Caselet Code : CLSDM010
Publication date : 2005
Subject : Sales and Distribution Management
Industry : Sports
Length :
 3 Pages
Price :  Rs. 100 (Detailed Pricing Info)

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Abstract

The growing preference for two-wheelers has affected the purchase of bicycles in India. Since the late 1990s, the urban market has stagnated while the purchases in the rural market have been decreasing. It was in this scenario that Chennai-based TI Cycles launched a range of bicycles in early 2005, targeted at urban adults in their early thirties. The caselet examines the various steps taken by the company in designing, promoting, distributing, and selling its new bicycle. It also discusses Hero Cycle's strategies to get a share of the rural and urban markets.

Issues:

» Product innovations in the bicycle industry
» Value added services to attract customers
» Strategies for rural bicycle market

 
Key words:

Bicycles, Murugappa Group, Urban Adults, Hercules, BSA Cycle Run, BSA City, Hero Group, Ergonomically Suitable, Direct Selling Network(DSN), ICICI.

Questions for Discussion:

1. Examine the reasons that made bicycle marketers look for latent markets like the adult segment. Also briefly mention the stumbling blocks for TI Cycles in marketing to the adult segment.

2. Comment on the measures being taken by TI Cycles and Hero to woo the thirty-plus urban audience and discuss the other strategies that TI cycles can adopt to increase the market share of BSA City.