Unilever Environment Analysis

well known companies in the global ice cream market. The most well known companies, being Mars and Nestle, take important positions in the market. Although Nestle has developed global scale, it is still considerably smaller than the low-cost leader, Unilever. Nestle on the other hand have a large range of products which will allow premium prices. (Lynch, 2009 p.308) As the ice cream market is still growing, a global demand is still on a rise; Ice cream volume has also advanced swiftly by 18%, with

this market. The personal hygiene market obeys to rules putted early in the modern economy (by 1950). In the business of personal care and soap, the international market is undertaken by three international companies. They are Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Colgate Palmolive. They have accomplished what any company in the world seeks for. These companies have three operational regions where they are booming. According to Fortune magazine 2009 company ranking (please see appendix n°1 for website

Porter’s 5 forces is an analysis tool, allowing the influence of external factors on the company to be analysed, but understanding the value, attraction and sector of the company aswell. Porter said that to achieve, an industry has to confront, influence and agitate against the competitive environmental pressure. The main objective of an industry is to acquire a competitive advantage to make profit. The Porter’s model aims to determine the forces leading the competitive environment and to allow companies

Case Study: Olive Oil Summary I- External Environment The macro-environment Slept Analysis Supply and Demand Analysis Competitors and Products Analysis (5 Strengh of Porter) Customer Analysis II- Internal Analysis Positionning and Target Portfolio of activities (BCG Matrix) Position of the brand on the Market Targeting Marketing Mix III- Synthesis: SWOT Analysis Market opportunities IV- Marketing Plan Positionning and Target

1- The ice cream industry 4 a- Definition 4 b- Competitors 4 c- Market analysis 5 2- Ice cream industry analysis: Porter’s five forces 5 1- Power of buyers 5 2- Power of suppliers 6 3- New entrants 7 4- Substitutes 8 5- Rivalry 8 3- Criticism of Porter’s model 9 [pic] 11 [pic] 12 [pic] British consume a yearly average of 8,5 litres of ice cream which is way behind United States, New Zealand or Denmark where consumption surpass 20 litres. Increasing

address the challenges specific to marketing products and services in foreign markets. It is assumed that you have a basic knowledge of the marketing functions. Today, all firms have to compete on a global scale and must adapt to an ever-changing environment. The tasks of the Marketing Manager are much more complex when the enterprise operates in several countries where the needs and preferences of customers are different. The Marketing Manager must learn new skills to detect the emerging customers

Situation Analysis 3 A- Internal environment 3 1) Organization background 3 2) Products : 4 3) Financial and non-financial results 6 B- External environment 9 1) Markets 9 2) Competitve environment 9 3) Economic environment 10 4) Social and cultural environment 11 5) Political environment 12 6) Legal environment 12 7) Technological environment 12 8) Ecological and ethical environment 13 C- Consumer Needs 13 D- SWOT analysis 14

resources crisis: Orange – France Telecom. We will develop several key points during this project in order to cover most of the human resources aspects; firstly we will describe the organization and the context that it deals with. Then, we will do a job analysis of one of the position existing in the company. After that, we will build and design a training, learning and development plan to settle in order to solve any problem that we would have described previously. And lastly, we will lead a reflective

international .......................................... 17 Partie pratique ........................................................................................................................ 26 Section 1 : Présentation de la société Unilever .............................................................. 27 Section 2 : Le marketing international d’Unilever ......................................................... 42 Section 3 : la situation concurrentielle d’Unilever

confectionery, water, instant beverages, fresh dairy products were added to the activities of Nestlé as it kept growing, in Switzerland as well as abroad. The company wants to be a leading innovator in the field in Europe, its main competitors are Unilever, Kraft Foods, Cadbury Schweppes and Danone. Its headquarters are located in Vevey, Switzerland, and its turnover in 2005 makes it the 53rd largest in the world's largest companies. Nestle is traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange. Nestlé's logo is a