Survey Questionnaire Topic: Social impact of marketing campaign of “Fair and Lovely” Purpose: This research is being conducted for the social impact of marketing campaign of fair & lovely. Your feedback will have significant impact on the overall findings and will be count as confidential. All the information provided by you will also be used only for the academic purpose. ------------------------------------------------- Your Age: ………………… Gender: Male
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Case Study: Fair & Lovely 1. Is it ethical to sell a product that is‚ at best‚ only mildly effective? Discuss. According to my opinion it is not ethical to sell the product that is at best‚ only mild effective because at a spur of the moment the consumer one feel it is the best but as the time goes on one understands the difference and realizes that their trust and loyalty with implicit understanding have been impeached and this may affect the brand in certain ways like pricing‚ promotion
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advertisement of Fair & Lovely demeaning to women‚ or is promoting fairness cream in a way not too dissimilar from how most cosmetics are promoted? 2.4 Will HLL’s Fair & Lovely Foundation be enough to counter charges made by AIDWA? 2.5 In light of AIDWA charges‚ how would you suggest Fair & Lovely promotes its products? Would your response be different if Forever continues to use “fairness” as a theme of its promotion? 2.6 Propose a promotion/marketing program that
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Discuss. No‚ it is not ethical. From this case‚ we can easily find out that the sales of the Fair & lovely and Fairever are totally based on the success of the advertisements. Skin color is a powerful theme in India and Asia where a lighter color represents a higher status. Both of the companies take advantage of the truth of the dark skin of the Indian people and emphasize a lot on the benefit of having fair skin. For example‚ in the HLL’s advertisement of “fairer girl gets the boy theme”‚ it featured
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Unilever’s Skin Research Centre unlocks nature’s fairness secrets to create new Fair & Lovely. Fair & Lovely‚ the largest-selling skin whitening cream in the world‚ is certainly doing well. Launched in 1978‚ it holds a commanding 50-70 per cent share of the skin whitening market in India‚ a market that is valued at over Rs 1‚200 core (Rs 12 billion) and growing at 10-15 per cent per annum. HLL christened Fair & Lovely as one of its six “mega brands” and has successfully launched new product formulations
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harmful for people’s health on each package sold as well as on advertisements. We assume that the customer is responsible and mature and can make his/her own decisions on whether to buy a product or not. The promotion that HLL launched for Fair and Lovely as the “miracle worker” probably was not the best approach since it could dupe the consumer regarding the true effect of the product. Since it is scientifically proven in the case that only minimal effect can be achieved‚ the company should rather
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example‚ a lot Indian women are happy because you they can see the change‚ however‚ there is this “one 26-year-old working woman has been a regular user for the past eight years but to no avail.” And this woman may not be alone in this. So it is not fair for her since she bought it for eight long years like she has been loyal to the brand. 2. Is it ethical to exploit cultural norms and values to promote a product? Discuss. No‚ it is not ethical to exploit cultural norms and values to promote
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cultural norms‚ Fair and lovely and advertising According to my opinion its is not ethical to sell the product that is at best‚ only mild effective because at a spur of the moment the consumer one feel it is the best but as the time goes on one understands the difference and realizes that their trust and loyalty with implicit understanding have been impeached and this may affect the brand in certain ways like pricing‚ promotion and may be distribution. The product fair and lovely lightens the skin
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perspectives(according to you) Logo Brand ambassador Marketing or advertising strategies Q 1. SWOT Analysis – Fair & Lovely Strengths 1. Market leader in skin-whitening segment • 9th most trusted brand in India (economic times survey 2010) • Around 50 % market share in 1000 Crore market 2. HUL has the deepest distribution network among FMCG companies. 3. Brand Positioning in line with Indian sentiments – “ A fair skin is like education‚ regarded as a social
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things at different times in different lands to different people. Nonetheless‚ as ethical concerns are an inseparable element of business‚ advertising can not ignore them. Sadly‚ the advertising industry has rarely cared to look beyond immediate marketing objectives. Telling the truth seems like a pretty basic ethical standard. The argument in the industry is that it is the government’s job to judge what is right and what is wrong. Shirking its own responsibility for regulation‚ the industry has
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