4249 JANUARY 19‚ 2011 JOHN A. QUELCH HEATHER BECKHAM Clean Edge Razor: Splitting Hairs in Product Positioning On August 9‚ 2010‚ a group of executives from Paramount Health and Beauty Company (Paramount) sat in a research room intently observing a dozen men shaving on the other side of a two-way mirror. The subjects were testing out Paramount’s newest nondisposable razor‚ Clean Edge‚ and discussing the experience. The verdict was extremely encouraging. The majority of men felt it was the
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Marketing Case Analysis - Clean Edge Razor Case - Team members * Min Woo Song * Yang-hee Park * Yekaterina Li * Onofre C. Mateo * Khanan Pinnoi Clean Edge Razor Case 1. What changes are occurring in the non-disposable razor category? What are the strategic life cycle challenges for Paramount’s current products as well as for Clean Edge? Assess Paramount’s competitive position. (1) Market growth in super premium segment Non-disposable razor experienced approximately 5%
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recent history of non-disposable razors. These changes for Paramount to deal with include competition‚ new products‚ and a change in customer perception as far as grooming goes. While these changes include challenges it also provides opportunity. Paramount has two steady competitors being Prince and Benet Klein. Two new competitors have emerged over the last few years being Simpsons and Radiance. Prince has been traditionally the industry leader in non-disposable razors. They also are in the deodorant
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Clean Edge Article response 1. What changes are occurring in the non-disposable razor category? The non-disposable razor category has experienced tremendous growth in recent years‚ boasting a steady 5% growth per year from 2007 to 2010. This growth can be attributed to introduction of new innovative products; 22 between 2008 and 2009. There is increased competition for shelf space‚ which was forcing distribution to shift outside traditional food and drug stores. In 2000‚ food stores
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used technology to create an innovative razor‚ but wants to make sure that it is positioned effectively. Situation Analysis: * Customers: Male consumer products have been trending upward in the last decade. The customer segments are broken up into three areas; social/emotional‚ involved razor users‚ and uninvolved or maintenance users. Social/emotional are responsible for 39% of Nondisposable razors‚ Involved is for 28%‚ and maintenance users account for 33%. In 2009 consumers razors and replacement
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Ockham technologies case The case ends as James Triandiflou‚ the founder of Ockham Technologies‚ describes the company’s early growth in launching an enormous deal with IBM and triumph over financing their business operations because it received financing offers from successful investors and venture capital firms. However‚ Ockham continues to face operational problems from assembling its human recourses to establishing outsourcing relationships for its on-going success. Rationale for problem
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Clean Edge Razor Haifeng Chen 1. What changes are occurring in the non-disposable razor category? Assess Paramount’s competitive position. What are the strategic life cycle challenges for Paramount’s current product as well as for Clean Edge? The rate of new-product introductions for non-disposable razors and refill cartridges had accelerated in recent years‚ with an unprecedented flurry of 22 new stock-keeping units being introduced between 2008 and 2009. Most of these new SKUs were line
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Ockham Technology – what happened? Board of Directors Raised first round from VCs (Noro-Moseley & Monarch)‚ with each getting one seat on the board Added a 5th‚ very experienced industry person Development/outsourcing – Outsourced to ThoughtMill Also hired Gus as internal development team leader Founder tensions Tensions continued to grow‚ and worsened after Ockham hired a COO Mike left Company sold in 2002 to competitor Splitting Founder’s Equity Lesson #1 Considerations in Allocating Initial
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Paramount Health and Beauty Company is in the process of launching a new technologically advanced nondisposable razor “Clean Edge”. With its improved design‚ Clean Edge provides superior performance by utilizing a vibrating technology to stimulate hair follicles and lift the hair from the skin‚ allowing for a more thorough shave. The company has decided to introduce it in the men’s market where it has a strong presence. The company is now focussing on positioning and naming of this new product. It
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