concept is perhaps best explained through example. (Porter’s work is nothing short of excellent‚ but it is a heavy read.) Let’s briefly examine the household consumer-products industry by considering rival firms Clorox CLX‚ Kimberly-Clark KMB‚ ColgatePalmolive CL‚ and Procter & Gamble PG in terms of Porter’s five forces: Buyer Power. Consumer-products companies face weak buyer power because customers are fragmented and have little influence on price or product. But if we consider the buyers of consumer
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production‚ distribution and provision of household‚ into two product segments: Personal and Home Care‚ and Pet Nutrition‚ known for its toothpaste and oral hygiene products (including toothpaste and toothbrushes). Colgate-Palmolive is one of the world’s largest Consumer Products companies by market share with commercial presence on six continents. Founded in 1806‚ Colgate-Palmolive
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David Roshan Stephen Mazcis Vinh Thai Wes Ward Alex Rivera Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................
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number one toothpaste company but they have their eye on another market – over the counter (OTC) drugs. What would you think of Colgate aspirin or Colgate antacid? Would you buy Colgate laxatives or Colgate dandruff shampoo? That is exactly what ColgatePalmolive would like to know. Colgate wants to investigate the possibility of entering the over-the-counter (OTC) drugs market. Can it use its Colgate brand name‚ developed in the oral-care products market‚ in the OTC healthcare market? Why does the OTC
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Has Strategy Changed? Kathleen M. Eisenhardt Has strategy changed in the wake of the recent economic frenzy and subsequent downturn? Is the New Economy finished? Has the Old Economy returned? At this point‚ most managers understand what the advent of the Internet implies — operating efficiency for most companies‚ a terrific channel for some and a fundamentally new business opportunity for only a few. So is it back to “strategy as usual”? The answer is no. While many executives were focused on
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QUALITY AND ETHICS Corporate Social Responsibility by Denis Leonard and Rodney McAdam B usiness scandals involving high profile organizations such as Enron and WorldCom have rocked the corporate world and be-come front-page news. This has shaken consumer confidence in both business leaders and the economy‚ creating concern about In 50 Words Or Less • Recent scandals may be awakening corporate America to its social responsibilities. • Quality has a foundation in ethics through the teachings
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MPRODUCT LIFECYCLE STUDY IN FMCG MARKET Submitted by Ankit Suri (30) Biswarup Roy (50) Chandan Raghuram (52) Lalit Baid (53) Nithin Tejraj (90) Sandeep Anand (102) Sumit Ticku (86) Guided by Prof Anil Kulkarni Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction: - Fast Moving Consumer Goods PEST Analysis for the FMCG Industry Policy Issues Porter’s 5 Forces Case Study:- Carbonated soft-drink category 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 6. Brief Overview of the Soft Drink Industry Commendable growth of soft
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Human Resource Planning ^ Brian J. Smith‚ John W. Boroski‚ and George E. Davis - INTRODUCTION Human Resource (HR) planning is the formal process of linking business strategy with human resource practices. Approaches to human resource planning can be arrayed along a continuum ranging from an "add-on" to business strategy to a separate planning process (Figure 1). At one end of the continuum‚ HR planning is little more than a postscript to a business planning process. After engaging in an extensive
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Marketing Strategy (MKT306) Alexander Berger Neusserstraße.56 50670 Köln Germany Student No.: 089110519 Friday 9th July 2010 A Strategic Analysis of Colgate´s toothpaste product line TABEL OF CONTENT 1. 2. 3. Executive Summary .....................................................................................................- 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................- 1 Situational analysis.....
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Executive Insights: Integrating Branding Strategy Across Markets: Building International Brand Architecture Brands play a critical role in establishing afirm ’svisibility andABSTRACT position in international markets. Building a coherent international brand architecture is a key component of thefirm ’soverall international marketing strategy‚ because it provides a structure to leverage strong brands into other markets‚ assimilate acquired brands‚ and integrate strategy across markets. The authors
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