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Building Store
Group 4
Indian Retail Industry
• Has largest retail density in world
• Contributes 10%-11% to GDP
• Home building market highly fragmented
• Home & Building Store was broadly divided
into two categories
• Building Materials Segment
• Soft Furnishing Segment
• Competition very high due to entry of
foreign players
Muebles
• Mission
• To reduce the trauma of home building
Major contributors to
revenues and margins
Consumer Profiling
are furnishing,
has changed
hardware and
electrical products
GMROF can’t be used as a metric on silo basis since positioning
is of one stop shop.
Target Income No of No of
Segment Household in Household in
1994’ 2005’
Very Rich 3,90,000 1 6
Consuming 81,000 – 30 75
3,90,000
New Positioning
• After Removing Building Material from the
store
• “A one stop shopping experience for
Home improvement solution at affordable
prices for whole family”
Changes
• Environment:
Growing Consumer Base: New
Customers.
Changes Implication
Growing consumer base No of Customers Growing
More Affluent Increase in purchasing
power
Change in Lifestyle Positive Attitude towards
improvement and
renovation
Urbanisation Modern Outlook
A New Mr. Muebles Knows Muebles and
considers Muebles as a
Quality Store
Sales In Rs. lakhs
Month Budgeted Sales Actual Sales Growth in %
Feb-01 30 35
Mar-01 35 38 8.6
Apr-01 38 40 5.3
May-01 40 42 5.0
Jun-01 58 55 31.0
Jul-01 68 75 36.4
Aug-01 75 84 12.0
Sep-01 50 75 -10.7
Oct-01 55 75 0.0
Nov-01 73 80 6.7
Dec-01 96 96 20.0
Jan-02 104 112 16.7
Sales
• In the past 7 months, the store has exceeded its
expectations and achieved higher sales than
budgeted.
• A slump in sales and expectations in sept and oct
because of rainy season and winters. Otherwise a
steady and stable growth
Sales Figures
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
-20
Furniture 15 2 0.1 9
Kitchen and Kitchen
15 23 1.5 3
Appliances
Lighting 12 10 0.8 8
Hardware 15 13 0.9 7