Designed to Lead 2009 Annual Report Contents A.G. Lafley Letter to Shareholders Bob McDonald Letter to Shareholders Touching Lives P&G Brands — Designed to Be Leaders Billion- and Half-Billion Dollar Brands Improving Life P&G Leaders — Built from Within Corporate Officers Board of Directors P&G at a Glance Financial Contents Shareholder Information 11-Year Financial Summary 1 5 8 10 12 16 18 24 25 26 27 72 73 Financial Highlights FINANCIAL SUMMARY (UNAUDITED) Amounts in millions‚ except
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Q1) With a key focus on the grocery industry‚ it has become widely accepted by numerous companies across a number of regions‚ that Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) has become a key catalyst for supply chain reform (Szymankiewicz‚ 1997). ECR drives forward a number of efficiency initiatives with an aim to re-engineer existing supply chains in the industry in the following areas: product development‚ product replenishment‚ store assortment and promotion. These aforementioned initiatives are enabled
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ONE: Fact or fiction; Environmental Marketing really has the potential to deliver a sustainable competitive advantage for businesses? Companies throughout the world are adapting sustainable approaches to business in order to maximise profits and promote a greener‚ more environmentally friendly way of operating. But the question they are all asking is will this help create a competitive advantage for the organisation‚ and will that advantage be sustainable over time? Environmental marketing is
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Taken together‚ our Purpose‚ Values and Principles are the foundation for P&G’s unique culture. Throughout our 174-year history‚ our business has grown and evolved while these elements have endured‚ and will continue to be passed down to generations of P&G people to come. Our Purpose unifies us in a common cause and growth strategy of improving more consumers’ lives in small but meaningful ways each day. It inspires P&G people to make a positive contribution every day. Our Values reflect
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SUMMARY CEO Statement October 2007 marks the 170th year P&G has been in business. We’ve sustained our Company’s growth over such a long period of time by staying focused on P&G’s Purpose: improving consumers’ lives in small but meaningful ways every day. Our commitment to Sustainable Development‚ which we define as “ensuring a better quality of life for everyone‚ now and for generations to come‚” is an important part of how we fulfill P&G’s Purpose. We have a long heritage as a Sustainability
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potential to become a truly global brand. There are 3 alternatives for SK-II’s global strategy: To build on the brand’s success in Japan‚ tap into China‚ or expand SK-II into Western Europe. If P&G chooses to focus on Japan‚ it is possible that they might achieve national brand recognition. However‚ to become a truly global brand‚ it is necessary that SK-II enters new markets. Yet‚ we must bear in mind that there are significant risks in P&G’s first-ever proposal to expand a Japanese brand
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Innovation Management of P&G Contents 1．Introduction 1 1.1 The introduction of P&G 1 1.2 The development of P&G 1 1.3 What the report is about 2 2. Evaluation of its innovation management 3 2.1 P&G’s way to search for ideas 3 2.2 Organic Structure of P&G 4 2.3 P&G’s way to manage human resource 5 2.4 P&G’s creative strategies 7 3. Recommendation to its innovation management 8 4．Summary 10 Reference: 11 1．Introduction
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) serves individuals around the world with one of the most influential portfolios of trusted‚ quality‚ leadership brands. To appreciate the importance of the P&G corporate philanthropy movement‚ one needs to acknowledge its scope. Procter and Gamble’s corporate philanthropy is not just limited to monetary donations made by corporations. The P&G supports projects to benefit the global communities in which the company operates with operations in 90 countries‚ serves nearly 5 billion
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the world has invested more in market research than P&G. We interact with more than five million consumers each year in nearly 100 countries. We conduct over 20‚000 research studies every year‚ and invest more than $400 million annually in consumer understanding. The insights we gain help us identify opportunities for innovation and better serve and communicate with our consumers. Innovation P&G is the industry’s innovation leader. Nearly all organic sales growth over the past decade has come from
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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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