SUMMER TRAINING PROJECTREPORT

“To check the distribution of NTD (non tobacco division) products on convenience

channel”

Summer Training ReportSubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requriment for award of

Degree Master of Business Administration Session 2009-11

Submitted By: Submitted To:

Gaurav Rana Mr. ASHAR UDDIN MBA 3rd sem

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES- ROORKEE

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PREFACE

Project undertaken by student helps them to gain good practical

knowledge in the concerned field.

This project entitled “Distribution of NTD(Non Tobacco

Division)on convenience channel)” helped me to have a better

understanding of NTD market on convenience channel, key

brands, marketing, distribution process and merchandising of

different companies.

We wish that the experience and learning gained from

this project would help me to enhance my professional career in

future.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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This is to acknowledge my sincere thanks and gratitude to all those concerned and who have contributed in this project.To begin with, I wish to acknowledge and express my gratitude to Mr. Vinay Mehta, Branch Manager who gave me the opportunity to work in this organization.

A mammoth project of this nature calls for intellectual nourishment, professional help, and encouragement from many quarters. Doing summer training from the esteemed organization ITC, Saharanpur has given me a chance to apply all theoretical inputs to real-life situations. Overall it was an entirely a learning experience for us.

I am grateful to my project In-charge Mr. Gireesha Nema (Assistant Manager, ITC Saharanpur) for his continuous assistance and inspiration. The knowledge, advice, support, suggestion, helpful, tips given to me by him helped me to successfully complete this project.

I am also thankful to Mr.Vivek Jain my project trainer the staff members of ITC for giving me the useful information whenever I approached them.

I am sincerely feel indebted to Mr. ASHAR UDDIN (IMS-R Faculty ) for his valuable suggestion and inspiration to undergo this study and his unstilted help which he gave for the completion of this project.

At, last I am deeply grateful to my family, mentor, faculties and friends who have given every help and moral support and their constant advice, which enabled me to pursue my training.

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Declaration

I hereby declare that this project report has been

personally made by me. This information given is

correct and the matter has not been copied from any

report. In case of any discrepancy or false

information found in this report, I will be personally

responsible for it.

GAURAV RANA MBA 3rd sem

Table of Contents SNo. PARTICLUAR PAGE No.

i) TRAINING CERTIFICATE 1

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ii) PREFACE 2iii) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3iv) DECLARATION 4v) CHAPTERISATION 51. Company Profile-ITC 62. History of the Company 7-8 3. The ITC Way 94. Company Vision 105. Company Mission 116. Core Values 12 7. Product Profile 13

a) FMCG 14-25b) Hotels 26-27c) Paperboard & Packaging 28-29d) Agriculture 30-32e) Information Technology 33

8. Group Companies 349. The Story of an Institution- Saharanpur 35-3610. The Present ITC Saharanpur 37 11. Golden Years of ITC 38-4412. The Structure of ITC 4513. Board of Directors 4614. SWOT Analysis 47-4815. Research Methodology 49- 5416. Area under study at Saharanpur 5517. An over view of my Project 5618. Distribution Network of ITC Ltd. 57-5819. Data Analysis of N.T.D. Products for each route 59-72 20. Questionnaire for Convenience Channel 7321. Data Analysis of Questionnaire 74-7822. Findings 79-8223. Complaints 8324. Conclusion 84-8525. Recommendations 86-8726. Bibliography 8827. Questionnaire & Data Sheet --

Company Profile-ITC

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ITC is one of India's foremost private sector companies with a market capitalisation of nearly US $ 19 billion and a turnover of over US $ 5.1billion. ITC is rated among the World's Best Big Companies, Asia's 'Fab 50' and the World's Most Reputable Companies by Forbes magazine, among India's Most Respected Companies by Business World and among India's Most Valuable Companies by Business Today. ITC also ranks among India's top 10 `Most Valuable (Company) Brands', in a study conducted by Brand Finance and published by the Economic Times.

ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Information Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal Care, Stationery, Safety Matches and other FMCG products. While ITC is an outstanding market leader in its traditional businesses of Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards, Packaging and Agri-Exports, it is rapidly gaining market share even in its nascent businesses of Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Branded Apparel, Personal Care and Stationery.

As one of India's most valuable and respected corporations, ITC is widely perceived to be dedicatedly nation-oriented. Chairman Y C Deveshwar calls this source of inspiration "a commitment beyond the market". In his own words: "ITC believes that its aspiration to create enduring value for the nation provides the motive force to sustain growing shareholder value. ITC practices this philosophy by not only driving each of its businesses towards international competitiveness but by also consciously contributing to enhancing the competitiveness of the larger value chain of which it is a part."

ITC's Agri-Business is one of India's largest exporters of agricultural products. ITC is one of the country's biggest foreign exchange earners (US $ 2.8 billion in the last decade). The Company's 'e-Choupal' initiative is enabling Indian agriculture significantly enhance its competitiveness by empowering Indian farmers through the power of the Internet. This transformational strategy, which has already become the subject matter of a case study at Harvard Business School, is expected to progressively create for ITC a huge rural distribution infrastructure, significantly enhancing the Company's marketing reach.

HISTORY OF COMPANY

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ITC was incorporated on August 24, 1910 under the name of 'Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited'. Its beginnings were humble. A leased office on Radha Bazar Lane, Kolkata, was the centre of the Company's existence. The Company celebrated its 16th birthday on August 24, 1926, by purchasing the plot of land situated at 37, Chowringhee, (now renamed J.L. Nehru Road) Kolkata, for the sum of Rs 310,000. This decision of the Company was historic in more ways than one. It was to mark the beginning of a long and eventful journey into India's future. The Company's headquarter building, 'Virginia House', which came up on that plot of land two years later, would go on to become one of Kolkata's most venerated landmarks. The Company's ownership progressively Indianised, and the name of the Company was changed to I.T.C. Limited in 1974. In recognition of the Company's multi-business portfolio encompassing a wide range of businesses - Cigarettes & Tobacco, Hotels, Information Technology, Packaging, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Agri-Exports, Foods, Lifestyle Retailing and Greeting Gifting & Stationery - the full stops in the Company's name were removed effective September 18, 2001. The Company now stands rechristened 'ITC Limited'.

ITC’s Cigarettes & Leaf Tobacco business was set up in 1910.ITC's Packaging & Printing Business was set up in 1925 .

In 1975 the Company launched its Hotels business with the acquisition of a hotel in Chennai which was rechristened 'ITC-Welcomgroup Hotel Chola'.

In 1979, ITC entered the Paperboards business by promoting ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited, which today has become the market leader in India.

In 1985, ITC set up Surya Tobacco Co. in Nepal as an Indo-Nepal and British joint venture. Since inception, its shares have been held by ITC, British American Tobacco and various independent shareholders in Nepal.

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In 1990, leveraging its agri-sourcing competency, ITC set up the Agri Business Division for export of agri-commodities. The Division is today one of India's largest exporters.

In 2000, ITC launched a line of high quality greeting cards under the brand name 'Expressions'.

ITC business with the Wills Sport range of international also entered the Lifestyle Retailing quality relaxed wear for men and women in 2000.

In 2000, ITC spun off its information technology business into a wholly owned subsidiary, ITC Infotech India Limited, to more aggressively pursue emerging opportunities in this area.

In 2001, ITC entered in Foods business, August 2001 with the introduction of 'Kitchens of India' ready-to-eat Indian gourmet dishes.

In August 2002, Surya Tobacco became a subsidiary of ITC Limited and its name was changed to Surya Nepal Private Limited (Surya Nepal).

In 2002, ITC entered the confectionery and staples segments with the launch of the brands mint-o and Candyman confectionery and Aashirvaad atta (wheat flour).

In 2002, ITC entered in Safety Matches business.

2003 witnessed the introduction of Sunfeast as the Company entered the biscuits segment.

In 2003, the company rolled out 'Classmate', a range of notebooks in the school stationery segment.

ITC's foray into the marketing of Agarbattis (incense sticks) in 2003 marked the manifestation of its partnership with the cottage sector.

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ITC entered in personal care segment, an exclusive range of fine fragrances and bath & body care products for men and women in July 2005.

ITC's entered the fast growing branded snacks category with Bingo! in 2007.

THE ITC WAYITC is a board-managed professional company, committed to creating enduring value for the shareholder and for the nation. It has a rich organisational culture rooted in its core values of respect for people and belief in empowerment. Its philosophy of all-round value creation is backed by strong corporate governance policies and systems.

 ITC’s corporate strategies are:

Create multiple drivers of growth by developing a portfolio of world class businesses that best matches organisational capability with opportunities in domestic and export markets. Continue to focus on the chosen portfolio of FMCG, Hotels, Paper, Paperboards & Packaging, Agri Business and Information Technology.

Benchmark the health of each business comprehensively across the criteria of Market Standing, Profitability and Internal Vitality.

Ensure that each of its businesses is world class and internationally competitive.

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Enhance the competitive power of the portfolio through synergies derived by blending the diverse skills and capabilities residing in ITC’s various businesses.

Create distributed leadership within the organisation by nurturing talented and focused top management teams for each of the businesses.

Continuously strengthen and refine Corporate Governance processes and systems to catalyse the entrepreneurial energies of management by striking the golden balance between executive freedom and the need for effective control and accountability.

COMPANY VISION

Sustain

ITC’s position as one of

India’s most

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Valuable Corporations

through world

Class performance,

Creating growing

Value for the Indian

economy

And the

company’s

Stakeholders.

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COMPANY MISSION

To enhance

The wealth generating

capability of the enterprises in

a globalizing environment,

delivering superior and

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sustainable stakeholders

value.

CORE VALUES

ITC's Core Values are aimed at developing a customer-focused, high-performance organization, which creates value for all its stakeholders:

TrusteeshipAs professional managers, we are conscious that ITC has been given to us in "trust" by all our stakeholders. We will redeem the trust reposed in us by continuously adding value to ITC.

Customer FocusWe will always be customer focused. We will deliver what the customer needs in terms of value, quality and satisfaction.

Respect for PeopleWe will respect and value peoples and upholds humanness and human dignity. We will value differences in individual perspectives. We want individuals to dream, create and experiment in pursuit of opportunities and achieve leadership through teamwork.

Excellence We will strive for excellence in whatever we do. We will do what is right, do it well and win.

