Statement of the Problem How can Gillette Company maintain and improve its profitability? II. Objective 1. To reinvigorate the blade-and-razor system market while keeping the lead in the disposable razor market. 2. To develop strategies that will continue to sustain and increase the market share. 3. To maximize the profitability of the company. III. Analysis of Case Facts/SWOT Analysis Strengths 1. Gillette invented the blade-and-razor system. 2. Has always been an industry
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Freebie marketing A free gift knitting row counter given away byWoman ’s Weekly in the 1980s-1990s. Freebie marketing‚ also known as the razor and blades business model‚[1] is a business model wherein one item is sold at a low price (or given away for free) in order to increase sales of a complementary good‚ such as supplies (inkjet printers and ink cartridges‚ "Swiffers" and cleaning fluid‚ mobile phones and service contracts) [2] or software (game consoles and games).[1] It is distinct
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Gillette The Razor Wars Continue Overview Case Overview: Founded in 1901 by King C. Gillette‚ the Gillette Company has been extremely successful since it’s inception into the shaving market. Gillette did such a good job from the start in the shaving market‚ that the company went sixty-years before having any meaningful competition for it’s customers. In 1962 Gillette was enjoying a seventy percent share of the market and everything was looking rosy for the top shaving product company in the
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Discussions The first portion of this experiment was the standardization of 0.1 N KMnO4 solution. In determining the Normality of KMnO4 (FW=158grams/mol)‚ Na2Cr2O4 was used as the primary standard. Na2Cr2O4 was titrated with KMnO4 in three trials. The Normality of KMnO4 computed using the volume of KMnO4 obtained during the three trials on the titration with Na2Cr2O4. The mass of Na2Cr2O4 used (see appendix). The Normality obtained in each trial are slightly close with each other. This may be
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In late 1970‚ after the split-off of the Toiletries Division‚ the Gillette Safety Razor Division (SRD) is considering a proposal to enter the blank recording cassettes market to try to achieve its assigned earnings growth target. The blade and razor business is mature and the SRD knows it won’t be able to achieve the growth target there‚ so it’s evaluating a diversification strategy to enter the new business. As in any diversification strategy‚ they are facing a new market‚ with a new product. The
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Gillette Safety Razor Division: Case Write Up Overview Ralph Bingham‚ VP new business development of Gillette Safety Razor Division (SRD) needs to decide whether to enter the rapidly growing blank recording cassette market. He is assessing whether Gillette can use its strengths in high volume manufacturing and marketing of mass distributed packaged goods to assume a leadership position in this new market. I recommend Gillette avoids entering this market Analysis The SRD commissioned consultancy
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as chief executive officer of Gillette Co.‚ replaced two-thirds of the company’s senior management team and trimmed 3‚700 jobs‚ more than 10% of the company’s work force. Employees of the century-old company thought they had seen the shake-up of all shake-ups. Just wait until they see what Procter & Gamble Co. could have in store. In announcing the $52.4 billion takeover of Gillette‚ P&G’s CEO‚ A.G. Lafley‚ said he planned to "learn a lot from the people at Gillette" and talked about ways the companies
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[2007] Group 6 Section B Gillette India Ltd MAK – II Project Abhishek Anand Abhishek Tiwari Nishit Jalan N P Easwaran Venkata Bhargava Talasila Wasi Rizvi Sec B Group 6 IIM Indore IIM Indore Group 6 Section B 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. INTRODUCTION OF PROJECT 3. HISTORY OF GILLETTE 3.1. FOUNDATION OF GILLETTE INDIA 3.2. GILLETTE’S STRATEGY IN INDIA 3.3. SALES 3.4. STRUCTURE 3.5. PRODUCT DETAILS 4. ANALYSIS OF GILLETTE 4.1. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 4.2. VISION AND FUTURE GROWTH 4.3. EXTERNAL
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GILLETTE INDONESIAN Given the information and the projections for 1996 behavior of the Indonesian market‚ Should Chester Allan implement his strategy based on increase only sales‚ instead of focusing efforts on market development (marketing‚ promotion‚ supply chain) aside of sales‚ just as Rigoberto Effio suggests? BACKGROUND GILLETE Since its creation in 1901‚ Gillette has established a solid worldwide leadership as a producer of razors and blades‚ as well as other consumer product categories
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Gillette Case Study 1. Background Synopsis Gillette is a razor and blade company started in 1901 by King Camp Gillette and was at the time the only shaving company available to men and women. According to the book‚ “Gillette has long been known for innovation in both product development and marketing strategy” (Ferrell). The company was the first to invent the disposal razor and the first 5-bladed razor. The company has lasted through many trying times and has invented many of the products
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