“Procter & Gamble, America’s largest FMCG company, announced the acquisition of Gillette. Both companies had decades of success developing technologically advanced products… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“a key part of their subsequent success was rooted in the insight that continuous improvement to the shopping experience rather than any… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Tesco’s success depends on their ability to replace manufacturer brands with their brands, which they have already achieved on 50% of their… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“American brewer Schlitz was a highly successful brand of beer in the United States, but it saw its sales tumble from 18… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Successful brand management depends on a continually updated understanding of consumers’ needs and wants in a product category. This” — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Safeway developed a successful campaign in the United States to grow sales from light shoppers and increase sales from heavy shoppers. They… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Thanks to the success of private label strategies (see Chapter 9), five of the top eight FMCG manufacturers in the world are… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Marketing aims/image: A retailer that has positioning aims (e.g. trying to improve its image with respect to healthy food or trying to upstage wholesaler… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Every dominant brand (such as those listed in Table 5.1) has had to reinvest in mindspace every year to keep its position. However, things… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“consolidation, coupled with a desire among the survivors to restore normal profit levels, helps to usher in an era of orderly competition based on… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“If the manufacturer can convince the retailer that delisting will hurt consumer satisfaction and possibly lead to store switching, then that will be second… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“As retailers have become competitors of manufacturers in many product categories, they reserve more shelfspace for their private label brands and dominate advertising spending… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“High fixed costs mean that high volumes are an ever-essential objective. One” — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Importance of price: Price is imperative for FMCG retailers, much more so than for manufacturers. Retailers must constantly keep their real prices competitive and put… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Hoping to create a little prestige, some retailers develop and advertise premium clothes sub-brands. In 2006, Myer, one of Australia’s largest retailers, launched a… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“The shift of power to retailers is not an inevitable phenomenon: technological changes and associated innovative ideas have been instrumental in moving power and… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“Because retail brands are barely differentiated, they are relatively fragile when compared to the largest manufacturer brands, despite having, in general, much higher awareness… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“There are some FMCG categories where retailers are destined to control mindspace. These are the low-technology, low-image, low-novelty areas. Retailers are likely to be… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
“In markets where consumers are sensitive to quality differences (e.g. washing powder, instant coffee, sanitary protection) the share for generics and copycats usually plateaus… — Greg Thain Copy Share Image
