Pears SWOT Analysis, Competitors & USP

Pears

Parent Company

HUL

Category

FMCG

Sector

FMCG

Tagline/ Slogan

Pure and Gentle

USP

It keeps your skin soft and smiling with innocence

Pears STP

Segment

Personal Care – Premium Soap in three variants

Target Group

Premium Market Soap

Positioning

Pears is trusted for being gentle, and is recommended by doctors and pediatricians worldwide

Pears SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Below is the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Pears. Strengths are:

1. Pears is the world’s first registered brand and it is in existence continuously since then. Has a strong heritage of over 200 years
2. Comes in 3 variants – Pure & Gentle, Germshield, Oil Clear
3. Pears is unique from other ordinary soaps in that the glycerin is retained in the soap.
4. Transparency of the soap is shown as a sign of purity of the soap
5. Glycerin content is a sign of the gentleness in the soap

Weaknesses

Here are the weaknesses of Pears :

1. Abandoned a new product formulation after customer complaints and demands to re-instate the old product back.
2. Not a mass-market soap, targets a niche sector within the soap industry
3.High raw material costs for the soap leads to higher selling price

Opportunities

Following are the Opportunities of Pears :

1. Remains a niche player in the soap market
2. Pears need to work on liquid soap versions to tap market

Threats

The threats of Pears are as mentioned :

1. New competitors coming up in the market offering same values at reasonable price
2. Any changes to product formulation can lead to downfall in market share as people oppose to buy the product

Pears Competition

Competitors

Below are the 3 main Pears competitors :

1. Doy Care Aloe vera
2. Savlon Soap
3. Dettol