1. Should Gillette enter the cassette market at all? Gillette Safety Razor Division (SRD) would be foolish to not enter the cassette market at this time in the game. With the established and well-trusted brand name on it’s side‚ Gillette will be able to exploit the undeveloped marketed to it’s fullest potential. The way that Gillette can accomplish this is by utilizing some of it’s biggest and strongest assets to overcome what the consultants believe are the three major problems in the industry:
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Transcript of Gillette Company Case Study Case Study: The Gillette Company design by Dóri Sirály for Prezi III. Analysis (SWOT Analysis) Table of Contents: I. Overview of the Case II. Problem III. Analysis (SWOT Analysis) IV. Conclusion(TOWS-MATRIX) VI. Recommendation The Gillette Company has a long history of being ’the first to market...’ in its own areas of operation. As well as being first to market‚ Gillette has also continuously produced products which feature improvements
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Identity Prism 8 2.2.3 Brand personality 9 3. Positioning 10 3.1 Possible positioning statements 11 3.1.1 Comparisons 12 3.1.2 Contrast between two statements 12 4. Celebrity endorsement 13 4.1 David Beckham and Gillette 14 4.2 Other Gillette celebrity endorsers 15 4.3 Match-up hypothesis 16 4.4 Future Endorsement 17 5. Retail Environment 17 Appendices Bibliography Appendices Appendix 1 – Marketing Week Article Appendix 2 – Questionnaires Appendix 3
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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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FROM: Giuseppe Fornaro TO: Edward “Cutting Edge” Barber‚ Head of Gillette Shaving Division RE: Rejuvenating the strategy of Gillette’s razor business Current Strategy Gillette has grown to be a power brand in the shaving industry. Its products are seen as premium quality and are thus sold at a premium price. Gillette’s current business model consists of high spending in marketing and product development (R&D). Gillette’s traditional competitive strategy for razors is to focus technology
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THE GILLETTE COMPANY MARKETING PLAN Second year of Mach3 in the market. 1. Executive Summary * The major goal is to meet the sales volume (unit and US$14400 MM) as well as estimated profits US$ 2880 MM which represents 24% of sales. * Consolidate Mach3 as a successful launch‚ with the objective of recovering the investment in 2 years. * Minimize the effect the higher price of Mach3 might have in foreign markets. * Make consistent efforts in all
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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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by revising current piece rate. Meanwhile‚ he should reinforce his control system and redesign reward system to encourage high productivity performance. Why should it be done? First‚ there will be less incentive for employee to increase production output when the pay differential between piece-rate and hourly paid work is not enough. That’s why most of guys would not "bust ass" unless they could make at least $16 an hour on a job Second‚ method department of Walt will retime and reduce the piece
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Gillette is going to choose a strategic option for Fusion and Fusion Power‚ its new breakthrough offering‚ which are following the MACH3‚ the former successful exiting offering‚ in order to increase sales of Fusion and Fusion Power of which sales are flat 10.6% in 1st quarter to 10.8% in 2nd quarter‚ which is little bit disappointing‚ compared to the MACH3 (See the Exhibit 1.) Decision I strongly recommend that Gillette should launch new advertising campaign with a promotion campaign‚ in order
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The Gillette Company ‚ was founded in 1901 by inventor King C. Gillette. It was a leading international manufacturer of consumer products ranging from electric razors to ballpoint pens. Gillette has three divisions: 1. Safety Razor division (blades and razors) 2. Paper Mate Division (writing instruments) 3. Personal Care Division-PCD (toiletries and cosmetics) PCD was responsible for Gillette’s U.S. entries in hair care‚ skin care‚ and deodrants /antiperspirants The Brands of Gillette are
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