MBA1

(BC10005)

Marketing Management
End Semester
Report

“DABUR”

Submitted By: - Submitted To: -

1.Adarsh Jaiswal (JLU05317) Dr. Priyanka Rawal
2.Akshat Singh (JLU05418)
3.Bhishm Ahuja (JLU05381)
4.Naman Sogani (JLU05419)

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 Company Overview

• Dabur India Ltd. is one of India's driving FMCG Organizations. Expanding on a tradition
of value and experience of more than 135 years, Dabur is today India's most confided
in name and the world's biggest Ayurvedic and Natural Health Care Company.

• Dabur India is additionally a world chief in Ayurveda with an arrangement of more

than 250 Natural/Ayurvedic items. Dabur's FMCG portfolio today incorporates five
lead brands with particular brand characters - Dabur as the expert brand for regular
medical care items, Vatika for premium individual consideration, Hajmola for
digestives, Réal for natural product juices and drinks and Fem for decency blanches
and skin health management items.

• Dabur today works in key shopper item classifications like Hair Care, Oral
Consideration, Medical services, Skin health management, Home Consideration and
Nourishments. The ayurvedic organization has a wide circulation organization,
covering 6.7 million retail outlets with a high infiltration in both metropolitan and
country markets.

• Dabur's items additionally have enormous presence in the abroad business sectors
and are today accessible in more than 100 nations across the globe. Its brands are
profoundly famous in the Center East, SAARC nations, Africa, US, Europe and Russia.
Dabur's abroad income today represents more than 27% of the complete turnover.

• The 135-year-old ayurvedic organization, advanced by the Burman family, begun

working in 1884 as an Ayurvedic medications organization. From its modest
beginnings in the by lanes of Calcutta, Dabur India Ltd has progressed significantly
today to get one of the greatest Indian-possessed buyer merchandise organizations
with the biggest home grown and common item portfolio on the planet. By and large,
Dabur has effectively changed itself from being a family-run business to turn into an
expertly overseen venture. What separates Dabur from the group is its capacity to
change in front of others and to consistently set new guidelines in corporate
administration and development.

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 STP ANALYSIS

SEGMENTATION

1.Geographic Segmentation

Dabur has segmented its market with respect to Geography in the following way:

Asia Pacific

America

Overseas
Africa
Business

Europe

Dabur's
Geographic
Segmentation Australia

Urban Segment

National Business

Rural Segment

In its abroad business, Dabur focuses on Continents which offer better vendor and other
homogeneous organizations in order to accomplish better economies of scale just as better
productivity.

2.Demographic Segmentation

• On the basis of age:

o For Youngsters (Age under 13 years): Lal Tail – Infant Back rub Oil, Hajmola
candy, Infant Olive Oil, Glucose D, Genuine Activ.

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 o For Youth (14 years to 40 years): Common Neem Cleanser, Gulabari Face Pack,
Gulabari Dabur Red Toothpaste, Dabur Vatika Hair Oil.
o For Old (Age over 40 years): Nature Care Isabgol, Rheumatil gel, Sitopladi
Churan, Coconut Milk.

• On the basis of gender:

o For Men: Nature Care Punarnava, Nature Care CleanNClear / GreNeem,

Lemoneez
o For Women: Rose Syrup, Dabur Jasmine Hair Oil, Dabur Vatika Body & Bounce
Shamboo, Natural Sandalwood Soap.

• On the basis of purchasing capacity:

o For Upper Class: Nature Way Ayurvedic Products like Shampoos, Soap etc.,
because they can spend more on the beauty range.
o For Middle and Lower Class: Health Care products are meant for Middle- and
Lower-class people who spend their money on Health products like Hajmola,
Churan, Pudin Hara etc.

3. Psychographic Segmentation:

Dabur has segmented their product according to Life Style of the People living in the Particular
Geographic segment. Dabur has concentrated on the people cautious for their Health and
launch different Health Care Products for the same segment.

