CASE STUDY: SENSODYNE OVERTAKES COLGATE IN SENSITIVE CATEGORY INTRODUCTION The sensitive toothpaste segment accounts for less than 10% of the country ’s Rs 5‚400-crore toothpaste market at Rs 470 crore‚ but is growing at 50% a year. Oral care giant Colgate Palmolive‚ which controls about 53% of the country ’s toothpaste market‚ has been selling its Sensitive brand in India since the last seven years. India had very low levels of awareness on the condition of tooth sensitivity. Over the past
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The organization is tall in structure but is also departmentalized by function within this structure. At the top of this structure are the three owners‚ John Henry‚ Larry Lucchino‚ and Tom Werner. This ownership group purchased the Boston Red Sox for $380 million in 2002 (Ozanian‚ 2012). John Henry is the Red Sox’ principal owner‚ while Larry Lucchino serves as the President and CEO‚ and Tom Werner serves
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Colgate-Palmolive Case Study Executive Summary Colgate-Palmolive (CP) plans to launch a new toothbrush in the US tentatively named The Precision Toothbrush. The Precision is expected to develop the super-premium market for CP as well as to reinforce and enhance CP’s brand image. Key recommendations conclude in this case study are as follow • Target therapeutic and cosmetic consumers • Position Precision in the super-premium segment and reposition to the mainstream market during its maturity
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* Organizational structure + Principal*-Agent problem Principal-Agent Problem There is separation between ownership & control in most of the firm that we see today. As owners‚ shareholders appoint managers to make decisions for the company. There is another term to describe relationship between them. Shareholders are the PRINCIPAL that appoints the manager (AGENT) to act on the shareholders’ behalf so that profit can be maximize. E.g. Patient-Doctor Managers-Employees
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sell new products world-wide. The aim of this project is to analise company’s Orifarm organization structure. Organization structure is a very important factor to make company work successful‚ and as different types of companies there are as different types of structures there are‚ so it is very important to chose the right one for exact company. As the company is growing‚ their organization structure should be changed as well‚ so we are going to search for its improvements as we believe that nothing
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1. Introduction 1.1. Colgate-Palmolive Company Colgate-Palmolive Company is one of the largest multinational consumer products company‚ it is a global company worth $15.6 billion. The founder‚ William Colgate was an English manufacturer; he established the business in 1806 under the name of "William Colgate & Company". - 1806‚ Colgate on Dutch Street‚ New York city. Thereby‚ the company has more than 200 years of history by serving the world‚ and are offering their products to more than 200
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in 50gram and 120gram Storage: At room temperature Shelf life: 24 months. Key challenges for brands: - Since a long time‚ toothpaste in India was just meant to clean one’s teeth and have a ring of confidence in the personality of the user‚ and Colgate still is the market leader in the toothpaste segment. The competition among the oral care manufacturer is focusing on the fact that toothpaste
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marketing strategy for the launch of the new Colgate Precision. The issue can be divided into the following four major areas: 1. Positioning: Which market should be targeted? 2. Branding: Should Colgate make the most of the company’s brand? 3. Communication & Promotion: How does Colgate distribute its advisement expenditures among products? How much should Colgate invest in advertising Colgate Precision? 4. Channel: Which distribution channel should Colgate use? Our team must analyze the two differing
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discuss about what is ethics‚ how it affects‚ and ethics in business. In the second part‚ I discussed about options for Colgate to handle the situation. With continuing‚ I focused on importance of brand name and customer loyalty in business. At last this document indicates important of managerial rights. Finally I have given some recommendation and conclusion. Ethical Issues of Colgate Ethics is the study of morality and standard of conduct. Ethics norms and guideline changes from one country to the
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Marketing Mix From a modest start in 1937‚ when hand-carts were used to distribute Colgate Dental Cream‚ Colgate- Palmolive India today has one of the widest distribution networks in India - that spans 5.3 million retail outlets across the country‚ of which the company services 20‚00‚000 outlets directly. Below is the comparison of the retail distribution in 2010 and 2012: Creating Market Awareness: CPIL has been able to increase the sales volume of the toothpaste and tooth powder segment
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