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Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
VISION
INTRO
INTRODUCT ION
factories across India. In 1931, first Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company, followed by Lever Brothers India Limited (1933) and United Traders Limited (1935). HUL formed in November 1956; The Anglo-Dutch company Unilever owns a majority stake in Hindustan Unilever Limited. The mission add vitality to life.
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Sales growth in 2008-09 is 15.5% Operating margin increased by 0.4% from 14% to 14.4% in the year 200809 Gross sales is 21649.51 crores Share price Rs 237.50
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Santoor, Chandrika Cinthol, Mysore Sandal Godrej no. 1, Nirma Dettol
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Pepsodent Close Up
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HUL COSMETICS
Lakme Ponds
COMPETITORS
SURF EXCEL: ARIEL WHEEL: NIRMA RIN: TIDE
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths:
Strong brand portfolio,price,quantity &
variety. Innovative Aspects. Presence of Established distribution networks in both urban and rural areas. 3400 distributers 16 million outlets over the world. 700 million customer base. Strong R&D of the company Highly skilled human resource.
SWOT Analysis
Opportunities:
Large domestic market over a billion population. Untapped rural market. Changing Lifestyles & Rising income levels, i.e. increasing per capita income of consumers.
SWOT Analysis
Threats:
Tax and regulatory structure.
Mimic of brands Entry of ITC in FMCG sector. Increasing cost of raw material.
Remain in tune with its markets and stays ahead of the competition
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ARKETING STRATEGIES OF H
MARKETING STRATEGIES OF HUL FOR term benefits, HUL started Project For long RURAL INDIA
Streamline in 1997. Appointed 6000 Sub-stockists that directly covers about 50,000 villages & 250 million customers. Integrate Economic, Environment & Social objectives with Business agenda. Project Shakti, partnership with Self help groups of Rural women & covers 5000 villages in 52 districts in different states.
Started in 2001, Shakti is HUL's rural initiative, which targets small villages with population of less than 2000 people or less. micro-enterprise opportunities for rural women Providing health n hygiene education through shaktivani program ishakti portal Shakti has already been extended to about 15 states ,80,000 villages in with 45,000 women entrepreneurs and generating Rs.700-1000 per month to each women.
PORTERS FORCES
PORTERS DIAGRAM
RIVALS
Consumer in this category enjoy multitude of choices. It does not cost anything for a consumer to buy one brand of shampoo instead of another, making the industry quite competitive.
SUPPLIERS
Consumer product faces some amount of supplier power simply because of the cost they incur when switching suppliers Suppliers that do a large amount of business with these companies are also beholden to their customers.
BUYERS(CUSTOMERS)
Consumer faces weak buying power because customers are fragmented and have little influence on price or product. Considering buyer power retailers it is very high since they are able to negotiate the price with the companies.
POTENTIAL ENTRENT
Given the amount of capital investment needed to enter certain segment in house hold consumer products, the threat of new entrant is fairly low. Whether the new entrant can get its products on the shelves of the same retailers as its much larger rivals.
THREAT OF SUBSTITUTE
Within the consumer product industry, brand succeeds in helping to build a competitive advantage, but even the pricing power of the brands can be eroded.
Providing education on health and hygiene Women empowerment Water management Rehabilitation of special or underprivileged children Care for the destitute and HIV-positive Rural development. Plays active role in natural calamities
STRATEGIES..
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