Strategy Recommendations Strengthen your own brand’s (brands’) consumer equity • Value equity • Brand equity • Retention equity “Coopetition” A synthesis of two opposing strategic postures Compete with retailers Cooperate with retailers • Engage in Private Label production • Inform retailers about Private Label effectiveness
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Strategy Recommendations
Strengthen your own brand’s(brands’) consumer equity
Retailers react by adoptingdiscounter strategies themselves
•Low-price and -quality merchandise
•Cost cutting (store atmosphere)
•Price-driven communication
•Price-focused relationship with manufacturers
(adversarial)
Overall decrease incustomer quality
expectations
Consumers gethooked on price
Retailers react bycountering discounter strategies•Introduction of high value Private Labels
•Improvement of store atmosphere
•Value-driven communication
•Quality-focused relationship with manufacturers
(cooperative)
Overall increase in customerquality expectations stops
vicious circle
How (Not) to Fight Discounters
e.g. Germany
e.g. U.K.
The Vicious
Circle of
Discounting
Profit Implications of Private Label
(Retailer‘s Hidden Assumptions)
A. We do
earn more
money on
Private
Label sales
B. Private Label
buyers are more
profitable
C. We are better
able to squeeze
margin out of
National Brands
Does A Retailer Earn More Money on its Private Label?Analysis of the US Grocery Market
Gross and net margin based on Ailawadi and Harlam (2004). On average, in the U.S., MBs inFMCGs are 52% more expensive than Private Labels. Shelf turnover estimated to be 10%higher for National Brands (European data).
21.7%30.1%Gross margin
National brandsPrivate label
15.9%23.2%Net margin
$.24$ .23Dollar contribution
(PPrivate Label = $ 1)
115100Direct productprofitability:index
Are Private Label Buyers More Profitable?Analysis of US shopping behavior: CVS chain
$ 48$70$ 85$ 77Total gross margindollars
36.8%34.7%32.1%30.3%Gross margin
$ 129$ 216$ 263$ 251Total sales
Source: Ailawadi and Harlam (2004)
Mean value over 6-month period for consumers
whose Private Label share is:
0-10% 10-20% 20-35% > 35%
Squeeze Margin Out of Manufacturer Brands?In categories with high PL shares retailers earn higher margins
17,8
23,7
0
5
10
15
20
25
Low High
Grocery Retailer GrossMargin on National
Brands
Private Label share in the category
Source: Ailawadi and Harlam (2004)
We ranked all categoriesaccording to their privatelabel shares, split them intwo groups of equal size andthen calculated averagemargin for each group.
Heavy Advertising Is A Countervailing StrategyIn categories with more advertising retailer margins are relatively slimmer
Source: Ailawadi and Harlam (2004)
Grocery RetailerGross Margin onNational Brands
Advertising for National Brands in the category
23,5
20
0
5
10
15
20
25
Low High
We ranked all categoriesaccording to their advertisingexpenditures, split them intwo groups of equal size andthen calculated averagemargin for each group.
Profit Implications of a Private
Label Focus for Retailers
Yes
(but advertise!)
Often notOften not
A. We do
earn more
money on
Private
Label sales
B. Private Label
buyers are more
profitable
C. We are better
able to squeeze
margin out of
National Brands
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Walkers: A Case Study on Private Label “Management”
Brand Opportunity
Brand Hell
Brand ThreatBrand Heaven
PL Attractiveness Index
PL
Sh
are
PL Matrix in the UK
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Potato Crisps UKWhat can we learn?
High(WorksAgainst
PL)
Rank Vs 92
Categories
(Favours PL)
Low
Ranked category drivers in UK
Potato Crisps
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
12 months to August value shares
Walkers Crisps Share of Salty Snacks
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
Strong Identity
Tesco PL
Asda PL
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
Continuous refreshment and innovation of flavour range. Limited edition flavours often available for only 12 weeks.
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
Innovation – new products - Premium
Innovation – new ‘old’ products
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
Big bite range
Health range
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
25 different ads over 10 years
Long term consistent advertising message
• Quality
• Desirability
• Recognition
1995
2004
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
Yes there are promotions – typically a low price for a multiple purchase– brings price down to PL price
Volume Priceper bag
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Learning from Other BrandsWalkers Crisps UK
26.8%28.8%
32.3%
12 months to August value sharesOf Salty Snacks
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Checklist of Key PL Drivers in the UKWalkers Crisps is hitting most of these