Stephannie Niell Case # 14 – Gillette 1. Gillette has successfully convinced the world that “more is better” in terms of number of blades and other razor features. Why has that worked in the past? What’s next? Gillette has had the ability to appeal to men for decades and learn what they need and provide that for them. By “convincing” the world that more is better‚ it was simply done by their marketing team. The marketing team has used not only athletes throughout the decades but the research
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BAB003 7/10/00 Quality at Gillette Argentina Jorge Micozzi‚ President for Latin America of The Gillette Company‚ looked up from the report on Argentina’s Total Quality Management (TQM) program that was going to be delivered to the corporation’s quality council in early 1999. “As you can see from these business measures‚” he told the casewriter‚ “our TQM program has been very successful. This has been my most important program and Victor Walker‚ program manager‚ was the key to its implementation
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Gillette Cassette Case Study‚ 1/9/11 In 1970 Gillette Razors was dominating the manufacturing and distribution of men’s and women’s razors‚ blades and other toiletries. Their distribution to 500‚000 retail outlets in the US and the strong relationships of their sales team with chain retailers and wholesale distributors made them well-positioned to enter the emerging market of blank cassettes. Based on the research they received from their consultants‚ Gillette was smart to seriously consider
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The Gillette Company ‚ was founded in 1901 by inventor King C. Gillette. It was a leading international manufacturer of consumer products ranging from electric razors to ballpoint pens. Gillette has three divisions: 1. Safety Razor division (blades and razors) 2. Paper Mate Division (writing instruments) 3. Personal Care Division-PCD (toiletries and cosmetics) PCD was responsible for Gillette’s U.S. entries in hair care‚ skin care‚ and deodrants /antiperspirants The Brands of Gillette are
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Greg Runco Gillette Case Study‚ “I never knew my Fusion had a Precision Trimmer on the back” – 11.5.2012 It has been empirically proven that having too many options makes decision-making harder. In fact‚ some studies show that having to make too many decisions can leave people tired‚ mentally drained and more dissatisfied with their purchases. If you look at the major development milestones of Gillette‚ they occurred in 1903 // 1971 (68 years later) // 1990 (19 years later) // 1995 (5 years
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performance. Why should it be done? First‚ there will be less incentive for employee to increase production output when the pay differential between piece-rate and hourly paid work is not enough. That’s why most of guys would not "bust ass" unless they could make at least $16 an hour on a job Second‚ method department of Walt will retime and reduce the piece rate if a experienced worker are able to earn more bonus for certain job. The policy actually punish the high productivity without realize the folly
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Case Study Gillette Fusion: Building a $1 Billion Brand Q1. Key Milestones Gillette dominates 70% of global razor market; their strategy is to keep on producing new products‚ developing new innovations‚ and remaining as the market leader in men’s grooming market. Gillette introduced its first razor in 1903; by 1971‚ they invented Trac II “the world’s first two-blade razor”. Comparing to the original one-bladed razor‚ the two blades work better. Then they came out with Altra‚ the
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been Chairman and CEO of Gillette for 4 years‚ was seeking a buyer of the global Boston-based company. Lafley‚ who had been Chairman and CEO of P&G for over 4 years‚ was out of the office and had to call him back‚ unaware of what Kilts was about to propose. Lafley questioned Kilts on three topics. First‚ what was Gillette’s price? Kilts said he wanted a fair offer. Not $60 per share‚ but not $50. ”Jim‚” Lafley responded‚ “I can do the math. Are you thinking Gillette holdings into P&G stock
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Gillette is going to choose a strategic option for Fusion and Fusion Power‚ its new breakthrough offering‚ which are following the MACH3‚ the former successful exiting offering‚ in order to increase sales of Fusion and Fusion Power of which sales are flat 10.6% in 1st quarter to 10.8% in 2nd quarter‚ which is little bit disappointing‚ compared to the MACH3 (See the Exhibit 1.) Decision I strongly recommend that Gillette should launch new advertising campaign with a promotion campaign‚ in order
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of the modern shaving trends and therefore do not add to the total sales of the company. With time‚ when the urban market will get saturated‚ the rural market will become the only option for the company to expand their sales. Therefore‚ the company has to find some means to penetrate and increase the awareness among the rural population. * The awareness of the Gillette brand is high among the urban population but not many use it regularly. Even though a higher percentage of population has tried
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