MGT541 - Group2 - Final Assignment
MGT541 - Group2 - Final Assignment
FINAL ASSIGNMENT
RAYMOND
GROUP 2
1 "Raymond – Weaving Magic on Indian Fabric | Ushus Journal ...." 1 Oct. 2017,
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5. Ethnix - ready to wear traditional ensemble
6. Raymond Home - premium bed and bath range
7. Raymond Made to Measure - premium personalised clothing
8. KamaSutra - sexual wellness
9. Raymond Aviation - charter services
Its brand presence is geographically distributed throughout the Northern hemisphere
with showrooms in Europe, USA, Middle East and Asia.
Vehicles: one of the most important joint ventures that the Raymond group undertook
was in 1996 with Ansell International, one of the world's leading producers of latex-
based condoms, gloves, and other products. 2 The resultant new joint venture, JK Ansell
became the manufacturer of KamaSutra condoms, earlier under Raymond's subsidiary
JK Chemicals.
In 1995, the company formed a technical partnership with Allegheny Ludlum Corp.,
based in the United States, to produce high value-added and specialty cold-rolled close
annealed and silicon steel products.3
In 2003, the company acquired Regency Textile Portuguesa Limitada giving it
production facilities in Portugal and Spain thus giving an entry into the European
market. In the same year, it also acquired Colorplus giving control of India’s leading
casualwear brand.
Differentiators: Raymond has had a very strong 95-year legacy of providing premium
clothing to suit what they call ‘The Complete Man’. It is placed very strongly in the
premium category of clothing, specialising in men’s wear, originally for corporate suiting
and subsequently for youth.
It is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of the ‘super’ quality wool - the finest wool
to be produced. This sets it apart from all other brands as a pioneer in fine clothing.
It caters specifically to upper and upper-middle class business buyers, mostly men thus
creating a very niche market. It follows a premium pricing strategy marketing its
products as high-end, expensive and of superior quality.
Staging: Raymond has expanded from a coarse wool producing mill to a leading
clothing brand in 95 years. It started with expanding locally in terms of manufacturing
units and retail outlets, slowly expanding to international markets in the 90s.
The group further expanded into other fields and earned a significant market share in
them as well.
4. Threat to Substitutes:
a. Threat of substitutes is high
b. Threat from the garment producer in the unorganised sector
5. Established Rivals:
a. Competitive rivalry is high
b. Raymond being a publicly traded company has marked its popularity in
indian brand for the consumer market, but faces high competition margin
from several companies like Arvind Mills, Bombay Silk Mills, Birla
Corporation Ltd, Century Textiles and Industries, etc. 4
1. The Government has announced the release of a subsidy of INR 2,687 Billion for
the textile industry.
2. Removal of trade related tariffs and non-tariff barriers.
3. The government has extended 10% capital subsidy and 5% interest subsidy on
installation of machineries and for processing machinery.
4. A 41-member Working Group has also been announced to be set up with a
National Fiber Policy, to ensure self- sufficiency in fiber consumption and export
requirements in India.
Economic
Social
1. The market for textile is growing as a whole as India’s population grows at about
1-2% annually.
2. Along with that, Raymond’s market segment of the upper middle class and the
high-class segment is also growing due to higher disposable incomes.
Technological
Legal
Industry Analysis: Textile industry is one of the oldest and largest industries in India. It
contributed to 2% of the total GDP employing more than 45 million people in the
FY2019. The domestic textiles and apparel market stood at an estimated US$ 100
billion in FY19.5 It is an evolving industry that owes its growth to various factors such as
abundant availability of raw materials, competitive cost and manufacturing, government
support, presence of large integrated players, and large and growing domestic market.
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Market Share
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8
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Revenue (in 1000Cr)
Rank-wise positioning: Arvind Textiles, Vardhman Textiles Ltd., Welspun India Ltd., Raymond Ltd., Trident Ltd. –
includes Revenue, Market Share and No. of Businesses owned.
5 "Textile Industry in India: Overview, Market Size, Exports ... - IBEF." 21 Oct. 2020,
https://www.ibef.org/industry/textiles.aspx. Accessed 11 Nov. 2020.
3. Competencies and Capabilities
a. Core Competencies
Raymond’s core competencies are that they are highly skilled in their business
with high specialization in a number of different fabrics giving them a huge
competitive advantage. Raymond offers a wide range of products which gives
them a competitive advantage. They offer differentiated products that others in
the market fail to offer at such a huge level. The quality of their products is very
superior and they are able to deliver these high-quality products at a reasonable
price which gives them an advantage among their competitors.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths of Raymond:
Strong Brand Name: Raymond is almost a 100-year-old brand and has sustained
through different phases and fashion trends in India and all over the world
through the trust and credibility of its customers. It has strong brand loyal
customers in the market.
