Samsung India knows this is now or never and its new changes reflect its future plans
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If you think only you are concerned what to gift and how to spend the upcoming festivals in the best possible manner. You are wrong! Companies are also thinking how to make the most of the festive season. Keeping this in mind, Samsung India has changed its business heads and made some modifications in its verticals.According to the industry and trade executives, the South Korean company has merged two of its three verticals of consumer electronics business and changed business heads in an unusual mid-year reshuffle ahead of the crucial festive season.
The country's largest cell phone maker has merged the vertical that managed its own brand stores with retail sales that dealt with independent dealers and distributors.
They said the regional retail vertical, which caters to large regional chains such as Viveks, Adishwar Retail, Great Eastern and Vijay Sales, will continue as it is.
Rajeev Bhutani, who used to head retail sales, has become vice-president for business strategy.
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The sources said all these changes have been made in the last one month.
Mobile phones contributed 70% to Samsung India's Rs 40,392 crore revenues in 2013-14. The company has not yet disclosed the 2014-15 numbers. A top industry executive, who requested anonymity, said Hong — who in his last role was the president of Samsung's Latin America operations for three years — is evaluating possibilities of further restructuring the consumer electronics business if the current structure does not deliver result.
The company may then adopt the business structure it follows in the cell phone business where the business is divided as per geography, referred to as India One and India Two within Samsung, the person said. While Samsung may still be the
A top executive in a rival firm is of the view that Samsung's white goods business was under pressure this year since consumers have cut back on spending while the Korean firm is more focused on the premium segment. "The company is trying to upgrade sales by launching high-end products with attractive consumer finance schemes and promotions, but consumer sentiments are still down and the company's margins are under pressure," the person said.
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