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Innovation We will constantly innovate and strive to better our processes, products, services

and management practices.

Ethical Corporate CitizenshipWe will pursue exemplary standards of ethical behavior. We will at all times comply with the laws of the land.

PRODUCT PROFILE

FMCG

Cigarettes

Foods

Lifestyle Retailing

Personal Care

Education & Stationery

Safety Matches

Agarbattis

Paperboard & Packaging

Paperboards & Speciality Papers

Packaging

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AGRICULTURE

Agri Exports

Leaf Tobacco

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

GROUP COMPANIES

FMCG

Cigarettes

ITC is the market leader in cigarettes in India. With its wide range of invaluable brands, it has a leadership position in every segment of the market. It's highly popular portfolio of brands includes Insignia, India Kings, Classic, Gold Flake, Silk Cut, Navy Cut, Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol and Flake.The Company has been able to build on its leadership position because of its single minded focus on value creation for the consumer through

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significant investments in product design, innovation, manufacturing technology, quality, marketing and distribution.

ITC's pursuit of international competitiveness is reflected PPin its initiatives in the overseas markets. In the extremely competitive US market, ITC offers high-quality, value-priced cigarettes and Roll-your-own solutions. In West Asia, ITC has become a key player in the GCC markets through growing volumes of its brands.

ITC's cigarettes are produced in its state-of-the-art factories at Bengaluru, Munger, Saharanpur and Kolkata. These factories are known for their high levels of quality, contemporary technology and work environment.    

Kitchens of India

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‘Kitchens of India’ presents its range of ready-to-eat cuisines. Each one of these legendary delicacies has been created by the Master Chefs of ITC Hotels, following rare, closely guarded recipes, handed down through the ages, from one generation to the next. These some delicacies brands are now available in imported 4-layer retort pouches that keep them fresh for as long as 24 months (Vegetarian) & 12 months (Non Vegetarian and Desserts) from the date of packaging.

Bukhara

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Bukhara, a village in Uzbekistan, was a meeting place for the traders from Asia and Europe. It was also a spot on the fabled Silk Route, a passage commonly used by traders, scholars and nomads. It was on this route that the unique Bukhara style of cooking was born. Dal Bukhara Dal Bukhara is an exquisite culinary treat made from Whole Black Lentils simmered with prized Indian Spices over a coal fire, for long hours on end.Mirch Ka SalanAn extravagant delicacy made from succulent green chillies, delicately cooked in a thick gravy of roasted peanuts, almonds and sesame seeds.A special blend of handpicked spices, created by the Master Chefs of ‘Kitchens of India’, in accordance with original, traditional recipes.Vegetable Biryani Paste A rich, mildly spiced gravy, faithful to the original, traditional Vegetable Biryani recipe. Just add long grained basmati rice, garden-fresh vegetables and cook.

AashirvaadAtta

At ITC Aashirvaad, extra care is taken to keep things as natural as possible. The way Mother Nature intended for them to be. That′s why you′ll see that a lot of traditional, sometimes even cumbersome methods that the world has long left behind are adopted, so that you can have a taste of the authentic. In our quest to provide you wholesome goodness, the finest of ingredients are sourced, directly from the farmers through our e-choupals. ITC′s e-choupal initiative, aims to confer the power of expert knowledge on even the smallest individual farmer. Thus enhancing his competitiveness in the global

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market. A walk through our range our products might well seem like a journey through the good old world. A world that found happiness in harmonising with nature.

Aashirvaad Atta was launched on 27th May 2002 and within a short span of 5 years has become the number one in branded packaged atta across the country. Aashirvaad Atta is made from the choicest grains - heavy on the palm, golden amber in colour and hard in bite. It is carefully ground using modern 'chakki - grinding' process for the perfect balance of colour, taste and nutrition which also ensures that Aashirvaad atta contains 0% Maida and is 100% Sampoorna Atta. The dough made from Aashirvaad Atta absorbs more water, hence rotis remain soft longer. The wheat for Aashirvaad Atta is sourced directly from farmers through ITC's e-choupals.

SaltITC launched branded packaged salt under the brand name ‘Aashirvaad Salt’ on 26th March, 2003. The product is available in grocery stores around the country.

In 2003, ITC forayed into the Biscuits market with the Sunfeast range of Glucose, Marie and Cream Biscuits. Sunfeast’s brand essence, "Spread the Smile" connotes happiness, contentment, satisfaction and pleasure.Sunfeast immediately established itself as a provider of innovative and distinctive products - Sunfeast Marie was launched in an innovative orange flavour and the 'Sunfeast Dream Cream' range includes new flavours as well as flavour enhancers. The Sunfeast Dream Cream range is currently available in 8 variants. Riding on the success of its initial offerings, ITC also entered the milk biscuit category with Sunfeast Milky Magic biscuits in the general milk and milk cream categories. In the last few years the Sunfeast biscuits portfolio has been enhanced to include salted crackers and cookies. The 'Sunfeast Snacky' salted crackers are available in 2 unique variants viz., Chilli Flakes and Classic Salted. Sunfeast's cookie offering, 'Sunfeast Special' biscuits are also available in select markets. The recently launched Sunfeast Golden Bakery offers the freshly baked taste of cookies in 3 variants - Choco-nut, Butter-nut and Butter scotch.

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The Sunfeast product portfolio has been further expanded to include healthy snacking options as well. 'Sunfeast Pasta Treat', a whole wheat based instant pasta was introduced as a healthy snacking option for children. After the tremendous success of the 4 initial flavours the instant Pasta range has been extended with two new exciting flavours – Pizza and Chicken. The pasta segment was further expanded with the launch of 'Sunfeast Benne Vita' in 4 innovative variants. This range has been enhanced recently with the launch of Sunfeast Benne Vita Flax Seed biscuits that reflect the brand essence of Benne Vita, which in Italian stands for ‘Good Life. With continued focus on health and nutrition, Sunfeast extended the biscuits portfolio to the nutritional segment with the launch Sunfeast Sachin's Fit Kit – a range of healthy products co-created with Sachin Tendulkar. It is for the first time in India that an icon of the stature of Sachin Tendulkar has been actively involved in the product development process as co-creator of the Sunfeast Sachin's Fit Kit range. It is the shared vision of Sunfeast as well as Sachin Tendulkar that products under the Sachin's Fit Kit range will enable create "Champions of Tomorrow".

The launch of Bingo! in March 2007 marked ITC's foray into the fast growing branded snack foods segment. Bingo’s portfolio includes an array of products in both Potato Chips & Finger Snacks segment.

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Bingo! is positioned as a youthful and innovative snack, offering the consumers with choice in terms of both formats and flavors.

The Potato Chips offerings comprise the ever-popular Salted, Masala and Tomato flavours, as well as some innovative variants inspired by the snacking habits of different parts of the country like Chatkila Nimbu Achaar and Tandoori Paneer Tikka.  

The offerings under the Finger Snacks segment are equally unique presentations with innovative products like Tedhe Medhe, the pakoda inspired Live Wires and the khakra inspired Mad Angles. Mad Angle's, which has become an instant hit among consumers is available in 3 flavours - Tomato Mischief, Chilli Dhamaka and Achaari Masti.

Mint o & Candy Man

ITC currently has two brands in the confectionery segment - 'mint-o' and 'Candy man'. 'Mint-o' was acquired by ITC from Candico in March 2002. ITC re-launched the compressed mint offering, across all major markets in India, with new and improved product and packaging. Available in the regular mint flavour with added blue specks to enhance consumer experience, mint-o is also offered in innovative 'Orange mint' and 'Lemon mint' flavours. mint-o Cool Blue - a single mint in a pillow-pack was launched In November 2007. 'mint-o' is available in 3 sizes – rolls of 20 and 6 and singles, capturing the international essence of ‘youthful cool’.ITC launched 'mint-o Fresh' in October 2004. An ‘active’ mint deposited candy, mint-o Fresh is available in two refreshing mint flavours – mint-o Fresh Eucalyptus and mint-o fresh Cool Green. Its launch extended the footprint of the 'mint-o' brand in line with the strategy of adding excitement and contributing to the growth of the confectionery category. 'mint-o Fresh' is especially targeted at the adult consumer creating a basket of mint-based products across price points.

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ITC launched the  'Candyman' range of confectioneries in August 2002. Led by the 'Candyman Fruitee Fun' range of assorted fruit flavours ('Wild Banana', 'Pineapple Punch', 'Orange Josh' and 'Mango Delite'), the  'Candyman' portfolio now includes deposited candy products like 'Candyman Butterscotch Licks' and 'Candyman Éclairs' (Choco flavoured as well as Vanilla Cream centre inside a Butterscotch outer shell). The coffee toffee segment also saw the successful launch of 'Candyman Cofitino' in November 2005. The brand was further strengthened with the launch of 'Candyman Natkhat Mango' and 'Candyman Maha Mango'. In line with the strategy to provide innovative flavours to the consumers, Candyman Mango Licks was launched in June 2007 and Candyman Natkhat Gowawa in October 2007.

ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business Division has established a nationwide retailing presence through its Wills Lifestyle chain of exclusive specialty stores. Wills Lifestyle, as a fashion destination, offers a tempting choice of Wills Classic work wear, Wills Sport relaxed wear, Wills Clublife evening wear & fashion accessories. Wills Lifestyle has also introduced Wills Signature designer wear, created by the leading fashion designers of the country. ITC has also established John Players as a brand that offers a complete fashion wardrobe to the youth of today. The launch of Miss Players with its range of trendy fashion wear for young women has been a successful addition to the youthful offering.

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Wills Lifestyle was named Superbrand 2006 by the Superbrands Council of India recently. Wills Lifestyle has been twice declared 'The Most Admired Exclusive Brand Retail Chain of the Year' at the Images Fashion Awards in 2001 & 2003.

Wills Lifestyle is the title partner of the country’s most premier fashion event - Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. Taking the celebration of the event to its stores, Wills Lifestyle has partnered with several leading designers including Rohit Bal and Varun Bahl whose new edition of Designer wear is now available at Wills Lifestyle

Wills Sport, fashionable relaxed wear for men and women has, over thirteen seasons, become the vibrant face of contemporary fashion. At the Images Fashion Awards 2001, Wills Sport was declared ‘The Most Admired Brand Launch of the Year'. Following this, Wills Sport, was declared 'The Most Admired Women's Wear Brand of the Year', at Images Fashion Awards 2002.

