Branding of Ghari Detergent: Submitted By: Mrityunjay Das
Branding of Ghari Detergent: Submitted By: Mrityunjay Das
Branding of Ghari Detergent: Submitted By: Mrityunjay Das
Individualized Consideration
Intellectual Stimulation
Inspirational Motivation
Idealized Influence
TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
The Brand is a perfect example of how you don’t always need big celebrity
endorsements to build a brand. Its really interesting to see how Ghari
Detergent, a Kanpur based brand with low advertising and promotional
activities managed to defeat brands such as Tide and Nirma and wheel and
sunlight
EVOLUTION IS CONSTANT
The Brief
The one line brief was to give the Ghari Brand a total makeover. There was
no clear vision as to how much or how little the brand should change.
UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIES
Ghari targets housewives in small town and villages, who are extremely value
conscious buyers and willing to switch brands. The only USP is the Value for
Money proposition. Hence the brand must remain approachable for the
consumers.
For a brand which operates in the economy zone and yet clocks
sales of over Rs.2,000Cr. its very much a volume game and hence
any drastic change in the brand can be fatal. More so because it’s
a brands for the lower SECs, who might not welcome their brand
going for a complete relook, overnight. Also in the market in
which it operates there is also the risk of the new brand look
being thought as counterfeit.
SELECT A PROFITABLE AND
FORCE CONCENTRATION
Ghari focused on housewives in small town and villages which are extremely
value conscious buyer and willing to switch brands. Ghari realized that the
only differentiating factor it can offer is the value of money. To offer value for
money Ghari management settles the net profit margin of 9% against the
industry standard of 12 to 13% for the premium brands. What may work in
Ghari’s favour is the higher profit margin of 9% the company offers its
dealers; rivals seldom offer better than 6% or 7%
INNOVATION IS THE KEY
First and foremost the Brand Logo was tweaked. A bevel effect
was rendered to it along with a modern look. The Font and
Colours were retained. However the black colour was
eliminated to simplify the logo. The fact that Ghari is a
detergent brand was reinforced by bringing the words
‘Deteregent Powder’ close to the logo and giving it the logo
colours thus forming a tight lockup.
CHALLENGE
The biggest challenge was to revamp the packaging of Ghari detergent and
yet retain most of the existing design elements. When you are dealing with
such huge volumes they can’t take the risk of changing the brand completely
overnight and lose out on the loyalists. It’s the only pack among the top selling
detergents in India which has a predominantly white pack. Most competitors
are either Blue or Yellow. Research showed that the housewives recognized the
Brand by the White and Blue packaging. WOW! Design believed that Ghari
should leverage this unique property.
THE PRICE GAME
The outcome was a new refreshed look for the Brand, yet not
losing out on the familiarity in the minds of the consumer. A
perfect example of where ‘Less is More’.
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