Forecasting Why forecast? Features Common to all Forecasts • Conditions in the past will continue in the future • Rarely perfect • Forecasts for groups tend to be more accurate than forecasts for individuals • Forecast accuracy declines as time horizon increases Elements of a Good Forecast • Timely • Accurate • Reliable (should work consistently) • Forecast expressed in meaningful units • Communicated in writing • Simple to understand and use Steps in Forecasting Process
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1. Identify the major strategic and ethical issues faced by Colgate in its partnership with Hawley and Hazel. In August 1985‚ Colgate bought a 50 percent partnership in the Hawley and Hazel group‚ an Asian company leading the toothpaste markets of China‚ Taiwan‚ Hong Kong‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia and Thailand. This strategic move was initiated because Colgate already had a strong presence on foreign markets and notably in Europe‚ so it decided to enter the Asian markets with a partnership with a strong
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and Decline. The same stages also faced by COLGATE Toothpaste brand. This research is an endeavor in the direction to find out what business strategies did Colgate adopted and how has it reached and maintained its brand name and market share till date. For the study secondary data has been used which was collected by other researchers and data collecting firms and from company itself. In 1806‚ William Colgate introduced starch‚ soap and candle factory
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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 by about 13 per cent using the following initiatives: Adopted a strategy
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number of full-time employees in 2011 was 123% greater than in 2007. However it was quite a different story a decade ago when LEGO posted its biggest lost ever in 2003 and appeared to be on the brink of bankruptcy following significant declines in demand for its products worldwide‚ plunging revenues‚ and escalating debt. In 2004 a new CEO‚ Jorgen Vig Knudstorp‚ was appointed to lead the company and since then LEGO has significantly transformed into a successful multinational company renowned for its
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1. Introduction Colgate-Palmolive1 is a more than 200-year-old company that started in New York. Although it has three main product lines namely‚ Oral Care‚ Personal Care‚ and Home Care‚ its flagship brand remains to be Colgate. The success of the brand also relies on the reputation of its company. Colgate-Palmolive now has a global presence with millions of customers. Some of its more known brands include Colgate in the oral care‚ Palmolive in the personal line‚ and Ajax and Softsoap in the home
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COLGATE - PALMOLIVE CO. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND OF COLGATE Colgate was founded as a small business which mainly in New York in 1806‚ Colgate Palmolive (CL) never stops its step on developing and improving its business‚ at the same time‚ the exploration of Colgate has ever never stopped as well. Through acquisition and expansion strategies‚ according to Forbes‚ Colgate has become the 65th largest company in the world
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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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MINOR PROJECT REPORT ON INFLUENCE OF PACKAGING IN BRAND SELECTION IN TOOTHPASTE INDUSTRY SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Mr. Paramveer Singh Ashish Garg (LECTURER) BBA (B&I)‚ III -SEM
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CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the Financial Report based on the Annual Reports of COLGATE PALMOLIVE (INDIA) LTD. is submitted by Ms. Ankita. M. Dalwani to N.R. Institute of Business Administration‚ affiliated to Gujarat University‚ in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of “Practical Studies” in the area of Financial Management at the Second Year of the B.B.A. Program for the year 2009-2010. ___________________ _________________ ____________________
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