been Chairman and CEO of Gillette for 4 years‚ was seeking a buyer of the global Boston-based company. Lafley‚ who had been Chairman and CEO of P&G for over 4 years‚ was out of the office and had to call him back‚ unaware of what Kilts was about to propose. Lafley questioned Kilts on three topics. First‚ what was Gillette’s price? Kilts said he wanted a fair offer. Not $60 per share‚ but not $50. ”Jim‚” Lafley responded‚ “I can do the math. Are you thinking Gillette holdings into P&G stock
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Gillette Case Analysis Key Marketing Issue/Challenge The key marketing challenge for Gillette is the company’s ever expanding product line. In the past few years‚ the Gillette brand has grown considerably. The company has released many new high-performance grooming products for men. The challenge in introducing a large number of new products in a short period of time is being able to properly market each one. It is difficult to release and market one new product‚ but if many
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26-b talks about the fact that Gillette has based its strategy on developing products that use refill blades on a permanent handle. Gillette works to give its blades and especially its handles‚ an aura of class and superior performance. Gillette protects its industry leadership on the back of intensive expenditure in R&D and the careful recording of the experiences that men have using Gillette razors. Armed with its superior knowledge on shavers and shaving‚ Gillette manages to outgun the competition
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Gillette Cassette Case Study‚ 1/9/11 In 1970 Gillette Razors was dominating the manufacturing and distribution of men’s and women’s razors‚ blades and other toiletries. Their distribution to 500‚000 retail outlets in the US and the strong relationships of their sales team with chain retailers and wholesale distributors made them well-positioned to enter the emerging market of blank cassettes. Based on the research they received from their consultants‚ Gillette was smart to seriously consider
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BAB003 7/10/00 Quality at Gillette Argentina Jorge Micozzi‚ President for Latin America of The Gillette Company‚ looked up from the report on Argentina’s Total Quality Management (TQM) program that was going to be delivered to the corporation’s quality council in early 1999. “As you can see from these business measures‚” he told the casewriter‚ “our TQM program has been very successful. This has been my most important program and Victor Walker‚ program manager‚ was the key to its implementation
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great honor for me to stand here today to deliver my talk. Before I begin my talk‚ may I ask you people to do me a favor? It’s pretty simple; just try to view this situation as though as it’s a picture. Tell me‚ what would you say from it? Exactly! You see a rather decent looking boy standing here trying to overcome his fear and deliver a talk. And behind me you see the theme of the talk today – words are not enough. Ladies and gentlemen‚ through merely a picture‚ such adequate amount of data can
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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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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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Creativity is the process of generating and expressing novel ideas that are likely to be useful. Innovation is the process of developing these creative ideas into new business value. “I do not sell products. I sell an entire civilization in a jar." - Shahnaz Husain It started when she realized the harmful effects of chemicals on human body. She then studied Ayurveda and believed that it is the best alternative to chemical cosmetics. In an innovative move‚ Shahnaz Husain has started work on formulations
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MARKETING ASSIGNMENT: GILLETTE CASE 1. Analyze Gillette’s planning and control systems These two management tools provide the company with the necessary information to run the different SBU’s from a marketing point of view. They are complementary to a such extent that they need each other to be meaningful. The planning system is focused on the creation of marketing strategies and marketing actions to develop the brands‚ based on information gathered a priori. Based on it‚ the company
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