards or such higher number as may be

    required by Merchant (designed as per your branding)

    Such cards will be chip cards

    ii. A POS device (terminal) designed for accepting the cards

    Enabled with a tap reader

    iii. Real-time Loyalty Solution will be a part of this bundled packageiv. Report/MIS to track portfolio and manage funds.

    Not easily replicable:

    a. Since it is technologically linked and has cards and terminals managed (along with

    loyalty, MIS) are customized to the requirement of merchant, there will be very high

    time to market for competition to roll-out such a program.

    Low Cost:

    a. Cost will be kept a minimum by making use of a common platform on a shared service

    basis and will be on a services model.

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    Prominent Branding:

    a. The Card will be uniquely designed for merchant with its logo & the face of the card

    will be open for designs as provided by merchant.

    b. SMS alerts will also be designed to increase customer engagement and will be sent by

    the name of merchant (optional cost impact).

    Innovative Customer Engagement:

    a. Flavor of Loyalty and campaigns will be included (as per the presentation sent earlier).

    b. Dynamic campaigns can help Merchant to design promotions based on the transaction

    history of your customers. Rewards can be different for different customers, based on

    their spending patterns on the card.

    Cash Management:

    a. With the use of CUG Card, Merchant will have access to funds in advance

    b. Easier for front staff because it will reduce cash handling at the counter

    c. Convenient for staff (cashier) and employees as they do not have to carry cash and the

    troubles of cash (change) are completely eliminated

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    5.3 Prepaid Program Workflow:

    5.3.1 Enrollment of Merchant:

    5.3.1.1 Sales Team will close the deal and have the enrollment form filled by the Merchant.

    5.3.1.2 Sales team will collect the funds through cheque/DD upfront along with Enrollment form

    from the merchant and will hand over the same to the Finance team.

    5.3.1.3 Finance Team will have the cheque cleared or DD deposited. On realization of funds in our

    account, they will mark the form as approved and the enrollment/order form will then be

    provided to Operation for further processing.

    5.3.1.4 If in case Finance team come across any discrepancies (Like Cheque bounce) while

    carrying out the checks & clearance process, they will redirect the form along with

    Cheque/DD to the Sales team and Sales team will co-ordinate with the merchant on thesame.

    5.3.1.5 Once the operation team is in receipt of the form, it will check if the form has been marked

    as approved by finance team. If approved, they will proceed with creating the cards and

    have them dispatched to the merchant.

    5.3.1.6 Atos Ops will create corporate (Merchant) in Front-End which will allow capture of

    following:

    5.3.1.6.1 Details of the locations, where terminal needs to be set-up.

    5.3.1.6.2 Terminal which will have functionalities like

    5.3.1.6.2.1 Card Sale (Load)

    5.3.1.6.2.2 Reload

    5.3.1.6.2.3 Purchase

    5.3.1.6.2.4 Refund

    5.3.1.6.2.5 Void Transaction

    5.3.1.6.2.6 Auto Reversal

    5.3.1.7 Physical deployment of the terminal.

    5.3.1.8 Cards Dispatch:

    5.3.1.8.1 On setting-up the corporate (Merchant) in the system, an order for 2,000 cards will be

    automatically generated.

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    5.3.1.8.2 Provision will be available with Merchant on the front-end module to reorder more

    cards.

    5.3.1.8.3 Provision will be available with Atos Call center/ Atos Ops to order cards on behalf of

    Merchant.

    5.3.1.8.4 Once the orders are placed, VI Ops will process the requests, generate the cards and

    dispatch it to the dispatch address. Such cards will be in an inactive mode.

    5.3.1.9 Card Activation:

    5.3.1.9.1 Once an employee agrees to opt for the prepaid program with merchant.

    5.3.1.9.2 The cashier collects the card issuance amount / fee (optional) from the employee and

    then conducts a Card Activation transaction on the POS terminal by swiping the card

    on the terminal.

    5.3.1.9.3 Every card sale is mapped to the inventory ordered by a particular Merchant outlet.

    5.3.1.9.4 When the card is swiped for a card sale transaction the card number of the card swiped

    is validated against the inventory of that particular Merchant outlet.

    5.3.1.9.5 If the card does not belong to the inventory mapped to any of the Merchant outlet, the

    transaction is declined and an error message is displayed on the terminal (A Merchant

    outlet can only source cards from the allocated inventory lot).

    5.3.1.9.6 Inventory Management and tracking will need to be managed based on card sale.

    5.3.1.9.7 The cashier gets a form filled from the customer which captures basic details like

    customer name, contact number, DOB & address (Merchant can collect more fields as

    required and this is optional).

