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Functional Benefit
Marketing Communication by the
Competitors
Brand Marketing Campaign / Selling Point
Positioning Statement
Overall Health Category
“Close up” Paas Aao Campaign – “makes one want to Freshness > Closeness
kiss”
“Colgate Dental “All round Protection from Decay” / “No.1 Trust + Protection
Cream” Brand Recommended by Dentist”
“Colgate Active “Kills Germs to make gums Strong & Healthy” Problem Solving+ Health
Niche Salt”
SURVEY – KEY FINDINGS
• 58% of respondents brush once in a day
• 78% of all respondents never visit a dentist
• dentist recommendation
– 72% of all respondents do not take a toothpaste
recommended by dentist
– 86% of respondents change their toothpaste on
recommendation by dentist
• 85% of consumers have oral health problems
• 67% of consumers change their toothpaste to
solve a problem
• Overall Category involvement is 41%
Involvement Levels Analyzed
• People all agree that a toothpaste is necessary for
them as the low score signifies in the last slide
• But people display more or less a neutral attitude when
they consider the functional attributes of a toothpaste.
• The functional level score only goes up in the niche
segment
• This suggests that toothpaste is a low involvement
category with consumers knowing the need of a
toothpaste but are not too attached to functional
attributes except in the niche category
• Consumers in the niche segment are more involved in
the buying decision of a tooth paste
Attitude towards Brands
• The results of the involvement levels gets reflected in the attitude
towards the brand as well
• Perception that a toothpaste creates freshness and makes teeth
shinier gets a score of 3.5 with the niche category scoring higher
with a value of 3.9
• Functional attributes like germ fighting and oral health gets a score
of 3.5 with the niche category scoring 3.9
• Personal perceptions like confidence , dazzling smile and a good
start to a day gets a avg score of around 3.35 with the niche
segment scoring a high of 3.85.
The above table depicts that the herbal category has the second highest percentage of
High involvement customers. It is a favorable situation that can be tapped
Attitude towards category
• Cognitive beliefs of the consumers towards non
niche categories are almost same with a
percentage of score around 60%
• Affective beliefs score a high in the freshness
category with a score of 60% comparing to a low
40 % in the herbal category
We can use this data to formulate a marketing
strategy which emphasizes on the freshness aspect
as well to cash in on the affective beliefs of the
customers
Segment Analysis
Oral
Freshness Herbal Niche
Health
Consumer Behavior Consumer Behavior Consumer Behavior Consumer Behavior
•80% of brush once a day •88% of brush once a day •56% of brush once a day •23% of brush once a day
•71% never visit a dentist •84% never visit a dentist •80% never visit a dentist •64% never visit a dentist
•75% dentist doesn’t •67% dentist doesn’t •50% dentist doesn’t •88% dentist doesn’t
recommend the toothpaste recommend the toothpaste recommend the toothpaste recommend the toothpaste
•Oral Health Problem = 88% •Oral Health Problem = 92% •Oral Health Problem = 80% •Oral Health Problem = 80%
High involvement 28% High Involvement 40% High Involvement 32% High Involvement 64%
Low Involvement & Low Involvement & Low Involvement & Low Involvement &
high Attitude 66% high Attitude 46% high Attitude 46% high Attitude 89%
Recommendations : Himalaya
• Need to enter in a new niche / Problem Solving category
keeping herbal USP
– High avg involvement score : 3.9/5 /
• 64% of total consumers
– Increased use of brushing / customer
• Increase of 54%
– Higher Consumer Cognitive & Affective Belief
• 92% & 72% respectively (compared to herbal’s 64% &44%)
– Low Category Involvement customers – strong cognitive belief
• 89% in niche vs 46% in herbal
– High affective belief of 60% in freshness category as compared to a
low 40 % in the herbal category. We can encash on adding a
freshness element in the niche segment
Himalaya Toothpaste : Differentiation
• A premium Herbal Toothpaste for the niche
category – “Fresh , Natural & Secure”
• providing freshness and solution to the
following problems:-
– Tightening & Reducing swelling / bleeding of gums
– Prevention of Tooth Decay & Tooth Ache
– Bad Breath Control
Positioning Statement
To consumers in Urban demography concerned
towards oral healthcare, Himalaya’s Active Herbs
Toothpaste is the brand of herbal freshness &
oral healthcare, a toothpaste that offers specific
solutions to oral health problems with a
freshness quotient because it’s a premium all
natural, healthy, oral solution with a herbal
product expertise.
The brand character is safe , reliable & caring
Brand Campaign
• “Enjoy superior protection & long lasting
freshness with the power of herbs”
• Brand Ambassador to be used
– Dentist approval not reccomended
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