1. How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal care industry?…
HPL is a major player in private label personal care industry. Private labels hold around 19% (around $4 billion) of personal care industry (around $21.6 billion). HPL holds approximately 28% share of this private label personal care market. Even though HPL is a small player in overall private label market with the revenues of approximately $700 million compared to overall private label market of $70 billion HPL is a major player in private label personal care industry.…
This company strives to be the best at what they do focusing on business, product, customers, suppliers, profit for shareholders, and a assurance of a better future for their employees. Their mission is to provide a healthier living for people around the world through their product.…
WE ALSO CARE THE HEALTH OF OUR CONSUMERS WITH SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR HEALTH CONCERNS.…
Today with sales of over Rs. 2,000 crore Wheel is ‘Brand No 1’ in the HUL portfolio not to mention the world’s largest selling detergent in volume terms. If Wheel were to be a standalone company it would rank 228 on the ET 500. Nitin Paranjpe, CEO, HUL, puts it rather succinctly when he says that every second Indian is a Wheel consumer.…
It is being positioned in the market as brand adding “Vitality to Life”. It sought for market leadership in a wide range of product categories and also across a broad spectrum of price points in each category. In 2004, HLL responded to high competition by further lowering the price across categories. It started the concept of “power brands”, initiated a channel-based system, supply chain efficiencies were captured and innovations were launched. It was the company with the a better rural penetration than any other company Its schemes like providing low-unit-packs tells us the how the company wants to penetrate deeper into the market.…
A friend works with HUL and in one of our conversations there was a casual reference that Fair & Lovely (F&L) as a brand is so huge for HUL, that it covers the entire salary cost of the company. We were intrigued by this fact. We checked the HUL annual report and collected some primary data and were surprised to see this was partially true. Employee Benefits Expenses for 2010-11 was Rs. 961.26 Cr and for 2011-12 was 1107.28 Cr. Market share of F&L is on an average 80% in the ‘Mass Skin Lightning’ segment and translates to around Rs. 1500 to 1700 Cr in Sales. When the opportunity for picking up a marketing project came up we thought of picking up F&L.…
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) Case Study & Company Analysis Company Profile • Incorporated in 1933 • The Company has over 16,000 employees & over 1500 managers • Annual Turnover of INR 27408 in 2013-14 • Strong local roots in more than 100 countries • Annual sales of €49.8 billion in 2013 • Unilever has 67.25% shareholding in HUL.…
* The UniPak brand is renowned as the functional and active operating company in Hazara region.…
HLL is today a multi-product, multi-unit organization addressing various public health challenges facing humanity. On the path of rapid growth, HLL has set its sights to be a Rs 1000 crore company by the year 2010. HLL has been declared a Mini Ratna Company by the Government of India and upgraded as a Schedule B PSU.…
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), a subsidiary of Unilever, is a fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company based in India. The company focuses on efficient delivery to consumers with an improved supply chain, brand building initiatives and innovation which has helped the company to sustain its leadership position in the overall FMCG category in India.…
The crazy thing is that Nestle and Dabur fell into the trap of Horlicks. It is GSK who dictates terms, all these new categories always existed in the market and GSK identified the market gap and filled it with its new product line. GSK is fully utilizing the strong brand equity of Horlicks to promote its new products and now Horlicks is India’s 6th trusted brand.…
t has a strong marketing network in India comprising over 1800 wholesalers and direct coverage of over 4,00,000 retail outlets. Horlicks sales have been strong in the south and eastern markets which contributes about 46 per cent and 47 per cent of the total sales. Milk-deficient South and East preferred white liquid powders (Horlicks, Viva, and Complan) as the drink could be prepared with hot water.…
Furthering this rich tradition of contributing to the community, HUL is focusing on health & hygiene education, women empowerment, and water management. In addition to these important platforms, HUL is also involved in a number of community support activities, like providing audio-visual packages for basic education in primary schools, education and rehabilitation of special or underprivileged children, care for the destitute and HIV-positive, and rural development.…
Today with sales of over Rs 2,000 crore Wheel is 'Brand No 1' in the HUL portfolio not to mention the world's largest selling detergent in volume terms. If Wheel were to be a standalone company it would rank 228 on the ET 500. Nitin Paranjpe , CEO, HUL, puts it rather succinctly when he says that every second Indian is a Wheel consumer.…