Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Marketing Strategy

 

2. 1990 - 1997, David Johnson: o Increase sales growth, increase market share & share holder value. 3. 1997 - Present, Dale Morison: o Continue to increase sales growth, market share & share holder value. Campbell's corporate strategy, under Gordon McGovern was expansion & development of new products to capitalize on consumer trends & improve operating efficiency. But this strategy turned out to be inefficient, as Campbell's managers got too deeply involved in new-product development and neglected the performance of their existing products. In addition the expansion strategy led to unsuccessful diversification of Campbell's business into industries that they had no expertise or competitive advantage. As a result, the company's cost of production went up and profit was reduced. Under David Johnson, the company restructured the business line and implemented a new corporate strategy. The new strategy was to eliminate unprofitable products and business units, improve communication and technology sharing between business units, and focus more on global marketing in order to increase sales growth, market share and shareholder value. This new strategy helped to increase operating margin and profits for the company. Some businesses were also able to improve their performances under David's strategy. However, the company encountered some setbacks with its global marketing strategy. For example, the European market was harder than expected to penetrate for such products as Campbell's soups. The company failed to detect that aggressive advertisement was needed to introduce The Soup products in Europe that caused sales to drop in those markets. When Dale Morison took over Campbell Soup as CEO, His goal was to enhance David Johnson's plan. He also restructured the company's business line structure further more and planned to Continue to increase sales growth, increase market share & share holder value.


Essays Related to Marketing Strategy