Dove: Evolution of a Brand Introduction Unilever was formed in 1930 when the U.K-based Lever Brothers combined with the Dutch Margarine Unie‚ a logical merger given that both companies depended on palm oil‚ one for soaps and the other for edible oil products. It operated on every continent and described itself as combing local roots with global scale. Positioning In the 1950’s: The first Dove product‚ called a beauty bar‚ was launched in 1957. It would not dry out skin the way soap did. The company
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DOVE Case * In the 1950s Dove established the market positioning of being unique and differentiated itself from other normal soap bars‚ which leave the consumers with dry skin after usage‚ by coming up with a bar that moisturizes the consumers` skin after usage with inclusion of one-quarter cleansing cream. * It aimed to become a masterbrand in February 2000 to extend its category beyond the beauty bar category‚ such as deodorants‚ hair care products‚ facial cleansers‚ body lotions and hair
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DOVE: EVOLUTION OF A BRAND Ques What is a brand? Why does Unilever want fewer of them? * Definition: A name‚ term‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers. The legal term for brand is trademark. A brand may identify one item‚ a family of items‚ or all items of that seller. If used for the firm as a whole‚ the preferred term is trade name. Why fewer brands? * Global decentralization brought problems of
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MEQ VI Course: Marketing Case 1 Dove October 20‚ 2011 By Joumana Introduction: Dove started its life in 1957 as a beauty soap bar that was clinically proven to be milder for dry‚ sensitive skin than other leading soaps: half of women have dry skin. In a world of promotion and brand names‚ Dove provides a pleasantly real option for women who appreciate that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Case 1 Dove 1. The market was flooded and jam-packed with beauty products from soaps‚ body
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on a global scale. Dove was one of Unilever’s many brands. The first Dove campaign was launched in the 1950s‚ and as mentioned in the case study‚ its message was “Dove soap doesn’t dry your skin because it’s one-quarter cleansing cream”; it was focused on its functional benefits and honesty. And soon Dove became one of the most recognizable brands in the world‚ and was tapped to become a Masterbrand in the year 2000. When Unilever’s Dove launched its “Campaign for real beauty”‚ the promotion strategy
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Dove Case Study November 20‚ 2014 Student ID#10041441 MAN 71 Professor Moon Unilever Unilever‚ the parent company of Dove has more than 400 brands‚ 12 of which generate sales that exceed $1.3 billion a year. More than 171‚000 people are employed at Unilever‚ and their company mission stresses sustainability‚ responsibility‚ innovation‚ and minimizing waste . Environmental responsibility is a huge aspect of what this advertising strategy will emphasize. One of our four primary objectives is
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Inner Beauty is the Real Beauty EunSuk Ji (Jenny) from Korea When I was young‚ I read many kinds of books‚ including fairy tales. Most of the books described heroes who were handsome and heroines who were beautiful. So‚ I believed I had to be beautiful if I wanted to become a great person. It was a hard time for me. Whenever I looked at someone who was more beautiful than me‚ I was stressed. As I grew up‚ I began to realize outer beauty was not so important to make someone good. I remember a friend
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Dove was developed in the United States as a non-irritating skin cleaner for pre-treatment use on burns and wounds during World War II. In 1957‚ Dove bar reformulated as a beauty soap bar. In 1970s‚ the company launched promotional campaign for shop’s mildness as found in the study that Dove to be milder than 17 leading bar soaps. Through the years‚ Dove has expanded its product line to body wash‚ facial cleansers‚ moisturizers‚ deodorants and hair care products. In 2005‚ Unilever’s Dove product
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CASE STUDY SUBMITTED BY : MANSI PRASAD 13079 SECTION:C Question 1: “The idea propagated by media about beauty is unattainable and unrealistic”. On what platform do companies market their beauty products? Do you really think that the image projected by media of beauty is hypocritical and unrealistic? Ans: Firstly‚ I would like to define what is beauty? Beauty (also called prettiness‚ loveliness or comeliness)
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Dove Case study the main problem The main issue affecting the company relates to the real beauty campaign. The campaign was triggered by the quest for a point of view for the dove brand since the functional superiority emphasized in the past was not applicable to all products as it communicated different meaning to different categories. The real beauty campaign risks making dove an ordinary brand thus killing its heritage of inspiring beauty thus impacting on its performance (Deighton 2008).
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