Wills Classic work wear was launched in November 2002, providing the premium consumer a distinct product offering and a unique brand positioning. Wills Classic work wear is positioned as the brand for new age leaders, who are changing the rules of business and encouraging a dynamic culture of enterprise, innovation and teamwork. Showcasing the epitome of new age luxury, Wills Classic features the finest shirts, crafted in Italy.

Having established a distinctive presence in the premium apparel segment in a short span of time with Wills Sport premium relaxed wear and Wills Classic new age work wear, Wills Lifestyle launched Wills Clublife in May 2003 in the growing evening wear segment, thereby strengthening its portfolio in the premium segment.

ITC forayed into the youth fashion segment with the launch of John Players in December 2002 and is committed to be the No. 1 fashion brand for the youth. This foray leverages ITC’s proven competencies in understanding consumer insights, brand building and design capabilities.

Hrithik Roshan, Superstar and Youth Icon, with his innate style, vibrancy and playfulness best personifies the core attributes of the brand as its Ambassador.

John Players offers a complete and vibrant wardrobe of Casual wear, Party wear, Work wear, Denims, Outer wear and Suits & Jackets, incorporating the most contemporary trends, an exciting mix of colors,

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playful styling, trendy textures and comfortable fits. The brand is available across the country through a nation-wide network of over 250 exclusive stores and over 1300 multi-brand outlets. At the Images Fashion Awards 2005, John Players was declared 'The Most Admired Shirt Brand of the Year'. In the Images Fashion Awards 2007, John Players was awarded the 'The Most Admired Fashion Campaign of the Year' award.The launch of Miss Players has added to ITC’s youthful portfolio. Well known film actor Amrita Rao, with her vibrant and youthful personality, is the face of the brand. In the brand marketing campaign, she stylishly brings alive the spirit of fun and playfulness.Having built a powerful brand portfolio that is making waves across the country, ITC's Lifestyle Retailing is poised to grow and build a dominant presence in the country's fashion industry.

ITC launched an exclusive line of prestige fine fragrances under the Essenza Di Wills brand in mid 2005. The Essenza Di Wills range of perfumes reinforces ITC’s tradition of bringing world-class products to Indian consumers to enrich the quality of their lives.

Essenza Di Wills embodies a fine balance between the classic and the contemporary. The brand personifies exclusivity, innate style, sophistication and magnetism. Inizio, the signature range under Essenza Di Wills captures the very essence of attraction between a man and a woman with its two distinct lines - Inizio Femme (for women) and Inizio Homme (for men). The women's fine fragrance revolves around 'Floral Fruity Musky' notes while the men's fine fragrance is centered on 'Oriental Woody Fruity' notes. The bath and body care products share the same olfactory signature of the fine fragrances, to offer a harmonized grooming experience.The Essenza Di Wills fashion line, specially designed for the brand by one of India’s leading designers, Varun Bahl, received high appreciation at the Spring-Summer show in September 2007. Essenza

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Di Wills is available at Wills Lifestyle stores, select John Players stores and select premium outlets.

In September 2007, ITC launched Fiama Di Wills, a premium range of personal care products comprising shampoos, conditioner, shower gels and soap. This premium range is a unique blend of nature and science that promises gentle effective care. It is an outcome of 4 years of extensive research and development by experts at ITC R&D Centre. The packaging for all Fiama Di Wills products has been developed by a leading European design firm and the fragrances have been   developed by an international fragrance house in France. ITC has launched a range of soaps and shampoos under the brand name Superia.

ITC made its entry into the stationery business in 2002 with its premium range of notebooks, followed in the year 2003 with the more popular range to augment its offering. Today, ITC continues to blend its core capabilities to market a growing range of education and stationery products. These capabilities include,

a. Manufacturer of India's first environment friendly Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) pulp, paper and paperboard.

b. Knowledge of image processing, printing & conversion garnered from its Packaging & Printing Business. 

c. Brand Building & Trade Marketing & Distribution strengths resident in its FMCG Business.

ITC's stationery Brands are marketed as "Classmate" and "Paperkraft", with Classmate addressing the needs of school goers and Paperkraft targeted towards college students and executives.The Paperkraft range consists of premium stationery with a wide variety for executives to choose from. The assortment consists of notepads & multi subject notebooks in hard, soft covers & multiple binding formats including spirals, wiros etc. Classmate - India's largest National brand, reaching 50,000 outlets across the country, has over 300 variants in its range which comprises notebooks, long books, practical

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books, drawing books, scrap books, reminder pads etc. A recent addition to the Classmate portfolio has been the Classmate Fun N Learn range of children books targeting pre school learners.

ITC also markets a range of Greeting Cards and Gifting products under the Brand "Expressions". The gifting portfolio includes autograph books, slam books, party invitations, letter pads, gift-wraps, pop up books & mini books. The business also markets Expressions Regalia, a connoisseur's collection of greeting cards.

In recognition of its quality products & processes, the business has been awarded with ISO 9001:2000 by Det Norske Veritas.

As part of its strategic initiative to create multiple drivers of growth in the FMCG sector, ITC commenced marketing safety matches sourced from the small-scale sector. The Matches business leverages the core strengths of ITC in marketing and distribution, brand building, supply chain management and paperboard & packaging to offer Indian consumers high quality safety matches.

ITC’s range of Safety matches include popular brands like i Kno, Mangaldeep, Aim, Aim Mega and Aim Metro. With differentiated product features and innovative value additions, these brands effectively address the needs of different consumer segments. The Aim brand is the largest selling brand of Safety Matches in India. ITC also exports regular and premium safety matches brands to markets such as Middle East, Africa and the USA. The successful acquisition of Wimco Ltd. by Russell Credit Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC has consolidated the market standing of the Company's Matches business through synergy benefits derived through combined portfolio of offerings, improved servicing of proximal markets and freight optimization. Through its participation, ITC aims to enhance the competitiveness of the small and medium scale sectors through its complementary R&D based product development and marketing strengths, especially the breadth and depth of the Company's trade marketing and distribution.

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As part of ITC's business strategy of creating multiple drivers of growth in the FMCG sector, the Company commenced marketing Agarbattis (incense sticks) sourced from small-scale and cottage units in 2003.With its participation in the business, ITC aims to enhance the competitiveness of the small and medium scale sectors through its complementary R&D based product development and strengths in trade marketing and distribution.

Mangaldeep Agarbattis are available in a wide range of fragrances like Rose, Jasmine, Bouquet, Sandalwood, Madhur, Durbar, Tarangini, Anushri, Ananth and Mogra.

Mangaldeep Yantra is a special offering from ITC and this specially created fragrance evokes the ambience of a temple. The premium range from ITC, Mangaldeep Spriha has two offerings, Pratiti and Sarvatra and are specially hand rolled by Cottage Industries, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry. Cottage Industries, Puducherry, has recently been accredited with IFAT certification, which is an internationally recognized benchmark for fair trade practices. Mangaldeep is also available in 3-in-1 and 5-in-1 packs giving the consumer a choice of multiple fragrances in a single pack.

ITC has signed up with Exim Bank for export marketing services to leverage the bank's overseas presence and Mangaldeep is being exported to several countries. ITC has entered into an MOU with the Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to source agarbattis from KVIC approved units, and to distribute agarbattis through the Khadi Bhavan/Khadi Bhandar outlets across the country.

In line with ITC's Triple Bottom Line philosophy of every business contributing to the nation's economic, environmental and social capital, Mangaldeep agarbattis are manufactured by small scale and cottage units, providing livelihood opportunities for more than 5000 people. Seven out of 10 Mangaldeep Agarbatti manufacturing units are ISO 9000 certified. Mangaldeep ASHA (Assistance in Social Habilitation through Agarbattis) is an ITC initiative to improve the quality of raw agarbatti production and provide better value realization for women rollers. Under the project, ITC has extended support to NGOs in states and like Bihar,

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Tripura, Tamil Nadu, who are setting up agarbatti units, training village women in rolling agarbattis and employing them in these units.

Expressions Aromatic Candles

Leveraging its deep consumer insight, ITC's Agarbatti business recently launched "Expressions" Premium Range of Aromatic Candles in India through Wills Lifestyle Stores. Research on usage and attitude reveals a strong linkage of candles to attributes like Romance, Decoration and Wellness (Aromatherapy).

The Expressions range of Aromatic candles comprises Amour - the Romance Series, Adora - the Decor Series and Nirvana - the Spa Series. The basis of segmentation is colour and fragrance - Red for romance, Purple for décor and Green for wellness. The fragrance of the candles have been specially selected are made from the finest perfumes and oils. Each candle's fragrance, shape and design are carefully chosen with a distinct sensation and ambience in mind. Ideal for gifting, Expressions Aromatic Candles promise to soothe, uplift and transform.

ITC Limited entered the hotels business in 1975 with the acquisition of a hotel in Chennai, which was rechristened Hotel Chola. Since then the ITC-Welcomgroup brand has become synonymous with Indian hospitality. Today amongst India's finest and fastest growing hotel chains, it consists of over 70 hotels across as many destinations in India. These include super deluxe and five star hotels, heritage palaces, havelis and resorts and full service budget hotels.The 442-room ITC Maurya at New Delhi is not only amongst the leading business hotel in the country, but is in a class by itself. Complete with the 'ITC One', the hotel has played host to a galaxy of

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world dignitaries, including Bill Clinton and Bill Gates. In fact, even as he was leaving the White House, the former US President nostalgically recalled the memories of a fabulous Indian meal he and his family had at the Bukhara restaurant in the hotel. Bukhara at ITC Maurya in New Delhi has been declared the Best Indian Restaurant in the world by 'The Restaurant Magazine', UK. It has also been voted the Best Restaurant in Asia and was the only Indian restaurant to feature in the list of 50 Best Restaurants in the World from 2002 to 2007.The 386-room ITC Maratha, opened in February 2001, is perceived as amongst the leading and the finest properties in Mumbai, designed in a grandiose classic style, the hotel pays tribute to Mumbai's colonial roots and the spirit of the Great MarathasIn keeping with its plan to have a presence in every major business destination in India, ITC-Welcomgroup unveiled one of Asia's finest business resort, the 238-room ITC Sonar in Kolkata on December 31, 2002. Another landmark hotel - the ITC Grand Central in Parel, Mumbai was formally inaugurated in January 2005. This five star deluxe property with 242 suites and rooms offers international standards of service, state of the art amenities and culinary excellence. ITC Mughal at Agra, a proud recipient of Asia's first Aga Khan Award for Architecture, is an outstanding resort hotel, lavishly spreading across 35 acres of beautifully landscaped Mughal gardens. ITC-Welcome group also pioneered a holistic concept of "branded accommodation" in the hospitality industry. It was the first to launch the powerful idea of a 'Hotel within a Hotel' by segmenting and branding the hotel services. It created the exclusive 'ITC One', 'The Towers' and the 'Executive Club' each catering to the needs of the global business traveller with unmatched quality and a range of services.In 2007, ITC-Welcomgroup entered a new phase in its collaboration with Starwood Hotels & Resorts. ITC-Welcomgroup now has an exclusive tie-up with Starwood in bringing its premium brand, the ‘Luxury Collection’, to India. The seven hotels which are part of this collection are: ITC Maurya in Delhi, ITC Maratha in Mumbai, ITC Sonar in Kolkata, ITC Grand Central in Mumbai, ITC Windsor in Bengaluru, ITC Kakatiya in Hyderabad and ITC Mughal in Agra. The agreement also includes the rebranding of WelcomHotel New Delhi as a Sheraton, while the Chola and the Park in Chennai, and the Rajputana in Jaipur  retain their Sheraton connections.

