Case Analysis: Colgate Precision Prepared for Instructor University Prepared by Student University October 19‚ 2011 INTRODUCTION Colgate-Palmolive has been researching and developing a superior toothbrush‚ the Colgate Precision‚ and as the Precision Product Manager I have overseen the development of the Precision from start to finish. We have been developing a technical innovation in the toothbrush industry‚ and with the product’s launch pending there have been several factors
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Macro social structure focuses on the bigger picture: are there any patterns of certain things occurring in a certain population or place? Weber describes macro social structural trends as being “often represented analytically as a set of lifeless statistics about different populations.”; she sees it as data and information. Looking
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effect of increased marketing spending and increases in raw material and packing costs. Looking ahead in 2005‚ Colgate will need to address the cost-effectiveness of adapting its marketing strategies implemented in the developed United States (US) market for the emerging Chinese and Mexican markets‚ each consisting of distinctly different consumer wants‚ needs and cultures that Colgate will first need to research on and understand. Consequently‚ it has to evaluate how it can tailor its marketing
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What are Micro Nutrients? Each flowering plant requires minor elements or micronutrients besides the chemical or organic fertilizers. These micronutrients help the plant in many ways‚ such as give more numbers of flowers‚ larger flower size and good luster of the petals. The above diagram shows symptoms associated with deficiency (shortage) of each micronutrient in the plant. If your plant has any micronutrient deficiencies‚ it will warn you by showing these symptoms on the leaves
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Colgate-Palmolive (CP)‚ the leading retail toothbrush manufacturer in the United-States is looking to expand its market share by entering into the competitive high-end toothbrush market segment with the introduction of its technologically innovative Precision. Though the product ’s introduction promised highly profitable returns‚ it also presented Colgate with a number of challenges including a significant financial investment‚ fierce competition‚ manufacturing limitations‚ and potential cannibalization
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Introduced in September 2002‚ 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
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Introduction Micro environment is the specific or the task environment of a business which affects its working or operations directly on a regular basis. While the changes or transformation in the macro environment will affect the business in the long run‚ the effects of changes or transformation in the microenvironment will be noticed immediately as it is near to the internal part of the business itself. Let us take a roughly look at the macro environment just to get the rough
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Background * Crest Crest is a brand of toothpaste made by Procter & Gamble in Germany and in the United States of America and sold worldwide. Crest was introduced in the United States in 1955. The Crest brand has also been associated with about twenty brands of dental care products‚ including toothpaste‚ toothbrushes‚ mouthwash‚ dental floss‚ as well as a tooth-whitening product called Crest Whitestrips. Examples of toothpastes include Crest Pro Health‚ Crest 3D White‚ Crest Tartar Protection
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CHAPTER 1 MACROECONOMIC SITUATION After an impressive growth performance for almost six years‚ the world economy has entered a period of uncertainty due to a financial turmoil triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States of America (USA). During 2002 to 2007‚ the world economic growth averaged 4.5 percent per annum compared to 3 percent in the 1990s. The sudden gloom in world economic prospects has come as a surprise in view of the persistent economic growth and stability
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SAU LECTURE NOTE ON ECO 213 INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS I COURSE OUTLINE 1. Nature and scope of macroeconomics • Macroeconomics defined • Why study macroeconomic • Macroeconomic theories • Relationship and interdependency of microeconomics and macroeconomics • Drawbacks of macroeconomics 2. National income accounting • Definitions • Concepts associated with national income •
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