...Advertising of Lux in India Selection of Media: There are number of Sources available for passing the product message. These are as follows; Television Radio Outdoor- Billboards, Magazines Newspapers Brochures Internet Lux has made it a point to use every above source for its advertisement. However the most frequent source used is television. Lux was launched in India in 1929. Its slogan was “the beauty soap of film stars.” The first advertisement was by actress Leela Chitnis as the brand ambassador. It has heavily advertised in India using Bollywood actresses as its brand ambassadors from Asha Parekh, Mala Singh, Hema Malini, Rekha, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif in the latest ads. The brand had used male actors only twice in its advertisements – Shahrukh Khan was featured on the completion of the 75th years of Lux soap brand in 2005. Lux ad with the brand ambassador Leela Chitnis. Shah Rukh Khan with the four Ladies Aishwariya Rai Bachchan with Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek Bachchan came along with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the year 2009 which was aired along with a promotional offer. Katrina Kaif has been roped in to becoming the brand ambassador of Lux. In the advertisement of July, 2012, that stars both Katrina Kaif and Shahrukh Khan in the campaign, endorsed two variants of the Lux soap – Lux Peach and Cream and Lux Strawberry and Cream. The fragrance of the new Lux soap stands for love...
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...consumers, the trade, the sales force and other influential groups. Promotion ranks with advertising and selling efforts as one of the major activities that can be utilized in the marketing of packaged goods. Promotion is directed not only to consumers or the trade but also to the occasion to the sales force and other influential groups. The great Indian brand wagon of Lux started nearly 4 decades ago. Great brands sometimes outlast their ambassadors as proven by Lux which celebrated its 75th anniversary in India. The first ambassador Leela Chitnis featured in a Lux advertisement which flagged off the Lux wagon. She gave way to a galaxy of stars which include Madhubala, Nargis, Meena Kumari, Mala Sinha, Sharmila Tagore, Waheeda Rehman, Sairah Banu, Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman, Juhi Chawla, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Aishwaria Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and most recently Katrina Kaif. The last frontier for most actors aspiring to stardom is becoming a Lux ambassador. The brand has outlasted many soaps. From the beginning, Lux became a household name in the country. Lux advertisements through ages Lux campaigns have wooed millions of people over the decades. Popularly known as the beauty soap of film stars, Lux has been an intimate partner of the brightest stars on the silver screen for decades. An ode to their beauty, an announcer of their stardom, advertising campaigns on Lux have featured film stars across the nation, promising their beauty and complexion...
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...|How Did Advertising Start in India? | | |By B Sumangal; Illustration by Anup Singh | |The first newspaper in India was brought out by an Englishman James Augustus Hickey in 1780 who was stationed at Calcutta. The | |paper was brought out on Saturdays and was first called the Calcutta General Advertiser or Hickey's Bengal Gazette. | | | |Publishing a newspaper is an expensive business as Hickey realised to his cost. He was losing money faster than the newspapers | |came out of the printing press. To make ends meet, Hickey decided to take on advertisements or ads. | | | |The earliest ads consisted of simple messages 'classified' into different categories for easy reference with a mailing address | |from where they could be ordered. These became the forerunner of today's classified advertisements in newspapers. For instance, | |today's newspaper carry sale of autos, electronic items, domestic services, pets, etc under these headings. | | ...
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...Group members Dev-9 Florence -12 Priyanka-27 Archi-36 Ayush-60 Nirali-65 Contents Company’s overview Product overview Marketing mix Swot analysis Competitor analysis Recommendation COMPANY’SOVERVIEW Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company owned by the European company Unilever. The Anglo-Dutchcompany Unilever owns a 52% majority stake. HUL was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited and came into being in 1956 as Hindustan Lever Limited through a merger of Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Indiaand has employee strength of over 15,000 employees and contributes to indirect employment of over 52,000 people. The company was renamed in June 2007 as “Hindustan Unilever Limited”. Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 1 million retail outlets across India directly and its products are available in over 6.3 million outlets in the country, nearly 80% of all retail outlets in India. The company claims that two out of three Indians use its many home and personal care products, food and beverages. HUL works to create a better future every day and helps people feel good, look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. With over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories such as soaps, detergents, shampoos, skin care, toothpastes, deodorants, cosmetics, tea, coffee, packaged...
