Focusing Marketing Efforts on Specific Groups: Teenagers or Youth Philip Kotler cited that in Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need. In retailing, products are called merchandise. In manufacturing, products are bought as raw materials and sold as finished goods. Commodities are usually raw materials such as metals and agricultural products, but a commodity can also be anything widely available in the open market. In our daily living, we
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dimension are more relevant for Colgate because the respondents feel that the brand is suitable for cleaning and maintaining teeth and the benefits highlighted by the brand such as white and strong teeth are based on facts. While sincere and wholesome—are not applicable to Colgate because the brand is not fair and just and its usage does not give physical and mental satisfaction. Exciting Dimension:-cool, contemporary, and imaginative—are not applicable to Colgate brand because the respondents
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In middle 1992 Colgate-palmolive (CP) introduced a new toothbrush model ,called Precision, and it was expected to be announced during 1993.Susan Steinberg ,Precision product manager, had now the dilemma how to position,brand and communicate their new product.Would it be a niche,super-premium product or would it be a mainstream professional product?Would the name of the new toothbrush follow standard naming conventions or would they make a revolution and call it “Precision by colgate”?Should the company
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colgate Meg Carey Max Jayapaul Julie Longmuir Kate Lynch Rani Marom Liz Sansone Marketing 9703 Dr. Chattalas Colgate-Palmolive Case Analysis April 10, 2002 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY: THE PRECISION TOOTHBRUSH SWOT Strengths ColgateColgate-Palmolive is recognized as the world’s leader in personal care sales which included oral hygiene products like toothbrushes and toothpastes. In 1991
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Global Adventures of Colgate Palmolive Today there are many firms whose products are widely known and are available in many countries all over the world, but international marketing is not a simple activity that can be successfully applied by very firm. First, to achieve success in international marketing activities, a company should consider economic, social and cultural facts about the countries which the firm plans to expand its activities to. These facts are extremely important because they
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Colgate is famous for having a long history of strong relationship with its retail trade partners. This Company delights consumers around there world with a an array of Oral Care, Home Care, Personal Care, and Pet Nutrition products. Small stores around the world are just important to Colgate as large ones. Behind the success of Colgate’s brands are carefully developed business and marketing strategies. Based on consumer and shopper insights, the Company works closely with local merchandisers and
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SHARES IN DIFFERENT SEGMENTS CONTENTS 2 7 6 5 4 3 Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd is engaged in the personal care business, which includes oral care. The oral care products manufactured by the company include toothpastes, toothbrushes, toothpowder, whitening products and mouthwash. The personal care products manufactured by the company include body wash, liquid hand wash, shave preps, skin care and hair care. Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd was incorporated in the year 1937. In the year 1983
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1. Case Background Colgate –Palmolive (Malaysia) a subsidiary company of Colgate-Palmolive Company USA in 1960 as manufacturing company of a tooth-paste. The parent company based in New York was originally manufacturer of soap and detergent products. After 1987, the company product range focusing on the oral, household, toiletries and personal cares products. The company also active in research and development of producing new product ranges. The company is targeting into cosmetic and medicated market
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business environment is good and is not threatened greatly by economic crisis and problems. Both external and national environment is very conducive for business players like Colgate-Palmolive to play and venture with. II. Point of View In order to have a better grasp of the situation, the point of view of Palmolive Natural’s senior product manager Gigi Alvarez, is being considered. As the person in the top product management level, she has an overall view of the situations in the company
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WS5 Paper This paper will evaluation the distribution strategy for Colgate-Palmolive Oral Care market. According to the case study, Colgate-Palmolive (CP) held forty-three percent of the world’s toothpaste market and sixteen percent of the toothbrush market in 1991. That same year the worldwide sales of CP oral care products increased by twelve percent by 1.3 billion (twenty-two percent of total sales). $243 million was invested to upgrade 25 of CP’s 91 manufacturing plants; introduce 275 new
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