Retail Marketing & Sales Promotion

Paper Code: 
JWT 401
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To provide an understanding of World bullion market, how gold rates vary, retailing precious as well as costume Jewellery .
  • To identify and understand the significance of retailing in the current business Environment
  • To provide comprehensive knowledge about marketing mix
9.00
Unit I: 
Retail Marketing
  • Definition and Scope of Retailing – Growth of Retailing Industry –
  • Characteristics of Retailing
  •  Activities of Retailers & Classification of Retailers
9.00
Unit II: 
Functions Of Retailing
  • Importance of Retail Sector
  • Retailing Scenario at Global and Indian Context.
  • Relationship Marketing in Retailing
  • Consumer Behavior in the Retail Context
  • Retailing precious as well as costume Jewellery
9.00
Unit III: 
Marketing Communications:
  • Advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations, and direct marketing
9.00
Unit IV: 
  • Marketing of Jewellery :                                                         
  • 7P’s of Marketing                                                                                 
  • Product
  • Price
  • Promotion
  • Place
  • Packaging
  • People
  • Positioning

 

  • Service Marketing
  • ECommerce
9.00
Unit V: 
Sales Promotion:
  • Definition
  • Steps for  Increasing Sales
  • Personal Selling
  •  Publicity.
Essential Readings: 
  1. Kotler/Keller/Koshy/Jha, Marketing Management, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi,Twelfth Edition.
  2. Balaji Tuli Srivastava : Retail Management , 2005
  3. David Meerman Scott -The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly
  4. .PACO UNDERHILL -WHY WE BUY - Art of Jewellery
References: 
  1. Stone, E. & Samples., J.A., Fashion Merchandising- An introduction, Mc Graw Hill 1985.
  2. Easey, Mike., Fashion Marketing, Blackwell Science Ltd, London 1995.
  3. Kotler,P., Marketing Management: Analysis, Planning, Implementation a Control(9th Ed), Prentice Hall, New Delhi 1998.
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