WAC for Colgate-Palmolive "The Precision Toothbrush" Introduction Colgate-Palmolive (CP) is a global leader in household and personal care products‚ with over $6.06 billion in sales and a gross profit of $2.76 billion. CP’s five-year plan emphasizes new product launches and entry into new geographic markets and a continuing focus on core consumer products. Although international sales remained CP’s strong suit‚ accounting for 64% of sales and 67% of profits in 1991‚ the company faced tough competition
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Chonlaros Rattanataros ID # 5202040142 MK.601 Economic Analysis (Part II) Homework II – Judo in Action 1. In each of the four cases‚ does the entrant or challenger (i.e. Softsoap‚ Red Bull‚ supermarkets‚ Freeserve) have a competitive advantage when they market? Would they if the incumbents imitated their product offerings immediately? Softsoap According to the time of the case‚ bar soap is the product which is the market leader until late 1977‚ Minnetonka release Soap Machine that is the first time
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it was difficult to guess events and to consider about the relations between episodes. Honestly‚ I was unimpressed. There are two main characters in the book: John Johnson and Susan Colgate. Firstly‚ Johnson is a successful movie producer. He will make a movie which is named in the novel B movie. Secondly‚ Colgate is a child pageant star. When she was going to United States there was an air crash. Although this accident she survived without scratch. Nevertheless she is a B movie actress that Johnson
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE ANALYSIS Section I - Business Overview Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company with businesses in two main product segments – Oral‚ Personal and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. The company operates in more than 200 countries and this geographic diversity and balance help to reduce the Company’s exposure to businesses and other risks in any one country or part of the world. The company’s main competitors are Proctor & Gamble (PG)‚ Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
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10 marks for analyzing the company’s financial situation. Profitability Analysis We will access to different aspect of return on investment. Firstly‚ return on assets of 17% in Colgate implies that a $1 asset investment generates 17 cents of annual earnings before subtracting after-tax interest. Secondly‚ return on common equity shows 99.73% which means that it earns 99.73 cents annually for each $1 of equity investment. Equity shareholder will look at the return on equity because they want
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I. Problem. In 1991 and 1992 Colgate-Palmolive (CP) been a dominant force in the Oral Care industry‚ mainly in the toothbrush segment. CP has been an successful company since the introduction of Colgate Plus‚ a toothbrush with a diamond-shaped head‚ in 1985. CP has consistently continued with research and development since the Colgate Plus breakthrough. However‚ when Aim entered the market in 1987‚ they focused on comfort‚ which made Colgate’s market share suffer. CP has a unique toothbrush that
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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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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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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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