Financial Accounting Dr. Pointer May 3rd‚ 2012 Introduction The primary objective of this paper is to analyze the similarities and differentiations in accounting policies of two companies: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Procter & Gamble (P&G). The accounting policies are mainly focus on their different approaches in solving accounting problems about acquisition and divestitures‚ investment and joint ventures‚ financial instruments‚ stockholders’ equity‚ etc. The purpose of discussing
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Strengths of P&G Weaknesses of P&G Customer understanding P&G invest twice as much in R&D than there closest competitor to identify opportunities for innovation and better serve and communicate with our consumers. There average annual reach is -Interacting with more than five million consumers in nearly 100 countries. -conducting over 20‚000 research studies - invest more than $400 million. Customer base changes Customer preferences and behaviours all effect P&G because the company is
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P&G-Gillette Introduction On January 28th 2005 P&G agreed to buy Gillette for $57bn (£30). Gillette was the number 1 in razor accessories and proctor gamble was number 1 in consumer products‚ a marriage of the best in their respective industries. The merger of the two companies created “the world’s largest consumer products conglomerate.” Gillette was a leader in its category of razors and batteries‚ merging with P&G provided it access to P&G’s technology and marketing skills
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Colgate’s ‘Simply White’ posed a threat to P&G’s dominant market share in the over- the-counter teeth whitening product category. Colgate emphasized that its product bleached teeth as effectively as P&G’s Crest Whitestrips and priced it at a significant 65% lower than Whitestrips which allowed it to gain almost 50% market share. Although concept tests done by P&G indicated that consumers perceived both products to be equal in terms of whitening levels‚ P&G’s internal scientific data suggested that
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Peter White is the Director of Global Sustainability‚ Procter & Gamble (P&G)‚ Newcastle‚ UK. In his article is about building a sustainability strategy into the business. He describes efforts to implement sustainability at P&G‚ a global consumer goods company with over 300 brands marketed in over 180 countries. In his article‚ the company are eliminating trade-offs between performance‚ value and sustainability. P&G was an early adopter of the concept of sustainable development‚ making
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Introduction to Procter & Gamble Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a multinational corporation that provides consumer products in the areas of pharmaceuticals‚ cleaning supplies‚ personal care‚ and pet supplies. The global consumer goods company was started by William Procter‚ an English candle maker & James Gamble‚ an Irish soap maker in 1837‚ and has been well established since then‚ ranking fifth place of the "World’s Most Admired Companies” by Fortune Magazine . P&G constantly strives to provide branded products
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and spending on advertising and promoting the brand. Procter & Gamble (P&G) has been known to be one of the most skillful marketers of consumer packaged goods and also the company holds one of the most powerful groups of trusted brands. Developing brand equity is vital as it allows companies to more effectively engage with their customer base in such a way that drives brand loyalty‚ allowing the business to grow further. P&G energies brand loyalty due to its numerous capabilities and philosophies
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demographic‚ and natural environment forces; political‚ governmental‚ and legal forces; technological forces; as well as competitive forces. From this article‚ there are some external opportunities that can be pointed. One of the opportunities is P&G desires to accelerate its growth in developing markets‚ such as Brazil and India. This activity will create job opportunities and at the same time‚ it also helps to reduce unemployment rate at the countries involved. Every percentage point less in
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consumers’ lives in the world now and forever. As stated on their website‚ “Our purpose works to unify us in a common cause and growth strategy. It is powerful because it promotes a simple idea to improve the lives of the world’s consumers every day. P$G grows by touching and improving more consumers’ lives in more parts of the world…more completely.” The company has multiple SBU’s that are broken up into two categories which consist of household care and beauty & grooming. The household category houses
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evolution of strategy at Procter and Gamble‚ then answer these questions: a) What strategy was P&G pursuing when it first entered foreign markets in the period up until the early 1990s? b) Why do you think this strategy became less viable in 1990s. In the pre-1990’s era P&G found their international expansion through the use of a localization strategy. They did develop many of their products in Cincinnati‚ but they relied on their semi-autonomous subsidiaries to manufacture
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