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    5.3.1.9.8 This step is undertaken to validate the issued card & get customer data. These forms are

    sent to Atos office in physical or electronic format and the same gets updated against

    the issued card numbers.

    5.3.1.10 Card Load/Reload:

    5.3.1.10.1 This step is post the activation step.

    5.3.1.10.2 All card load/ reload transactions can be carried out only on an active card.

    5.3.1.10.3 The cashier will swipe the card and select load/reload option.

    5.3.1.10.4 The cashier will input the load/reload value and submit the request.

    5.3.1.10.5 If the transaction is successful, a charge slip will be generated providing the value

    loaded/reloaded and the current balance on the card. (Optional: SMS alerts can be sent

    to the employee with the valid load/reload amount and total balance available on thecard)

    5.3.1.11 Purchase Transaction:

    5.3.1.11.1 The customer will hand over the card to the Store clerk to make payment.

    5.3.1.11.2 The cashier swipes the card and selects sale option.

    5.3.1.11.3 The cashier inputs the payment value and submits the request.

    5.3.1.11.4 On successful authorization, a charge slip will be generated providing the sale value

    and the current balance on the card. (Optional: SMS will be sent for sale transaction as

    well as provide the balance amount on the card).

    5.3.1.12 Balance Enquiry:

    5.3.1.12.1 The customer will hand over the card to the store clerk for balance enquiry.

    5.3.1.12.2 The cashier swipes the card and selects balance enquiry option.

    5.3.1.12.3 The cashier inputs the payment value and submits the request.5.3.1.12.4 On successful authorization, a charge slip will be generated providing current balance

    on the card. (Optional: SMS)

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    5.3.1.13 Call Centre Support:

    5.3.1.13.1 Capture card order requests from Merchant.

    5.3.1.13.2 To know the transaction/ card order status.

    5.3.1.13.3 To know card status.

    5.3.1.13.4 Card Cancellation.

    5.3.1.14 Promotional Marketing / Loyalty Program (optional):

    Atos Worldline has offered to integrate the Real-time Marketing Program platform

    along with the prepaid program to add real-time dynamism to enrich the overall value

    proposition for their end customer.

    Real-time Promotional Marketing Program is described herewith;

    5.3.1.15 Real-time Promotional Marketing:

    5.3.1.15.1 All CUG cards will automatically be a part of the program.

    5.3.1.15.2 The terminal would route the transaction to the real-time server to check / print / award

    offers based on parameters (demographic or transaction, in nature) before passing it to

    the payment switch.

    5.3.1.15.3 This program will help in creating different buckets for CUG customers and treat them

    with a different offer.

    5.3.1.15.4 This unique ability will create customer delight as customers would tend to receive

    unique reward as compared to others.

    5.3.1.16 Benefits of the Promotional Marketing:

    Helps increasing usage and spends.

    Helps run incentive program for employees to spend more on the card in a limited

    time frame.

    Helps create loyalty towards merchant restaurant.

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    The description of the awards are given below for greater understanding

    Types of Awards

    Instant

    Discounts

    Configuring varying levels of discounts to customers at POS, based

    on parameters at the back-end

    These could be either completion of an event or standard

    The dynamism helps to offer greater discounts to more profitable

    customers

    Paper

    coupons

    This is yet another type of award, where the customer will be given a

    paper coupon permitting with a gift for their current or subsequent

    visit or a discount for their future visit or a discount / gift to be

    redeemed at an alliance merchant partner

    This paper coupon can be used to cross-sell, up-sell or undertake

    movement across different participating stores

    Marketing

    Messages

    Communication will be printed on their charge-slips to inform

    them of their current award as well as information of similar benefits

    in subsequent visits

    This will complement other forms of marketing to cardholders

    5.3.1.17 Enhanced Capabilities:

    The core proposition of the Real-time Marketing Program is

    With a single payment card swipe / dip / tap,

    a. The customer is identified.

    b. Linked to a promotion (at the back-end), based on his / her demographicprofile and / or transaction history (purchasing behavior).

    c. Instantly delivers the right promotion to the right customer at the right

    time (while the customer is making a payment).

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    Fig: Flow chart for prepaid program workflow.

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    Enrollment ofmerchant

    Card Activation

    Card load/Reload

    Purchase

    Transaction

    Balance Enquiry

    Call centresupport

    Optionalmarketing/loyalty

    program

    Real timepromotional

    marketing

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    CHAPTER VIAna l ysis

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    6 ANALYSIS:

    In this section, different tools such as PEST, SWOT, porters five force theory,

    and competitor analysis are used to get insight about the project.

