P&G (Full Detail)
P&G (Full Detail)
P&G (Full Detail)
Group members:
Umar Mustaq ,80 Zahid Iqbal, 84
Arshia Abbas,89 Sana Tariq,47
Rida Afzal 98
Presented To: Sir, Farhan Gillani
Class BBA
Section: B
Semester:4th
1/5/2014 2
TOUCHING LIVES, IMPROVING LIFE…. PROCTER & GAMBLE
Founded – 1837 *(American multinational corporation)
Headquarters - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Key people - A.G.Lafley ,( Chairman, President, and
Chief Executive).
Industry - Consumer goods
Revenue - US$ 84.7 billion (2013)
Net income - US$11.31 billion (2013)
Employees - 121,000(2013)
Website - www.pg.com
Products are available in 140 countries
8th largest corporation in the world by market
capitalization. (2008)
14th largest US company by profit.
10th in Fortune's Most Admired Companies list (as of
2007).
P&G was named 2008 Advertiser of the Year by
Cannes International Advertising Festival spending
$2.62 billion
Awarded inaugural social innovation award by the
financial times.
Ranked 2nd in the chief executive magazine’s “best
companies for leaders ” . In October 2008, P&G
was named one of "Canada's Top 100
Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc.,
William Procter, a candlemaker, and James Gamble, a
soapmaker, immigrants from England and Ireland,
respectively, who had settled earlier in Cincinnati, who
met as they both married sisters, Olivia and Elizabeth
Norris formed the company initially.
Alexander Norris, their father-in law called a meeting
in which he convinced his new sons-in-law to become
business
partners.
On October 31, 1837, as
a result of the suggestion,
Procter & Gamble was born.
Business Summary
Product Strategy
Product classification-service consumer good
Product differentiation-form, features, performance, reliability
Superior technology
CSR initiatives
Attractive packaging
Catchy taglines
Established as a brand itself
Pricing Strategy
Optional-feature pricing
Product-line pricing
Cost-plus pricing
Competitive pricing
Distribution pricing
Promotion Strategy
Media
Radio
Hoardings
Consumer promotion
Newspaper
Various promotional offers
P&G is spending30-35% of its sale in advertisement and
promotion which is highest in the industry, HUL expends
only 15% of sales on advertisement and promotion
Place Strategy
In store placement strategy
Already existing strong links in urban areas
Rural penetration
Develop marketing channels as strong and penetrated so that it
would gain access to remote areas
Strategic location of warehouse
Increase wholesale dealers in small town so that they can go to the
nearby villages
National coverage would be dealt with by increasing the company’s
warehouse and creating C&F agents in smaller cities
“ Logo controversy”
The company received unwanted media publicity in the 1980s
when rumors were spread that their previous corporate logo was
a Satanic symbol. The company has sued and attempted to sue a
number of companies like Amway and individuals who have
spread rumors of this type, in some instances because they sell
competitive products and have spread such rumors for the
purpose of tarnishing P&G's image to increase sales of their own
brands.
However, the continuous media coverage prompted P&G to adopt
an entirely new logo consisting of just
the letters P&G. In television commercials
in China, the former P&G logo still appears
at the end of each commercial, and up until
2004, it appeared at the end of each
commercial in Japan.
“Crest Pro-Health Teeth Staining and Loss of Taste”
In October 2007, a class action lawsuit was filed in the State of
Georgia alleging that many users of Crest Pro-Health mouthwash
suffered stained teeth and loss of their sense of taste.
Procter & Gamble contends that these side effects occur in only 3%
of users.
The suit seeks to include
disclosure warning users of
these side effects on product
packaging.
“Environmental record”
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have identified
Procter & Gamble as the 52nd-largest corporate producer of air
pollution in the United States, with roughly 350,000 pounds of
toxic chemicals released annually into the air.
In 2007 Procter & Gamble pledged to reduce their carbon
emissions, mainly through reduction in packaging. The stated
emission reduction goal was 10% by 2012.
Procter & Gamble is one of the founding members of Carbon
Disclosure Project's Supply Chain Leadership Council.
Procter & Gamble has for several years funded a recycling school
in the slums of Cairo, Egypt.
“Animal testing”
P&G conducts research using animals to demonstrate
safety or efficiency of their raw materials and
products.This has led to a worldwide campaign to raise
public awareness and to stop P&G being involved in
animal testing.
The campaign is led by Uncaged Campaigns in the UK
and Stop Animal Exploitation Now in the USA.
In 2002 P&G was recognized by the