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ITC-Welcomgroup was also the first to brand its cuisine. The Bukhara, the Dakshin and the Dum Pukht are today powerful cuisine brands, which delight connoisseurs in restaurants in several ITC-Welcomgroup hotels. Others included Dublin, West View and the Pan Asian.   Fortune hotels are a part of the well thought-out growth strategy for mid-level business and leisure travellers under the ITC-Welcomgroup umbrella, offering full service, first class properties without compromising on quality. Fortune Hotels have a strong presence at Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Calicut, Darjeeling, Jamshedpur, Vapi, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Indore, Ootacamund, Madurai, Jodhpur, Vijaywada, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Mahabalipuram, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Navi Mumbai, Tirupati and Port Blair, while several more hotels are expected to be commissioned soon in other key locations in India.

PAPERBOARDS & PACKAGING

ITC’s Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD) is India’s largest and most technologically advanced paper and paperboards business. ITC caters to a wide spectrum of packaging, graphic, communication, writing, printing and specialty paper requirements through its four world-class mills in India. Having pioneered many speciality applications like cigarette tissues, packaging boards, aseptic cartons and gypsum liners, ITC’s Paperboards and Specialty papers business enjoys market leadership in the value-added paperboards

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segment, and also has a significant share of the Indian paperboards market. It is also the largest Indian exporter of coated boards.

 

ITC's Packaging & Printing Business is the country's largest convertor of paperboard into packaging. It converts over 35,000 tonnes of paper and paperboard per annum into a variety of value-added packaging solutions for the food & beverage, personal products, cigarette, liquor, cellular phone and IT packaging industries. It has also entered the Flexibles and Corrugated Cartons business.

The Division, which was set up in 1925 as a strategic backward integration for ITC's Cigarettes business, is today India's most sophisticated packaging house. State-of-the-art technology, world-class quality and a highly skilled and dedicated team have combined to position ITC as the first-choice supplier of high value added packaging.

The Division supplies value-added packaging to the Company's Cigarettes business. Its client list includes several well-known national and international companies like British American Tobacco, Surya Nepal Private Limited, VST Industries, , UB Group, Shaw Wallace, Seagrams, Allied Domecq, Whyte & Mackay, Hindustan Lever, Tata Tetley and Nestle, Reckitt Benkiser India Limited, etc.

With two ISO 9000:2000 certified & ISO 14001 certified packaging factories at Tiruvottiyur near Chennai and Munger in Bihar, and a third factory coming up at Uttaranchal, the Company offers a comprehensive product range in packaging:

flip-top boxes display outers shells and slides softcup and strap labels bundle wraps flap boxes inner frames coupon inserts

folding cartons shoulder boxes pre-printed cork tipping Flexibles packaging

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ITC occupies a leadership position in cigarette and liquor packaging in India. It supplies packaging to cover 70 billion cigarettes a year domestically, and supplies packaging for 15 billion cigarette sticks a year for the export market. It is the largest supplier of liquor mono cartons in the country.

AGRICULTURE Agri Exports

ITC's Agri Business Division is the country's second largest exporter of agri-products with exports of over Rs. 1000 Crores (Rs. 10 billion). Its domestic sales of agri-products are in excess of Rs. 1500 Crores (Rs. 15 billion). It currently focuses on exports of :

•  Feed Ingredients – Soyameal•  Foodgrains - Rice (Basmati & Non Basmati), Wheat, Pulses•  Edible Nuts - Sesame Seeds, HPS Groundnuts, Castor oil• Marine Products - Shrimps and Prawns•  Processed Fruits - Fruit Purees/Concentrates, IQF/Frozen

Fruits, Organic Fruit Products, Fresh FruitsCoffee & Spices - Coffee, Black Pepper, Chilly, Turmeric, Ginger, Celery and other Seed Spices

Although one of the relatively younger business divisions of ITC, it has, in a short span established itself as a first-choice supply chain partner of several leading international customers. Its major customers include Cargill, Marubeni, Toepfer, among others, who source agriculture commodities and food products from India. Its customer relationship management has enabled it to achieve a very high reputation for

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quality, reliability and value added services. ITC's website, www.itcibd.com is a trendsetting customer care intervention in commodity trading. ITC's unique strength in this business is the extensive backward linkages it has established with the farmers. This networking with the farming community has enabled ITC to build a highly cost effective procurement system. ITC has made significant investments in web-enabling the Indian farmer. Christened 'e-Choupal', ITC's web plan for the farmer centres around providing Internet kiosks in villages. Farmers use this technology infrastructure to access on-line information from ITC's farmer-friendly website. Data accessed by the farmers relate to the weather, crop conditions, best practices in farming, ruling international prices and a host of other relevant information.

Currently, the 'e-Choupal' website - www.echoupal.com - provides information to farmers across the nine States of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. ITC plans to extend the 'e-Choupal' to cover 10 million farmers across 100,000 villages covering 15 Indian states. Following the impressive success of e-Choupal, the Company unveiled the first 'Choupal Saagar' near Sehore in Madhya Pradesh in August 2004. Twenty three more 'Choupal Saagars' have commenced operations in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. The 'Choupal Saagar' is a rural hypermarket which provides multiple services under one roof. It creates a platform for farmers to sell their produce. Farmers can also buy quality products for their farm and household consumption from 'Choupal Saagar'. These rural malls also provide farmers the invaluable additional services of soil testing, banking, insurance, medical facilities and restaurant. Such malls, in synergistic combination with the e-choupal network, serves as the core infrastructure to support ITC's rural distribution strategy. Over the next 7-10 years ITC plans to open over 700 such hypermarkets.

The business is progressing a pilot project for retailing fresh fruits and vegetables. Three Choupal Fresh Cash & Carry Stores and Six Choupal Fresh retail Stores are currently operational at Hyderabad, Pune & Chandigarh. The Company has set up a complete warehousing and cold chain infrastructure for ensuring the availability of fresh products in the market, besides direct linkages with the farmers for sourcing farm fresh produce. In Processed Fruits category, ITC exports from HACCP Certified plants to Western Europe, North Africa, Mid-East , Japan and North America, a wide range of Processed Fruits products made from Mango (Alphonso, Kesar & Totapuri) , Guava , Papaya ,& Pomegranate for Industrial and Consumer use. ITC is the leading Indian exporter of Organic Fruit Products Certified to European (EC 2092/91) & US ( NOP) Standards. ITC's countrywide network of procurement

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teams, handling agents and contemporary warehousing facilities enable it to source quality merchandise even at short notice. ITC's processors are handpicked reliable outfits which ensure hygienic processing and modern packaging. Strictest quality control is exercised at each stage to preserve the natural flavour, taste and aroma of the various agri-products. ITC has been a significant exporter of seafoods from India since 1971. It exports frozen as well as cooked shrimps and other seafood products to Japan, USA and Europe. Its well-known brands include Gold Ribbon, Blue Ribbon, Aqua Kings, Aqua Bay, Aqua Feast and Peninsular.

ITC pioneered the cultivation and development of Leaf Tobaccos in India. Nearly a century of creating customer delight ensures that globally, ITC's Leaf Tobacco business is synonymous with being "The One Stop Shop for Quality Indian Tobaccos". The Leaf Tobacco business' partnership with the farmer is also almost a 100 years old.

ITC is the largest buyer, processor and exporter of leaf tobaccos in India - creating a global benchmark as the single largest integrated source of quality tobaccos. Serving customers in 48 countries across more than 69 destinations, ITC co-creates and delivers value at every stage of the leaf tobacco value chain. ITC buys nearly 50 per cent of all tobacco types grown in India.

ITC's comprehensive and sophisticated R&D facilities cover all aspects of cultivation, product development and processing through fundamental and applied research. Thus, ITC's value proposition to its customers is "On Time In Full" delivery of quality tobaccos spanning across all tobacco types at competitive prices.

ITC's Green Leaf Processing plants at Chirala and Anaparti in Andhra Pradesh, the tobacco hub of India, are benchmarked with the best in the world. State-of-the-art technology, shared product knowledge base, sophisticated process and quality controls enable ITC to process and deliver 120 million Kgs of

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high quality tobaccos annually. These factories have integrated warehousing complexes that match international standards in hygiene, infestation control and monitoring.

ITC's quality emanates from its intimate involvement with the tobacco farmers in India. Effective reach mechanisms help transfer 'best practices' from the lab to the land. With an extensive presence in rural India. These initiatives position ITC as an integral part of India's agricultural landscape. ITC's collaboration with related Government agencies has helped develop new varieties of tobaccos and explore new areas for tobacco cultivation.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ITC Infotech, a global IT services company, is today one of India’s fastest growing IT and ITES service providers. Since it's inception in October 2000, the company has established itself as key player in offshore outsourcing, providing outsourced IT solutions and services to leading global customers.

While an enterprise range of technology capabilities and world class quality processes form the foundation of ITC Infotech’s cutting-edge IT service strength, a sharp domain focus ensures that IT and ITeS delivery always places business needs ahead of technology.

