MINISTER OF FINANCE UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE – MARKETING -------- � -------- FINAL EXAM ASSIGNMENT SECOND SEMESTER, 2022 SERVICES MARKETING Class code: 2121702052701 MARKETING PLAN FOR SERVICES OF UNICARE STARTUP BY UNILEVER Instructor: Mr. Dang Huynh Phuong Ho Chi Minh City – 5, 2022 0 0 MINISTER OF FINANCE UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE – MARKETING -------- � -------- FINAL EXAM ASSIGNMENT SECOND SEMESTER, 2022 SERVICES MARKETING Class code: 2121702052701 MARKETING PLAN FOR SERVICES OF UNICARE STARTUP BY UNILEVER Instructor: Mr. Dang Huynh Phuong Student name: Le Dinh Phuong Khanh – 2101001520 Luong Ai Lien – 2021000052 Vo Dao Phuong Mai – 2021001711 Nguyen Nhu Ngoc – 2021001576 Lam Gia Phu – 2021000082 0 0 Ho Chi Minh City – 5, 2022 0 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION. 1 SECTION 2: SITUATION, MARKET & COMPETITOR ANALYSIS.6 SECTION 3: TARGET CUSTOMERS ANALYSIS & POSITIONING STRATEGY.11 SECTION 4: MARKETING MIX STRATEGIES (7PS).
A i 0 0 APPENDIX 1: PROMOTION TIMELINE. G ii 0 0 IMAGE LIST Image 1.1 - Unilever’s brands in Viet Nam – Source: Unilever.2 - Illustration of Space – Source: Shereen ashraf.3 - Facial treatment – Source: Shutter Stock.34 TABLE LIST Table 2.2 - Price of Hair service.3 - Price of Makeup service.4 - Price of Facial service.5 - Price of Body service.6 - Price of Comprehensive treatment package.25 iii 0 0 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Acronym Definition STP Segmentation – Targeting – Positioning GDP Gross Domestic Product COVID – 19 Coronavirus disease 2019 USD United States Dollar VND Viet Nam Dong JSC Joint Stock Company TVC Television Commercials PR Public Relations KOL Key Opinion Leader IFO IELTS Face-off SEO Search Engine Optimization SMS Marketing Short Message Service Marketing F Facial H Hair B Body M Makeup iv 0 0 SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION Image 1.1- Logo UniCare Category: Beauty & Personal care. Service: Salon & Spa. Realizing Unilever's potential in the face of a new service market, we bring a Salon and Spa service with a wide range of products from Unilever’s ecosystem through this project.
Unilever has also been considered a giant in the beauty & personal care industry with a series of well-known products in the market and a history of nearly 100 years. Following the vision “To make sustainable living commonplace” and the mission “To add vitality to life” of Unilever, this service brings new energy to the life of those who are willing to experience, who love themselves, and want to have the honor of personal worth. We target specific customers, taking advantage of opportunities by changing social living standards to improve. 1 0 0 SECTION 2: SITUATION, MARKET & COMPETITOR ANALYSIS 2.
Macro Environment Table 2. Micro Environment Table 2. MARKET ANALYSIS Table 2. COMPETITORS ANALYSIS Table 2.4 – Competitors Analysis 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 SECTION 3: TARGET CUSTOMERS ANALYSIS & POSITIONING STRATEGY 3.
TARGET CUSTOMER UniCare chooses to use a concentrated marketing strategy; instead of developing many different segments simultaneously, our businesses focus on investing their strategies in one customer segment so that they can optimize profits from the beginning with a small scale first. By realizing that, the majority of people who regularly use salon & spa 11 0 0 services are mostly people living in urban areas; aged between 25 - 40 years old; are mainly female and have stable middle to high incomes; being the main object and making up the majority of society; their job is usually an office worker, civil servant, photo model, etc. They have a modern and health-focused lifestyle. Due to their busy work, they are often exposed to sunlight, light from electronic devices, makeup, or prolonged stress, so this subject needs a lot of beauty care and relaxation-related needs.
