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6 Unilever 122.3
7 Pepsico 118.9
8 British American Tobacco 102
9 Reckitt Benckiser Group 51.2
10 General Mill 29.9
Top 10 FMCG companies in
INDIA (2013)
Rank Company Market Value
($ in Crores)
1 ITC Ltd. 256,769
2 HUL 127,144
3 Nestle India 49,768
4 Godrej Consumer Products India 28,107
Cost
Leadership Differentiation Focu s
• Superior profits
through lower • Creating a • Concentrating on
costs. product or service a limited part of
that is perceived the market.
• E . g . : Wal-Mart, as being unique • Cost Focus
Micromax phone “throughout the • D ifferentiation
industry” Focus
• E . g . : Mcdonald, • E . g . : PepsiCo,
Nokia, Samsung Apple I-phone,
Vertu
Porter’s Generic Strategy…
Advantage Advantage
Target Scope
(Low Cost) (Product
Uniqueness)
Logistic excellence
Employees :
Divisions :
Subsidiaries : Wrigley J r. Company
Reckitt Benckiser
The company makes the market leaders Pedigree (dog food) and Whiskas
(cat food), as well as kitekat (cat food) and Pal (dog food).
By successfully adopting the 'focus' strategy since 1950, Mars Inc. has
emerged as the largest consumer animal food company.
The leading exporters of pet food for 2004 were France ($993 million),
United States ($786 million) and the Netherlands ($511 million),[6] while
the leading importers were J a p a n ($718 million), Germany ($617 million)
and the U K ($563 million)..
Top Brand are Cesar, Greenies, Nutro, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Sheba,
Whiskas, KiteKat, Chappi, Catsan
Success Mantra…
Lower investment in resources.
Risk of imitation.
Differentiation
- The exploitation of a product or service which is
believed to be unique
Focus
- Restricting activities to only part of the market through:
- Providing goods or services at lower cost to that
segment (cost focus)
- Providing a differentiated product or service to that
segment (differentiation focus)