 The company enjoys the rare advantage of having a practitioner's expertise with a strong vertical focus in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Retail, Travel, Hospitality and Transportation, and Manufacturing - domains that its parent, ITC Limited, has traditionally dominated - as well as in the main stay of technology service providers: Banking, Financial Services and Insurance.

ITC Infotech offers services through a global delivery platform with a strength of over 2,000 employees and delivery centres across North

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America, Europe and Asia-Pacific that serve Fortune-listed companies in 42 countries.

 ITC Infotech conforms to the highest standards in international process quality, with ISO 27001, ISO 9001, SEI CMM Level 5 and BS 7799 accreditations. These reflect the company’s ongoing enterprise-wide focus to ensure that every engagement, program and project delivers international quality consistently.

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SAHARANPUR

THE STORY OF AN INSTITUTION ITC Saharanpur was born out of a planned in road and a fortuity out seating, which was to unleash the beginning of dream.

By 1924 the Peninsular Tobacco Company has manufactured unit at Monger and Banglore and was now combing the northern region to locate it’s third one. Saharanpur seemed the ideal choice due its location advantage being on the main railway lines connecting Calcutta as well as Bombay with west Punjab right up Peshawar.

As the story goes R.G.Baker, one of the stalwarts of the company visited to Saharanpur in search of suitable land to locate the factory. The visit had almost proved to be an exercise in futility and Mr. Baker was standing at the railway station ready to leave. Just then BABU SHIV DAYAL SHARMA waked up to him with an invitation to inspect the land bounded in the west by the canal and to the north by Sardar Patel Marg.

The site as approved and the initial lease was signed on 7 July 1925.thus began an era of challenge and transition. J.P.Hill become the first factory manager and initiated operation with a labor force of 26 men (at annual a day), a technology of fine rose watering can for conditioning, 2 leg cutting machine, 1 dryer, 1cooler, 3 standard making machine (making 500 cigarettes a minute), 3 rose crackle packing machine and with an engineering department out in the open under the mango trees opposite the site of the site of PP school.

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Production in the first month was 5.9 million and touched 23 million by the end of the year. The decade if the thirties witnessed the series of unprecedented events. These ranged from a three year closure in 19 34 owing to depressed trading earthquake condition and the Swadeshi and Boycott Movement to a devastating in the same year. The factory in the Monger was severally hits opening of Saharanpur unit compensated the loss of production. In 1932 the first Moline M2 packer arrived.

Another landmark event in the annuals of time was the foundation of the Cigarette worker’s union in 1938 with the help of J.B.Miller andPandit Kamalnath. The registration of the union took place in March 1939.30 th Dec. 1953 was an important milestone in securing sound working relation between workers and management. This day market signing of the first long-term agreement. The post-war year heralded an era of modernization and experimentation for ITC Saharanpur. Two new lauhoff stems rolling machines, two MRTC Machines and the first format or threshing and classifying plant made their entry.1954 signified the arrival of the forklift, which revolutionized the method of work in the go downs. By the end of sixties wooden cases heed gradually given way to CFC’s (corrugated fiber container).In 1968 MK8 maker arrived along with PA7RO Filter Attachment. The factory was running in the three smooth shifts and production had soared up to 924 million. It was at this juncture that Ted Ramble retired after the longest single tenure as branch manager.

In 1970 the Imperial Tobacco Company changed its name India Tobacco Company Ltd. Workers welfare activities saw acceleration with the launch of worker’s welfare scheme. Also a greater emphasis was now been laid on the creation of continuous learning.

In 1983 computer center was set up in the unit by which time the payroll, Financial Accounting and inventory system had been computerized. In 1984 and Integrated factory Information System was develop in Banglore and passed on other units. The technical training center was established in 1986. To provide technical training and know how to workers and managers alike.

In 1988 LTA was the landmark event. It makes provision for the computerization of work processes for clerically in the factory and also for Seconderization, which the physical merger of the packing and making departments, which till now has been I Relative isolation of each other.

The duplex packer was introduced in 1989 and was readily received and adopted too. Simultaneously high quality requirement and subsequently growing competition had become realities of the day. The introduction of high seed LOGA Machine in 1993 was an example of first post liberalization attempt to upgrade the existing state to turn with these demands.

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In June 1994 the political fortunes in the state of U.P. turned and a high luxury. Tax was imposed on all 4 brands of cigarettes costing Rs. 5 or more per packet. This hampered operation in the factory and the manufacture of cigarettes (except for export) was stalled.

In 1955 ITC’s Saharanpur had the rate distinction of winning the British Safety Council’s National Award for the third year in succession for a low accident rate. Fortunately the Luxury Tax too was lifted in October 1995 through an ordinance of governor and normal production was resumed. I had been a long struggle with the entire unit displaying remarkable fortitude. Despite all Limitation even during this crisis Saharanpur was the largest manufacture of the bingo cigarettes like scissors std. Berkeley std. Bristol and Hero and the export like Houston and midland (to USA) and classic (to Russia).

In 1996 a Long Term Agreement between the management and the union is another instance of continuous process in the history of ITC, Saharanpur. The Agreement provides the flexibility in work norms, practices and manning ensuring world –class Laval of performance and productivity.

THE PRESENT ITC SAHARANPUR

Today ITC Saharanpur established 1924 stands as the second largest factory

in ITD after Banglore. It occupies an area of 29 acres. It has a workforce of

over 1300 unionized employees and staff of around 50 managers, 14 ladies

confidential secretaries and 4 assistant secretaries’ officers. It has a licensed

capacity if 59mnc (@290 days) and daily average production around 45m.

The production in factory runs for 24 hours I various shifts. The early shift

starts at 6:am and ends at 2:pm. The late shift hours are from 2:pm to 10:pm

night shift run from 10:pm to 6:am common shift hours are from 8:am to

4.30:pm. Winds of changes are sweeping ITC SAHARANPUR AN

INVESTMENT PLAN WORTH RUPEES 87.37 CRORES WAS UNDER

WAY INVOLVING A PLANNED FACTORY UPGRADATION AND

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MODERATION OF PLANT AND FACTORY WHICH WAS COMPLETED

BY MARCH 1999.

ITC Saharanpur as out lined for itself a set of core beliefs and quality

objective reflecting a high degree of professionalism. Customer-focus both

internal and external forms integral parts of the guiding principles.

ITC Saharanpur manufactures 45 million cigarettes daily. The unit produces

Will’s navy cut, Gold Flake, Filter, etc. Besides the unit also manufactures

bingo brands like Scissors Std., Capstan Std., Hero, Lamp&honeydew etc.

The unit will also shortly commence the manufacture of king-size cigarettes.

GOLDEN YEARS OF ITC

1. 1922-23, ITC Ltd. Received the roily trophy for rural development at the

annual award presented by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry),

southern religion.

2. 1923, ILTD’s plants at Chirala and Anarpati, received British safety

Councils National Safety awards.

3. 1923,Welcome Group Bay Island received international awards instituted

inn U.K., by British Tourism in the Andaman Island.

4. 1923,PPD’s Monger received National Safety award from British safety

council.

5. 1970, ILTD (Indian Leaf Tobacco development division) received FICCI

(Federation of Indian Chambers of commerce Industry) award for out

standing contribution to agriculture.

6. 1981, ILTD’s at chirala received safety award from ministry of labor and

employment Andhra Pradesh.

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7. 1981, PPD’s (Paper and printing division) factory at Tiruvottiyiur, awarded

sharmvir safety for improved safety measure and accident rates.

8. 1984, PPD’s Tiruvottiyiur awarded states safety award.

9. 1988, ITC Ltd. received FICCI award for out standing achievements.

10.1989, ITC Ltd. received FICCI award from out standing achievement.

11.1991,TTD (Tribune tissues division) received first prize in the pulp and

paper sector for “excellence in energy conversion “ and management from

the ministry of energy, government of India.

12.1994, ILTD’s received “Care For Nature” award from the worldwide funds

from Nature New Delhi.

13.1994, ILTD’s Chirala and Anarpati received British Safety awards.

14.1994,PPD’s Tiruvottiyure received golden award from ROSPA (Royal

Society For The Prevention Of Accidents).

15.1994,ITD (Indian Tobacco Division) factories at Banglore, Saharanpur,

Monger and Kindderpore received British safety council’s National Safety

awards. ITD Banglore also received ROSPA Golden award.

16.1995, Welcome Group Usha Kiran Palace, Gwalior receives Religional

tourism Award for outstanding performance in Heritage Hotel Category.

17.The Anaparti factory of ITC Ltd -- ILTD division, received the Rajiv Gandhi

National Quality award for 1995.

18.1996,ILTD’s Anarpati and Chirala, ITD’s Banglore and

19.Monger and Welcome Group Maurya and Mughal Sheraton received

words for Honor from the British Safety Council for “Being among the

safest company in the world”

20.1997, ITD Kidderpore and ILTD Chilara were awarded ISO 14001

certification for environment management.

21.1997,ITD Banglore and Kidderpore and ILTD Chirala and Anarpati

received ROSPA award in recognition of their achievement in

management of occupational accident and ill health prevention.

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22.1998, - ITC Ltd has signed an agreement with National Securities

Depository Ltd (NSDL) to get its securities admitted for dematerialisation.

23. ITC Ltd is one of the most liquid scrips in the capital market. With

domestic institutions having a considerable stake in this counter, this

move is likely to improve liquidity in demat trading.

24. ITC Ltd has undertaken a comprehensive exercise to restructure all its

wholly-owned subsidiaries to align them with the four thrust areas viz.,

tobacco, hotels, paper and paperboards and printing and packaging.

25. ITC has nearly 105 subsidiaries, which are involved in various kinds of

operations.

26.1999, Tobacco gaint ITC has raised its stake in paper and paperboards

subsidiary, ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards, from 37% to 51% through a

preferential allotment of equity shares. This follow the allotment, by the

board of ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards, of 1,91,20,000 No. of equity

shares of Rs. 10 each for cash, at an issue price of Rs. 65 per share and

11% redeemable cumulative-preference shares of the face value of Rs

100 each, for cash, at par to promoter company ITC.

27. ITC will set up a new tobacco processing department (TPD) because the

increased production will make it economical to process tobacco on site.

