Bonus Question 11 i. Part (A) 11 ii. Part (b) 11 12. References: 13 Final MBA Exam Take-Home Exam Procter & Gamble (Scope) Answer the Following Questions (Please pay attention to tables and figures disclosed in the case) pay attention to all issues required in questions! Extremely brief answers or copy and paste from the case or the book or the slides‚ are not acceptable! Question 1: Do you consider P&G a sales‚ product or marketing oriented
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Procter & Gamble GBS Report & Recommendations Introduction: P & G is the quintessential American company‚ with more than 175 years of history. Coming from humble roots‚ it was established by a partnership of William Procter and his brother in law James Gamble. Over its extensive history‚ P&G has followed an aggressive “growth by acquisition” strategy which has transformed it into the global manufacturer of household & health items in the world. After P & G’s merger with
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are low or in most cases null. Position of the company in the Industry: P&G has a global leader position in the consumer goods industry with many well known premium products in its portfolio like: - Fabric and Home Care: Tide‚ Cascade - Baby‚ Feminine and Family Care: Bounty - Beauty Care: Max factor‚ Cover Girl‚ Head & Shoulders - Health Care: Crest - Food and Beverage: Folgers Coffee Company Strategy Analysis Procter & Gamble is a related diversified company with five main business
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The US shift. During the middle of last century‚ the US market was very homogeneous with a large and growing middle class of consumers with very similar needs and interests for products. The idea from P&G to satisfy the needs of the American consumers was to create a competitive brand management system based on product divisions containing different brands. Each brand was managed by the Brand Managers who had a full team of sales‚ R&D‚ manufacturing and so on working on the brand. Brands under the
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1 Established in 1837‚ Proctor and Gamble (P&G) had developed a holy grail of principles and practices. Its philosophy is focused on individual talents‚ abilities and how best to make use of them. P&G source this talent from within the organization attracting people willing to spend their entire career with the company. Proctor & Gamble has developed a reputation of caution in the industry of household ’s sundries and personal care products. It ’s marketing strategies and judgements towards different
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a more narrowly defined group. Globalisation and the Internet have made niche marketing more feasible to many. Marketers appeal to local markets through grassroots marketing for trading areas‚ neighbourhoods and even individual stores. More companies now practice individual and mass customisation. The future is likely to see more self-marketing‚ a form of marketing in which individual consumers take the initiative in designing products and brands. There are two bases for segmenting consumer
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History William Procter‚ a candle maker‚ and James Gamble‚ a soap maker‚ immigrants from England and Ireland‚ respectively‚ formed the company initially. Alexander Norris‚ their father-in law‚ called a meeting in which he persuaded his new sons-in-law to become business partners. On October 31‚ 1837‚ as a result of the suggestion‚ Procter & Gamble was born. In 1859‚ sales reached one million dollars. By this point‚ approximately eighty employees worked for Procter & Gamble. During the American
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Procter & Gamble: A Company with Global Operations MKT 421 December 16‚ 2013 Procter & Gamble: A Company with Global Operations Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a leading manufacturer of personal and home care products. P&G is an international company that operates in 40 different countries. This paper will examine the environmental factors that affect how effective P&G’s global marketing efforts are. These factors known as environmental forces include social and economic forces‚ as well as technological
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paper is that to present the difficulties Procter & Gamble faced in the early 1980¡¦s due to a correlation between the company¡¦s Rely tampon and the disease Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS). Also‚ how the company handled the findings before and after new laws were passed by Congress giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate medical devices‚ which included tampons. Thereafter‚ I will analyze the ethical issues relevant to this case within a SWOT analysis. Introduction Corporate
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Procter & Gamble— Scope 44 CASE 26 A s Gwen Hearst looked at the year-end report‚ she was pleased to see that Scope held a 32 percent share of the mouthwash market for 1990. She had been concerned about the inroads that Plax‚ a prebrushing rinse‚ had made in the market. Since its introduction in 1988‚ Plax had gained a 10 percent share of the product category and posed a threat to Scope. As brand manager‚ Hearst planned‚ developed‚ and directed the total marketing effort for Scope‚ Procter
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