CASE STUDY COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY THE PRECISION TOOTHBRUSH REPORT Submitted By Group-2‚ Section-D Abhishek Chowdhary‚ PGP2011507 Baljinder Singh‚ PGP2011587 Jubin Mahajan‚ PGP2011668 Rishabh Ratna‚ PGP2011825 Roopak Bhartee‚ PGP2011833 Vasanth C‚ PGP2011930 Vineeta Singh‚ PGP2011940 Executive Summary The Colgate-Palmolive case involves the Precision toothbrush‚ which was entered into the market in 1993 by Colgate-Palmolive. This marketing plan summarizes the company’s
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Promotion of Colgate-Palmolive Promotion is a communication means the merits of the product and persuade customers to buy it . Promotion has following four distinct elements. Personal selling ‚ Advertising ‚ Sales Promotion‚and Public relations which can be used as such or can be used in combination to promote the product . ADVERTISEMENT Colgate primarily used advertisements as its main promotion strategies. Its different products which are designed for different segments are targeted to the
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What is the main business problem the firm is facing? The main business problem facing Colgate-Palmolive (CP) is deciding the positioning of Colgate Precision. CP has the opportunity to position Precision as mainstream or niche. By our definition‚ mainstream would target engaged brushers (brushing multiple times a day and highly involved in multiple facets of oral hygiene)‚ while niche would focus on customers who have one specific identifiable concern‚ namely gum disease in this case. What are
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Part-1‚Case No- 1. Colgate’s Distasteful Toothpaste Identify the major strategic and ethical issues faced by Colgate in its partnership with Hawley and Hazel. Answer: Colgate face some strategic and ethical issue in its partnership with Hawley and Hazel. Those are given below: Strategic issue : 1. Colgate had no right to make decision in management which called management prerogative. 2. African black offence it’s product because of brand name and logo promote racism. 3. Overcome bad image
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marketing strategy for the launch of the new Colgate Precision. The issue can be divided into the following four major areas: 1. Positioning: Which market should be targeted? 2. Branding: Should Colgate make the most of the company’s brand? 3. Communication & Promotion: How does Colgate distribute its advisement expenditures among products? How much should Colgate invest in advertising Colgate Precision? 4. Channel: Which distribution channel should Colgate use? Our team must analyze the two differing
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Colgate-Hawley Colgate’s Distasteful Toothpaste This case discusses the implications Colgate faced when partnering with Hawley and Hazel in August 1985 (Luthans & Doh‚ 2012). The case presents “Darkie”‚ an objectionable toothpaste product being sold in the Asian market by Hawley and Hazel for almost 65 years. “Darkie” toothpaste featured a black-faced man on the packaging; modeled after entertainer‚ Al Jolson. Once Colgate partnered with Hawley and Hazel ethical issues began to arise as
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commercial toothpaste became available. Combined with peroxide‚ it makes a potent teeth whitener for much less than expensive whitening toothpastes or strips. Being a naturally occurring compound‚ baking soda is safe for cleaning teeth to a certain extent. It has the property of neutralizing agents that are responsible for causing discoloration and foul odors. This makes it an ideal ingredient for teeth bleaching and cleaning stains. While using it as a baking soda toothpaste‚ it cleans
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Acknowledgement “No project is ever a work of only one person and this one is no exemption”. This project is the product of many hands‚ and countless hours from many people. My thanks go out to all those who helped‚ whether through their comments‚ feedback or suggestions. It gives me immense pleasure to express my deep sense of gratitude to prof. (faculty guide) for his valuable guidance‚ constant supervision and above all his continuous encouragement‚ constant supervision and above all his
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Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush as an accessory to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth. Toothpaste is used to promote oral hygiene: it serves as an abrasive that aids in removing the dental plaque and food from the teeth‚ assists in suppressing halitosis‚ and delivers active ingredients (mainly fluoride) to help prevent tooth and gum disease (gingivitis).[1] Most of the cleaning is achieved by the mechanical action of the toothbrush‚ and not by the
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Colgate Palmolive Case Problem/Opportunity Richard Werner has to decide which marketing strategy to use with an increase in marketing budget will grow the market share of Colgate The marketing strategy/plan needs to increase overall profit for 2013 Analysis Strengths Big brand awareness‚ #1 in the market share (have 32.4% of market) It is a staple category for most retailers allowing them to get into more stores and offer more promotions as it increases the revenues for the stores Have very good
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