28.Mr. K.S. Rao, Chief Executive of the ILTD division of ITC, received the

award from the Union Minister for Chemical, Fertilisers, Food and

Consumer Affairs, Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala, at Vigyan Bhavan.

29.2000, ITC Infotech Ltd, the UK-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of the

Company, and Compaq Computer (I) Pvt. Ltd. signed an MoU aimed at

exploring business opportunities for deploying e-enabled solutions.

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30.The Company has launched a project "e-Choupal" in Bhopal to Web-

enable farmers to make a beginning in agricultural e-trade.

31. ITC Ltd its entry into retailing business by launching branded leisurewear

apparels as part of its diversification strategy into new areas.

32.The Company is hiving off its Infotech services businesses in India, the

US and UK and merging them into a separate wholly-owned subsidiary.

33.The IT division has entered into agreements with Compaq and expand the

IT business.

34.The company set up the Lifestyle Retailing Business Division. A strategic

Business Unit for the greeting cards business was set up under the

Packaging and Printing Division.

35. ITC has launched Wills Sport, a full range of internationally styled

premium wear for men and women.

36. ITC Infotech Ltd., the recently-launched it subsidiary of ITC Ltd., has

become one of the select software organisations in the world to achieve

the distinction of being certified at Level-5 on the prestigious Capability

Maturity Model.

37.Tobacco Company ITC launched a website, billed as `one stop terminus'

for international customers of agricultural commodities. The website,

ww.itcibd.com, will provide information on trading of key commodities.

38.The Company have set up units in the north-eastern States to avail of

special incentives relating to Central excise duties.

39.On 21th August, ITC Infotech India Limited became a wholly owned

subsidiary of the company. Ansal Hotels Limited became a subsidiary of

ITC Hotels Limited effective from 12th July.

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40.The Board of the company has recommended an employee stock option

scheme.

41. ITC Ltd. has proposed an Employee Stock Option Plan where ordinary

shares up to 5 per cent of the issued and subscribed capital will be issued

to employees.

42.Having carved a niche for itself by launching the first branded lifestyle

apparel, Wills Sport, in Delhi in July 2000, the Lifestyle Retailing Business

Division of ITC Limited has now big plans up its sleeve.

43. ITC Ltd, the Rs 8,816 crore cigarette and hotels company, has decided to

merge its subsidiary, the Rs 623 crore ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards

Ltd, with itself.

44.2002, ITC Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors, appointed Mr. J.B.

Stevens as an Additional Non-Executive Director of the Company and the

Board accepted the resignation of Mr. A.A. R. Rodrigures.

45.2002, ITC Ltd has informed BSE that a large number of workmen have

resumed work at the company's printing factory at Tiruvottiyur Chenna.

46. ITC Ltd, which has acquired a shade over 14 per cent in EIH Ltd, which

owns the Oberoi chain of hotels.

47. ITC Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the Company on May 06, 2002

has allotted 20,96,982 Ordinary Shares of Rs 10/- each in the ratio of

1share of the company for every 16 fully paid up Equity Shares of Rs 10-

each held in ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Ltd to the members of the

ITC Bhadrachalam, in terms of the Scheme of Amalgamation of ITC

Bhadrachalam with the company.

48. ITC, Tobacco major, has launched Aashirvaad atta making its foray into

Indian atta market.

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49. ITC's greetings cards business and Maple Leaf have entered into Joint

Venture where Maple Leaf will exclusively manufacture pop-up cards for

ITC.

50. ITC Foods ands ITC Ltd, is finally foraying its way to the Rs 1,100 crore

confectionery market. The foods division which has shifted office from

Kolkata to Bangalore this month, has introduced its first confectionery

product, acquired brand Minto in four cities.

51. ITC Greeting Cards Business (ITC-GCB), has forayed into stationery

products segment with the launch of Expressions PaperKraft.

52. ITC Limited has taken over Wills brand. ITC had to acquire the Wills brand

in the US, before it takes Wills merchandise to America.

53. ITC Ltd. has informed the Exchange that the company has acquired

further 56,000 ordinary shares of Nepalese Rupees 100/- each of Surya

Nepal Pvt. Ltd. (Surya Nepal), earlier known as Surya Tobacco Company

(P) Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of Nepal.

54. ITC Ltd has informed BSE that Industrial Development Bank of India

('IDBI') has appointed Mr T M Nagarajan, Deputy Managing Director IDBI,

on the Board of Directors of the Company w e f August 14, 2002, as

Nominee Director representing IDBI, in place of Mr R Vasudevan.

55. ITC Board approves integration of Bhadrachalam Paperboards Division

and Tribeni Tissues Division.

56. ITC Ltd International Business Division (ITC-IBD) has introduced an online

auction platform called Tradersnet along with its web-based initiative

Planternet.

57. ITC, now moves towards match business, it has diversified into the match

business to earn more revenues from non-tobacco businesses.

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58.2003, ITC Ltd has informed to BSE that company's Spriha brand of natural

incense sticks (Agarbathis) manufactured by Cottage Industries, a unit of

the Sri Aurobindo Udyog Trust in Pondicherry was launched on February

21, 2003.

59. ITC Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors of the Company at its

meeting held on July 25, 2003 have noted the resignation of Mr T M

Nagarajan, Nominee Director of Industrial Development Bank of India.

60. ITC on April 2004, introduced salt in the staple segment, as part of its

efforts to clock a Rs 500 crore sales in five years. Salt is the second

offering from ITC Foods' staple business in the past 10 months, under the

brand name of 'Aashirvaad'.

61. ITC group company, International Travel House (ITH), has divested 49 per

cent equity in LeasePlan India to the Netherlands-based LeasePlan

Corporation (formerly ABN AMRO Lease Holding NV), making it a wholly-

owned subsidiary of the foreign company.

62. ITC Ltd has set up a Rs 227 crore modernised pulp mill at its

Bhadrachalam works aiming to become the first producer of ECF PSP in

the country.

63. ITC bags Golden Peacock award for cleaner tech.

64. ITC has forayed into alliance with several state governments to take up

afforestation programmes and in lieu get land from which it can source

wood-based feedstock for its paperboard business.

65. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) has joined with ITC Ltd. to

unveil annual business competition -Ideas to Imprementation (i2I).

66.NCDEX allies with ITC Ltd for data sharing.

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67.2004, ITC's Wills Lifestyle unveiled its fall/winter collection here on Jan 6.

The collection, featuring Wills Classic formal wear, Wills Sport relaxed

wear, Wills Clublife evening wear, and fashion accessories from Furla and

Valentino from Italy, is available at ITC's Wills Lifestyle store near

Nagarjuna Circle.

68. ITC signs memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Andhra Pradesh

government for wasteland development

69. ITC win Rs 5.80 cr grant from British challenge fund

70.Acquires paperboards business of M/s Bilt Industrial Packaging Company

Ltd including its 65,000 MT per annum manufacturing facility at

Thekkampatty Village, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu.

71. ITC Food launches a range of 'cooking pastes' under its ready-to-eat

gourmet cuisine brand Kitchens of India and readymeal Aashirwad brand

72.Completes the process of acquiring the paperboard manufacturing facility

of BILT Industrial Packaging Co Ltd. (Bipco) near Coimbatore in Tamil

Nadu. The facility, renamed 'unit Kovai', will operate as part of the

paperboards and specialty papers division of ITC, which has a unit at

Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh.

73. ITC unveils Sunfeast biscuits in Chennai

74. ITC ties up with Israeli firm for e-choupals

75.Crisil gives 'AAA(SO)' to PTCs of ITC

76. ITC Ltd's Internet-based rural project, `e-Choupal', has won the inaugural

`World Business Award' instituted in support of the United Nation's

Millennium Development Goals The International Business Division (IBD)

of ITC has bagged the "Enterprise Business Transformation Award" for its

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unique web-based initiative called eChoupal. The award was announced

in Shanghai as part of the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation

Awards (WIBTA), for Asia Pacific.

77.The international business division of ITC forays into trading of organic

farm products segment

78.Web based e-choupal programme of ITC bags inaugral 'World Business

Award at International World Congress on June 8, 2004.

79. ITC introduces new special incense gift packs in Bangalore.

THE STRUCTURE OF ITC

As stated earlier, ITC is a well-diversified company with the interest in various businesses. To facilitate efficient running of the business, the company has sprit up in to several division, which enjoy great deal of functional autonomy. “Divisional board” or the “Divisional Executive Committee” depending up on its size heads each division.Although management is vested in the board of Directors consisting of both Executive and non-executive directors, most of the authorities and responsibilities have been delegated to committee of directors, which comprises of executive directors only.All the divisional boards and divisional executive committee’s report to committee of directors.

The various division with their head quarters are as follows: -

NAME PLACE

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1. Corporation headquarters (CHQ) Calcutta2. Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Division (ILTD) Guntur3. Indian Tobacco Division (ITD) Calcutta4. Packaging and Printing Division (PPD) Tiruvottiyur5. ITC Bhadrachalam paper Board Ltd. Secundrabad 6. Trebeni Tissue Division (TTD) Calcutta7. Hotel Division (HD) New Delhi 8. Export Division (ED) New Delhi9. Agri Business Division (ABD) Hydrabad10. International Business Division (IBD) Mumbai11. Information System Function (IFS) Calcutta12. Integrated Research Center (IRC) Banglore13. International Travel House (ITH) New Delhi

Divisions are further broken up into component unit and branches such as etc, for example- the hotel division holds around marketing branches, cigarettes factories hotel priorities 17 hotels under the name of Welcome Group.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

C H A I R M A N

E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R S

Y C D E V E S H W A R A N U P S I N G H

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K.VAIDYANATH

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSAnil Baijal R K Kaul S H KhanS B Mathur D K Mehrotra H G Powell

P B Ramanujam Anthony Ruys Basudeb Sen

  B Vijayaraghavan

SWOT ANALYSIS

SWOT analysis is basically used as important technique through which a company can know its positive features and can overcome its negative aspects. SWOT stands for -: Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats.

STRENGTH:-

ITC have a diversified business.

ITC think more about social work.

Products of ITC are quality products and have good repute in the market.

Packaging is of high standards.

ITC is the leader of convenience channel.

The sales force is dedicated and very sincere.

Today ITC is more concern about advertisement.

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WEAKNESSES:-

Product range of the company is very limited.

Trade schemes and promotional activities are very less frequent.

Margin is very less in comparison of other companies.