4.Behavioural Segmentation:

Dabur has found a different segment Ayurvedic Products. Dabur’s research and Development
team found that Consumer’s likes (Consumer Preference and Taste) are for Ayurvedic
products as these products have no side effects. Buyers prefer Dabur’s Ayurvedic products
because they found that these produces long term results (Usage) and are also cheap in rates
(Economy) compared to other medicines.

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It helps make the product more affordable to every income strata of the society. Dabur
products are targeted to every household but majority of its customers are middle
class people. It has gained useful insights through segmentation and adapted its offer to suit
the Indian target market. Identification of various segments and their specific needs enabled
the company develop new and improved products that better met the wishes of its different
customer groups.

TARGETING

After Market segmentation done by Dabur on the basis of five different force such as
Demographic, Geographic, Socio-Cultural, Psychographic and Behavioral Segments it has
made 20 different segments of consumer and target their different variety of product on the
basis of their taste, preferences, need, demands and choice and society.

Dabur has a circulation network that covers 175 towns and 75 thousand retail outlets making
its item accessible to the shoppers the nation over calm. The Objective Market for Dabur is
individuals of all pay levels. The objective market of Dabur is – Individuals in the Upper, Center
and Lower class. Additionally, Dabur has focused on the abroad market and has become a
famous brand with its items accessible in more than 120 nations.

• DABUR has focused on its Ladies fragment with its Magnificence items like Nature way
and Hair oils, Shampoos, Toothpastes and so on

• DABUR has also cantered around Older People and culture of Indian Market with its
assorted Ayurvedic oils, pills, Juices, Remedies (Pudin Hara) and some more.

• DABUR with its Skin health management items focused on the Abroad Market in view
of insufficiency of Hemoglobin containers in the blood of English individuals and
Western individuals. Thus, to fix and be protected from that they incline toward
Dabur's Ayurvedic Items.

• DABUR Nectar re-dispatched itself in 2014 with another logo. The item was
additionally made accessible in Rs10 pack, which has been immensely fruitful and has
added new purchasers to the brand. The market had a particular need of little packs
of nectar to taking care of kids and for strict uses. This has helped Dabur address the
need and it has been tremendously fruitful and has added new shoppers to the brand.

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POSITIONING

1. Customer benefits approach.

Dabur has positioned its following range of Shampoos by showcasing the benefits of the
different range of Shampoos by Dabur:

Dabur Vatika Anti-dandruff Shampoo for natural dandruff control

Dabur Vatika Body & Bounce Shampoo for Oily Hair
Dabur Vatika Henna Conditioning for balanced and appropriate
Shampoo conditioning

Dabur Vatika Nourishing Hair Conditioner for oily hair

Dabur Vatika Gentle Cleansing Shampoo for dry hair

Dabur Vatika Nourishing Cream Shampoo for normal hair

Dabur highlights the benefit of the different Shampoos for different hair types instead of
concentrating on a single variety and cuts an edge over its competitors.

2. The price-quality approach:

Dabur has used Price-Quality positioning approach by segregating its Nature Way product
range by fixing high prices to show that these products are high in quality that’s why fixed
with high prices. This concept of positioning is famous to be introducing in upper-level
community segment because they generally prefer to buy costly products by though in mind
that they must have better and quick results over other products.

3. The use or application approach:

In this strategy the product is positioned with a use or application approach.

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Dabur’s Hajmola can be used to solve the problem of digestion and it can be used by any age
of people without any precaution. So, Dabur Hajmola has made its position in the market
because of its use and application.

4. The product user approach:

In this approach, the brand identifies and determines the target segment for which the
product will be positioned. Many brands use a model or a celebrity to position their product.
The expectations are that a model or a celebrity is likely to influence the product’s image by
reflecting their own image to it.

For example: Dabur Chywanprash is positioned for all age groups

5. The cultural symbol approach:

The positioning strategy is based on deeply entrenched cultural symbol. The use of cultural
symbol can help to differentiate the brand from competitor brands.

Dabur uses herbs as their image symbol which shows that products are all Ayurvedic and
hence can be reliably used as it is based from our tradition. We can therefore say that Dabur
has used cultural image for their product.

