LOreal Paris Case Study

L’Oreal heavily utilizes pathos in its True Match Powder advertisement to generate sales. The company itself runs on an emotionally-charged slogan: buy L’Oreal “Because You’re Worth It”, so this comes as no surprise. Recently, many major makeup brands have been under heavy criticism because their products do not cater to a wide range of skintones - L’Oreal attempts to set themselves apart in this advertisement. They use pathos in the imagery on the advertisement, in the text throughout, and in their graphic art slogan on the bottom left.

Considering these environmental trends and cultural differences into account, positioning Yue Sai as a provider of “delicate luxury cosmetics for mature Chinese women” under the LCD of L’Oreal, is the ideal choice. It will help L’Oreal establish a sustainable and profitable presence in a Chinese market segment inaccessible by its other sub-brands.

The slogan has been created to represent the organisation and the campaign. Successfully meeting marketing aims and products aims

There is not one human on this planet that does not strive to be great. This commercial reaches out to the population who strive to be great but have yet to achieve greatness. This ad is meant to motivate people that doubt themselves day after day, to finally stop making excuses and begin their journey to greatness; by demonstrating that no matter where you stand on the spectrum you can still become great. Nike successfully utilized a universal trait that all humans possess, to be great; by simply reminding consumers that it is possible.

Appeal is the key to the car of spending. Advertisers know, to be successful, they must be able to quickly grab an audience’s attention and promptly make their point to keep it. A good advertisement must also contain all three of Aristotle’s appeals; pathos, ethos and logos, in order to convey a message to the masses. The visual appeal that is given from the Crest Complete with Scope ad is a prime example of how the Procter and Gamble (P&G) Company market their products to a generation that in fast-paced and easily distractible.

First, I was drawn to the Find Your Greatness campaign because of Nike’s use of real people. Nike is known for their professional athlete and celebrity endorsements sporting the latest Nike gear while they are superstars in their particular athletic field. This ad campaign was different it focuses on the average person gaining the courage to lace up

The huge success of L'Oreal Plenitude in French as the premium skin product with "class to mass" strategy was the primary reason for L'Oreal to expand the product to US market. The company started to enter the US market skin care in 1989 through mass channel by introducing the entire product line (14 SKU's) that had been developed in France, instead of launching the product one by one. Before Plenitude entered the US market, L'Oreal had had good reputation for its cosmetic and hair product, so the name was critical to sell the products. The company used the same formula "star" system in advertising as in France by putting bulk of dollars on the newest, most technologically advanced product. Even though Plenitude had a

In the competitive market America has today, all companies strive to be the number one choice for consumers out of all their competitors. To achieve this goal, companies use various strategies in their advertisements to appeal to the public. The company, Donna Karan New York (also known as DKNY) is one of the millions of companies that works rhetorically in its advertisement for its Be Delicious perfume. With sexual innuendos, symbolism, attention grabbing images, the creation an image of beauty, and the indication that one will be unique after using the product, DKNY effectively advertises its Be Delicious perfume.

Easy visibility of the company and recognition of its brand name, due to unparalleled marketing strategies

“Because I’m worth it” is a successful advertisement tag-line for L’oreal, Plenitude should ride on it, instead of creating a new identity.

In terms of promotion and advertising, L’Oreal should change the “star product” approach and instead focus on the whole product line or perhaps a set of products for a given target segment. In this way, L’Oreal can inform its customers on its products which should also help them in choosing the right product for themselves. L’Oreal should also focus on building the brand Plenitude since this is something that customers are not aware of. They

The company has also been accredited for having maintained a high degree of diversity coupled by its ability to maintain top quality in the standards of its products. Not only has the company retained a good reputation with its clients but also maintained an excellent corporate responsibility track record. This has built the public trust in the brand and is proud to be associated with it. To the wonder of many, the company has year over year continued to yield profits way over its competitors. To maintain such a success has been pre-determined by the way it has a strict, slow growth policy which ensures that it dominates a market before moving on to dominate another market, and despite the slow nature, the company has now emerged to be one of the fastest growing companies in the United States.

L'Oreal is a cosmetic company, which makes some of the world's biggest beauty products. L'Oreal's success story begins in 1907. It has been the market leader in the cosmetics and toiletries market since 2001 (Euromonitor 2005). Their products are sold in about one hundred and thirty countries worldwide. L'Oreal is divided into four categories - consumer products, professional products, luxury products, active cosmetics. They mainly focus on skin care, make-up, hair care and fragrance. L'Oreal includes some important brands such as Lancôme Paris, Garnier, Mabelline, Softsheen Carson, Matrix, and Biotherm. L'Oreal invests heavily into its research and development which gives them competitive advantage over its competitors.

The pharmaceutical activities of L’Oreal are also handled by Sanofi-Aventis. These divisions and subdivisions ensure the quality that the L’Oreal Group offers to its customers. To further add to the enumerated strengths of the company, L’Oreal’s advertising strategy also plays a major part to its growth. Through adapting to the culture of their target market as the main tool of their advertisement, the Company brought L’Oreal products within reach of other women from different parts of the world.

The company’s brand recognition is visible globally. It also possesses strong capital resources and has exhibited positive results to its shareholders in the past.