Product supply is less in comparison of product demand.

Some product’s awareness is very low.

There are some problems in Distribution network.

OPPORTUNITY:-

ITC should be target the rural market and near by places.

Dedication on awareness of the products can increase the sales volume.

ITC can introduce itself in Chocolate as well as Tea sector.

Wholesaler & Retailer board (Light Board & Plain board) of NTD products must be there on the shops it will help in increasing sales volume & advertisement.

ITC should give the extra promotional schemes to the retailers and consumers.

ITC should produce a small pack of different products.

THREAT:-

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Product range of the competitors is the main threat to the company.

The distribution network of its competitors is very strong as the Perfetti has the three distributors & Parle has the brand wise distributors for the same work.Credit facility is less in comparison of PepsiCo, G.P.I., etc.

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

MEANING OF RESEARCH

Research in common parlance refers to a search for knowledge. One can also define research as a scientific & systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic. In fact, research is an art of scientific investigation. The Advanced learner's Dictionary of current English lays down the meaning of research as a 'careful investigation as inquiry specially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge.’ Redman & Mory define research as a 'systematized effort to gain new knowledge.’ Some people consider research as a movement, a movement from the know to the unknown. It is actually a voyage of discovery. We all possess the vital instinct of inquisitiveness for, when the unknown comforts us, we wonder & our inquisitiveness makes probe & attain full & fuller understanding of the unknown. This inquisitiveness is the mother of all knowledge & the method which man employs for obtaining the knowledge of whatever the unknown can be termed as research.Research is an academic activity & as such the term should be used in a technical sense. According to Clifford woody research comprises defining & redefining problems, formulating hypothesis or suggested solutions, collecting, organizing & evaluation data, making deductions & reaching conclusions, and at last carefully testing the conclusions to determine whether they fit the formulating hypothesis. D. Slesings & M. Stephenson in the encyclopaedia of social sciences define research as "the manipulation of things, concept or symbol for the purpose of generalizing to extend, correct or verify knowledge, whether that knowledge aids in construction of theory or in the practice of an art". Research is, thus, an original contribution to the existing stock of knowledge making for its advancement. It is the pursuit of truth with the help of study, observation, comparison & experiment. In short, the search for knowledge through objective & systematic method of finding solution to a problem is research. The systematic approach concerning generalization & the formulation of a theory is also research. As such the term 'research' refers to the systematic method consisting of enunciating the problems, formulating a hypothesis, collecting the facts of data, analyzing the facts & reaching certain conclusion either in the form of solutions towards the concerned problem or in certain generalizations for some the theoretical formulation.

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The task of data collection being after a research problem has been

defined & research design checked out. While deciding about the

method of data collection to be used for the study, the researcher

should keep in mind two types of data i.e. :

1. Primary Data

2. Secondary Data.

Primary Data

Primary data is one which is collected by the investigator himself for the purpose of a specific inquiry or study

Primary data are collected afresh and for first time.

Such data is original in character and is generated by surveys conducted by individuals or research institutions.

Secondary Data

Secondary Data when an investigator uses the data which has already collected by others such data is called secondary data.

This data is primary data for the agency that collects it and becomes secondary data for someone else who uses this for his own purposes.

This can be obtain from journals, reports, govt. publication, publication of professional and research organizations and so on.

METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION

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Method of collecting primary data

Observation method

Interview method

Schedules

Questionnaires

Observation method-: The observation method is used to

study relating to behavioral sciences. Ex.-: Super Market.

Interview method-: The interview method of collecting of data

involves presentation of oral stimuli and reply in terms of oral response. It can be used through personal interviews and if possible, through telephone interview.

Schedules method-: Schedule may be defined as a Performa

that contains a set of questions which are asked and filled by interviewer in a face to face situation with another.

Questionnaires method-: In this method questionnaire is

fulfilled by individual meet or sent (usually by post & email) to the persons concerned with a request to answer the questions and return to questionnaire.

Types of Questions-: Background question

Multiple choice or closed-end question

Intensity question

Free response or open-end question

Collection of Secondary Data

Data which is collected at first hand either by the researcher or a

particular person especially for purpose of the study is known as

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primary data. Primary data become secondary data to another

person for further study upon the topic.

Example-: internet search engine Google. Available data on this

always be the primary data but when we use to search any topic

related to our study called secondary data.

RESEARCH DESIGN:-

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A research design is a framework or blueprint for conducting the

marketing research project. It details the procedures necessary

for obtaining the information needed to structure and/or solve

marketing research problems.

AREA UNDER STUDY AT SAHARANPUR

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

Questionnaires

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This method of data collection is quite popular, particularly in case of

big enquiries. Private individuals, research worker, private & public

organization & even are adopting it by government. In this method a

questionnaire is sent to the persons concerned with a request to

answer the question & return the questionnaire. A questionnaire

consists of a number of questions printed or typed in a definite order

on a form or set of forms. The questionnaire in mailed to respondents

who are expected to read & understand the question & write down the

reply in the space meant for the purpose in the questionnaire itself.

The respondents have to answer the questions on their own.

SAMPLE & SAMPLE SIZE

The sampling frame was the convenient retail outlet. The sample size

was 315. Retailers were interviewed to get their opinion about the

consumer of N.T.D. products.

DURATION OF THE PROJECT

The duration of the project was two months.

SAMPLING METHOD

The sampling method was Random sampling.

AN OVERVIEW OF MY PROJECT

[Distribution of NTD (Non Tobacco Division) Products on Convenience Channel.]

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NTD Products:- Confectionery (Toffee: - Mint-o fresh & Candyman)

Personal care (Soap & Shampoo:-Vivel & Superia)

Foods (Sunfeast Biscuits & Bingo)

Mangaldeep Agarbatti

Mangaldeep Dhupbatti

Here, my work was to check the distribution & availability of N.T.D. products on Convenience Channel. For the distribution of products there are two types of Channel -: Convenience Channel (At a time consumption

Like as -:Pan shop, Tea stall, Juice corner)

Grocery Channel (For long time consumption Provision store, General store,

Confectionery shops)

DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF ITC LTD

Bengaluru Calcutta Saharanpur Munger (4)Factories

Godowns(19)

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Branches(19)

Note:- Goods InformationIn one Branch of ITC there are-: 05 (Assistant manager) 20 (Area Executives) 60 (W.Ds)

For Convenience Channel:-

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Whole Sale Distributors(60) Per Branch

Retailers SecondaryWholesalers

GroceryStores

Convenience Dealers

Hotels, Cafes, Restaurants

Super Market

In Saharanpur City there is 1 Area Executives & 1 W.Ds.One W.Ds have 3 Supervisors, they do the work under the Area Executives.There are 13 Routes & all routes are divided between 13 D.S.S.Each Supervisor works on the predefined schedule with 4-5 D.S.S.Daily 2 C.D.M. covers the 2 different routes with 2 D.S.S. for full fill the weakly requirement of N.T.D. Products in the market.Payment System of Non N.T.D. Product is Daily.Payment System of N.T.D. product is weakly.

Note: - W.Ds (Wholesale Distributors) D.S.S (Daily Salesman Service)

C.D.M (Convenient Delivery Model)

Data Analysis of N.T.D.

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Products on

Convenience Channel for Each route

Route: Railway Station, Railway Institute, Khalasi Line, Sharda NagarDSS : Mr. GovindI went 31 outlets and I observed that Sales man goes mostly outlets.

Sales man goes only 84% outlets.

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Sales man does not go 16% outlets. Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 45% 55%Biscuits 61% 48%Mint-o fresh 45% 71%Candyman 55% 65%Soap 45% 32%Shampoo 45% 32%Agarbatti 29% 13%Dhupbatti 19% 16%

Route: Darpan Cinema, Bomanji Road, Khumran Pul.DSS : Mr. SarwanI went 28 outlets and I observed that Sales man goes mostly outlets.

Sales man goes only 93% outlets.Sales man does not go 07% outlets.

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Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 07% 14%Biscuits 18% 14%Mint-o fresh 32% 61%Candyman 39% 21%Soap 18% 07%Shampoo 11% 07%Agarbatti 21% 04%Dhupbatti 07% 07%

Route: Hakikat Nagar, Police Line, Delhi Road, Jain College Road, Avas Vikas.DSS : Mr. Vinod KumarI went 23 outlets and I observed that Sales man goes to all outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC Competitors

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Bingo 48% 48%Biscuits 39% 30%Mint-o fresh 78% 43%Candyman 91% 61%Soap 30% 17%Shampoo 61% 17%Agarbatti 48% 04%Dhupbatti 17% 04%

Route: Paper Mill RoadDSS : Mr. Virendra PathakI went 19 outlets and I observed that Sales man goes mostly outlets.

Sales man goes only 74% outlets.Sales man does not go 26% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 30% 10%

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Biscuits 25% 30%Mint-o fresh 30% 20%Candyman 50% 30%Soap 15% 05%Shampoo 05% 05%Agarbatti 50% 05%Dhupbatti 05% 05%

Route: Shamidar,Vijay Cinema,Chakrota Road&Behet \ RoadDSS : Mr. Romy I went 22 outlets and I observed that Sales man does not go mostly outlets.

Sales man goes only 55% outlets.Sales man does not go 45% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 05% 18%Biscuits 05% 18%

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Mint-o fresh 05% 68%Candyman 14% 45%Soap 05% 14%Shampoo 05% 23%Agarbatti 18% 14%Dhupbatti 05% 14%

Route: Madhav Nagar, Numish Camp, Gopal Nagal, Beri Bagh, Link Road, Nawab Ganj.DSS : Mr. RajeshI went 23 outlets and I observed that Sales man does not go to mostly outlets.

Sales man goes only 60% outlets.Sales man does not go 30% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 13% 35%Biscuits 09% 43%Mint-o fresh 22% 48%Candyman 30% 40%

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Soap 00% 00%Shampoo 00% 09%Agarbatti 09% 04%Dhupbatti 04% 04%

Route: D.Dun Chowk, Jail Chungi, DSS : Mr. RajeshI went 15 outlets and I observed that Sales man goes to mostly outlets.

Sales man goes only 87% outlets.Sales man does not go 13% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 27% 00%Biscuits 13% 07%Mint-o fresh 67% 27%Candyman 67% 33%Soap 13% 00%

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Shampoo 20% 00%Agarbatti 46% 00%Dhupbatti 33% 00%

Route: Ambala Road, D.Dun Road, Janakpuri Road.DSS : Mr. GulshanI went 44 outlets and I observed that Sales man does not go to mostly outlets.

