CASE STUDY ON
By :Girish Naidu.J
Ragavendra
kaushik.V.T
Harshitha.R
Vikas.K.A
History of Cavinkare
CavinKare Group is anIndian
Conglomerateheadquartered in Chennai.
It was founded by second generation entrepreneur
C.K.Ranganathan in 1983, as Chik India, and was
later renamed CavinKare in 1998.
The CEO of CavinKare is somebody who changed
the rules of the FMCG game.
Journey: From Chik to
Cavinkare
In 1983, with a single product, started out a small partnership
firm, chik india by CK Rangnathan.
Chik India was renamed as Beauty cosmetics in 1990. In1998
the company was renamed as CavinKare Pvt Ltd.
The company offers quality Personal care and Food products.
CavinKare has crossed a turnover of over
11000 million INR in 2011-12.
Brand Architecture
Cavinkare is a house of brands which is into hair
care, body care, skin care, snacks, cleaners and
salons.
Portfolio Roles
Strategic Brand Nyle Shampoo and Hair oil
Fairever
Green Trends and Limelite (Salons)
Linchpin Brand Chik
Silver Bullet Chik influences Chik Satin
Meera Badam Shampoo influences
Meera herbal oil
Cash Cow Brand Chik
Brand Architecture (Contd..)
Product Market Context Roles
Endorser Brand Chik
Sub- brands Meera, Nyle, Ruchi pickles,
Indica hair dye
Benefit Brands Meera Badam Shampoo,
Meera Herbal hair oil
Drivers Chik shampoo sachets
Brand graphics
Brand Portfolio Structure
CavinKar
e
Shampoo
s
Chik
Chik
Satin
Nyle
Herbal
Hair Color
Meera
Badam
Indica
Oil
Coconut
Oil
Fairness
cream
Perfume
Meera
Herbal
Spinz
Hi5
Fairever
Salons
Green
Trends
Limelight
Brand Pyramid
Resonance
Has a loyal
customer
base in rural
market.
Repeat
purchase.
Reliable and Safety of
Feeling
quality
use.
Consumers
products
despite of
feel better
low prices.
about
Herbal
themselves.
Effectiveproducts.
Herbal and nonproducts.
chemical
Performance
Imagery
Natural
products.
ingredients used
Affordable
that are user
products.
friendly and comes
Poor image in the
in wide range of
minds of upper
product types
middle class
High
Recognition
in semi-urban and rural
Value for money.
segment.
markets.
Salience
Chic and Karthik are the popular brands in
Judgment
Branding Strategies
Branding Strategies
In 1983 Cavinkare entered the market with Chik
Shampoo.
Initially they conveyed a message to the consumer that
soap usage is bad for hair.
They adopted market penetration strategy with sachets
exchange scheme(1 free for 5 sachets of any shampoo).
Later scheme was only for Chik shampoo.
Sales went up from 35000 to 12 lakhs per month.
Introduced Jasmine and Rose Fragrances, sale increased
to 30 lakhs.
New Avtar of Chik with two variants- Long & Strong and
Hair Fall Control to positioned it as a premium brand in
the market.
Developed association with people on quality
grounds.
They also adopted the strategy of outsourcing their
manufacturing activity in order to strengthen its
distribution and marketing.
In 1992 Cavinkare identified good potential for herbal
products and launched meera herbal wash powder.
In 2003 Cavinkare acquired Ruchi Agro food a
pickle brand Ruchi for 150 million.
This acquisition was aimed at boosting the branded
food business of Cavinkare.
Fairever was launched in 1999 which promises to
enhance fairness level over four week period.
To built a local and regional presence , they
advertised in local print and television
before taking brand nationally.
They showed their advertisement in
between, followed by live demonstration.
They have created sachets sales force
instead of using the conventional
distribution route.
Continuous concentration upon Research
and Development in order to understand
the needs of the target audience and to
bring more innovative products.
Other competitive Brands
Heads & shoulders
Pantene
Clinic plus
Sunsilk
Dove
Dabur vatika
BRAND POSITIONING
Shampoo for rural and semi urban India.
Consumer are aware of it as a shampoo
for silky and smooth hair such as clinic
plus is associates customers with mother
daughter relationship.
First shampoo in innovated sachet
packaging.
Points of Parity
Promise to provide a solution to rough
and tangled hairs for girls and women of
rural India.
Available in sachet.
Different products for different
segments, such as Chik Black, Chik
Jasmine, Chik Egg and Chik cool.
Point of Differences
Low prices
Deep penetration to rural India
Mobile beauty parlors
Advanced marketing and promotions
strategies.
Recommendations
Only focus on rural and semi-urban
Market, should move towards urban
markets.
Coming up with premium brands.
Using own brands in Green trends and
Limelite will also help to build a better
brand image.
More focus should be laid on branding.