Strong Brand Image The Raymond brand itself is sufficient enough to impress
the customers.
The Raymond Shop: The Raymond shop is a new creation of Raymond where
the company make all its brands available under one roof. In other words, it is a
chain of stores through which the company retains all the brands under it. It has
been a successful venture for Raymond in terms of engaging its customers
through its brands and has also contributed heavily in increasing the sales.
Low Global Penetration: Raymond has the major presence in India and some
South East Asian nations which is very low as compared to its major competitors
which are a weakness for the company.
Over Dependence on Home Market: The strategies that the company is adopting
since its inception looks like more domestic centric in nature.
The Singhania Vrs Singhinia: There is a family war between the father and son
about the property issue which exposed the brand in both national and domestic
market.
Opportunities of Raymond: Increasing Per Capita Income in India: The per capita
income in india is increasing. This could be an added advantage for the
company. This will certainly increase the demand in the apparel industry.
Growing Middle Class: The Indian middle class have experienced a shift in their
spending pattern. The middle-class population of India can create high demand
in the near future.
Intense competition in the market puts pricing pressure and reduce market share
in the industry. It faces competition from several companies like:
Birla Corporation Ltd
Arvind Mills Ltd
Century Textiles and Industries Ltd
Sree Valliappa Textiles Ltd
Ayyappan Textiles Ltd
Grasim Industries Ltd
Bombay Silk Mills Ltd
Raymond being a premium brand with broader consumer market scope, falls under
differentiation strategy in porter’s generic strategies.
DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY
Cash Cows
In every business, the product portfolio there are few classifications, which produce enough revenue to
regulate the operations and management. Such products are cash cows for the organization that has high
market share of the overall industry and low market development. The high demands of the consumers
helps in encouraging the items as the cash cows. Raymond Home and Manzoni are the cash cows of
Raymond Group. Most of the revenue comes from them, and reinvest in different organizations or in it.
Shoppers favor them due to it fantastic quality and sensible costs, which no other competitor can offer.
Stars
These products, which have reached to the development stage, and have high market share of the overall
industry alongside high market growth. These things don't bring such income as cash cows but bring
possess for the good future prospects. This encourage the organizations to be reliable with their
investments. Color Plus, Park Avenue, and Parx are the stars of the Raymond Group. These are consider
as the most innovative brands who offers premium, casual and formal dresses for the both men and
women. Further, investment can transform it into cash flows as a result of its market position and solid
brand value.
Question marks
Mostly know as problem child, which implies they have the high growth rate, however can't create
enough benefit due to the low market share. The items or the business is still struggling growth stage, but
the growth phase considers its odds to be stars or cash cows if the choices are made in a correct way.
Made to measure and Makers are the question mark for the Raymond Group, in view of extreme rivalry in
the market. There are a few brands offering similar assistance in low costs, which are generally best by
the customers. If the investment is made with powerful systems and effective strategies, this could be the
star things.
Dogs
This category has the items who don't create high volume of, neither have they had high growth rate for
setting up the remarkable market share in the business. Business or the industry is continuously
processing and has little chance of improvement. Nonetheless, ecological factors additionally impact the
business. Zapp is the dog item for the Raymond Group. It is the kids wear because of the high costs the
brand was failing to meet expectations.
6. Methods of growth
From fabric to ready-made clothing to custom tailoring, Raymond provides full solutions
to men's wear. It has remained one of India's leading luxury retailers for all generations
for more than 9 decades. With the introduction in the recent past of new product
categories including performance improving fabrics such as the Techno-Smart range,
the all-Natural Linen collection, Shoes to suit every occasion and feet, leveraging new
age technology such as 3D printing for accessions, to the latest Khadi launch.
As they have opened in entirely new markets and cities, these stores continue to
contribute incremental sales and profits to the group. In the production of sales, over
90% of the store opened met estimates. 7
In an attempt to scale up its consumer goods business and take its primary brand Kama
Sutra internationally, Raymond acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in the joint
venture JK Ansell. As part of the deal, Raymond purchased 0.42 percent of the sexual
wellness business for about Rs 19.3 crore through JK Investo Trades and sell the
gloves business to its affiliate, Pacific Dunlop Holdings, an RS 11.3 crore Ansell Group
firm.The group formed a new division for FMCG to cover both established brands and
potential releases in the category of personal and home care.
Raymond collaborated with Reliance Industries Ltd. to introduce the first eco-friendly
brand into the market namely Ecovera. Raymond developed Ecovera by recycling post-
consumer waste PET bottles, using biofuels and energy-efficient processes through R-
Elan technology from Reliance. The Ecovera range will be available in India's 1,500
Raymond stores. The brand has signed agreements with more than 32 Indian
companies from across the country to date. They are also into both natural and man-
made fibres and creating innovative, eco-friendly and sustainable products.
