Marketing Strategy for Procter & Gamble’s Tide® Liquid Laundry Detergent Measure Trigger Paul Lane Marketing 1001 Professor Norman Hansen February 20‚ 2010 Abstract Procter & Gamble (P&G) and its competitors package laundry detergents in various sizes and packaging alternatives. Tide® liquid laundry detergent is available in sizes ranging from 40 ounces (25 loads) to 150 ounces (96 loads). Current packaging requires lifting and pouring from bottles weighing over nine
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Case Study Questions (1) What is Procter & Gamble’s business strategy? What is the relationship of collaboration and innovation to that business strategy? Procter & Gamble uses “distributed development” as part of their global model. This model allows for the adaptation in a set of tools and practices that fit an organization’s needs. This can range from project management procedures to specific chain of tools used by company’s development team. P&G shares the model for increased communications
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Detergents A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with "cleaning properties in dilute solutions."[1] These substances are usually alkylbenzenesulfonates‚ a family of compounds that are similar to soap but are more soluble in hard water‚ because the polar sulfonate (of detergents) is less likely than the polar carboxyl (of soap) to bind to calcium and other ions found in hard water. In most household contexts‚ the term detergent by itself refers specifically to laundry detergent
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Ariel is a marketing line of laundry detergents made by Procter & Gamble. It is the flagship brand in Procter & Gamble’s European‚ Mexican‚ Japanese‚ Brazilian‚ Peruvian‚ Turkish‚ Filipino‚ Colombian‚ Chilean and Venezuelan portfolios. In some U.S. stores‚ Mexican Ariel is available. History Ariel first appeared on the UK market in 1967 and was the first detergent with stain-removing enzymes. It was a high-sudsing powder designed for twin-tub and top-loading washing machines. With the rise
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Laundry It is a place where the washing & finishing of clothes & other washable articles are carried out. There are two types of laundry. Off premises /Contracted laundries 1. Caters to hotels on contract basis 2. No heavy investment 3.Quality may not be maintained as per the brand standard of the hotel 4.Timings are fixed for delivering the laundered linen 5.A good amount of par stock has to be kept for emergency purpose. On Premises/ In house laundry 1. it is present in the hotel
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and Positioning: P&G | | | Procter & Gamble‚ one of the world’s premier consumer goods companies. Some 99 percent of all U.S. households use at least one of P&G’s more than 300 brands‚ and the typical household regularly buys and uses from one to two dozen P&G brands. How many P&G products can you name? Why does this superb marketer compete with itself on supermarket shelves by marketing seven different brands of laundry detergent? The P&G story provides a great example
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General process information Detergents are manufactured using a synthetic surfactant in place of the metal fatty acid salts that are used in soaps. Most of the powder detergents have soap in their mixture of ingredients‚ however it generally functions more as a foam depressant than as a surfactant. Powder detergents are manufactured using various processes‚ such as spray drying‚ agglomeration‚ dry mixing or a combination of these. Spray Drying Process The different stages / operations performed
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DCITATION: http://www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/laundry/techfact/keychar.htm Surfactants * Positive Environmental Characteristic: Biodegrade readily to compounds with low toxicity. Example: Straight carbon chain compounds like linear alcohol ethoxylates or betaine esters. * Key Characteristics of Concern: Toxicity to aquatic organisms‚ like fish (vertebrates)‚ daphnids (invertebrates) and algae; persistence in the environment; toxicity of biodegradation byproducts. * Example: Alkylphenol ethoxylates--biodegrade
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William Procter and James Gamble formed Procter & Gamble (P&G) to manufacture and sell candles and soap. Being that Cincinnati was booming from its hog butchering trade the suggestion for the partnership apparently came from their mutual father-in-law‚ Alexander Norris‚ who pointed out that Gamble’s trade‚ soap making‚ and Procter’s trade‚ candle making‚ both required use of lye‚ which was made from animal fat and wood ashes. P&G began operations out of a small storeroom with Procter running
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Procter and Gamble Case Project Assignment 1 Company Overview For our company we have chosen Procter and Gamble. Procter and Gamble’s primary source of income is through branded consumer packaged goods such as Tide‚ Dawn and Gillette. Since their founding they have had three core elements that have remained intact since the foundation of the company. These elements are: purpose‚ values and principles. The first element is purpose and this is basically their mission statement.
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