    7.1 PEST ANALYSIS:

    Political

    Liberal government policies.

    Minimal interference of reservebank of India (RBI) in closeduser group transactions.

    Future legislation expected dueto foreign direct investment(FDI).

    Economical

    Highly economy driven.

    Customer/end-user driven.

    Seasonality issues.

    International trade and monetary

    issues

    Social

    Consumer buying pattern.

    Buying access and trends

    Social factors

    Advertising and publicity

    Brand & Company

    Technological

    Competing technology

    Consumer buying

    mechanisms/technology.

    Information andcommunications (Social media)

    PEST analysis (political, economical, social, and technological) assesses a market, including

    competitors, from the standpoint of a particular proposition or a business.

    From the above analysis performed, the market is favorable for these loyalty cards and corporate

    gifting.

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    6.2 SWOT:

    SWOT MATRIX

    Helpful

    to achieving the objectiveHarmful

    to achieving the objective

    Inte

    rnalorigin

    (attributesofthesystem)

    Strengths

    Brand

    Technical expertise

    Worldwide presence

    Economically stable

    Good relationships with themerchants

    Product features and attributes.

    Weaknesses

    No previous experience in retailindustry.

    Product pricing.

    Externalorigin

    (attributesoftheenvironment)

    Opportunities

    Government liberal policies.

    Exemption from RBIregulations.

    Great market potential.

    Threats

    Other players in the market such

    as giftbig on similar giftingconcept.

    Other corporate companies

    working on the concept of

    corporate gifting but having

    different offerings such as

    Giftbig, Giftxoxo, Loylty

    Rewardz Management Pvt.,

    Creative cards and solutions etc.

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    6.3 Porters Five Force:

    Porters five forces analy

    the industry.

    7.3.1 Bargaining Power of Sup

    The term 'suppliers' comprises all

    services.

    Supplier bargaining power is like

    The market is dominated b

    There are no substitutes fo

    The switching costs from

    In such situations, the buying ind

    The relationship to powerful sup

    sis can reveal insights about the potential future

    liers: Less

    sources for inputs that are needed in order to p

    y to be less when:

    y a many large suppliers.

    r the particular input,

    ne supplier to another are less,

    stry often faces a high pressure on margins fro

    liers can potentially reduce strategic options fo

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    attractiveness of

    ovide goods or

    their suppliers.

    the organization.

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    7.3.2 Bargaining Power of Customers: High

    Similarly, the bargaining power of customers determines how much customers can impose

    pressure on margins and volumes.

    Customers bargaining power is likely to be high as

    The supplying industry comprises a large number of small operators

    The supplying industry operates with high fixed costs,

    The product is undifferentiated and can be replaces by substitutes,

    Switching to an alternative product is relatively simple and is not related to high costs,

    Customers have low margins and are price-sensitive,

    7.3.3 Threat of New Entrants: High

    The competition in an industry will be the higher; the easier it is for other companies to enter this

    industry. New entrants could change major determinants of the market environment (e.g. marketshares, prices, customer loyalty) at any time.

    The threat of new entries will depend on the extent to which there are barriers to entry. These are

    typically

    High initial investments and fixed costs,

    Brand loyalty of customers

    Protected intellectual property like patents, licenses etc,

    Scarcity of important resources, e.g. qualified expert staff

    Access to raw materials is controlled by existing players,

    7.3.4 Threat of Substitutes: High

    A threat from substitutes exists if there are alternative products with lower prices of better

    performance parameters for the same purpose.

    Similarly to the threat of new entrants, the treat of substitutes is determined by factors like

    Brand loyalty of customers,

    Close customer relationships,

    Switching costs for customers,

    Relative price for performance of substitutes.

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    7.3.5 Competitive Rivalry between Existing Players: Less

    This force describes the intensity of competition between existing players (companies) in an

    industry.

    Competition between existing players is likely to be less when

    There are few players of about the same size,

    Players have dissimilar strategies.

    Barriers for exit are high (e.g. inexpensive equipment).

    On analyzing the results, we can say that the attractiveness of this industry is high.

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    6.4Competitor Analysis:

    FACTORATOS &

    GIFTDEDO

    GIFTBIG

    (QWIKCILVER)ACCENTIV

    IMPORTANCE

    TO CUSTOMER

    Products

    Closed usergroup, Flash card,

    Gift vouchers ,

    corporate selling

    of gift vouchers

    Customized cards,

    Gift vouchers, e-gift

    vouchers, Gift

    cards, e-gift cards

    Customer,Employee and

    Channel loyalty

    programs.