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...Term Paper On LAUNCHING OF LUX FACE WASH (With reference to course, MARKETING MANAGEMENT, MGT 514) Submitted to: Submitted by: Dr. GIRISH TANEJA RAJIV GUPTA ROLL NO: B34 SEC: RR1902 REG NO: 10901946 ACKNOWLEGEMENT First of all we would like to thank Lovely Professional University and take the opportunity to do this project as a part of the M.B.A. Many people have influenced the shape and content of this project, and many supported me through it. I express my sincere gratitude Dr .GIRISH TANEJA sir for assigning me a project on LAUNCHING OF LUX FACE WASH which is an interesting and exhaustive subject. He has been an inspirational and role model for this topic. His guidance and active support has made it possible to complete the assignment. I would also like to thank my friends who have helped and encouraged me throughout the working of this project. Last but not the least I would like to thank the Almighty for always helping me RAJIV GUPTA Index Company profile Business Mission Market Objective Situation Analysis SWOT Analysis Marketing Strategy Marketing Mix Implementation, Evaluation and Control Conclusion LUX Company Profile Since 1929, Lux in step with the changing trends and evolving beauty needs of the consumers, offers an exciting range of soaps and Body Washes with unique elements to make bathing time more pleasurable. One can choose from a range of skincare benefits like firming, fairness and moisturising. Lux stands for the promise of...
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...concept, Swirl’s. Price • The prices range from low cost i.e. Paddle Pop which costs Rs 8 to Viennetta which costs Rs 150 • • The most popular Cornetto Walls is priced at Rs 20 to Rs 30 Feist is in the range of Rs 15 to Rs 20 Place • It is has a four step distribution system. From production units the lot is taken to the distributors, then wholesalers, then company salesmen and they take the lot finally to the retailers • It has major presence currently in the 30 big cities across India 3 • It is sold extensively by push carts since most customers are impulse buyers and it believes in giving maximum visibility to the products Promotion • • • Promoted as the “ice cream with the big heart” which is taken from its logo A “good, honest, daily scoop of pleasure” Extensive publicity campaigns especially organised by Cornetto Walls like “luv reels” and “just one cornetto” promote the youthfulness of this brand • • Feist had also undergone extensive innovative advertising via iPod Nano advertising Cornetto Walls is famously promoted as “true love never fails” Brand 2: Closeup Product It was the first one in the Indian market to launch a gel toothpaste It has the following product line...
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...Chapter- One Introduction 1.1 Introduction Unilever is a multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. Unilever employs nearly 180,000 people and had worldwide revenue of almost €40 billion in 2005. Unilever is a dual-listed company consisting of Unilever NV in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Unilever PLC in London, England. This arrangement is similar to that of Reed Elsevier and that of Royal Dutch Shell prior to their unified structure. Both Unilever companies have the same directors and effectively operate as a single business. The current non-executive Chairman of Unilever N.V. and PLC is Michael Treschow while Patrick Cescau is Group Chief Executive, who will retire at the end of 2014. Mr Paul Polman will succeed Patrick Cescau as Group Chief Executive. The company is widely listed on the world's stock exchanges. 1.2 Origin of report Since practical orientation is an integral part of the MBA program, I tried to expose real life performance of Unilever by preparing this report. To prepare this report I have come across with different information of the Unilever. From the collected information I understand the company’s activities in the market as Unilever as in their internal preparation for marketing and others activities. I expect that this report will fulfill the requirement of MBA program...
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...Introduction Unilever is a multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage that owns many of the world’s consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. Unilever employs nearly 180,000 people and had worldwide revenue of almost €40 billion in 2005. Unilever is a dual-listed company consisting of UnileverNV in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Unilever PLC in London, England. This arrangement is similar to that of Reed Elsevier and that of Royal Dutch Shell prior to their unified structure. Both Unilever companies have the same directors and effectively operate as a single business. The current non-executive Chairman of Unilever N.V. and PLC is Michael Treschow while Patrick Cescau is Group Chief Executive, who will retire at the end of 2008. Mr Paul Polman will succeed Patrick Cescau as Group Chief Executive. The company is widely listed on the world’s stock exchanges. 1.2 Origin of report Since practical orientation is an integral part of the BBA program, I tried to expose real life performance of Uniliver by preparing this report. To prepare this report I have come across with different information of the Uniliver. From the collected information I understand the company’s activities in the market as Uniliverll as in their internal preparation for marketing and others activities. I expect that this report will fulfill the requirement of BBA program and provide a clear idea about the Uniliver activities and other multi-national...