6.The competitor approach:

Many brands use competitors as a dominant plank in their campaign. These brands are
positioned following its competitor. This is an offensive strategy. Fortunately, Dabur is one
such company that does not use this offensive strategy of positioning. But there exists some
Ayurvedic products manufacturing companies that uses this approach over Dabur’s
positioning.

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 Product Mix for Dabur Showing the concept of
Product Line

Product Mix
Product mix denotes the set of all products that an organization offers to its customers.

Product Mix

Healthcare Division Personal Care Division Food Division Home Care Division

Air
Ayurvedic Medicines & Soaps,Skincare,HAir Fruit Beverages &
Freshners,Detergents,
OTC Products Care Kitchen Products
Sanitizers

Product width is about the quantity of various product offerings the organization conveys.
The length alludes to the complete number of things an organization conveys inside the
product offerings.

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 Personal Care Division
WIDTH

Hair Oils Shampoo Skin Care Soaps

• Dabur • Dabur Vatika • Uveda • Fem

L Amla Shampoo Fairness fairness
E Hair Oil Cream soap
N • Uveda
G
• Vatika Moisturizing • Fem dual
T
Hair Oil Cream/ care
H
Facewash
• Dabur • Gulabari face • Fem
Anmol cream and liquid
lotions soap

Health Care Division

WIDTH

Health Supplements Oral Care Digestives OTC

• Dabur • Dabur • Dabur • Dabur

Chyawanprash Red Hajmola Honitus
Cough
L
• Dabur • Dabur • Dabur Syrup
E
Glucose-D Meswak Pudinhara
N
G • Dabur
T • Dabur • Dabur Badam
H Honey Babool Oil

• Dabur
Shankha
Pushpi

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 Home Care Division
WIDTH

Insect Repellants Air Fresheners Cleaners

• Dabur • Dabur • Dazle Floor

Odomos Odonil Solid Fresh Cleaner
Cream
L
E • Dabur Odomos • Dabur • Sani Fresh Toilet
N Liquid Odonil Air Cleaner
G
Freshener Spray
T
• Dabur
H
Odomos • Odopic Dish
Coil Washer

Food Division Products

WIDTH

Fruit Juice Kitchen Products

• Real Juice • Homemade Ginger

Garlic

L
E • Real Activ • Homemade Coconut Milk
N
G
T • Burst • Homemade Tomato Puree
H

• Capsico Sauce

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 Product Life Cycle of Dabur

Product Life Cycle is the stages through which an item or its different classifications sidestep.
Like human existence item likewise has a daily existence which go through a similar stage to
which human pass for example Presentation, Growth, Maturity and Decline. Item life cycle
encourages the organization to recognize where its item stands, in the event that the item is
in development stage, at that point organization utilize different strategies to get the item
into development stage. So, they can appreciate higher incomes, and yet organization needs
to keep a watch that item ought not enter its decay stage. In any case item will get wiped out
from the market, to keep the item from going into decrease stage organization make
development in the item or get new variations so that to keep the item in development stage
as it were.

Introduction Phase: -
The primary phase of a product life cycle is the presentation or spearheading stage. During
this stage rivalry isn't a lot, costs are moderately high and markets are restricted and the item
advancement isn't a lot. For its Real image, Dabur zero in on expanding the utilization by
focusing on moms and youngsters. It prompted the beginning of the genuine organic product
juice in 2004. Simultaneously the organization needed to situate the Real natural product
Juice as its exceptional image and henceforth there was a superior valuing since its beginning
and in a bigger number of ways than one it has worked in the kindness of the brand. During
these occasions their primary objective was the kids and to interest them, the moms were
focused on.

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Growth Phase: -
It was in the year 2008 - 2009 that the organization went into its development stage. The
section into this stage was very early and the development of the piece of the pie of the
genuine organic product juice was ostensibly, staggering. Dabur dispatched a 360-degree
market mission to fortify its genuine natural product juice picture. It was likewise dispatched
numerous new flavours in which it was promptly accessible on the lookout in order to take
into account an entirely different arrangement of clients. The beverage which was
beforehand accessible in two flavours was currently accessible in four new flavours which
took its reach to six. There could have been no other natural product juice which was
accessible in such countless variations in the Indian market around then. The Juice was better
focused and better stuffed in order to not be messed with and it had an emanation of
newness in it. The thought behind this was just about as much as to make it an encounter to
have Real Fruit Juice as to fulfil the wholesome necessities of the majority.