    Best brands with

    best deals

    Price

    CUG is priced

    high, Other

    offerings are

    fairly price

    Fairly priced Fairly priced Value for money

    Quality Good Good Good Good

    Social media Moderate Aggressive Moderate Aggressive

    Service Good Good Good Good

    Reliability Fair Fair Fair Fair

    AdvertisingModerate on

    advertisingHigh on advertising

    Moderate on

    advertising

    Moderate on

    advertisement

    Expertise

    Magnetic Strip

    based

    POS based POS basedSecurity (Magnetic

    strips)

    CompanyReputation

    Good Good Good Good

    Location Global India Global Global

    Appearance Good packaging Good packaging Good packaging Good packaging

    Sales Method

    Corporate selling

    via electronic as

    well as physical

    medium

    General selling via

    electronic medium

    Corporate selling

    via physical

    medium

    Selling via both

    electronic as well as

    physical medium

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    CHAPTER VIIGener a l sa l es

    st r a t egies

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    6 General sales strategies:

    The sales strategy employed here helps in establishing plans and strategies to expand the customer

    base in Bangalore. While framing strategies in order to expand our customer base, following

    elements have been considered:

    1. Defining target market:

    Knowing this is critical to sales success. In this project, our target market is retail segment

    and in particular the Hotels and Restaurants. Prominent Hotels and Restaurants are

    considered in entire Bangalore.

    A database of the Hotels and Restaurants needs to be developed in order to systematically

    approach them and discuss the project with them. The database should have probable

    clients who have enough infrastructure and capabilities to satisfy the needs of customers.

    We may have to merge two similar target markets in order to have the numbers working in

    your favors.

    2. Determine our outreach:

    Once weve defined our target and created the database, reach out to our networks to see if

    we are connected in any way to the person or organization you seek.

    This includes direct outreach emailing or calling them and exploring our LinkedIn

    contacts or own network.

    In this project, we will use following channels to reach our customers:

    a) Direct or on-site sales.

    b) Cold calling to our potential customers.

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    c) Emailing (Direct marketing)

    d) Own Network

    e) Aggressive promotions on Social media such as Facebook, Pinterest.

    f) Presentation/Brochures/Introductory letters.

    Prospect, follow up and set up the meeting and then follow up to close deal!

    3. Framing questions:

    Before going for a sales appointment, a list of questions shall be created which we have to

    ask the prospect. This is the time for us to really get to know them, their needs, and their

    business practices.

    In this project, we can ask following questions such as:

    a) When did they start their business?

    b) How many hotels and restaurants they have in Bangalore?

    c) Do they have any gift vouchers/coupons/cards?

    d) If they do not have any existing vouchers, how can you add value to their existing

    systems (Best deals & Make your own cards).

    e) Talk about Prepaid cards if they want to listen.

    4. Competitor Analysis:

    Analyze your competitors time to time and keep a close eye on their offerings. Watching

    the competitor moves closely, we can update ourselves and prepare ourselves to get

    conversions on faster rate.

    5. Monitor:

    This is one of the most critical aspects of a successful sales strategy. As we move forward

    with our plan we must keep track of how well it is working.

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    A daily reporting system shall be defined where each of sales guys has to report their

    reporting authority. Effective monitoring can be done by asking ourselves these questions:

    How did it go?

    What worked?

    What didnt work?

    Did I hit my numbers?

    Knowing what works and what doesnt give you the opportunity to tweak your process.

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    6.5 Specific sales strategies employed: for identification & in getting closer to the merchants

    (Case by Case).

    A) The database of the clients who use our EDC terminals helped us to approach the vendor

    in more organized and effective way. Sales strategies were designed keeping in mind that

    particular customer set.

    Sales Strategies: Case A

    We approach the merchants by extending our free promotional solution to them in

    recognition of their loyalty towards our company.

    B) Check for the merchants who are giving offers through internet or physical verification by

    visiting the market place. Sales strategies were designed keeping in mind that particular

    customer set.

    Sales Strategies: Case B

    Approach these merchants by offering the free listing of their offer on the website and at

    the same time providing the readymade client base for them.

    Apart from the above mentioned strategies, contingency strategies were made in order to

    convert the merchants supported by below mentioned activities:

    Cold calling.

    Fixing an appointment/meeting.

    Sending business proposal via emails.

    Constant and regular follow-ups.

    Signing the contact.

    Closing the deal.

