Cottle Essay

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Cottle-Taylor: Expanding the Oral Care Group in India In my Marketing Strategy course we analyzed the Cottle-Taylor case study. In this study Brinda Patel is trying to increase the sales in India for toothbrushes. She is experiencing high pressures from her boss because he wants her to build a new marketing plan that will exceed the goal of 30% unit sales growth. He believes spending more money on advertising can help make an increase in sales. Patel is wondering if the increase in ad dollars will increase sales. She is also considering the culture barriers she is facing with each region. People in India are not very concerned with oral hygiene. Cottle has been working on informing and educating the Indian culture on the importance of oral care. Cottle wants to expand to new product development but the Indian culture has not fully adapted to the use of low-end and mid-range toothbrushes. They live on less than $2 a day and have low discretionary spending. The population in India has grown but so has poverty. This has made it harder for Cottle to emphasis the need for the toothbrush because they refer back to inexpensive homemade brushes. The Indian culture does not associate health issues with not brushing teeth. Cottle faces a tough market with very low spending capacity. A skill I learned from the Cottle case study is determining global strategies. Cottle is a global company that must identify business opportunities to determine growth in foreign areas. This case provides me with insight on how other cultures differ in product needs. In my future job I might have to research potential market growth opportunities. I will have to determine the risk when entering a new market. I will also have to develop strategies to meet market demands. This case study also introduces unique ways of advertising. My recommendation was to implement an oral care program in schools

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