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What Is The Difference Between Procter And Gamble Toothpaste

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Today the success of any firm depends on the number of loyal and satisfied customer it has. With the fast change of world around us in terms of technology, innovation, lifestyle etc, it is really very difficult task to understand the consumer behaviour. It has become evitable for any company to acquire the competencies and the desired perspective to enable them to be successful with ever changing competitive landscape.
The world’s largest consumer good company P&G had much anticipated entry in India’s largest oral care category, toothpaste, in July 2013. The company had put its toothpaste under Oral-B umbrella, already familiar to Indians through its toothbrush segment. Globally, Oral-B is a leader in the toothbrush segment and is already a brand worth a billion dollar. It had already launched its toothpaste portfolio under Oral-B in multiple countries such as Greece, Portugal, Israel and Venezuela. P&G …show more content…

It derives 45% of its revenue from the oral care division while P&G and Unilever earn less than 5% of its revenue from oral care products. This has proved helpful for Colgate-Palmolive to maintain their presence in all the segment in oral care. Further customers know the company for all round oral care not just specific segment in oral care that has helped the company to have strong brand value. The strategic presence in all oral care segment by Colgate is likely to help company attract more resources and investment to maintain its strength in the market.
Although it is believed that Colgate will concede some of its market share in toothpaste to Unilever and P&G but that won’t be significant enough to steal Colgate’s dominance over market. However that will happen at much larger cost of advertisement and promotions by the competing brands. It is expected that the global market share for Colgate is going to increase in next couple of years as shown in Exhibit

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