market will get saturated‚ the rural market will become the only option for the company to expand their sales. Therefore‚ the company has to find some means to penetrate and increase the awareness among the rural population. * The awareness of the Gillette brand is high among the urban population but not many use it regularly. Even though a higher percentage of population has tried the brand but not many have been converted as loyal customer. * The frequency of shaving is too low among the Indonesian
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Harleen Parmar Gillette Indonesia Chester Allan‚ Gillette’s country manager of Indonesia‚ needs to decide whether increasing spending in marketing beyond 12% of sales will cause a 20-25% increase in blade sales in 1996. Despite the high market share of 48% and 97% brand awareness (See Exhibit 1) of Gillette-brand blades‚ the company needs to target several factors that hinder its growth by switching rural population to lower priced Gillette blades; targeting 48% of the urban male population
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Case Study Gillette Fusion: Building a $1 Billion Brand Q1. Key Milestones Gillette dominates 70% of global razor market; their strategy is to keep on producing new products‚ developing new innovations‚ and remaining as the market leader in men’s grooming market. Gillette introduced its first razor in 1903; by 1971‚ they invented Trac II “the world’s first two-blade razor”. Comparing to the original one-bladed razor‚ the two blades work better. Then they came out with Altra‚ the
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Sethi Gillette Case Study: In 1985‚ Gillete entered in the Indian shaving blade market through a joint venture company called ISPL with the House of Poddars. The Malhotras were the market leaders and shrewdly implemented the stock push strategy and thus‚ enjoyed around 80% of the share. The primary product was the carbon steel blade which was very cheap and was of an inferior quality as compared to stainless-steel blades. The other competitor was Wiltech which was facing heavy losses. Gillette believed
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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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28-02-78 Gillette Indonesia Marketing Plan Table of Contents 1. Executive summary 3 2. Situation analysis 4 2.1. Market summary 4 2.2. Market demographics 4 2.3. Market needs 5 2.4. Market trends 5 2.5. Market growth 5 2.5.1. Competition 6 2.6. SWOT analysis 6 3. Marketing strategy 8 3.1. Marketing objectives 8 3.2. Target markets 8 3.3. Positioning 8 3.4. Marketing mix 9 3.4.1. Product 9 3.4.2. Place 9 3.4.3. Promotion 11 4. Gillette Indonesia:
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Gillette Logistics Management Logistics - 1st semester With regard to developing and introducing new products‚ what lessons did Gillette learn from the Wilkinson Sword and Bic experiences? Gillette learned that they had to think ahead and be creative to be competitive. They learned that they have to develop their products before their competitors to be the leading company of the market and staying popular to the customers. Russel B. Adams Jr.‚ says in the Gillette case study text:
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Gillette is a company that has been known to the public for many years for innovation and marketing strategy. They hold a commanding market share in a razor and blade industry that is rapidly growing new companies and competitors. However‚ their innovativeness has not been the same since 2006 when they created the fusion 5‚ and their ability to market to people who do not want to pay the price for razors has caused them to look at new ways to maintain or increase its market share. Gillette was founded
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Introduction Protagonist: Ralph Bingham – Vice President‚ new business development‚ Gillette Safety Razor Division (SRD) Problem: Ralph needs to achieve company targets for earnings growth for his division by developing a new business product. Ralph has commissioned an extensive investigation into the blank cassette tape market and he views this market as poised for substantial growth and opportunity over the long-term range of ten to fifteen years. Ralph feels that his division is well positioned
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Case study discussion – Gillette loses face This is a deceptively simple-looking case. The lazy student will simply adopt the critical line on the company’s strategy being fed to him or her by Jeremy Kahn‚ the author of the article. In fact‚ things are by no means so clear-cut‚ students need to do some careful analysis‚ particularly in the area of Gillette’s corporate-level strategy‚ before this becomes plain. They have to be prepared to think hard about the success factors in the different businesses
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