DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS :
MARKETING NUTRITION TO CHILDREN
ARNAB BOSE
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,KHARAGPUR
HISTORY
CURRENT SITUATION
PROBLEM
ANALYSIS
RECOMMENDATION
CONTENTS
HISTORY
1923 1932 1950
1980s-
1990s
2006
DEBUT OF MICKEY-
MOUSE AND
FORMATION OF WALT
DISNEY
LICENSING BECAME A
BUSINESS UNIT
EXPANDING INTO WALT
DISNEY TELEVISION
FOCUS ON
ENTERTAINMENT
ASSESTS
OBESITY EPIDEMIC AND
LAUNCH OF FRESH FOOD
OFFERINGS
32$
BILLION
COMPANY IN
2005
PARKS AND
RESORTS
DISNEY CONSUMER
PRODUCTS
STUDIO
ENTARTAINMENT
MEDIA NETWORK
DISNEY PORTFOLIO
LEADING LICENSOR
CHARACTER DRIVEN
ENTARTAINMENT
BRANDS ,2005
DISNEY LICENSED
MCDONALDS TO
USE PROMOTE MEALS
USING DISNEY
CHARACTERS
SOURCING : PRODUCTS WERE CREATED AND DESIGNED BY DISNEY,BUT MARKETED AND
MANUFACTURED BY LICENSEE
DIRECT –TO-RETAILERS: ENTAILED PARTNERING DIRECTLY WITH RETAILRS
DCP’S LICENSING AND
DISTRIBUTION MODEL
SOURCING : PRODUCTS WERE CREATED AND DESIGNED BY DISNEY,BUT MARKETED AND
MANUFACTURED BY LICENSEE
DIRECT –TO-RETAILERS: ENTAILED PARTNERING DIRECTLY WITH RETAILRS
SOURCING : PRODUCTS WERE CREATED AND DESIGNED BY DISNEY,BUT MARKETED AND
MANUFACTURED BY LICENSEE
DIRECT –TO-RETAILERS: ENTAILED PARTNERING DIRECTLY WITH RETAILRS
30%
AMERICAN KIDS
ARE OVERWEIGHT
CUURENT SITUATION
30%
AMERICAN KIDS
ARE OVERWEIGHT
14%
AMERICAN KIDS
ARE OBESE
DISNEY FACED
CRITICISM
FOR THE RISING
OBESITY EPIDEMIC
FACED PRESSURE FROM
GOVERNMENTS AND MEDIA TO
CHECK ITS OFFERINGS AND
ADVERTISEMENTS
DISNEY WAS MAINLY IN SWEETS
AND ICE-CREAM,
ACCOUNTING FOR LESS THAN 1% IN
THE CHILDREN FOOD INDUSTRY
WITH CHANGING LICENSING
MODELS AND OBESITY
EPIDEMIC,DCP SAW THIS AS AN
OPPURTUNITY TO DIVERSIFY
ITS PRODUCT OFFERINGS
COULD DISNEY USE ITS MAGIC
TO SWITCH CHILDREN FROM
SUGARY TO MORE
NUTRITOUS DIET ?COULD
THEY SUSTAIN IT ?
