Colgate Palmolive Case Study: Segmentation Strategy March 21‚ 2011 Segmentation Variables Geographically‚ Brazil is the largest country in South America and is the world’s fifth largest country in size and population. It is bound by the Atlantic Ocean and bordered by Venezuela‚ Guyana‚ Suriname‚ French Guiana‚ Columbia‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Argentina‚ Paraguay‚ and Uruguay. There is a wide range of weather across the area but it is mostly tropical. There are five major climate subtypes including
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good balance of products in this industry. While being innovative in this market‚ Colgate-Palmolive introduced the Wisp‚ a new product that they believed would make having a fresh breath while on-the-go a reality. This would definitely be of interest to many consumers since it did not require water‚ rinsing and lastly toothpaste. Although this seemed like a brilliant idea‚ it appears that Colgate-Palmolive didn’t forecast that there new idea would probably cause them to lose some of the revenue
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Problem Statement The aim of this report is to analyze the two different launch strategies (as a niche or a mainstream product) for Colgate Palmolive ’s new toothbrush‚ Precision‚ and choose the one that is the most suitable in the face of the market competition and consumer needs. The report also aims to make recommendations for the positioning‚ branding‚ communication and promotion of the product under the chosen strategy. Situation Analysis Company: In 1991‚ CP held 43% of the world toothpaste
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COLGATE - PALMOLIVE COMPANY: THE PRECISION TOOTHBRUSH I-SYNOPSIS In 1992‚ Colgate-Palmolive (CP) was the global leader in household and personal care products like toothbrushes and toothpastes. In 1991‚ its sales topped at $6 billion and profits at $2.76 billion and it cornered 43% of the world’s toothpaste market and 16% of the world’s toothbrush market. It was also the leader in retail toothbrush sales in the United States. Prior to the 1990s‚ consumers were satisfied with
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HRM and Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive is a $6 billion a year personal products giant which earns two-thirds of its revenues outside the United States. In the early 1980’s Colgate realized that if it were to be successful in the rapidly changing international business environment‚ it would have to develop a more transnational orientation. Colgate wanted to become transnational and develop an international cadre of executive managers. In 1987‚ the Human Resources Division had to develop a plan
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segment marketing i.e. identify large groups within the market with similar characteristics and target either one or a few of them. This decision was based on the fact that although the market consisted of people with the same need i.e. to colour and shampoo their hair‚ but the market varied in other characteristics. The segments we choose to target consisted of people who wish to colour their hair to hide their gray hair and also people who would like to colour their hair just for the style. All our
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change our nature. Natural law‚ which determines good and evil‚ is the same as moral law and we cannot repel it because we cannot take away the fact that we are human beings. However‚ the Conditioners are individuals who want to change human nature. They use their desires to determine what is good and evil instead of natural law and become slaves of their own nature. Natural law is what helps us understand the relationship between morality and nature. We get our morals from natural law‚ which come from
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Marketing Strategy of CLEAR Shampoo in China Contents 1. Introduction In Chinese shampoo market‚ many companies are facing the same problem---Homogenization. It is‚ therefore‚ significant to adopt effective marketing strategy to attract target and potential customers. As for CLEAR shampoo‚ it is one of the most distinguished shampoo brands all over the world and belongs to Unilever. Before CLEAR came to China‚ it has become the top brand in dandruff market in South America‚ Europe and Southeast
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What preparations are taken in our country to save people and wealth during natural calamities? Bangladesh is a disaster-prone country of an area of about 1‚ 47‚570 sq. km. with population nearing 140 million. Bangladesh becomes the worst victim of natural calamities causing colossal loss of lives and properties. Most of the people of this country are very poor. It is predominantly an agricultural country. The economy largely depends on weather. Major disasters that occur in Bangladesh are: tropical
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Bernard Malamud’s The Natural follows Roy Hobbs’ baseball career. Roy’s talents give him great success in the game‚ but they are consistently overshadowed by his failures. He tries hard‚ but still cannot accomplish many of his goals. Famed author Joyce Carol Oates says that art should arouse emotions and expand sympathies. The novel makes the reader remember their past‚ and the times when they too were unable to succeed. The reader constantly empathizes with Roy‚ since failure is a part of life‚
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