1. How is the Gillette Series being positioned with respect to (a) competitors‚ (b) the target market‚ (c) the product class‚ (d) price and quality? What other positioning possibilities are there? a. The Gillette Series is positioned as premium to the competition. b. Using the slogan‚ “The Best a Man can Get" appeals to the target market not because it is the most convenient or the most price effective‚ but because of the value that is added to products by building on the popularity of sensor.
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Gillette PCD: Marketing Planning and Control Situation Analysis: The president of the Personal Care Division of Gillette‚ Bill Ryan‚ is currently faced by a conflict of strategies employed to market their products. Two products have been discussed to show the way the two strategies worked and what results they could manage. White Rain (shampoo and conditioner) launched in 1985 had a market share of 3% in 1986. Right Guard (deodorant) was restaged in 1983 and has a share of 6.5% currently which
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Marketing Strategy for Gillette Indonesia Done by: Agnes Naomi‚ 1206289905 Ananda Gabriella‚ 1206290081 Klemens Ismoyo Djajapurusa‚ 1206290043 Marketing Strategy for Gillette Indonesia GENERAL OVERVIEW Business Strengths Gillette owns 50% of the market share in Indonesia‚ in addition it has
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6-Distinctive Competences for Gillette 12 Appendix 7- Barneys VRIO Analysis 12 Value: 12 Rarity 12 Imitability 12 Opportunities 12 Appendix 8- Internal Strengths and Weakness 12 Strengths 12 Weakness 13 Appendix 9 – External Opportunities and Threats 13 Opportunities 13 Threats 13 Appendix Ten- Current Business Level Strategies 13 History Founded in 1901‚ the first retail outlet was located above a fish store in Boston and was operated by King C Gillette. When the store first
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Bic Versus Gillette: The Disposable Wars ABOUT HALF OF ALL WESTERN men get up each morning‚ confront their stubble in the bathroom mirror and reach for a cheap disposable plastic razor. Schiek‚ Bic‚ Gillette‚ Wilkinson or whatever‚ most men think that one brand does as well as the next. Also‚ the razor makers seem always to have them on sale‚ so you can scoop up a dozen of them for next to nothing. The Gillette Company does not like this sort of thinking. Of course‚ women
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Gillette Safety Razor Division: Blank Cassette Project 1. What are your decisions about the quality level(s)‚ prices and advertising expenditures to offer for blank cassettes? After calculating the options for all three quality levels‚ it makes the most sense to enter the market with standard quality blank tapes to be sold at a retail value of $1.95 ($0.97 sales price to the retailer). This decision came primarily as I compared the break-even quantities for each product quality level in comparison
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Question 1 : Evaluate product innovation at Gillette throughout its history. Gillette has invented the first safety razor with disposable blades in year 1901 which is one of the new-to-the-world products. This safety razor serves as a basic product‚ for the market segment of men who shave regularly‚ providing them high quality shaving experience. The safety razor differentiates itself from the razor used at that period of time-- the straight razor with an open blade‚ with its cover over the two
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Marketing Strategy and Plan – Session 6 Gillette’s Launch of Sensor The introduction of the Sensor Shaving System‚ one of the biggest product launches ever‚ forced Gillette to reevaluate its strategy in its shaving and non-shaving business. It had to decide whether to go ahead with the launch and if so‚ at what scale. Gillette’s top management had to make very important decisions regarding the launch of its Sensor line. They are questioning‚ on which markets to focus their launch‚ how aggressive
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Gillette Indonesia Case Analysis Gillette - SWOT Analysis #Strength High Quality Brand Local manufacturing 50% Market share already Gillette name means Shaving in Indonesia First Mover advantage #Weakness Employee ( Manager) retainability Poor distribution in remote villages #Opportunity 160 million population with 30% living in cities Political environment stability Increasing income Western influence in Shaving Increasing work opportunities Potential to increase
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national origin of the MNC is a major influence on the trade-off between global integration and local adaptation. Now‚ Gillette Group has a plan to set a subsidiary in Shenyang of China which is a advanced city in China. So choosing effective HR practices is very important for the development of this subsidiary. In this report‚ first‚ some practical HR methods of Gillette Group will be introduced and illustrated‚ and then through analyzing the differences between US and China to find out the barriers
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