A. Strategic resources required 1. Core Competencies Flexible with seasons Fashion is fickle‚ and trends come and go. For Katsa Co. to be able to survive in the cutthroat world of fashion‚ it has to be able to keep up with the fast-changing trends. The company has to be forward-looking: anticipating what designs would prove popular for the forthcoming seasons Innovative designs Through test market surveys‚ we will able to determine what designs are more popular with our target market‚ which
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product portfolios diverse day by day and using different marketing and promotional strategies to increase their market share. In the market many substitutes are available for products at cheaper prices. This is specially affecting the strategy of P & G Due to recession‚ the consumer spending has decreased globally. Also‚ the prices for raw materials are increasing so cost to the company is increasing. Government interventions in developing markets WEAKNESSES The large scale operations of
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Unilever in Brazil Marketing Strategies for Low-Income Consumers I would recommend that Unilever launch a sub-brand of OMO detergent powder in Brazil and target it on low-income Northeast consumers. Let’s name it “OMO Scrub”. This recommendation was evaluated on the basis of the following factors: I. Gaining market position Unilever can gain market share by stealing market share from laundry soap‚ especially the market share of other brands. In current detergent powder market‚ Unilever products
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UNILEVER Portfolio Management Sohail Aslam Esmeralda García Christoph J. Szczecina Henrique A. Lima de Faria Fachhochschule Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts June 19th‚ 2008 PERSPECTIVES 1. UNILEVER Company - Overview - Legal structure - Group distribution 2. Executive Management - Vision - Mission - Strategic Objectives - Strategic Plan 3. Portfolio Management - Identification - Categorization - Evaluation - Selection - Prioritization - Portfolio Balancing - Authorization
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Unilever Analysis Unilever should introduce a new‚ premium bar soap named Omo Luz for quality and value-conscious consumers‚ while lowering the price point of Minerva to reduce cannibalization and increase appeal to low to middle income segment in Northeast Brazil. In order to accomplish this mission and remain profitable‚ target primarily married low income women who value family and reputation; those who would otherwise buy P&G brand detergent or a local brand. This new Omo product will be
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History Unilever was founded on 1 January 1930 by Antonius Johannes Jurgens‚ Samuel van den Bergh and William Hulme Lever‚ 2nd Viscount Leverhulme. 1930s : Business grew and new ventures were launched in Africa and Latin America. 1969 : The Company consolidated its African businesses under Unilever SA‚ with the following operating subsidiaries. 1972 : Unilever purchased A&W Restaurants’ Canadian division 1987 : Unilever strengthened its position in the world skin care market by acquiring
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Decade of Organizational Change at Unilever What did Unilever’s decentralized organizational structure make sense from the 1950s through the 1970s? Why did this structure start to create problems for the company in the 1980s. Discussion Question # 1 What was Unilever trying to do when it introduced a new structure based on business groups in the mid-1990s? Why do you think that this structure failed to cure Unilever’s ills? Discussion Question #2 In the 2000s Unilever has switched to a structure based
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------------------------------------------------- MARKETING: Group 1 ------------------------------------------------- Case: Chandon‚ Pierre (2004). Unilever in Brazil: Marketing Strategies for Low-income Consumers (Question 1 a & b) a) Discuss whether marketing and branding can create value for poor consumers. Marketing is the performance of activities that seek to accomplish organisations objectives by anticipating customer or client needs and directing a flow of need satisfying
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Marketing Mix OUTLINE o INTRODUCTION o UNILEVER AT A GLANCE o STP STRATEGY Segmentation Targeting Positioning • 4 Ps o CONCLUSION UNILEVER AT A GLANCE Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods. UNILEVER was founded in 1930 190 countries in which their products are sold 171‚000 employees at the end of the year 2011 €1 billion invested in R&D worldwide in 2011 CUSTOMER PARTNERSHIPS o Unilever has products for three markets: • FOOD • PERSONAL CARE
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Department ♦Planning department ♦Costing department ♦Finance department ♦Payment department ♦Cash office ♦Wages & salaries department ♦Business Support Department ♦Administration department Unilever Pakistan Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever Overseas Holding‚ UK‚ Unilever PLC (a company incorporated in the United Kingdom) Fundamentals of Organization We often begin to describe a firms Structure by looking at its Organization Chart. Organizational Chart:- The reporting
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