Dove: The Evolution of A Brand Case Study Before Unilever transformed Dove into an iconic Masterbrand‚ it was a functional‚ recognizable brand. In order to market a new product to consumers‚ Dove had a competitive advantage. Introduced as a revolutionary form of soap‚ Dove swept the market in 1957 when it launched its beauty bar‚ a new formula. The beauty bar removed Dove from the cognition given to a regular bar of soap. It was not ordinary soap‚ which was now “old-fashioned”; it was a
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What was Dove’s market positioning in the 1950s? What is its positioning in 2007? Dove back in the 1950’s had one product that was the “beauty bar”‚ it was positioned upon its function as a superior product that doesn’t dry out the skin the way soap did. It was marketed through a mix of marketing communication tools like the TV‚ print media and bill boards. The advertising message was “Dove soap doesn’t dry your skin because its one-quarter cleansing cream”. All of these
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT “DOVE – EVOLUTION OF A BRAND” GROUP 6 : HARSONO SUHARTO AUDREY TUMBELAKA KRISTIN Executive Summary In 2007‚ Unilever’s Dove was the world ‘s number-one “cleansing “ brand in the health and beauty sector. Dove Competed in all categories like cleansing bars‚ body washes‚ hand washes‚ face care‚ hair care‚ deodorants‚ anti-perspirants‚ and body lotion.Their competitor are P&G (Procter and Gamble’s) ivory‚ KAO’s Jergens‚ Beiersdorf’s Nivea. The first Dove Product “Beauty Bar”
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Dove: Evolution of a Brand Question: Imagine you have oversight of Dove marketing management. How would you answer to the comment that Dove started a conversation with consumer “that they don’t have control of”? Is the brand “out of control”? Is Dove making a “risky bet”? Symptoms: ▪ Unilever was the world’s largest producer but lacked a unified global identity. ▪ Problems of control as Unilever has managed brands in decentralised fashion allowing direction to be set by brand
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Dove: The Evolution of a Brand 1. What is a brand? Why does Unilever want fewer of them? Brands‚ as defined by Silk are names or symbols that marketers have introduced to make product differentiation concrete. Branding is a process by which both a brand and brand identity are developed and established on a market‚ it involves selecting and blending tangible and intangible attributes to differentiate the product‚ service‚ company or brand in a meaningful and compelling way. Brand Equity is
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A brand is the symbol‚ name‚ or sign that identifies a specific product or business. Unilever had many different types of brands across the world. And controlling all of them was becoming harder and harder‚ so Unilever decided to reduce its brands from about 1600 to 400. Then a few of them will be selected as Masterbrands‚ and each of them will represent a meaningful unified unit on a global scale. Dove was one of Unilever’s many brands. The first Dove campaign was launched in the 1950s‚ and as
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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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This case is about the brand Dove‚ a successful brand for last 40 year. In 1957 it was positioned as the beauty bar. So in which business they Dove is in? It is beauty. So how do we define beauty? Beauty can be described as natural‚ pure‚ clean‚ fresh‚ aspiration‚ dream etc. It is difficult to define beauty‚ so it is more difficult to describe real beauty. The present case scenario is of 2007 where Unilever wants to reduce its 1600 brands to 400 brands and Dove would be one of the master brands. Dove
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the launch of “The Campaign for Real Beauty‚” Dove focused mostly on the brand’s functional benefits in its advertising. Dove products were packaged simply‚ and the name “dove” implied purity‚ freshness and cleanliness. It was also very feminine. To customers‚ Dove was viewed not as soap‚ but as a moisturizer because of the brand’s constant emphasis on the one-quarter moisturizing cream added to its beauty bars. Because of this‚ women flocked to the brand in hopes of trading in their dry skin for soft
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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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