Marketing Strategy (MKT306) Alexander Berger Neusserstraße.56 50670 Köln Germany Student No.: 089110519 Friday 9th July 2010 A Strategic Analysis of Colgate´s toothpaste product line TABEL OF CONTENT 1. 2. 3. Executive Summary .....................................................................................................- 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................- 1 Situational analysis.....
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COLGATE PALMOLIVE - THE PRECISION TOOTHBRUSH CASE ANALYSIS QUESTIONS 1. List and briefly discuss the changes occurring in the toothbrush category and Colgate Palmolive’s competitive position. The greatest change happening is the move of the consumers from value segment to the professional segment. Their professional brush market has increased. They are now trying to introduce a new toothbrush to the market which should be in a segment of its own. This toothbrush should get them in the super premium
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COLGATE PALMOLIVE PRECISION TOOTH BRUSH Synopsis :- The analysis of the two different launch strategies 1. Introduction and Company Background. Colgate Palmolive was the global leader in household and personal products‚ with sales of $6.06 billion and gross profit of $2.76 billion‚ as in 1991. The company was also the No. 1 in US retail tooth brush market with 23.3% of volume share. The company had 43% of the world’s tooth paste market and 16% of the world tooth brush market. In 1991 there was
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production‚ distribution and provision of household‚ health care and personal products‚ such as soaps‚ detergents‚ and oral hygiene products . In 1806‚ William Colgate‚ himself a soap and candle maker‚ opened up a starch‚ soap‚ and candle factory on Dutch Street in New York City under the name of "William Colgate & Company". In the 1840s‚ the firm began selling individual bars in
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Introduction Colgate Palmolive ltd. is one of the largest FMCG Company in India. Colgate-Palmolive headquartered in New York City is the biggest seller of toothpaste and a world leader in oral care products (mouthwash‚ toothpastes‚ and toothbrushes). The company also makes personal care products (baby care‚ deodorants‚ shampoos‚ soaps) and household cleaners (bleaches laundry products‚ soaps). Its other well-known brands include Palmolive dishwashing liquid and tabs‚ Ajax surface cleaners‚ and laundry
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Colgate is famous for having a long history of strong relationship with its retail trade partners. This Company delights consumers around there world with a an array of Oral Care‚ Home Care‚ Personal Care‚ and Pet Nutrition products. Small stores around the world are just important to Colgate as large ones. Behind the success of Colgate’s brands are carefully developed business and marketing strategies. Based on consumer and shopper insights‚ the Company works closely with local merchandisers and
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people. People who work in marketing departments of companies try to get the attention of target audiences by using slogans‚ packaging design‚ celebrity endorsements and general media exposure. The four ’Ps’ of marketing are product‚ place‚ price and promotion Market Segmentation A marketing term referring to the aggregating of prospective buyers into groups (segments) that have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action. Market segmentation enables companies to target different
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Concluding concepts 13 Colgate: one squeeze too many? Colgate is the world’s number one toothpaste company but they have their eye on another market – over the counter (OTC) drugs. What would you think of Colgate aspirin or Colgate antacid? Would you buy Colgate laxatives or Colgate dandruff shampoo? That is exactly what ColgatePalmolive would like to know. Colgate wants to investigate the possibility of entering the over-the-counter (OTC) drugs market. Can it use its Colgate brand name‚ developed
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marketing mix for each product lines. It helps a company to understand the performance and act on it; to invest‚ to hold‚ to harvest or to divest. To further demonstrate the phenomena‚ the theory will be applied on the oral care industry in Malaysia; toothpaste‚ toothbrush‚ mouthwash and any other products related to oral hygiene. The companies operating in this particular industry are Colgate-Palmolive‚ Oral B‚ Southern Lion and Sensodyne. In-depth analysis will be done using Colgate-Palmolive
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Marketing planning Task 1: Changes in the marketing perspective over the period of time In this era marketing is of great importance. In the past people and mostly organizations used to believe that marketing like any other element is a part of business which helps to increase the sales but with changing time importance of marketing was realized. Today‚ marketing has a true and vast meaning. Now marketing is basically about satisfaction of the customers. With time marketers have learnt the true
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