Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Competitive Audit

Who are the competitors?: Twinnings and Celestial Seasons

What do their brands stand for?: British tradition and young fun respectively.

What markets do they serve?: Older more polished tea drinkers/ hippy tea drinkers

What strengths do they have?: traditional and older/ interesting herbal blends

What weaknesses do they have?: Seem stodgy/ seem flighty with no caffein

What are their modes of selling and cultivating consumers? occasional ads, keeping it simple/ interesting packaging and ads

How do they position themselves?: Tea for the traditional/ tea for fun herb lovers

How do they characterize their customers?: Older, British, traditional/ hippy, natural

What are their key messages?: We've been here forever and wont change/ we are a fun alternative to other drinks.

What is their financial condition?: good, holding steady

How much market share do they hold?: unknown

How do they use brand identity to leverage success?: keep it simple and traditional/ keep it fun and interesting

What do they look and feel like?: Very traditional/ fantastical

1 comment:

  1. Can you give samples of their marks? Are there more than just these two?

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