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Colgate case study
1. Evolution of a Sustainable PPP
Model in the BOP Market
Creating value for all
01 August 2008
MART, A-32, First Floor, Sector – 17 Noida, UP – 201 301, India
Prepared by
Benjamin Mathew, Partner, MART
Amit Mookerjee, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
2. Debrief
Colgate Palmolive, the world’s leading manufacturer of oral care
products, dominates the Indian oral care industry with a market share
of more than 62%. The word ‘Colgate’ has become synonymous with
‘toothpaste’ for most consumers in India, especially those in the rural
Indian context.
As the leader, Colgate faces the major challenge of expanding the
market which will ultimately result in increased business for all
players. The urban market is more or less saturated with most consumers in this segment already using oral hygiene
products in one form or other. In the rural context, however, there is scope for growth, as over 30% of the
population of 780 million still uses traditional methods of oral care. Colgate’s rural coverage reaches down to
villages with a population of 5000+ through direct distribution channels but it is unviable to penetrate further. An
increasingly active competition is putting further pressure on Colgate. Large powerful corporations like Hindustan
Unilever are getting ready for a tough fight with their ‘Pepsodent’ brand, while smaller regional players like ‘Anchor’,
‘Ajanta’ and ‘Amar’ are cashing in on religious sentiments with vegetarian toothpaste, increasingly segmenting the
market further, and in the deep interiors the fight against lookalikes, fakes and spell-alikes has made a heavy dent in
Colgate’s market share.
The big challenge, Colgate executives stated to their agency - MART – was that the remaining un-penetrated villages
with populations of less than five thousand inhabitants account for 85% of the rural population of India. “The major
portion of the non-using oral care segment lies in the less than 5000 population village strata,” said Sudhir Langer,
Manager, New ventures at Colgate, “and current methods and forms of accessing this stratum of rural population
are not commercially viable models.”
These smaller villages would have little economic development, with a small proportion being affluent and the
majority at the bottom of the pyramid. In this stratum, people would typically have to travel out of the village for the
purchase of many necessities; periodically visiting Haats1, shops at nearby larger villages or the block town. Low per
capita usage in these small villages fosters an environment where there is inadequate scale for return on investment
and which makes regular access untenable for existing direct distribution channels. The brief to MART executives
was clear: create a model or program that can viably and sustainably address the critical issues facing Colgate at this
point of time.
Deliberation
The MART team absorbed the brief. One team member decided to start with a holistic understanding of the oral
care industry, the levels of rural penetration and other issues dogging the industry as a whole. He prepared a report
for the team, a summary of which is given below.
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A “Haat” is a temporary market that is set up at regular periodic intervals in various specified localities in rural and semi urban India. There are about 42,000
periodic markets in the country, having highest concentration in North India.
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3. Oral Care Penetration Figures
Particulars India Zones
All Urban Rural North South East West
Toothpaste 48.6 74.9 37.6 47.8 61.8 40.0 44.4
Toothpowder 34.7 30.6 36.5 37.1 35.7 30.0 36.1
Brand Share
(Million Households) Market Penetration (%)
62%
Anchor Babool
4% 4%
Close Up
11%
Colgate
Pepsodent 16%
16% 11%
65%
4% 3%
Colgate Pepsodent Close Up Babool Anchor
Current Colgate Strategy
C&F
Rural Urban
The existing distribution structure, as depicted in
the diagram, allowed direct access to the Super Stockist Stockist
inhabitants of 5000+ population villages. Colgate
wished to penetrate deeper and achieve a Rural Stockist Retail
distribution spread of villages with 2000
population. They had tried experimenting with Rural Retail
different models; none worked.
Consumer
Buying Behavior
The BOP population, which accounts for a substantial proportion of the
rural market, depicts unique buying behavior. Their main interest is in
‘value for money’ offerings. They also shop more frequently than their
urban counterparts, but fewer items on each occasion. As there are
limited shops in villages of this pop stratum, the BOP segment usually
conducts most of its purchases from the nearby Haat.
