Pampers Marketing Strategy

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Every year between October and December, Pampers packagings carry the words ‘1 pack = 1 life-saving vaccine’. This means that for every Pampers product bought during this period, Pampers donates one tetanus vaccine to UNICEF, two of which are needed in order to protect a pregnant woman and her baby from this deadly disease. The collaboration between Pampers and UNICEF has been a good fit for a number of reasons. Firstly, both UNICEF and Pampers share interests and objectives in this campaign against maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). For P&G, the manufacturer of Pampers, this campaign fits within its values to combat global sustainability challenges and is a great addition to the ‘Live, Learn and Thrive’ programme that aims to improve life …show more content…

Regarding P&G, the benefits are numerous: the programme increases customer loyalty based on ethical values, the company gets more support to operate in global markets, CSR programmes are a great PR-tool, the programme acts as a form of advertising, and so on (Wikipedia, 2017). Let’s also not forget that this is a common practice to differentiate Pampers’ products and make its customers less price-sensitive. While P&G benefits from every additional sale the campaign has generated, UNICEF receives funding from all of the brand’s sales (including the normal sales) to execute its strategies and benefits from the extra awareness that is …show more content…

Recently, UNICEF also has gone beyond resource mobilization in its collaborations with the corporate sector, such as developing labour standards together. Companies also have participated in co-developing strategic partnerships drawing on the partners’ core business and in creating solutions to bottlenecks in UNICEF’s programme implementation and supply. They also have contributed by using their expertise to develop innovations for children. When it comes to UNICEF’s main objectives, there are five focus areas, for each of which decent corporate partners can be found (UNICEF, 2009). The first focus area is young child survival and development, including subjects such as nutrition, health and emergencies. Here, an agreement could be made between UNICEF and Monsanto, in which Monsanto could supply pesticides if an underdeveloped region is prone to locust plagues, or develop GMOs that are more resistant to natural disasters, such as rice that can endure floodings better. UNICEF would help by distributing the rice or by catering to the needs of the people on the spot, leading to less child

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