CHALLENGES FACED BY DISNEY
RESCONSIDERATION OF
THE NURTIENT CONTENT
OF FOOD PRODUCTS
THE PRODUCTS NEED TO
MEET USDA’S EXPECTATION
APPEALING TO CHILDREN
AS WELL AS DELIVERING
THE BRANDS MAGIC
CHALLENGES FACED BY DISNEY
RESCONSIDERATION OF
THE NURTIENT CONTENT
OF FOOD PRODUCTS
THE PRODUCTS NEED TO
MEET USDA’S EXPECTATION
APPEALING TO CHILDREN
AS WELL AS DELIVERING
THE BRANDS MAGIC
CHALLENGES FACED BY DISNEY
RESCONSIDERATION OF
THE NURTIENT CONTENT
OF FOOD PRODUCTS
THE PRODUCTS NEED TO
MEET USDA’S EXPECTATION
APPEALING TO CHILDREN
AS WELL AS DELIVERING
THE BRANDS MAGIC
CHALLENGES FACED BY DISNEY
RESCONSIDERATION OF
THE NURTIENT CONTENT
OF FOOD PRODUCTS
THE PRODUCTS NEED TO
MEET USDA’S EXPECTATION
APPEALING TO CHILDREN
AS WELL AS DELIVERING
THE BRANDS MAGIC
DCP DISCOVERED THERE WAS A GAP
BETWEEN WHAT CHILDREN WERE
DEMANDING AND WHAT THERE
MOTHERS WERE WILLING TO BUY
FOR THEM
MOMS ASSOCIATED
DISEY WITH
MAGIC
EVEN WHEN IT
COMES TO FOOD
PEER PRESSURE
AND
ADVERTISEMENTS
INFLUENCE CHILDREN
PREFERENCES
CHILDREN DEMAND
CHARACTER DRIVEN
PRODUCTS AND
INFLUENCE PURCHASES
IN SHORT, DCP NEEDED
TO SUPPLY HEALTHY
FOOD,IN AN
ENTERTAINING WAY
DISNEY DERIVED
NUTRITIONAL
GUIDELINES FROM
FDA DIETARY
RECOMMENDATION
RESULTS OF THE AUDIT OF 2100 FOOD PRODUCTS
28 %
WERE PLANNED TO BE PHASED OUT
41%
OF THE PRODUCTS MET THE STANDARDS
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS
MAKING BROAD APPEAL
PRODUCTS HEALTHIER
MAKING HEALTHY FOOD
PRODUCTS FUNNIER
ATTRACTIVE PACKAGING
TO INSPIRE PRODUCT
SAMPLING
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS
MAKING BROAD APPEAL
PRODUCTS HEALTHIER
MAKING HEALTHY FOOD
PRODUCTS FUNNIER
ATTRACTIVE PACKAGING
TO INSPIRE PRODUCT
SAMPLING
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS
MAKING BROAD APPEAL
PRODUCTS HEALTHIER
MAKING HEALTHY FOOD
PRODUCTS FUNNIER
ATTRACTIVE PACKAGING
TO INSPIRE PRODUCT
SAMPLING
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS
MAKING BROAD APPEAL
PRODUCTS HEALTHIER
MAKING HEALTHY FOOD
PRODUCTS FUNNIER
ATTRACTIVE PACKAGING
TO INSPIRE PRODUCT
SAMPLING
CAMPAIGNS AND ADS
ASSOCIATIONG MICKEY
MOUSE, GOT KID’S
ATTENTION. MOREOVER
MOMS WERE WILLING TO BUY
NUTRITIOUS FOODS
MARKETING STRATEGY
MARKETING STRATEGY
PARTNERSHIP WITH
KROGER, 2nd
LARGEST US
SUPERMARKET
COMPANY
MARKETING STRATEGY
FOUNDED IN 2006,
IMAGINATION
FARMS SERVED
AS A LICENSEE OF
FRESH PRODUCE.
MARKETING STRATEGY
PRODUCT
DIFFERENTIATION
SUCH AS
APPLES,PEACHES,CITRISUS
WERE MADE BY ATTACHING
DISNEY CHARACTERS WITH
THEM
COMPETITORS
DARLING
CLEMENTINE’S SALES
INCRESED 25% AFTER
THEY ATTACHED
NICKELODEON
CHARCTERS TO IT
COMPETITORS
IN 2006, THEY EXTENDED
TO FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES
COMPETITORS
COOL-CUT SNACK
PACKAGE WHICH
CONTAINED
GRAPES,APPLES AND
CARROTS
WOULD HELP DISNEY TO
GAIN
MARKET SHARE
AND
DIVERSIFY
MARKET RISK
CREATE NEW CHARACTERS
WOULD HELP DISNEY TO
GAIN
MARKET SHARE
AND
DIVERSIFY
MARKET RISK
SHOWING CHARCATERS
CONSUMING HEALTHY
FOOD PRODUCTS IN THE
MOVIES AND SERIALS
SPREADING AWARENESS
SHOWING CHARCATERS
CONSUMING HEALTHY
FOOD PRODUCTS IN THE
MOVIES AND SERIALS
GAINING POLITICAL
SUPPORT TO
INTENSIFY NUTRITION
LAWS
INTENSIFICATION OF LOBBYING
GAINING POLITICAL
SUPPORT TO
INTENSIFY NUTRITION
LAWS
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