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...references 11 1. Key Challenge As part of Part I of the project we did a situational analysis for Sobha covering the 3Cs (Company, Customer, Competition) and came up with a list of major challenges that Sobha faces. In this report, we kept our focus is in doing a STP (Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning) analysis for Sobha and come up with a list of recommendations that Sobha can consider to effectively handle those challenges. Though the real estate sector in general experiences several common challenges like spiraling input costs, shortage of labor, global liquidity crunch etc. Sobha's marketing-specific challenges are the following in our view – 1. Get recognized as a major pan India player in the real estate segment 2. Competing with established all-India players like DLF, Unitech etc In this paper we discuss on how Sobha can leverage its unique differentiating factors like full backward integration, reputation on quality etc and effective marketing mix to address the above challenges. 2. Segmenation The real-estate industry can be segmented broadly under the following heads – 1. Individual a. Affluent b. Upper middle-class c. Middle-class d. Low income group 2. Corporate e. Office space f. Retail g. Industrial h. Hotel i. Resorts 3. Location of individuals and company j. Tier 1, 2 & 3 cities k. SEZ (Special Economic Zones) Further segmentation...
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...competitor. Dove brand evolved in early 1957and is owned by Unilever. Dove came up with the different strategy and that is the Real Beauty concept. They emphasized that beauty of a women is not the outer beauty but the actual beauty is her inner self. There ads included normal ordinary women who were not only slim trimmed and toned but they were fat, simple and aged too. Dove differentiated its beauty bar by emphasizing that it contains moisturizing cream and milk and unlike other soaps namely like Lux it does not leave the skin dry but its moisturizing cream effect softens and moisturizes the skin. Initially Dove did not have many competitors but now the completion has been strengthened by the new entrants and therefore Dove now needs to safeguard it equity constantly. Hope you all enjoy reading this report as much as I enjoyed compiling and completing it. INTRODUCTION Dove is a personal care brand owned by Unilever. It started in 1957 The brand came to India in 1995. It is imported and marketed by Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). By the end of the dove firming “Real Women” Campaign, dove has become a national talking point and was ranked number three in the body lotions market, ahead of L’oreal, Garnier, Neutrogena and Olay. In the year 2004, Unilever won the ‘marketer of the year’ award for its brand Dove PRODUCT STRATEGY A combination of moisturizer and softness so as to satisfy the particular need which was earlier not met. Focused...
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...Lux : Celebrating Beauty Brand : Lux Company: HLL Agency : JWT Brand Count :190 Lux is a super brand that celebrated beauty across the world since 1925. The soap which was endorsed by the beautiful film stars came to India in 1929. Lux has been the largest selling personal wash brand in the country. Lux has effectively managed its PLC through careful brand building and changing the product in line with the changing consumer. The brand is being positioned as the favorite soap of Film stars has been consistent interms of communication and positioning. The brand is also the classic example of successful celebrity endorsement. The first celebrity to endorse the brand was Leela Chitnis . From Leela to Aishwarya , From Madhuri to Madhubala, Lux has been endorsed by more than 50 film stars ( a sort of record isn't it). But in all these communications, the celebrity never shadowed the brand. Lux was always changing with the times. Whether it be interms of the product or interms of promotions, the brand kept the consumers excited. Lux has two basic extensions interms of segments. Lux beauty soap and International Lux. Lux was initially a premium brand. Lux was being projected as an aspirational brand and the endorsements by stars further reinforced the positioning. The increasing competition in the soap category forced Lux to rethink on its targeting strategy. The brand had a choice either to compromise on market share and uphold the premium positioning or to retain the...
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...degree, in India, and Asia, as well as a few places in Europe. The soap is currently manufactured by Hindustan Lever Limited in India. Liril launched a blue variant called Icy Cool Mint in 2002. It also tried launching an Orange variant, called Liril Orange Splash in India in 2004. Neither of these variants created much splash in the market. The company even changed agencies handling the brand, from Lowe to McCann Erickson before going back to Lowe. Liril has had a static market share for quite some time now. The majority of their sales happen during summer. Preity Zinta, among others, has advertised for this product. The original ads, featuring Karen Lunel, from 1975 and 1986 are now popular on the internet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liril 2. Can Liril Regain Its Equity January 7, 2014: The soap market in India is highly penetrated (98 per cent) with a multitude of brands. The market is estimated at Rs 10,000 crore in value. Lifebuoy is the number one soap brand in terms of market share, followed by Lux, Santoor, Dettol and Godrej No.1 in that order. (Ref table: Leading the market) The two major segments in the soap market are beauty and health. Beauty is the bigger segment at Rs 5,000 crore but the health soap market, valued at Rs 3,000 crore, is the faster growing segment. The other segments are herbal/ayurvedic soaps and medicated soaps. In terms of prices, the soap segments are: Mass: Lifebuoy, Godrej No.1 Popular: Hamam, Medimix, Vivel, Lux Premium: Dove...
