P&G Japan: SK-II Globalization Case SK-II is a high-end skin care product‚ which has proven to be a success in the highly selective and competitive Japanese cosmetics market. It fits in the Japanese environment nicely. For starters‚ the wealthy Japanese society gives P&G a large market to target. Also‚ the uniquely sophisticated habits of Japanese women means they are more likely to accept the more complicated procedure required by SK-II. SK II involves six to eight steps‚ which is more
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Assume that P&Gs Hair care products marketing manager has the Unilever papers on his/her desk. The manager is considering doing nothing with the information‚ just keeping a lid on the situation and telling those involved to back off. Is this action ethical? The marketing manager at this point finds himself being in an ethical dilemma situation‚ which he is aware of. That is probably why he‚ for now‚ decided rather to “keep a lid” on the situation‚ than deciding whether to actually use the information
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points to end the Joint Venture are as follows. 1. P&GG would become a fully owned subsidiary of P&G with Godrej selling it’s 49% stake to P&G. 2. P&G would retain most of the sales force and the distribution network which most of the sales force and distribution network which P&GG acquired from Godrej soaps. 3. The soap brands of Godrej which had been licensed to P&G would revert to Godrej soaps. 4. P&G would retain the detergent and scourer brands it had
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reasons for the initial failure of P&G in Japan. In the year of 1973 Procter and Gamble (P&G) entered the Japanese market‚ until the 1987 P&G was losing a lot of money. Why? Mostly because they didn’t thought about cultural differences. A company just can’t apply everywhere in the world the same products‚ managers‚ sales methods and strategies. Companies have to adjust their ‘working culture’ to the country where they are cooperating. In the case of P&G the following things went wrong:
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was preparing to meet with the Global Leadership Team (GLT) of Proctor and Gamble’s Beauty Care Global Business Unit (GBU). Since Max Factor Japan was the center of P&G’s rapidly growing cosmetics business in Asia‚ and it already had some European market experience as well‚ De Cesare believed it was time to expand the SK-II line into P&G’s global market‚ and make it a global brand. As he prepared his proposal for the GLT‚ de Cesare did recognize that the potential risks in expanding SK-II into China
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Colgate Palmolive Precision Toothbrush Case Study Basil Faruqui After developing a new the Precision toothbrush Colgate Palmolive is evaluating how to position it. The two options being considered for Precision’s positioning are a mainstream toothbrush‚ where they already have another toothbrush‚ or a super premium niche position where they don’t have any offerings. Other decisions that will follow the positioning decision would be price‚ distribution channels‚ advertising and promotion planning
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Procter and Gamble‚ Inc. Scope The problem for Procter & Gamble`s (P&G) “Scope” brand is that their share at mouthwash market is slightly going down while a new brand called “Plax” launched by Pfizer Inc. has gained a %10 market share in a very short time period which created a situation that left “P&G”s management team in dilemma for how to respond. P&G has some constraints to solve the problem (in fact‚ the situation is so complex that for some‚ no problem and threat exist). First
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P&G Japan Q1. Why was SK-II so successful in Japan? Statement: By based on research of Japanese market‚ P&G made clear targeting and positioning‚ and developed new products which fulfilled customers’ needs‚ built the effective distribution. As a result‚ P&G could establish differentiation advantages for the following. • Product: “Foaming massage cloth” ‚ Elegant dispensing box “Foaming massage cloth” increase skin circulation through a massage while boosting skin clarity due to the microfibers’
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1. (a) Give examples of how political-legal forces and technological forces have presented an opportunity or a threat to a particular industry or business organization. Political –legal forces are the most important factor in both opportunity and threat on an industry. Hence‚ both political legal forced and technological forces are a key factor in determining the mechanics of an industry. First of all‚ political legal factors determine the entry and exit barriers. Thus‚ if they were favorable;
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Unilever and P&G – Comparative Analysis Executive Summary The Consumer Products Industry is the biggest industry in the world at the moment‚ with total revenues amounting to about 50% of all goods sold. It is comparable to the GDP of the 4th biggest economy in the world‚ and entails most of the products we use in our every day lives. There are 3 key factors that drive the industry today: developing markets‚ the emerging middle-class of developing countries and the millions of baby boomers in
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