Maturity Phase: -
It can well be said that Real Fruit Juice is in its initial development stage or in its late
development stage. It has an entirely different scope of blend and incurring significant
damage of accessible variations to 14 viz. grapes, plum, litchi, pomegranate, mango, tomato,
cranberry, orange, guava, peach, blended organic products, apple, apricot, pineapple. In all
honesty it has other wanted organic product juice accessible as a variation. It has an
exceptionally consistent ascent in its piece of the overall industry.. It is accessible at most
stores and the organization's extraordinary conveyance channel just adds further to its
expanding piece of the overall industry. The income share shows that Real Fruit Juice is truly
doing incredible in the natural product juice area in India and it has gigantic degree for
extension considering its image and appropriation channel.

Decline Phase: -
Real Fruit Juice till has not entered this stage and it's exceptionally improbable that it occurs
sooner rather than later.

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 Marketing Mix of Dabur

Product Mix- Dabur is submitted in contribution its client’s items that are of phenomenal
quality and are home grown. Their main goal is in giving products that demonstrate beneficial
to its clients, as wellbeing is riches. Nature gives motivation to every one of its items. Dabur
bargains in numerous classifications of stocks like oral consideration, hair care, skin health
management, food items, and medical care and home-care items. In1940 Dabur dispatched
Dabur Amla Hair Oil and even today, it is one of the main results of the organization. In 1949,
it gave the world Dabur Chyawanprash. From kids to the mature age bunch, it is the top choice
of each age. In 1970, Dabur added Oral items like Dabur Lal Dant Manjan to its portfolio.
Hajmola tablets and Hajmola candy were presented in the market in the year 1978 and 1989
individually. In1994 Dabur turned into the world's subsequent organization to enter the
market for hostile to malignant growth meds. Its examination and establishment group
helped in building up a medication that is separated from the Asian Yew tree leaves. This eco-
accommodating cycle is interesting and one of its sorts. Its wellbeing items incorporate
Dabur's Honitus Cough Syrup, Dabur Active Blood Purifier for ladies, Dabur Shankha Pushpi
to upgrade the memory, Dabur Balm Solid for migraine and Shilajit Gold for revival.

In 1996, it stepped in the food market unexpectedly with the dispatch of Real Fruit Juice and
later presented cooking glue, custom made pappad, coconut milk and tomato puree. Its skin
items, under the name 'Gulabari', incorporate Rose water, Saturating cream, Face purifier,
Moisturizing salve and under the name, 'Fem', incorporate Pink blanch, Gold fade, Blue dye,
Herbal fade, Liquid hand wash and Hair eliminating cream.

Price Mix: - Dabur has employed a unique group of prepared experts who examines the
evolving impression of the market. They make a precise and ordinary assessment of their own
items just as their rivals' items. Subsequent to dissecting every viewpoint cautiously, they
decide their evaluating system. As Dabur is a nature, based organization and they manage
Herbal items, so bargain isn't permitted with the item. The costs are remembered with a base
benefit. It is the point of the organization that more and more individuals purchase these
characteristic items, as they are valuable for the strength of each person. Estimating system
likewise includes the client's response. At whatever point an item gets an antagonistic value
response the organization draws out any of its markdown or exceptional plans to counter
assault it. A few times the value climb is negligible, yet the size of the pack is diminished so
both the shopper and the maker balance it. At different occasions, a value climb gets

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mandatory and it is then the faithfulness of the client is tried. As the quality kept up by the
organization is at a lot more significant level than others are, it is ready to hold its client base.
An individual can purchase Dabur items effectively from the numerous zones on the lookout.
Dabur has kept up the nature of its items and its costs are truly sensible contrasted with
different brands.

