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2. In order to motivate consumers to buy the product, they offered a $2.50 off coupon on the purchase of their product. They were available in the newspapers as well as by calling a toll-free number.
3. To recover loss stock from the crisis, Johnson & Johnson made a new pricing program that gave consumers up to 25% off the purchase of the product. 4. Over 2250 sales people made presentations for the medical community to restore confidence on the product. The reason Tylenol reacted so quickly and in such a positive manner to the crisis stems from the companys mission statement. Since the companys responsibilities were to the consumers and medical professionals using its products, employees, the communities where its people work and live, and its stockholders. Therefore, it was essential to maintain the safety of its publics to maintain the company alive. Johnson & Johnsons responsibility to its publics first proved to be its most efficient public relations tool. It was the key to the brands survival.
Thus, in reaction with such incident the governments took serious action for public welfare. They attempt many raid, searches in warehouses of retailers and distributors, destroyed such inconsumable products and temporarily banned the sale and distribution of such products. Further the government imposed a legal seal of printed sticker of Inland Revenue Department to stop the smuggling and illegal mixing in liquor products. Eventually the sale of the Tuborg beer decreased so with the industry. Interestingly these cases in Nepal are not so rare and are regular incidents happening day by day. And so the company did not publish any sort of public announcement but tried to suppress the incident.