Revamping Rasna - A Marketing Strategy Overhaul Saga

According to its renewed distribution strategy, Rasna planned to reach an estimated 7,00,000 retailers annually. With its plans to reach the rural areas, the company began strengthening its distribution channels in order to cover villages with a population of up to 5,000. Following this, the company appointed 47 additional sales personnel, 350 cycle salesmen, and 145 pilot salesmen in addition to new stockists for the relevant areas. It also engaged 500 vans for the coverage of rural areas. However, Rasna was careful not to neglect the urban markets. According to company sources, "There are pockets with rural consumers even in the metros and they are large in number." Hence, the company's advertisements also targeted the urban and semi-urban families. As a part of its new strategy, the company focused on multi-media advertising and promotion, wherein an effective marketing strategy was adopted to communicate the brand message, using the different media such as TV, radio and print. Mudra Communications (Mudra), a leading advertising agency, undertook the advertising and promotional activities. Mudra developed an advertisement campaign constituting five television commercials, radio advertising and outdoor media campaigns.