Place Mix- Dabur has almost 2.8 million display areas and retail outlets. It has covered its
base effectively in both the business sectors, rustic and metropolitan. It has caught the
creative mind of overall business sectors, everywhere on the globe, in excess of 60 nations.
Talks are going on with different nations additionally, to remember Dabur items for their
market. Dabur specialists utilizes its business power just as conveyance channel to showcase
its items. It has a firm grasp on its market middle people like wholesalers and afterward
retailers and ultimately vendors. It is through every one of these channels that a Dabur item
passes and finally arrives at the shopper. Their solid organization for conveyance and supply
is broad and exceptional. The items are sent starting with one spot then onto the next easily.
It has numerous labs where exhaustive innovative work is in progress. This progressing work
has caused them in using the cutting-edge offices without settling on their essential standards
of ethic and qualities. Dabur has numerous producing plants in India. The plant 1 at Sahibabad
manages Hajmola, Dabur Amla Hair oil, Oncology prescriptions, Hingoli and Ashokarisht. The
Unit 1 in Baddi bargains with Ayurvedic meds, The Unit 2 in Baddi manages Chyawanprash,
The Unit in Narendrapur manages Honey. Dabur has opened its first assembling unit abroad
in Birgunj Nepal. This unit is prepared to fabricate Oral consideration items, Ayurvedic meds,
Hair Care items furthermore, Fruit Juices. An assembling unit is set up in Egypt and this unit
manages Food items, Skin care items and Hair care items.

Promotion Mix: - Trust and Dabur go connected at the hip. Their creative vision has
prompted extraordinary progress and overcoming many achievements. The certainty that
individuals show in Dabur items encourages them to purchase those items. It has held hands
with worldwide organizations to help up its deals. In India, Dabur has dispatched an
undeniable publicizing effort. This will help in making the clients mindful of all the Dabur
items, their costs, their primary highlights and where the purchasers can get them without
any problem. Every last detail of a Dabur item is accessible on the web. Internet shopping is
being energized, as the more youthful age is techno-astute. Indeed, even the youngsters and
more established age have become keen on purchasing items online to save time. In
Televisions, renowned entertainers and sportsperson are promoting the items. Amitabh
Bachchan is seen regularly in Dabur promotions like Dabur Chyawanprash and Dabur Hajmola.
Sonakshi Sinha and Samantha are seen in Dabur Vatika Hair Oil. Salman Khan has been a
customary advertiser of Ranbaxy's Revital 30+. The advancements by VIPs help in the
ceaseless and high deals of the items.

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 Pricing Strategies of Dabur

Dabur has ventured up the speed of most recent item dispatches and is contributing advertisement
spend and showcasing. The whole item portfolio is moreover changed to join premium contributions
like more variations under pretty much every classification, as Dabur Vatika styling is out there in 3
distinct renditions.

Dabur is today seen as significantly more proactive inside the market. Dabur is presently an outside
arranged organization. Across the whole association the corporate have one meaning of winni ng,
which implies developing, however developing totally. In the course of the most recent two years,
Dabur has kept up its working edges through sensible value climbs across items and decrease in pack
sizes.

The three main factors affecting the pricing strategies have been discussed below -:

I.COST

Perhaps the main variables to be careful while estimating is the expense costs set the floor
for evaluating choices. There are two sorts of cost, variable expense and fixed expense. It is
significant that the cost ought to recuperate all expenses including a reasonable return for
undertaking the showcasing exertion and danger.

II.COMPETITION

Rivalry is another significant thought while evaluating. At the point when a firm doesn't
confront any opposition, it can appreciate total opportunity in fixing its cost. However, when
there are contenders selling the equivalent or comparative items, the estimating opportunity
is extensively decreased. Its cost should conform to the contenders. Similarly, Dabur India
Limited also has many competitors. But Dabur’s top selected competitors are: -

1. Hindustan Unilever Limited

2. Proctor and Gamble
3. Pepsi co.
4. Colgate Palmolive
5. Godrej Industries

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6. Marico Ltd. etc.

III.CONSUMER DEMAND

Dabur discovered that most of Indian populace will in general go towards the Indianized
common and natural items subsequently they made it their USP. Dabur is proficiently driving
the market with this item range, giving the clients exceptional items without any problem.

