Samsung Mobileis India’s Most Desired Brand in 2020; 4thtime in six editions: TRA Research

Tata leads with 30 brands featured; Godrej 11; Amul, Reliance, LG &have 9 each

Mumbai. 26^th February, 2020. South Korean electronics giant Samsung wins the crown in TRA’s Most Desired Brands2020, making it a fourth time victory in six editions of the report. The brand also led the list in 2018, 2015 and 2013 reports as well. Technology giant Apple takes the 2^nd place up one rank from last year, having climbed steadily over the years from rank 290 in 2015 to the exalted place this year. Samsung features again at 3^rd rank in the Consumer Electronics Category. Sony TV, the GEC channel is a debut entry and rises by an impressive 594 ranks to occupy the 4th position this year followed by Maruti Suzuki at 5^th. The Austin-based laptop maker Dell secures 6^th rank; Samsung in Televisions at 7^th, Amul Milk at 8^th, Honda Activaat 9^th and Hyundai at 10^thfollow sequentially. The MDB 2020 list has 394 new brand entries which did not feature in the last edition.

N. Chandramouli, CEO, TRA Research, said at the launch of the report, “Desire is a longing for a brand irrespective of its need, and the success of a brand is highly dependent on the desire quotient it emanates. The brands which feature in this list have been able to exude a deep magnetic pull that impacts the consumer at a subliminal level. TRA’s syndicated research is based on our proprietary Brand Desire Matrix which measures consumers’ expressions of desire on 36 intangible attributes of a brand”.MDB 2020 lists 1000 brands across 326 Categories and 39 Super-Categories.

The F&B Category has 159 brands in the report and FMCG features 129, totalling 28.8% of the listing. Automobile features 75 brands, Consumer Electronics lists 59 and BFSI & Personal Accessories have 56 brands each. The Fashion-to-Financial Services conglomerate,Tata Group, leads with 29 brands featured, of which ten are Category leaders. Godrej Group has 11 brands listed with three Category leaders and Amulgets 9 brands included in the report of which eight top respective Categories.

Indian brands dominate the top 100 of India’s Most Desired list featuring 42 brands, followed by 15 American, 12 Japanese and 11 South Korean brands. 6 German brands also feature of which three luxury car brands dominate the list. 4 UK brands make it to top 100, and the three Chinese brands which are included in the list are from the Mobile Phone category.

About India’s Most Desired Brands 2020

India’s Most Desired Brands 2020, the fifth in the Report series, is the result of primary research based on the proprietary 36 Attributes of Desiredness that have been studied and identified by TRA Research. This year’s research was conducted among 1,454 consumer-influencers across 14 cities and generated nearly 3 million data points and 5,000 unique brand mentions, out of which the top 1000 brands have been listed in this year’s Report. The 192-page, hardbound report is available for Rs.14,000/-.

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About TRA Research          

TRA Research, a Comniscient Group company, is a brand strategy and actionable brand insights company, dedicated to understanding and analyzing Consumer Buying Propensity. Buying Propensity is made up of Brand Trust and Brand Desire, which are proprietary Brand Matrices of TRA. TRA continuously conducts primary syndicated research with consumers and other stakeholders to assist brands’ business decisions and give consumer insights on improving a brand’s ‘keenness-to-buy’. TRA provides Consumer Intelligence Reports mined from its 33 million data-points on brand intangibles of 10,000 brands collected over the years, and also undertakes custom-made studies for brands. TRA is the publisher of The Brand Trust Report, India's Most Desired Brands and India’s Most Consumer Focused Brands.

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