What is the main business problem the firm is facing? The main business problem facing Colgate-Palmolive (CP) is deciding the positioning of Colgate Precision. CP has the opportunity to position Precision as mainstream or niche. By our definition‚ mainstream would target engaged brushers (brushing multiple times a day and highly involved in multiple facets of oral hygiene)‚ while niche would focus on customers who have one specific identifiable concern‚ namely gum disease in this case. What are
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is Colgate. Colgate is a division of the Colgate-Palmolive brand that produces soaps‚ detergents and oral hygiene products. Colgate focuses on oral hygiene and is a maker of toothpaste and toothbrushes. Started in 1806 by William Colgate as a soap and candle company. When William died in 1857‚ his soon took over. In 1837‚ Colgate introduced their first toothpaste and was the first to introduce toothpaste in a tube. In 1928 Palmolive-Peet bought Colgate and in 1953 the name changed to Colgate-Palmolive
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partnership of Colgate with Hawley and Hazel‚ a big company selling a toothpaste “Darkie” in the Asian Market. Colgate bought 50% of the company and not received the management right. Colgate wanted to expand the brand all around the world and discovered difficulty of ethic with the brand name and the logo. We will see on this study various aspect of the intercultural management‚ as the Ethic‚ and the various culture is Asia country. I will describe the strategies and the management of Colgate. Ethic
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CASE STUDY: SENSODYNE OVERTAKES COLGATE IN SENSITIVE CATEGORY INTRODUCTION The sensitive toothpaste segment accounts for less than 10% of the country ’s Rs 5‚400-crore toothpaste market at Rs 470 crore‚ but is growing at 50% a year. Oral care giant Colgate Palmolive‚ which controls about 53% of the country ’s toothpaste market‚ has been selling its Sensitive brand in India since the last seven years. India had very low levels of awareness on the condition of tooth sensitivity. Over the past
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PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE Samsung was the first company to introduce the 3DTV to Australia. They released the first range of 3DTVs in 2010. In relation to the product life cycle of the Samsung 3DTVs they were at their introduction stage. At this stage they had just introduced this new product to their normal range of HDTVs (LED LCD’s & Plasmas) and the 3DTV was a new product which did not have as much Exposure to the market as their normal range did. At this introduction stage of the products life
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Marketing Mix From a modest start in 1937‚ when hand-carts were used to distribute Colgate Dental Cream‚ Colgate- Palmolive India today has one of the widest distribution networks in India - that spans 5.3 million retail outlets across the country‚ of which the company services 20‚00‚000 outlets directly. Below is the comparison of the retail distribution in 2010 and 2012: Creating Market Awareness: CPIL has been able to increase the sales volume of the toothpaste and tooth powder segment
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to create a physical seal against sensitivity triggers. Product Characteristic: Category: Toiletries Packaging: Paper box Pricing range: Rupees. 50 to 200 Unit per sale: A tube in 50gram and 120gram Storage: At room temperature Shelf life: 24 months. Key challenges for brands: - Since a long time‚ toothpaste in India was just meant to clean one’s teeth and have a ring of confidence in the personality of the user‚ and Colgate still is the market leader in the toothpaste segment. The competition
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marketing strategy for the launch of the new Colgate Precision. The issue can be divided into the following four major areas: 1. Positioning: Which market should be targeted? 2. Branding: Should Colgate make the most of the company’s brand? 3. Communication & Promotion: How does Colgate distribute its advisement expenditures among products? How much should Colgate invest in advertising Colgate Precision? 4. Channel: Which distribution channel should Colgate use? Our team must analyze the two differing
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Industry lifecycle 25 years ago‚ the company was in its infancy‚ working primarily from project to project. The sharp increase in the industry occurred in the mid to late 1990s‚ with a change of ownership and a strategy to create a critical mass‚ develop new fi lms and establish a wider network of new theatres. It was at this point that commercial theatres were introduced to the industry. Further development within the industry will be spurred by the production of new fi lms and an increased
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I would like define the term‚ product. The word product qualifies a marketing concept. A product is more than a person‚ place or thing. Nothing is more important to a marketing strategy than the ?product concept?. A product is anything that can be offered to a market for attention‚ acquisition‚ use‚ or consumption and that might satisfy a want or need; it includes physical objects‚ services‚ persons‚ places‚ organizations‚ and ideas. In fact‚ finding the right product concept is one of the four critical
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