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 International Journal of Applied Research 2018; 4(7 ): 353-357

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A study on consumer buying behaviour towards Amul
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products with special reference to Coimbatore city
Received: 04-05-2018
Accepted: 06-06-2018
N Ramya, Dr. SA Mohamed Ali
N Ramya
Assistant Professor, Abstract
Department of Commerce with This article examines the consumer buying behaviour towards Amul Products with special reference to
Professional Accounting, Coimbatore City. A convenient sampling technique tool was adopted for data collection. Sample size
Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science
taken in this is 150 customers. The data is collected through questionnaire. The buying behaviour is
College, Coimbatore,
positive which reveals that the buying behaviour of the consumers is high. The promotional strategies
Tamil Nadu, India
of the product can be improved to increase the sale of the company as much. Thus the project
Dr. SA Mohamed Ali concludes that the buying behaviour of the consumers are positive, so the product has a good reach in
Professor, CMS Institute of Coimbatore city.
Management Studies,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Keywords: Stimuli, attitudes, preferences, anthropology, psychology, sociology
India
Introduction
Consumer buying behaviour is the sum total of a consumer's attitudes, preferences,
intentions, and decisions regarding the consumer's behaviour in the market place when
purchasing a product or service. The study of consumer behaviour draws upon social science
disciplines of anthropology, psychology, sociology, and economics.
Consumer behaviour is broadly studied field. It lets the companies understand how consumer
decides about buying their product or acquiring services. Marketing managers are always
interested to know more about consumers’ behaviour so they can prepare better
communication and advertising campaigns and messages about their products and services.
Consumer makes buying decision every day and many people don’t even know the factors
which derive them to this decision. Usually the factors affecting consumer buying behaviour
include psychological, social, cultural and Buying the new home cleaning service involves
consumers’ research for the best option available and it might take various factors in account
in its decision-making process. This thesis is about studying which factors of social, cultural,
personal or psychological characteristics has the most effect on consumer decision making
process when selecting home cleaning service company.
The research work is carried out to highlight the important elements for customers in the
household and let the service provider understand overall picture of customer behaviour
towards the Amul company with the help of understanding the factors affecting consumer
behaviour for choosing a certain service provider. Better understanding of consumer
behaviour would let the marketers make the service structure as desired and attractive for the
household customer and maintain business activities according to customer demands. This
research work would let the customer record their voice in understanding the companies
what kind of service do they want which can improve their life quality with the tailored
services by the service provider.

Correspondence
N Ramya
Assistant Professor,
Department of Commerce with
Professional Accounting,
Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science
College, Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu, India
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Stimulus response model of buyer behaviour

Statement of the problem  Sample size

The main challenge for marketers is to create the Sample size taken in this is 150 customers.
consumer’s loyalty by quality, freshness, odor and taste. In
India, dairy industries has a rapid growing a flourishing in  Area of study
FMCG Product. Marketers are necessary to know the The area of the research will be confined to Coimbatore
consumer’s response towards their own brand milk and milk city.
products of its availability, acceptance and affordability. It is
always a superior challenge for the companies to calculate  Tools for analysis
the consumer buying behaviour towards Amul products. The The various tools use for the data analysis are
present study tries to identify the various factors that lending  Percentage analysis
to the consumers buying behaviour towards Amul product.  Likert scale analysis
 Rank correlation analysis.
Scope of the study
Amul product is one of the important products which is used Review of literature
all over the world. Consumer buying behaviour is an Dr. S.P. Savitha [1], “A study on consumer preference
important element in the marketing activity. This study is towards ‘AMUL PRODUCT’ in Madurai city”. AMUL
used to calculate various opinions of the consumers who is (Anand milk produced union limited) formed in 1946, is a
using Amul products. This shows the purchasing level of the dairy co-operative movement in India. India largest food
product. The company can come to know about the strength brand trusted Amul product for its quality and product
and weakness of the product. This will help to know the available at affordable price. Amul product enjoying No.1
needs and wants of every individual in the day to day life. position in dairy industry this stand to further strength its
position. This research is pretaining to find out the present
Objectives of the Study consumer satisfaction of Amul product. Amul product has a
1. To study the consumer buying behaviour towards Amul good reputation among the consumers in Madurai. So it can
products. be extended to supply rural area also.
2. To identify the brand awareness, problems and level of Mohit Jamwal, Dr. Akhilesh Chandra Pandey [2],“Consumer
satisfaction of the respondents in purchasing of Amul behaviour towards cooperative milk societies: A Study on
products. measuring the customer satisfaction of` Aanchal’ milk (A
3. To ascertain the factors influencing the purchase of Member milk union of UDFC Ltd)”.The study on Consumer
Amul products. behaviour is the study of how individual make decision to
4. To find out the socio-economic status of the consumers spend their available resources (time, money, effort) on
who is utilising Amul products. consumption related items. Customer satisfaction was
measured across different attributes of the Ananchal milk
Research methodology and the customer’s preference was checked across different
 Data collection parameters. This survey on the sale of Ananchalmilk, it can
Primary data is used in the study. It is original data for the be concluded that to evolve their production, marketing and
purpose of collection of primary data, questionnaire were pricing strategies effectively.
filled by the respondents. The questionnaire comprises of
close ended.

