Dove Case notes 1. What is a brand? Why does Unilever want fewer of them? How did Unilever reorganize its brand management organization to position its newly created umbrella brands for success? [10 Points] A Brand can be a name‚ symbol‚ sign etc. intended to identify your goods and service by the target audience. A brand is unique and differentiates you from your competitors. To get a brand into the customers mind needs a lot of marketing efforts. Furthermore you need to establish brand
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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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after analysing the Canadian soap market. If you believe the market survey was not appropriate‚ explain specifically how you would have modified it. The results of the market survey carried out in advance of the release of “Cleopatra” were less significant in confirming that there was a real strong demand for Cleopatra in the target Quebec market. This is mainly because of the following reasons:(1) Inappropriate Target Sampling The idea of introducing Cleopatra soap to Canada‚ especially Quebec
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enitration Soaps The product categories can be classified into three segments; premium (Lux‚ Dove)‚ popular (Nirma‚ Cinthol)‚ and economy (Nirma Bath‚ Lifebuoy). The price differential between the premium and economy segments is about 2X. The popular and economy segments account for about 4/5ths of the entire market for soaps. • Penetration of toilet soaps is high at 88.6%. However per capita consumption levels remain low India’s per capita consumption of soap at 460 gms per annum is lower
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Marketing Segmentation As stated by Finch (2012) market segmentation describes both a process and strategy by which the total market for a product is divided into smaller parts or segments (p. 158). There are four levels of marketing segmentation as described by Finch(2012) which are mass marketing‚ segment marketing‚ niche marketing‚ and customized marketing (p. 162). Mass marketing: Finch (2012) states that the seller does not differentiate between prospective buyers at all (p. 162). This is
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Dove Case Analysis 1. Imagine you have oversight of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. Are you comfortable with what is going on? Is this a brand that is out of control with its promotional messages? Dove released its first advertising on 1957‚ in which Dove called its product as "cleaning cream" instead of soap. After that‚ Dove launched some advertising to emphasized on its functional feature. In 2000‚ Dove became a Masterbrand of Unilever. In other words‚ it had to establish a meaning
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Marketing Prepared by Devi (B30611231) 5th April 2004 Kensington Institute Indonesia Market Segmentation is the process of dividing a market into direct groups of buyers who might require separate products or marketing mixes. There are several major bases for segmenting the market; they are geographic‚ demographic‚ psychographic and behavioral variables. Geographic segmentation Geographic segmentation calls for dividing the market into different geographical units such as nations‚ regions‚ states
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Marketing Segmentation Targeting‚ and Positioning Segmentation‚ targeting‚ and positioning together comprise a three stage process. (1) Determine which kinds of customers exist. (2) Select which ones we are best off trying to serve and‚ finally. (3) Implement our segmentation by optimizing our products/services for that segment and communicating that we have made the choice to distinguish ourselves that way. Segmentation involves finding out what kinds of consumers with different needs exist
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2 Market Segmentation Segmenting Consumer Markets Demographic segmentation divides the market into groups based on variables such as age‚ gender‚ family size‚ family life cycle‚ income‚ occupation‚ education‚ religion‚ ethnics‚ generation‚ and nationality It is the most popular segmentation method‚ because consumer needs‚ wants‚ and usage often vary closely with demographic variables‚ and they are easier to measure than other types of variables. Market Segmentation Segmenting Consumer
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for Real Beauty I. Executive Summary The Dove brand has been revitalized with the success of their “Real Beauty” campaign. Dove’s main goals are to continue to improve their brand image and gain market share. The key challenges facing top management to accomplish these goals are; building on the momentum the ‘Real Beauty’ campaign has generated‚ differentiating from their competition and modernizing their brand image. I am recommending that Dove should continue to stay the current course of
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