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ASTRA
• Dabur uses ASTRA to boost rural sales
• ASTRA- Advanced Sales Training for Retail Ascendance
• Shopkeepers selling Dabur India’s consumer product would
now learn marketing through role plays
• ASTRA training module in five languages:
Bengali,Tamil,Telugu,Malayalam and Kannada
• ASTRA is a dedicated audio-visual sales training
initiative launched to enhance the quality of field
execution.
• Dabur has a distribution reach of 25 lakh retail outlets
across the country.
• FMCG has recruited 75 sales and Hr managers across
the country.
• The programme will addresss specific needs and
expectations of each channel in the areas such as trade
activation programmes,trade promotion
programmes,brand focus,merchandising etc..
• It will also run refresher training courses every six
months.Each sales officer in Dabur has to work
according to a journey cycle that begins on the first of
every month.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths:
Competetive pricing
Ayurvedic Repsitory
Strong Brand image
Strong financially
Strong Research & innovation base
IT base
Weakness:
No direct outlets
Seasonal Demands
Oppurtunities:
Growing Awareness of Ayurveda
Improper and unhealthy Food habits
Growing Rural Markets
Growing Middle class women and beauty sector
Threats:
Allopathic playerts; Advertising and Distribution
Growing Substituites
Growing Health Tourism
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY