DATE: Karl Schmidt Jared Sessum Sustainable Tea at Unilever‚ Harvard Business School January 29‚ 2013 This memorandum addresses the following questions based on information found in the Harvard Business School case study on Unilever: Why did Unilever commit to sustainably source 100% of its tea? Has Rainforest Alliance certification been success for Unilever –why or why not? What should Unilever do with its tea business in India? Why has Unilever committed to sustainably source 100% of its agricultural
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Marketing Mix OUTLINE o INTRODUCTION o UNILEVER AT A GLANCE o STP STRATEGY Segmentation Targeting Positioning • 4 Ps o CONCLUSION UNILEVER AT A GLANCE Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods. UNILEVER was founded in 1930 190 countries in which their products are sold 171‚000 employees at the end of the year 2011 €1 billion invested in R&D worldwide in 2011 CUSTOMER PARTNERSHIPS o Unilever has products for three markets: • FOOD • PERSONAL CARE
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------------------------------------------------- MARKETING: Group 1 ------------------------------------------------- Case: Chandon‚ Pierre (2004). Unilever in Brazil: Marketing Strategies for Low-income Consumers (Question 1 a & b) a) Discuss whether marketing and branding can create value for poor consumers. Marketing is the performance of activities that seek to accomplish organisations objectives by anticipating customer or client needs and directing a flow of need satisfying
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Unilever has experienced quite a rollercoaster of marketing success and failure over the last 5 years. Originally its new 5-year strategic plan entitled Path to Growth’ had special promise and forecast for success. The primary objective of this plan was to cull Unilever’s tail’ brands and place extra emphasis on those which were market leaders. Niail Fitzgerald believes that too many brands often confuse the customer and thus lead to poor purchasing decisions. The paradox of choice between Unilevers’
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Unilever Analysis Unilever should introduce a new‚ premium bar soap named Omo Luz for quality and value-conscious consumers‚ while lowering the price point of Minerva to reduce cannibalization and increase appeal to low to middle income segment in Northeast Brazil. In order to accomplish this mission and remain profitable‚ target primarily married low income women who value family and reputation; those who would otherwise buy P&G brand detergent or a local brand. This new Omo product will be
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Within Unilever‚ Simatic IT Interspec is used to manage all Production Item specifications from Ingredient and Packaging Materials that are received‚ to Finished Products. Simatic IT Interspec is currently in use in both its Foods and Home and Personal Care businesses across a variety of geographies. For example it is operational across the Foods Division’s European business in a variety of countries and companies‚ and in the Home and Personal Care (HPC) Division North American businesses. Plans
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Unilever‚ the company. Unilever was founded in 1930 as result of the merger of the Dutch company Margarine Unie and the English company dedicated to the manufacture of soaps‚ Lever Brothers. The Unilever business grew and new ventures were launched in Latin America. In April 2000 it bought both Ben & Jerry ’s and Slim Fast. The company is multinational with operating companies and factories on every continent (except Antarctica) and research laboratories. The company is said to promote sustainability
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Department ♦Planning department ♦Costing department ♦Finance department ♦Payment department ♦Cash office ♦Wages & salaries department ♦Business Support Department ♦Administration department Unilever Pakistan Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever Overseas Holding‚ UK‚ Unilever PLC (a company incorporated in the United Kingdom) Fundamentals of Organization We often begin to describe a firms Structure by looking at its Organization Chart. Organizational Chart:- The reporting
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Interactive Session 7 UNILEVER SEGURES ITS MOBILE DEVICES Unilever is a $54 billion global manufacturer and supplier of fast-moving consumer goods‚ including brands such as Q-Tips‚ Lipton tea‚ and Dove personal care products. It operates in 57 countries‚ with regional teams for Europe‚ the Americas‚ and Asia/Africa (including Australia.) Unilever also has teams for its Foods and Home and Personal Care products. This global giant is known for its ability to leverage products and brands throughout
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ANALYSIS 12 6.1 ICE-CREAM BRANDS 12 6.2 ICE-CREAM PARLORS 12 6.3 INDUSTRY GROWTH 13 6.3.1 Product Life Cycle 13 CHAPTER 7: MARKET FORCES 14 7.1 NEW PRODUCT ENTRY PROSPECTS 14 7.2 RIVALRY 14 7.3 POWER OF SUPPLIERS 15 7.4 POWER OF BUYERS 15 7.5 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 15 CHAPTER 8: COMPETITOR ANALYSIS 17 8.1 COMPETITORS OF MAGNUM 17 8.2 DIRECT COMPATITOR (IGLOO QUANTA) 18 8.2.1 General Information about Quanta 18 8.2.2 Assessing Objectives of Igloo 18 8.2.3 Marketing Strategy of Igloo Quanta
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