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...TOPIC BRANDING STRATEGY OF HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED SUBMITTED BY PRIYANKA S. TELANG UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SAMADHAN KHAMKAR IN THE FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-2010 CHIKITSAK SAMUHA’S S.S & LS PATKAR VARDE COLLEGE OF ARTS COMMERCE & SCIENCE AND V.P VARDE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS,GOREGAON (W) MUMBAI -62 1 CHIKITSAK SAMUHA’S PATKAR – VARDE COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE SCIENCE. GOREGAON (W), MUMBAI -400063 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that PRIYANKA SHASHIKANT TELANG OF T.Y.Bachelor of Management studies VI (2009-2010) has successfully completed the project on “BRANDING STRATEGY OF HUL” under the guidance of SAMADHAN SIR. COURSE CO-ORDINATOR PROJECT GUIDE/INTERNAL EXAMINAR EXTERNAL EXAMINER 2 CHIKITSAK SAMUHA’S PATKAR – VARDE COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE SCIENCE. GOREGAON (W), MUMBAI -400063 DECLARATION I, PRIYANKA TELANG OF Patkar –Varde College of TYBMS (semester VI) hereby declare that I have completed this project on “BRANDING STRATEGY OF HUL” during the academic year 2009-2010. The information submitted is true and original to the best of my knowledge. DATE: SIGNATURE OF STUDENT PLACE: MUMBAI 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to express my profound gratitude to PROF.SAMADHAN KHAMKAR for his kind support and valuable guidance for the completion of this project. I also express my sincere thanks to my principal and BMS co-coordinators...
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... Key Info | Keya Super Beauty Soap | Type | Manufacturer | Industry | Cosmetic | Founded | 1997 | Headquarters | Factory: Jarun, Konabari, Gazipur, BangladeshDhaka office: House : 45, Navana Tower, Gulshan Avenue, Post Code: 1212 | Area Served | Domestic: Bangladesh International: Nepal, India , Bhutan, Saudi Arabia etc | Key People | Mr. Abdul Khaleque Pathan | Products | Soap | Parent Company | Keya Cosmetic Ltd. Of Keya Group | IPO | 2001 (Public Ltd Company) | Website | www.keyagroupbd.com | | | Corporate Logo Where Are We Now? Core Product Description Name: Keya Super Beauty Soap Corporate Owner: Keya Group Manufacturer: Keya Soap Chemicals Ltd Brand Name Keya Variants Name Keya Super Beauty Soap (White, Pink & Green) Keya Super Lemon Soap (Lemon) History Keya Super beauty Soap is presently at its growth stage and Keya is currently one of the leading brands in Cosmetic Industry of Bangladesh. Back in 2000-2005, Keya is quite popular among the customers because of its attractive packaging & advertisements featuring renowned celebrities. Nowadays, the sales are somewhat less. Most people buy Meril, Tibet or Lux. Product Description The attractive and colorful packaging of Keya Soaps attracts the customer and gives them a unique feeling of different flavored soaps. Packet colors are being selected as per different soaps. Since Keya has various kinds of Soaps, its packaging contains abstracts and images...
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...Keya Super Beauty Soap Company Profile Key Info | Keya Super Beauty Soap | Type | Manufacturer | Industry | Cosmetic | Founded | 1997 | Headquarters | Factory: Jarun, Konabari, Gazipur, BangladeshDhaka office: House : 45, Navana Tower, Gulshan Avenue, Post Code: 1212 | Area Served | Domestic: Bangladesh International: Nepal, India , Bhutan, Saudi Arabia etc | Key People | Mr. Abdul Khaleque Pathan | Products | Soap | Parent Company | Keya Cosmetic Ltd. Of Keya Group | IPO | 2001 (Public Ltd Company) | Website | www.keyagroupbd.com | || Corporate Logo Where Are We Now? Core Product Description Name: Keya Super Beauty Soap Corporate Owner: Keya Group Manufacturer: Keya Soap Chemicals Ltd Brand Name Keya Variants Name Keya Super Beauty Soap (White, Pink & Green) Keya Super Lemon Soap (Lemon) History Keya Super beauty Soap is presently at its growth stage and Keya is currently one of the leading brands in Cosmetic Industry of Bangladesh. Back in 2000-2005, Keya is quite popular among the customers because of its attractive packaging & advertisements featuring renowned celebrities. Nowadays, the sales are somewhat less. Most people buy Meril, Tibet or Lux. Product Description The attractive and colorful packaging of Keya Soaps attracts the customer and gives them a unique feeling of different flavored soaps. Packet colors are being selected as per different soaps. Since Keya has various kinds of Soaps, its packaging contains abstracts and images of flowers or may be image of...
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