Research Design
1Dr. S. P. Savitha (2017), “A Study on Consumer Preference Towards
‘Amul Product’ in Madurai City”, International Journal of Current
 Sample technique Research and Modern Education, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 41-46.
A convenient sampling technique tool was adopted for data 2
Mohit Jamwal, Dr. Akhilesh Chandra Pandey (2014), “Consumer
collection. behaviour towards cooperative milk societies: A study on measuring
customer satisfaction of ‘Aanchal’ milk (A member milk union of UCDF
ltd.)”, IBWL 2020: Needs & Strategies – A Management Perspective.
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Akhila D and Dr. C. Boopathi [3],”Consumer behaviour on S. No Factors No. of. Espondents Percentage
Aavin milk and dairy products in Pollachi of Tamil Nadu”. 1 Departmental store 48 32
Tamilnadu state is one of the ten largest milk producing 2 Retail shop 57 38
states in India. The aim of the study is reveal consumer 3 Petty shop 25 16.67
perception over Aavin milk products based on their age, 4 Super market 20 13.33
education, qualification and monthly income of the TOTAL 150 100
consumer’s family. Many people buy Aavinmilk for its Source: Primary data
quality than the price. If the Aavin product is too high than
other brands. The aavin take necessary steps to satisfy their The above table shows 32% of the respondents purchase in
consumers. departmental store,38% of the respondents purchase in retail
Dr. P. Rengarajan, R. Sathya and R. Gothami [4],”Buying stores,16.67% of the respondents purchase in petty
behaviour of selected branded milk products”. Dairy shop,13.33% of the respondents purchase in super market.
products is one of the important thing used nowadays in
urban and rural areas. Although the country has emerged as The survey reveals that most of the respondent’s
the largest producer of milk in 90’s. Market size is purchase Amul products in retail shop for Daily use.
increasing day by day and the demand for that product is Table showing factors influencing the respondents to
araising. So, the companies need a proper distribution buy Amul product
network for avaidability of product at demand.
Mrs. Sonali Dhawan [5],”A study on consumer behaviour S. No factors No. of. respondents percentage
towards various branded and non-branded milk with special 1 Price 18 12
reference to Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh”. 2 Quality 44 29.33
Consumer behaviour can be defined as the behaviour that 3 Taste 57 38
consumer display in searching for purchasing, using, 4 Freshness 31 20.67
evaluating and disposing of products and services that they TOTAL 150 100
expect will satisfy needs and wants. But there is a lack of Source: Primary data
awareness among the consumer about milk they are
consuming. The campaign has to be run by the companies The above table shows 12% Influences by price, 29.33%
how they pasteurized the milk and how hygienic it is to use Influences by quality, 38% Influenced by taste, 20.67%
branded milk. Influences by freshness.

Analysis and Interpreation The survey reveals that most of them influences by price
Simple percentage analysis to buy Amul product.
Table showing consumers’ preference towards Amul Table showing the respondents preference of various
product Amul product

S. NO factors No. of. respondents Percentage S. No Factors No. of. Respondents Percentage
1 Price offers 55 36.67 1 Ice-cream 32 21.33
2 Free samples 54 36 2 Cheese 28 18.67
3 Discounts 41 27.33 3 Milk powder 33 22
Total 150 100 4 Curd 17 11.33
Source: Primary data 5 Milk 12 8
6 Butter 12 8
The above table shows 36.67% consumers have preference 7 Chocolate 16 10.67
toward sprice offers, 36% consumers have preference Total 150 100
towards free samples, 27. 33% consumers have preference Source: Primary data
towards discounts.
The above table shows 21.33% of them use Ice-
creams,18.67 of them uses cheese,22% of them uses Milk
The survey reveals most of the respondents make sp
powder,11.33% of them uses Curd,8% of them uses milk,
reference towards price offers.
8% of them uses Butter,10.67% of them uses chocolate.
Table showing the place of purchase of Amul products
for daily use
The survey reveals that most of them uses Ice-cream
very frequently.
Likert scale

