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"MARKETING STRATEGIES vis-a-vis CUSTOMER PREFERENCE FOR AQUARIUM BUSINESS SERVICE"

The International Journal of Latest Trends in Finance and Economic Sciences

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Title "MARKETING STRATEGIES vis-a-vis CUSTOMER PREFERENCE FOR AQUARIUM BUSINESS SERVICE"
 
Creator Mutharasu Pillai, Selvarasu Appsamy; Professor of Marketing
Department of Business Administration
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar.
608 002
A., Sankaran; Research Scholar
Department of Business Administration
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar
608 002
 
Description Aquarium business service in India recorded a value of US$ 1.3 million in the export trade in the year 2006 according to Food and Agriculture Organization. Internationally, Singapore ranks first with US$ 49.5 million, and Zech Republic, Japan and Malaysia stood almost equally 7% in aquarium fish trade. Robert fanner (2001) reported that the concept of running a service company in contrast with retail business is not new to many industries. The service sectors provide employment for favourable economic growth. In this direction, in order to develop market for aquarium business service, there is need to studying consumer preference and existing marketing strategies, adopted by aquarists.  The objectives of the study are to identify consumer preference for ornamental fish with profile of aquarium keeping customers and to study the existing marketing strategies adopted by ornamental fish aquarium business service providers.  Selvarasu A. and Sankaran A. (2010) have developed a marketing scale to measure consumer preference for aquarium hobby. In addition, an interview schedule have been planned to review the existing marketing strategies as on year 2010. Aquarium business service marketing scale comprises of seven dimensions, initially. As a result of the pilot study, based on the results of reliability test, five dimensions have been retained for the final study.   Key words: marketing strategy, aquarium, hobby, consumer preference, aquarium business service, pets,                         ornamental fish, quality, value, value for money, features, mavenism.
 
Publisher International Journal of Latest Trends in Finance and Economic Sciences
 
Contributor MARINE PRODUCTS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, INDIA
 
Date 2011-03-31
 
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Identifier http://ojs.excelingtech.co.uk/index.php/IJLTFES/article/view/65
10.2047//ijltfes.1.1
 
Source International Journal of Latest Trends in Finance and Economic Sciences; Vol 1, No 1 (2011): March Issue
 
Language en
 
Relation http://ojs.excelingtech.co.uk/index.php/IJLTFES/article/download/65/172
 
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