From the overview of the oral care sector and understanding on the BOP
segment buying behavior, it became evident that the solution revolved around three main factors:
Distribution enhancement to expand beyond current coverage levels to access the BOP segment
Provision of strong communication on identification of fakes and use of the genuine article
Ensuring sustainability and scalability of the developed model
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4. Issues and strategic perspective on a BOP access model
After much deliberation within the MART team, several issues emerged to be addressed while conceptualizing a
model:
As the traditional retailer driven/ sales force
model had proven to not be cost effective at
The Search for a Channel Partner
lower population strata, a lower cost model
would have to be developed. This would not The GOI, after Independence, initiated national
necessarily be a low opportunity model, but it level youth based organizations, such as the ‘Nehru
Yuva Kendra Sanghathan’, with a social focus to
would be unlikely to meet traditional margin
channelize the rural youth’s energy into productive
expectations. Further, the proposition of areas. Training was provided, along with short
overcoming physical coverage issues in the vast employment contracts, to suitable high potential
remote areas of rural India would be villagers. This became a launching pad for various
social welfare and cultural initiatives.
unattractive to a distributor. These factors
called for a channel partner who would be rural Over the years, a significant resource pool has
in residence and orientation, as well as having been created. These trained youth, oriented
towards the rural population, are now on the
low economic expectations.
lookout for alternate livelihood possibilities.
The main functions of a channel partner would
be to buy the products from the company at an
approved rate and sell them to the next
channel/consumers, while also promoting the brand at different levels. Identification of appropriate
candidates became the next challenge.
The ideal channel partner is one who promotes the brand, communicates brand messages, sells the product
and, thereby, earns a reasonable living. An advantage of this type of dedicated channel partners is that the
company gets a loyal brand ambassador with social standing in the local community.
The team at MART wondered whether the channel partner could work through a ‘support’ model, where
Colgate would provide training, products, margins and promotions while the channel partner sells the
products and earns his living. This could be viewed as a new business venture for the channel partner,
despite being fully supported by the company and provided a fixed stipend, as earnings would be largely
through the margins earned and the business created.
Being external in nature, this channel would not entail any on-going liability to the company. However, some
initial investment in partner development would be required and these costs would be spread across the
total personnel deployed over the duration of the initiative. Being from a social sector organization, rural
youth channel partners would have the capability to act as ‘brand ambassadors’ independently in the rural
environment, reducing risk for the company.
In this scenario, the company gains with deeper brand penetration and access to unreached markets,
allowing the brand to strike back at fakes and duplicates. At the same time, the partner can start his own
business selling company products, earning his livelihood while being respected as the company man in the
area. A win-win situation; creating value for all.
In the Indian, and even global, context, presence in the BOP sector is the single largest remaining market
opportunity which any company can address today.
4
5. Model Development
After extensive internal deliberation by MART team, the model that emerged is described below:
Identify educated, unemployed youth in villages as potential channel partners for Colgate products
Selected youth would act as entrepreneurs, paying cash for stock and earning from sale of products
To keep costs low, youth will travel by bicycle with a stock box attached for product storage.
Makeshift stall, using a branded umbrella, erected at venue to attract buyers.
Branding of channel partner through company logos on T-shirt, bicycle and box will increase visibility and
ensure authenticity.
The Entity of Entrepreneur
To reach the BOP market in below 5000
population villages, MART decided to hire Village Retailer
local youth from different sources
Haat
including the Nehru Yuva Kendra Haat
Sanghathan. The process used is as
follows: Village Retailer Entrepreneur Village Retailer
Map the uncovered territory of the
rural Colgate stockists. Select a
cluster of 20-30 uncovered villages
Haat Haat
within a 10 km radius. Ensure Village Retailer
Haats are present.
Identify, select, recruit and train youth.