Integrated Marketing Communication

Roaming from the ordinary technique for displaying, Dabur Foods Ltd, a 100% assistant of
Dabur India, is moving its focus to overall advancing methods. Suddenly, Dabur Foods means
to accept a planned publicizing correspondence program to propel its items in a state of
harmony with videshi designs. As necessities be, the Company's multi-pronged philosophy
will by and by consolidate ground progressions, looking at works out, wide correspondences
publicizing, institutional headways, public association practices and advancing tie-ups,
instructs Dabur Foods head (exhibiting) Sanjay Sharma. As of now, the Company's critical rival
is Pepsis Tropicana in the certified juice grouping. For one thing, the association expects to
fabricate the detectable quality of its chief picture Real in popular hotels and diners in huge
metropolitan territories. Our move is highlighted extending care among the institutional
segment, for instance, bistros and food suppliers. We mean to have our thing perceptible in
menus at hotels. Also, we mean to highlight our packaging development in our trades, he
adds. The association has held an ad spending plan of Rs 10 crore for its expansive
interchanges publicizing and progressions. As a component of its restricted time works out,
the association means to uncover a huge gathering of bartending events named Real Juice
Jockey challenge in Delhi, Mumbai and southern metropolitan networks. The association
similarly plans to recommend plans of blended beverages and mocktails where hoteliers will
use Dabur Real crush. As a component of its displaying strategy, the association has tied-up
with Discovery Channel to propel its new variety, Real School pack. Adds Mr. Sharma: We in
like manner intend to visit 400 schools the country over to propel the Real brand. We
moreover plan to teach young adults on the tolerability of normal natural item drinks. Our
point is to expand the class on the prosperity stage. As of now, Dabur Foods advancing records
are dealt with by Dhar and Hoon (Real) and Contract Advertising (Real Active). Concerning its
expansive correspondences publicizing plans, the association is presently turning out three
TV promotions to propel its common item squeeze brands. As a component of its examining
exercise program, the association plans to visit corporate houses and informative
establishments the country over. As of now, Dabur Foods has an allotment network that

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covers 55 metropolitan networks and 1.25 lakh retail outlets. We have no plans to broaden
our dispersal association. Our push is on incredible elevating plans to advocate our brands,
adds Mr. Sharma.

Distribution Channel for

Dabur Chyawanprash

The above outline it shows channel of conveyance of dabur food sources, here first the items are
produced and from Manufacturing plants the pressed merchandise are provided to Clearing And
Forwarding Agents(C&FA) and from here the products are then additionally provided to number of
Stockiest or Distributors, from here merchandise scopes to huge number of Retailers and it is the
obligation of Stockiest to take orders from retailers and afterward supply the merchandise to them,
this work is for the most part done by stockiest sales rep through prepared stock or by taking requests
first and afterward submitting the request. From here the merchandise at last reaches to Customers.
Client buys the item from retailers. This was the fundamental Channel of Distribution utilized by Dabur
Chyawanprash.

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 NEWS ARTICLE SHOWING
MARKETING STRATEGY

As consumers in India’s top cities spend more time shopping for groceries online, fast-moving
consumer goods (FMCG) makers are accelerating the launch of digital-first brands and rolling
out more online specific stock keeping units.
From organic honey and male grooming kits, to beverages and snacks, companies such as
Marico Ltd, Dabur India Ltd and Hector Beverages are eyeing new launches.

“The pandemic has led to a shift in the shopping behaviour of consumers with the propensity
for online shopping increasing. Targeting this emerging trend, we have already started
launching a series of products exclusively for online markets. In the past few months, we have
launched several products, especially for e-commerce, such as Dabur Apple Cider Vinegar, a
‘Dabur Baby Range’ with eight products apart from 100% cow ghee, organic honey, Himalayan
forest honey. Many more such online-exclusive innovations are in the pipeline," said Mohit
Malhotra, chief executive, Dabur India.
Many FMCG firms have been launching new products online to test their viability and also
attract more digitally-savvy shoppers. Most companies reported a significant surge in share
of online sales in the last two quarters as covid-linked lockdowns led more shoppers to buy
goods online.

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