The Product Assignment
The Product Assignment
The Product Assignment
“STARSHINE TOOTHPASTE”
Enriched with the goodness of purest herbs. Toothpaste is an ideal dental
formulation that protects against various dental problems. So, brush twice
with starshine to keep your smile healthy.
STARSHINE
The four Ps of marketing are the key factors that are involved in the marketing of a good or service.
They are the product, price, place, and promotion of a good or service.
PRODUCT
Herbal toothpaste cater to the demand of consumers who wants natural alternatives to chemical based
products. There is not much difference in the texture or inconsistency.
KEY-INGREDIENTS
• Peppermint oil (an extract of mentha piperita) : Pepper mint is known for it's anti-fungal and anti-bacterial
properties.
• Small cardamom (an extract of Elettana Cardamomum): Cardamomhelps to fight bacteria.
• Tomar seeds fruits (Zanthoxylum armatum) : These seeds have antiseptic properties. It also helps to fight bad
odour.
• Kashni roots- These roots are anti-inflammatory
• Lavanga (an extract of Syzygium aromaticum) : Lavanga prevents tooth decay.
• Karpura- Karpura is a natural breath freshener.
• Hareetaki (an extract of Terminalia chebula) : Haretaaki helps in prevention of sore mouth and relocated gums.
FEATURES OF PRODUCTS
u It is said beauty of an individual is in his power but smile in his sword. Considering this, we have
decided on a product with following features:
u A wonderful natural toothpaste to keep teeth healthy.
u Provides nourishment to the teeth of the germs at an early stage.
u Presents cavities of the teeth, inflammation of the germs at an early stage
u Beneficial to those who get cavities, due to eating too many chocolates.
u Giving long lasting freshness.
u Beneficial to those who suffer from sensitivity of teeth as well as other tooth problems.
u Prevents staining of teeth in people who smoke cigarettes or chew tobacco.
u Suitable for all ages.
u Herbal parts are highly concentrated and readily soluble in water.
RANGE OF THE PRODUCT
1) STARSHINE TOTAL
u It contains a unique combination of ingredients that attaches to your teeth and gums and doesn’t
get washed away even when you drink or eat- Hence, your mouth is protected upto ten hours.
2)Starshine Kids
u Low fluoride formula designed fir children upto six years
u It is available in two flavours:
1) Icy-Cool (fruit mint flavour) which is in Green colour.
2) Tasty-Tangy (lemon flavour) which is Yellow in colour.
PRICE
A product cannot be launched without a price. Generally, level of price influences the
demand for the product.
It is also important to consider the price of competitors and calculated so that we could
compare them and offer best prices to customers.
WEIGHT PRICE
30g ₹10
110g ₹42
160g ₹65
PROMOTION THROUGH ADVERTISING
Making potential consumers aware of the product of course is of utmost importance. In this context, promotion plays a
vital role by informing them about the features and inducing them to buy. Therefore, we organised various campaigns
listed below to make customers familiar with our product.
u ADVERTISEMENT THROUGH PAMPHLETS
Pamphlet distribution is a potent means of means of mass communication as it conveys to target customers information
about the qualities of the product. It is, thus, million-tongued salesmanship and is likely to reach many people.
u SALES PROMOTION
Short term incentives to buyers to make immediate purchase of a product are part of sales promotion.
Ø 1.) Public relations- Promoting the company's product in the eye of customers through variety of programmes /tools is
called public relations. Widely known tools are press releases, newsletters ,public service activities , sponsorships, etc.
Ø 2.) Sachets available at on entry pricing for low spending customers.
Ø 3.) Fluoride is the greatest defense against tooth decay, but children use less of it than adults. So we are offering low
fluoride paste flavors for children.
The promotion techniques are very useful because they are being short and most important for sales.
Some other campaign techniques other than we discussed before are:
Ø Premiums or gifts: To promote our product, our company is giving free samples on the purchase of 200g
toothpaste.
Example- A brush free with 200g of toothpaste.
Ø Samples: We will be distributing our samples to increase the sales. We have our sales person at various
societies to talk to our targeted customers directly.
Ø Charity: It is social responsibility of every business to deal with commitments towards society. Hence, we are
denoting ₹1 from every purchase of 200g toothpaste towards education and welfare of children.
Ø Media- Media has become an important part of advertising and market process. Hence, we will advertise
through printing media i.e., newspapers and digital media i.e., radio, television etc.
PLACE
CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION:
1) Direct Channel: Manufacturer-Customer
2) Indirect Channel:
v One level channel: Manufacturer-Retailer-Customer
v Two level channel: Manufacturers- Wholesalers- Retailers- Customer
v Third level Channel: Manufacturers- Agents- Wholesalers- Retailers-
Customer
We opted for indirect channel i.e.Manufacturers- Wholesalers- Customer
because our product is standardised and can be easily transported. Also, It
can reach to large numbers of people in indirect channel.
MEANS OF TRANSPORT
TARGET AUDIENCE People having low or middle purchasing power who prefer herbal products.