Allocate territories and develop a permanent journey cycle plan to cover these markets. In one day, the
entrepreneur covers 2 village retailers and one Haat. On ‘non Haat’ days, the
entrepreneur covers 4 villages.
At the Village retailer, activities are:
o Introduction of self as a Colgate last mile channel partner
o Sharing journey plan and visiting on fixed day
o Promotion of Colgate products
o Placing posters at Shop
At the Haat, activities include:
o Ensuring an optimal vantage point for location of stand
o Setting up branded umbrella on cycle and display of stock
o Communication on oral hygiene practices, differentiating between
fakes and genuine Colgate products.
o Offering of samples and product trials
o Sale of Colgate products
The youth is linked to the nearest company stockist and buys stock on cash,
usually weekly.
The entrepreneur margins are approximately 3% selling to village retailers and approximately 8% selling
directly to consumers at Haats, creating a weighted average margin of 7%.
5
6. To sustain the entrepreneur interest in the business an
initial stipend of Rs 1500/- per month was fixed. This is
reduced, on a sliding scale, over time as the business
grows, but is not completely eliminated to retain some
degree of control over the entrepreneur.
Roadblock and way out
Post roll out, first time hiccups and ground realities had to be
taken into account while refining the model. The pilot
implementation phase had encountered three major roadblocks:
Channel partner motivation and retention was an issue over time. During the initial phase of operations,
earnings rise very slowly and reducing the stipend before the business is established would lead to exit by
the channel partner. In order to maintain a sustainable earning potential and to keep the partner motivated,
MART introduced the concept of a monthly stipend payable on reducing scale. As business volumes build to
attractive levels, the stipend is reduced in a calibrated manner to Rs 1200/- but not withdrawn totally. This
continued payment ensures control over the channel partner is retained.
Correct identification of youth is required to ensure that their income expectations are consistent with the
lower earnings available as a channel partner. The profile to be targeted to avoid duplication of efforts and
resources are from needy lower middle income homes, who have a small family to support, earn less than
one thousand a month currently and have an education of up to 12th class.
A major challenge will be to retain Channel partner ‘buy in’ over time as demonstrated through increasing
investments as the business grows and observing total loyalty to Colgate only. The continued stipend will
work to prevent the shifting of loyalties.
Size and scale of Model
The model was implemented across 28 districts with 240 entrepreneurs working full time for Colgate. It took roughly
18 months for MART to operationalize this model in the field.
Impact of Model: characteristics enhancing viable access of the BOP market
This model addresses the following issues:
The model created a viable distribution structure for Colgate in the below 5000
population villages to access BOP segment as desired
Distribution The new distribution setup could be integrated into regular channels without any
alteration of margin structures
The ‘Cash and carry’ system ensured a no risk business for Colgate
The model recruited manpower from local areas providing livelihood opportunity
Rural to villagers through a sustained corporate partnership.
Orientation Increased entrepreneurship possibilities were creating by setting an example,
without displacing the rural youth 6
7. The promotion of the genuine brand by an authorized partner to village consumers
Promotion of creates an advantage for Colgate over fakes.
Genuine
Communication at Haats to the target audience on how to identify the genuine
Products
brand impacted sales positively.
This is a self sustaining, entrepreneurial model based on sales earnings rather than
a typical salary outflow employee mode.
Other Benefits
It is a low cost model targeted at high sales volumes through access to large
concentrated crowds at Haats and by serving the larger requirements of village
retailers rather than addressing individual consumers.
These benefits would allow any company with a brand to gain a strategic foothold in the BOP market in below 5000
population villages provided that it is ready to partner a new entrepreneurial channel with an open mind, has a
readiness to support the livelihood of the partner and be willing to provide long term growth prospects.
Results at glance
In 2005, the initial year of implementation, the 28 identified districts contributed to a total of 2% of rural sales for
the state. By 2006, this figure had grown to 6% and, by 2008, it had jumped to 9% of the state’s rural sales.
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