INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY OF PARENT COMPANY When a firm decides to go international with their business they must face many competitive decisions. Two of the most important decisions a company will face are the pressures for cost reduction and pressures for local responsiveness. The pressure of cost reduction forces a firm to lower their value of the cost of creation. Firms can outsource to places where costs of their products are much cheaper or they can mass-produce a standardized product
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Janice Angelica Ms Padilla AP Language 25 August 2013 SOAP: MLK “I Have a Dream” speech Martin Luther King’s speech was not nearly a “cry” but a declaration to the change he wanted to see within the United States. In his speech‚ he speaks of his dreams where both white and black citizens can get along without the barricade of “prejudice”. He speaks of states that continue to accept slavery such as Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ and Louisiana. His subject is slavery‚ but he also talks
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SAKSHI GUPTA Selection Of The Product The Product chosen by me is Dove Company is Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) Company Profile HUL is India’s largest FMCG Company with a span of over 75 years. Having 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories such as soaps‚ shampoos‚ detergents‚ cosmetics‚ toothpastes‚ skin care‚ deodorants‚ tea‚ coffee‚ ice cream‚ packaged foods and water purifiers‚ the Company is a part of the daily life of millions of consumers across India. Over 16‚000 employees
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DOVE: EVOLUTION OF A BRAND Ques What is a brand? Why does Unilever want fewer of them? * Definition: A name‚ term‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers. The legal term for brand is trademark. A brand may identify one item‚ a family of items‚ or all items of that seller. If used for the firm as a whole‚ the preferred term is trade name. Why fewer brands? * Global decentralization brought problems of
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Marketing Strategy Analysis: Dove Milk Chocolate (Author’s name) (Institutional Affiliation) Target Market Geography: New Jersey is a highly populated area located on the east coast of the United States of America with an array of different cultures (Mars Nutrition Incorporation‚ 2012) Rationale: The high population of New Jersey would provide a very large source of consumers regardless of the cultures Age: Gender: Both men and women. Rationale: At the very young ages‚ both genders consume
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Product “In 1957‚ the Dove Beauty Bar was introduced in the US. It promised women that it wouldn’t dry their skin the way soap did. Women tried it. And it didn’t. Thus began a very trusting and lasting relationship between the brand and its users.” ( www.unilever.com.ph/brands/personalcarebrands/dove.aspx) This product of Unilever Global Company is used to replace soap in taking care of women’s skin. With its patented blend of mild cleansers and ¼ moisturizing cream‚ Dove Beauty bar is known all
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Objectives of the Marketing Plan “Setting objectives for a marketing plan is not simple and straightforward matter. It is an iterative process whereby objectives are set‚ strategies and action plans are developed‚ and then it is decided whether the planned objectives are impossible‚ achievable or easy. Marketing objectives should be difficult‚ but they must be achievable. The aim is to set objectives that a challenge‚ but can be achieved with effort. They must be motivating rather than discouraging
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SOAP INTRODUCTION * SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol * SOAP is a communication protocol * SOAP is for communication between applications * SOAP is a format for sending messages * SOAP communicates via Internet * SOAP is platform independent * SOAP is language independent * SOAP is based on XML * SOAP is simple and extensible * SOAP allows you to get around firewalls * SOAP is a W3C recommendation SOAP‚ originally defined as Simple Object
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DOVE Case * In the 1950s Dove established the market positioning of being unique and differentiated itself from other normal soap bars‚ which leave the consumers with dry skin after usage‚ by coming up with a bar that moisturizes the consumers` skin after usage with inclusion of one-quarter cleansing cream. * It aimed to become a masterbrand in February 2000 to extend its category beyond the beauty bar category‚ such as deodorants‚ hair care products‚ facial cleansers‚ body lotions and hair
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of a certain product. Take Dove for example. Prior to 2004‚ this international mega brand used advertising tactics much like many beauty brands in the industry were using- skinny models‚ sexual innuendos‚ and trendy images. 1 But their products weren‟t getting the success they hoped for. Driven by a declining market share and decreased sales‚ Dove decided to take a daring new move and use curvier women in their ads. They called their new campaign the “Dove Campaign for Real Beauty”. The
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