I. Proceed with market development strategy employing successful market entering strategy.
One of the capabilities Estee Lauder has is that of entering new markets. It has been successful in this strategy for many years and has an expertise in it. Moreover, there are still some regions promising huge and fast growth – those of Middle East & Africa and Asia Pacific.
The problems with this strategy would be:
1) With Unilever as the largest spender on marketing it will be hard to compete;
2) Most probably in these regions, the luxury products will not be as popular as mass market ones.
3) Political instability and/or protectionist policies are highly likely to be present in these regions.
II. Acquire brands specializing in products that are
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It means creating the demand for outstanding services accompanying the purchase of cosmetics. In other words, shifting the mass market customers to luxury one. Given the strategic advantages of Estee Lauder Companies, it has the capability of undergoing such a challenging strategy which is not true for its competitors. It will not require substantial changes in the organizational culture and overall company’s strategy. At the same time, it will allow for eliminating the threats coming from the industry – especially that of competitors and changes in consumer preferences. The problem with this strategy is just that it is hard to estimate the chances for it to work …show more content…
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