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    CHAPTER VIIICust omer f eedback

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    7 Customer Feedback: M

    Under this section, the findin

    All the data shown below we

    offering with the merchant.

    Total of 86 merchants data w

    8.1 Do you like the produc

    Inference: 64 resp

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    re collected during the initial negotiations abou

    ere collected to extract information.

    & its offerings?

    ondents liked the product.

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    yes

    64

    Liking for the product

    ct are discussed.

    the product & its

    o

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    8.2 If you dont li

    Inference: Cost a

    liked by the respo

    Wh

    Packagin

    Many pla

    e the product offering, what can be the probabl

    d complexity of the Business model (both 34%

    dents.

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    11%

    21%

    34%

    you don't like the product off

    Business model is comp

    yers on the same functionality Costly

    reasons?

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    34%

    rings

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    8.3 Why do you think org

    Inference: Being abl

    0

    5

    10

    15

    20

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    30

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    anising a group gift online offers added value?

    to see (tangibility) is considered as the preferr

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    CHAPTER IXCONCLUSION

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    9.0 CONCLUSION

    The entire project was a learning experience. The pre sale of the card required lot of brainstorming

    on strategies, formulating strategy as per the size of the retailer.

    Target identification is always the key step towards closure of deal. Once, the target is identified,

    the MAN (Money, Authority and Need) or the decision maker (Owner) is targeted and approached

    through cold calls followed by sending e proposal, business meeting , follow-up and finally

    closure of the deal.

    Sales strategies were formulated considering the target identified .This systematic approach

    towards acquiring merchants (acquiring the financial data) helped in getting best brands along with

    best deals on the website which will ultimately boost the sale of card or customization of card.

    Merchants were informed about the offering of the product and how the product can help their

    business to grow manifolds by meeting and briefing them about the product. The merchant having

    chain of centers can be identified as probable.

    The greatest advantage in this context, is the loyalty programmes, which are not just points / cash

    backs/instant gratification, the customer can get instant gratification in terms of cash which is

    highly relevant.

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    CHAPTER XRECOMMENDATION

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    10.0 RECOMMENDATION

    Following are my recommendations which I feel in my opinion can help the whole business to

    grow and expand:

    1. As most of the working population uses mobile apps, Tab etc. Launching the whole

    package in mobile app concept can help in effective communication with target audience.

    2. Introduction of e-gift cards which can be delivered instantaneously within 5 minutes can

    attract lot of traffic.

    3. Option of checking balance of your card online apart from the call centre can help in

    allowing customer to spend more time on the website and spend up buying our offerings.

    4. Active presence in social media such as face book, You tube etc can boost your social

    presence. Customer engagement on social media is very important.

    5. Remarketing is very beneficial to connect online. This is a cost efficient method and helps

    the visibility of product or services on the online platform.

    6. Friend, blend, spend (the open-loyalty economy): the open-loyalty economy enables

    customers to exchange currency with trusted friends and businesses. Young tech-savvy

    consumers in particular are embracing this technology, leading us into a future in which

    points look more like currency.

    7. Customers should be engaged or involved continuously throughout their association.

    Customer opinion should always be considered at every strategic levels.

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    LIST OF CONVERTEDMERCHANTS

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    Retailer Location

    The couch Brigade Road

    The pub World MG Road

    Alibi the pub Church street

    Zaras Spa and Salon Richmond Road

    Megamart MG Road

    Philips DEFA solutions Richmond Road

    Forza MG Road

    Guzzlers Inn MG Road

    My salon Brigade Road

    Empire Castle street

    Body Art MG Road

    B A Ink Malleshwaram

    Fresh n Hot Koramangala

    Anda ka Funda Koramangala

    Fitness Maniac Koramangala

    Cotton design Indira nagar

    AanganKoramangala

    Vinayaka EnterprisesKoramangala

    DelightzKoramangala

    Chocolat zoneKoramangala

    Dancing ScissorsKoramangala

    Car edgeKoramangala

    Way 2 HomeKoramangala

    Heavens tattooCastle street

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    U for fashionKoramangala

    Green ChillyzKoramangala

    5th ElementIndira nagar

    Downtown Indira nagar

    Glenands Indira nagar

    Fuzzy wozzy Indira nagar

    Yashbans boarding kennels Indira nagar

    little Italy Koramangala

    brain freezer Koramangala

    Hyderabad Biryani zoneBTM

    Hip Hop India Koramangala

    Ayoun Koramangala

    Vasthraa Koramangala

    Music and metal Koramangala

    Bikes and Guzzlers Koramangala

    Fashion cottage Koramangala


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