Business clusters
Raymond Ltd has a broader range of firms, from machine tools, machinery and, more
recently, real estate. Singhania has stepped down as chairman of all major subsidiary
companies over the last two years, letting non-executive chairmen run the boards. Behl
deals with textiles, footwear, clothing, retail and FMCG. The JK Helene Curtis board,
which makes the Park Avenue brand of products, is headed by former Pepsico India
leader Rajeev Bakshi. Nirvik Singh, Grey Group's chief executive officer worldwide, now
chairs the board of Raymond Apparel. A veteran of the power and engineering
As a flagship company of the Raymond Group, as a B2C branded player for suiting and
shirting fabrics, its Branded Textile division has a dominant role in the Indian industry.
Over the years, the vertical has evolved on the back of strong relationships with channel
partners, some lasting more than 50 years, as well as broad distribution scope. The
company has continuously launched new products and services with a broad
distribution network that addresses robust fabric demand across Tier 1 cities to Tier 6
cities, keeping up with the needs and desires of customers. It witnessed strong growth
in FY 2018-19 led by network expansion backed by growth in the segment of
institutional and exports.8
The textile and apparel sector accounts for 14 percent of the country 's overall exports.
India is the second largest garment manufacturer and exporter after China and the
fourth largest apparel manufacturer and exporter after China, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
The large production base of a wide variety of fibres and yarns, including natural fibres
such as cotton, jute, silk and wool, and synthetic and man-made fibres such as
polyester, viscose, nylon and acrylic, is the fundamental strength of India's textile
industry.9
Raymond Ltd aims to monetize its non-core properties, which include the highly
lucrative hardware and machine tools companies and land parcels in Thane near
Mumbai, in addition to concentrating on the core companies. Singhania began a real
estate company to monetize the land and named Mukund Raj, former vice president of
L&T Realty, as CEO.
The way an organisation is organized and controlled, its corporate priorities and the
measure of competition within its own organizational culture are linked to this element.
A strategy’s function is to help set new targets, a structure's role is to assist in
operations management, and rivalry helps to stimulate new creative ideas in
organisations. Due to the high demand and more competition in the market in the textile
industry, there is a strong rivalry in the textile industry amongst each other. This will
eventually result in more innovative and quality products into the market.
8 "Raymond Creates 30 lakh Work Hours of Employability for ...." 14 Jun. 2019,
https://indiacsr.in/raymond-creates-30-lakh-work-hours-of-employability-for-khadi-artisans/. Accessed 12
Nov. 2020.
9 ibid
2. Demand Conditions:
If your product is in high demand in your home market rather than in a foreign market,
the global competitiveness of the local exporting companies will be increased. This
would be a benefit; it will assist you in increasing a company as a rapid rise in demand
for a commodity. Raymond’s growth strategy for demand conditions is to make and
customize the product as per the demand of the customer. For example, the
collaboration with Khadi is showing par excellence in their growth strategy as it was
formulated as per the demanding conditions.
4. Factor Conditions:
Conditions of the factor can be seen as possibilities within a region. As any nation would
have dramatically different factors. So, it's a big benefit to work in a position that is
appropriate for your business needs. The variables are important; the most critical of all
could be the human resource. It is difficult to complete the necessary work without the
availability of manpower. They recruit the people who have passed out from the
renowned universities so as to be updated from the market viewpoint and could
channelize the demand of the customer in a better way and show the growth of the
business.
5. Strategy Implementation
Organizational Structure
The company expanded in structure and design over the course of the years. In order to
encourage greater participation of the top management in the organisational effort, the
organization was split into three regions, namely Western, Central and Eastern.
Raymond Limited is a part of the Western Zone in Chhindwara.
Balanced Scorecard
Ethics and Corporate Governance
Fair Dealing: Each director and employee of the company shall seek to deal equally
with the clients, suppliers, distributors, investors and competitors of the company.
Through deception, concealment, misuse of privileged knowledge, misrepresentation of
material evidence, or any other unfair dealing practise, no director or employee of the
Company can take unfair advantage of anyone.
Corporate opportunity: The Company's directors and employees shall not take
advantage of opportunities that are found by the use of corporate property, knowledge
or position for their own personal benefit, unless the opportunity is completely reported
in writing to the Board of Directors of the Company and the Board of Directors refuses
to pursue that opportunity.
The company's executives and staff are prohibited from: Taking for themselves any
possibility that belongs to the Company in particular or is discovered by the use of
corporate property, knowledge, or position; using personal advantage of corporate
property, knowledge, or position; and competing with the Corporation. 10
Leadership