Sales man goes only 64% outlets.Sales man does not go 36% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 22% 22%Biscuits 04% 27%

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Route: Ghantaghar, Court Road, Jogiyan Pul.DSS : Mr. Ram Chandra ji.I went 30 outlets and I observed that Sales man goes to all outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 16% 03%Biscuits 50% 03%Mint-o fresh 76% 27%Candyman 84% 27%Soap 06% 00%Shampoo 16% 03%

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Agarbatti 30% 00%Dhupbatti 13% 00%

Route: Sarsawa RoadI went 22 outlets and I observed that Sales man does not go to mostly outlets.

Salesman goes to only 36% outlets.Salesman does not go to 64% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 27% 31%Biscuits 31% 31%Mint-o fresh 09% 59%Candyman 13% 68%Soap 13% 31%Shampoo 40% 59%Agarbatti 31% 13%

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Dhupbatti 09% 18%

Route: Chilkana Road, Halalpur& Chilkana I went 19 outlets and I observed that Sales man does not go to mostly outlets.

Salesman goes to only 58% outlets.Salesman does not go to 42% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 11% 11%Biscuits 26% 32%Mint-o fresh 00% 32%Candyman 11% 42%Soap 00% 26%Shampoo 00% 42%Agarbatti 05% 11%Dhupbatti 05% 05%

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Route: Jail Chungi, Kelash Pur, Kumar Kheda.

I went 17 outlets and I observed that

Sales man goes to mostly outlets.Salesman goes to only 77% outlets.Salesman does not go to 23% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 23% 29%Biscuits 23% 17%Mint-o fresh 52% 35%Candyman 58% 41%Soap 35% 35%Shampoo 58% 29%Agarbatti 70% 23%Dhupbatti 52% 29%

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Route: Ramu gate, Tapri Station, Sidki, Kotta. I went 22 outlets and I observed that Sales man goes to mostly outlets.

Salesman goes to only 73% outlets.Salesman does not go to 27% outlets.

Product Availability in outlets:-

Products ITC CompetitorsBingo 31% 13%Biscuits 50% 45%Mint-o fresh 40% 40%Candyman 59% 40%Soap 50% 36%Shampoo 54% 40%Agarbatti 50% 13%Dhupbatti 31% 13%

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Data Analysis of Questionnaire Q.1:- Which Company’s N.T.D. products you have?

ITC Competitor

79% 61%

Q. 2:- From where do you get the products?

ITC Comp.

Provided by the company

69% 56%

Self Pick Up 31% 44%

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Q. 3:- Which Company’s services are better?

ITC Competitor

67% 33%

Q. 4:- What is the frequency of service?

ITC Competitor

Daily 17% 13%

Twice a week 6% 8%

Weekly 52% 43%

None 25% 36%

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Q.5:- What is the purpose of selling N.T.D. products?

ITC Competitor

Margin 8% 23%

Brand 39% 29%

Demand 53% 48%

Q.6:- Which ITC’s N.T.D. product demand is more in your outlet?

ITC

Toffee 83%

Biscuit 67%

Bingo 39%

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Q.7:- What is the strength of the company?

ITC Competitor

Product Quality 29% 46%

Service 67% 33%

Credit Facility 4% 21%

Q.8:- Which type of scheme do you like most from the company?

Coupons 11%

Discounts 29%

Extra 37%

Gifts 23%

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Q.9:- Are you satisfy with the company’s service?

Yes No

67% 33%

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FINDINGS

On the basis of my study some findings are as follow:-

In my survey, I found, maximum Convenience Channel deal in ITC

Brands only.

ITC, G.P.I., PepsiCo, Haldiram, Parle, Goodday, Priyagold, HUL, Nestle

and Cadbury are some company’s brand is available at various channel.

The total success in N.T.D depends on the :-

a) Sales Force

b) Regular Supply

c) Quality of the products

Some shops are not covered by the D.S.S & C.D.M.

Due to fewer margins and less credit facility of ITC’s products,

some shopkeepers do sale these products.

In my survey, I found that D.S.S do not go at these shops:-

S.N.

Outlet Name Address Phone No.

1. Deepak Tea Rakesh Cinema

2. Ashok Tea Bomanji Road

3. Rajdhani Pan Ambala Road 9359288839

4. Isam Singh Ambala Road 9719804666

5. Naresh Pan Ambala Road 9259819538

6. Consel Tea Stall Ambala Road 9897465503

7. Vaseem Pan Ambala Road 9897512570

8. Gupta Pan Ambala Road

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9. Rashid Hasan Ghantaghar 9456431834

10. Rijwan Ahamad Ghantaghar 9319264529

11. Haji Abdul Pan Ghantaghar 9997048444

12. Rana Tea Dehradun Road 9012276092

13. Makboor Tea Dehradun Road

14. Aarti Refreshment Janakpuri Road 9837136551

15. Shiv Dass Tea Janakpuri Road

16. Ram Nath Tea Janakpuri Road

17. Mahaveer Tea SBT Chowk 9358714616

18. Navab Tea Near ITC office

19. Liqman Pan Near ITC office

20. Pappu Pan Madhav Nagar

21. Jeet Singh Madhav Nagar

22. Sonu Pan Numish Camp

23. Shiv Pan Numish Camp

24. Vinod Tea Rordki Camp 9358870698

25. Madan Raddy Numish Camp

26. Anil Tea Nawab Ganj

27. Kashim Tea Shamidar

28. Vijay Tea Vijay Cinema

29. Vijay Tea Vijay Cinema 9897510956

30. Jogendra Tea Vijay Cinema

31. Rangeela Pan Chakrota Road 9837123820

32. Subham Tea Chakrota Road

33. Zarif Pan Chakrota Road

34. Famous Pan Khan Chakrota Road 9319203247

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35. Khan Pan Behat Road

36. Shiv Pan Behat Road

37. Sharma Pan Behat Road

38. Rangeela Pan Chakrota Road

39. Aderash Pan Dehradun Chowk

40. Soaib Pan Dehradun Road 1323202377

41. Prem Tea Paper Mill

42. Ram Dev Pan Paper Mill

43. Krishan Pan Tea Paper Mill

44. Sharma Sweet Paper Mill 9720023046

45. Rana Tea Paper Mill

46. Balaji Juice Corner Khalasi Line

47. Gaurav Confectionery Khalasi Line

48. Taran Pan Sharda Nagar

49. Jai Shree Sharda Nagar

50. Ankit provision Sharda Nagar

51. Jay Pan AmbalaRoad

52. Rahul Pan Ambala Road

53. Dhan Prakesh Tea Ambala Road

54. Nitin Pan Ambala Road

55. Jamel Pan Ambala Road

56. Rajnesh Pan Sarsawa Road

57. Shyam Singh Pan Alipura

58. Jeet Ram Beenpur

59. Moh. Islam Pilakhni

60. Jay Pal Pan Pilakhni

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61. Noor Pan Pilakhni

62. Raj Pan Pilakhni

63. Vinod Pan Sarsawa

64. Pandit Pan Sarsawa

65. Jyoti Pan Sarsawa

66. Abdul Pan Chilkana Road

67. Munj Singh Tea Guffa Patni

68. Khursheed Tea Guffa Patni

69. Haseen Communication Patni

70. Sakeel Pan Chilkana

71. Ahtisham Pan Chilkana

72. Amit Pan Chilkana

73. Sarfaraj Pan Chilkana

74. Maharban Pan Chilkana

75. Bist Pan Jail Chungi

76. Rajat Pan Jail Chungi

77. Deepak Pan Jail Chungi

78. Mukesh Pan Kelashpur

79. Ramesh Chand Pan Tapri Station

80. Somu Pan Tapri Station

81. Chaman Lal Pan Tapri Station

82. Pappu Pan Tapri Station

83. Vaidh Pal Singh Sidki

84. Sameem Pan Kotta

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COMPLAINTS

At some shops Supervisor and D.S.S.

does not go.

ITC should exchange the Rat cutting

items.

Loyalty should be there.

Product requirement are not fulfilled

at some shops.

Mostly in the month of January to

April black marketing is occurred.

At many shops, D.S.S does not ask

about the N.T.D. product

requirement.

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Conclusion

After completing my research I had

found that there are various brands

of N.T.D products in Saharanpur

Market. Maximum Pan Shops and

Retailer have maximum sale of ITC

brands due to its demand.

I found ITC is holding major share in

Tobacco market at convenience

channel.

In my survey I had found there is

good scope for ITC’s N.T.D products.

They should go for more good

advertisement, discounts, and

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schemes with launching new sector

products.

I found that the supply chain of ITC is

better than competitor.

ITC adopted the AIDS Model strategy.

RECOMMENDA

TIONS

More visibility

The visibility should be increased.

Innovative display will catch the attention

of consumer very easily. More boards

should be used because more the visibility

more will be the awareness about the

brand.

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Provide an effective

advertisement on

newspapers

Provide an advertisement in newspaper

with popular personality through like

cricketer, flimstar etc. This certainly will

have an impact on the peoples to go for

consumes the products.

Dealers awards distribution

annually

The retailers who have best maintained the

display should be awarded in front of the

crowd .This also encore other retailer to

maintain the display at their shops and in

turn the work of the trade-marketing

specialist becomes less. They can take care

of other jobs also.

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Schemes should be

maintained

It should be done so that retailer can avail

of the full scheme being offered for them.

And the full scheme should be reached to

retailer properly.

Wall painting

Wall painting is an effective and

economical medium for advertisement. Not

only in urban area but in the rural areas

also. A speech of film comes to an end but

wall painting stays as long as the whether

allowed.

Attractive margin for

retailers

It is compulsory for every company that

the company must provide attractive

margin. We know very well that retailer is

the key player for selling a product and in

ITC low margin is the main cause for fewer

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sales because retailers want to sale other

products due to high margin.

ITC have a good range of

products so there should be

minimum two distributors in a

City.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS:

(a) Marketing Management – Philip Kottler

(b) Research Methodology – C. R. Khothari

(c) Statistics – K.R. Nagar

WEBSITES:

www.itcportal.com

www. itc.com

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www.research.com

www.managementhelp.com

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