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Proctor & Gamble

The alarm sounds bright and early at 7:30 am, you fall out of bed, stumble down the hall Crest toothpaste in hand, brush your teeth, grab your school bag and your off to class. Fast forward to 12:00 pm—lunch! You get a scrumptious Italian hoagie—hold the mayo, extra oil—from Joegies and a can of Sour Cream and Onion Pringles. Later that night you notice a nice big oil stain on your Abercrombie & Fitch shirt from your delicious hoagie you had for lunch—time to do the laundry. You grab your humongous bottle of Tide and head on down to the laundry room. Ever wonder where that refreshing Crest toothpaste, those deliciously crunchy Pringles, or that bottle of Tide that works wonders on oil stains come …show more content…

In addition, it owns and operates 93 manufacturing facilities in 45 other countries” (2). With such a huge, world-wide customer base, P & G has the challenge of meeting the needs of millions of people. To do so, the company has to constantly update its product line and expand is operations, increase it to answer new consumer demands. The question is then, is P & G capable of doing so?

The answer? Yes. In fact, P & G has already taken many steps towards changing and expanding its operations. They have gone global—accessing worldwide markets in the U.S., Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Sweden and Turkey, to name a few. Not only have they expanded their customer base, but in their international markets they promote specific brands in each country that are specific to that region, so as to gain some product recognition in foreign markets. For example, in Latin American a brand of dishwashing soap they offer is Cierto ® and Ela ® feminine napkins; as well as, Lanxiang and Panda—cleaning aids marketed in Asia. Offering brands that customers in each different region are familiar with enables customers to feel more comfortable purchasing those products and in turn, helps P & G establish security in international markets.

P & G has been able to “develop a superior understanding of

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