3
Ahila.D and Dr.C. Boopathi (2015), “Consumer behaviour on Aavin milk
and dairy products in pollachitaluk of Tamil Nadu, IRACST – International
Journal of Commerce, Business and Management (IJCBM), vol. 4, No.6,
pp.774-778.
4
Dr. P. Rengarajan, R. Sathya and R. Gowthami (2014), “Buying behaviour
of selected branded milk products”, EPRA International Journal of
Economic and Business Review, Vol. 2 Issue- 8, pp.105-110.
5
Mrs.SonaliDhawan (2016), “A study of consumer behaviour towards
various branded and non-branded milk with special reference to jabalpur
district in Madhyapradesh”, Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research,
vol.2,issue 12, pp.1582-1586.
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Table showing the respondents opinion on hygenic of Amul product

S.NO Factors No. of Respondents Likert Scale total Score
1 Very high 17 5 85
2 High 55 4 220
3 Moderate 42 3 126
4 Low 10 2 20
5 Very low 1 1 1
Total 125 452
Source: Primary data
Likert scale = ∑ (fx / Total no. of. respondents)
= 452/125
=3.616 Likert scale value 3.616 is greater than the middle value (3).

The survey reveals that most of the Respondents opinion is hygienic of the Amul product.

Rank analysis

Table showing rank correlation of factors influencing the respondents for the purchase of Amul products.
Factors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total score Final Rank
Taste 22(11) 27(10) 16(9) 18(8) 16(7) 9(6) 8(5) 8(4) 5(3) 11(2) 9(1) 1084 I
Quality 39(11) 19(10) 16(9) 22(8) 8(7) 13(6) 6(5) 5(4) 6(3) 5(2) 10(1) 1161 II
Quantity 26(11) 16(10) 29(9) 20(8) 13(7) 18(6) 5(5) 5(4) 6(3) 3(2) 8(1) 1143 III
Price 11(11) 18(10) 20(9) 11(8) 20(7) 15(6) 17(5) 14(4) 4(3) 13(2) 6(1) 984 IV
Flavour/ Colour 12(11) 10(10) 15(9) 21(8) 19(7) 21(6) 16(5) 6(4) 10(3) 15(2) 6(1) 964 V
Availability 8(11) 12(10) 19(9) 11(8) 16(7) 14(6) 20(5) 13(4) 15(3) 13(2) 10(1) 896 VI
Product Range 6(11) 20(10) 7(9) 8(8) 14(7) 16(6) 12(5) 25(4) 17(3) 14(2) 13(1) 839 VII
Packing 6(11) 7(10) 10(9) 13(8) 10(7) 8(6) 17(5) 17(4) 20(3) 25(2) 19(1) 730 VIII
Density of Milk 5(11) 5(10) 9(9) 12(8) 17(7) 11(6) 10(5) 19(4) 23(3) 23(2) 17(1) 725 IX
Creaminess 4(11) 13(10) 2(9) 9(8) 9(7) 12(6) 21(5) 20(4) 22(3) 13(2) 25(1) 701 X
Freshness 11(11) 3(10) 7(9) 5(8) 8(7) 13(6) 18(5) 18(4) 22(3) 15(2) 27(1) 673 XI
Source: primary data

The above table out of 150 respondents taste is in rank  34.67% of the person’s reason for buying Amul product
1,Quality in rank 2,Quantity in rank 3, price in rank 4, is Quality
Flavour/colour in rank 5, Availability in rank 6, Product  82% of them shows the brand is more hygienic than
range in rank 7, Packing in rank 8, Density of milk in rank other brand.
9, Creaminess in rank 10, freshness in rank 11.  22% of them uses milk powder very frequently.
 78.67% of them will recommend Amul product to
The survey reveals that most of the respondents gives 1 st others.
rank for taste of the Amul product
Findings Likert scale analysis
Percentage analysis  It is resulted that most the respondent’s opinion is
 50.67% of respondents belong to male hygiene of the product.
 56% of the respondents belongs to 21- 40 yrs.
 56% of the respondents are not married. Rank correlation analysis
 57.33% of the respondents belongs to nuclear family  It is resulted that respondents give 1st rank for taste of
 52% of the respondents are 4-6 members in the family. the Amul product.
 50% of the respondents have 2 earning members in the
family. Conclusion
 51.33% of the respondents are UG Level. As per the study done towards the Amul product the
 46% of the respondents are Business/ Profession. consumption of the Amul products are high when compared
 34.67% of the respondents having Rs.10001-Rs.15000 to other products. The buying behaviour is positive which
as the monthly income of the family. reveals that the buying behaviour of the consumers is high.
 80% of the respondents knows through advertisement The promotional strategies of the product can be improved
about Amul product. to increase the sale of the company as much. Thus the
 40.67% of the respondents uses more than 5 years. project conclude that the buying behaviour of the consumers
are positive, so the product has a good reach in Coimbatore
 36% of the respondents buy Amul product monthly.
city.
 36.67% of the respondents makes preference by price
offers.
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