Hansson Private LabelHansson Private LabelHansson Private 1. How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal care industry? HPL is a mid-sized private label manufacturer of personal care goods. In 1992, the company acquired production assets from Simons Health and Beauty Products, and through increased efficiency had enjoyed growth within the sector. The company’s production is estimated to account for about 28% of the $4 billion sold in their product category, generating
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at Hansson Private Label, Inc.: Evaluating Investment in the Goliath Facility Company Background Hansson Private Label, Inc (HPL) is a private company in the business of manufacturing personal care products for retail partners. The company started its business in 1992 via the acquisition of manufacturing assets from Simon Health and Beauty Products by US$ 42 million. The US$ 25 million equity portion in the acquisition deal was a demonstration of the level of entrepreneurism of Mr. Hansson, the
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Britt Sturm Cases in Managerial Finance Dr. Morris November 9th, 2015 Hansson Private Label, Inc. (Pg. 151) 1. How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal care industry? Hansson Private Label, Inc., (HPL) founded by Tucker Hansson in 1992 when he decided to purchase the manufacturing assets of Simon Health and Beauty Products. Hansson had background in branded personal care products and wanted to change his position in the market place. The personal
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Hansson Private Label | ACF - I | 1. How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal care industry? HPL manufactures personal care products that are sold under the band label by other companies. The company has stable whole sales growth rate and has become successful by efficient manufacturing, good expense management and appropriate customer service. In the recent years, the company has been facing a great amount of competition in the private label industry
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The industry within which Hansson Private Label exists is a very competitive and volatile one. It is dominated by two types of firms, namely, Branded and Private Labels. Tucker Hansson operates as a private label firm. Private Label firms are an emerging market which is competitive based on its ability to have a lower price than its rivals. This market has experienced growth primarily because of this affordability. However this growth would be regarded as organic. Based on analysis of the financials
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Hansson Private Label Directions Fin 3150 Dr. R. Abraham There is a proposal for a $ 50 million expansion for Hanson Private Label or HPL. HPL manufactured personal care products such as sop, shampoo and mouthwash The proposed expansion is HPL’s response to a retail customer’s desire to expand HPL’s share of their private label manufacturing. Consider the firm’s overall competitive strategy and proceed as follows: 1. How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal
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Case – Hansson Private Label, Inc. Question 1: How would you describe HPL and its position within the private label personal care industry? HPL started in 1992, manufacturing personal care products – soap, shampoo, mouthwash, shaving, cream, sunscreen and etc., and selling them under the brand label of HPL’s retail partners, which includes supermarkets, drag stores, and mass merchants. It is a conservative company similar to other private label manufacturers since the have never had major
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Case Study: Expansion and Risk at Hansson Private Label, Inc.: Evaluating Investment in the Goliath Facility Final Project by Rodrigo Montechiari Company´s Business Operations, Strategy and Past Performance HPL is a manufacturer of personal care products for retail partners. Its strategy has always been to focus on efficiency, cost control and customer relation to guarantee solid revenue grows until 2007. Expansions have always been carefully analyzed and the Company never worked below 60% capacity
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Marijan Jurac Chelikani – FIN 310 LIBOR Report * After reading the report on LIBOR reform I was first trying to get a sense about what LIBOR did exactly and what were the issues that it had brought forth to call for the reform. The further I read, the more I began to understand the pros and cons of a having LIBOR. Unfortunately I personally found that there were actually more cons than pros. * * As mentioned in the report LIBOR has been the catalyst for fraud and unfair play in
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1. HPL Position in Industry Hansson Private Label (HPL) is a manufacturer of private label personal care product. In the recent years, the company has been facing a great amount of competition in the private label industry. In conjunction with competition, the industry has been experiencing slow growth, with unit volume sales increasing less that 1% over the past four years. Even with those factors, the company has a solid foothold in the market; according to its financial statements, HPL is
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