Understanding this, UniCare focuses on customers in the 2nd segment to provide customers with the most complete and excellent service. POSITIONING UniCare is a comprehensive and modern beauty address that will be present in 3 major cities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang. UniCare combines products from leading brands in Unilever's ecosystem. Distilling the quintessence of the most modern beauty methods in developed countries and constantly updating new trends, we create and develop each treatment in a way that is suitable for each customer- honoring the beauty of each individual and the perceived value of customers after each service experience at UniCare.2 - Positioning map UniCare positions itself as a brand that appreciates sustainable beauty standards by building customer confidence every time they come to Unicare and ensuring superior service quality compared to competitors in the market.
We are always committed to bringing customers real experiences and value to awaken the beauty in each person. UniCare is different from other brands in that it focuses on the total customer experience: not trying to be better, but always trying to perfect the requirements of our customers. UniCare will quickly gain market share and cover customers' minds soon. 13 0 0 SECTION 4: MARKETING MIX STRATEGIES (7Ps) 4.6 - UniCare' Service ê Core product: Health, beauty, massage, hair salon, makeup services combined with products manufactured by Unilever: Dove, TRESemmé, POND’S, Sunsilk, Lipton, CLEAR and HAZELINE.3 - Unilever’s brands in Viet Nam – Source: Unilever ê Supplementary: u Information: Provide information about the procedures performed at UniCare: products from which brand, procedure’s time, etc., accompanied by prices and promotions that take place on holidays of the year.
Besides, it is also popular how to accumulate points to redeem gifts, or become a loyal customer of UniCare, with privileges, promotions, and priorities. Customers can receive information through the website, fanpage, or hotline to get advice from customer care staff. u Order-taking: Application: - Design the website or mobile app for users to easily access and learn about UniCare before deciding to go directly. On the website and mobile app, we have provided the phone number of the customer care department and the mailbox so that the customer can get the information as well as receive the response as quickly as possible.
15 0 0 - Member customers can go to the website to check information, accumulated points, or coupons that have been given gifts on occasions such as birthdays or on the amount spent on services at UniCare. Order Entry: - Customers can learn about the service on-site when they come to the Spa and proceed to enjoy the service immediately. - Besides, customers can also choose to consult online by contacting via email, phone customer consultation, or via message on fanpage. After choosing a suitable service package, UniCare will proceed to help them with the booking procedure.
Reservation and Checking: - Arrange seating and waiting room to wait for customer’s turn to experience the service. - Equipped with a small play area for children. u Billing: Customers can obtain information about the procedures performed through the information provided on the App or website. UniCare is ready to publicize prices as well as carry out promotions on major holidays for women to beautify together.
In addition, service costs are also carefully consulted for customers to consult directly at the customer care counter at the beauty establishment. Customers can also book schedules and choose combos through the customer care call center. u Payment: Customers are supported to make payments by various methods. In addition to the traditional cash method, UniCare supports payment by credit card, E-Banking, or current code-scanning money transfer applications such as Momo, ShopeePay, ZaloPay, and VNPay to receive promotions from this intermediate application.
16 0 0 u Consultation: UniCare's Call center operates from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm, always receiving inquiries and ready to advise customers on UniCare's services and processes. u Hospitality: Employees are well trained, have the right attitude, and most importantly respect customers. UniCare provides a survey after customers experience the service and open our mailbox to receive feedback on staff attitudes as well as service shortcomings. The waiting room is arranged with comfortable seats, serving a welcome drink with Lipton tea, cakes, WALL'S, and Cornetto ice cream from the brands of Unilever.
u Safekeeping: Customers can be assured of the quality of service at UniCare, with a series of awards as well as a long history, Unilever owns products that are certified to be safe for human health, committed not only to not harming users' health but also to bring good care effects. In addition, UniCare selects experts and highly-skilled employees who are well trained and practiced before delivering them directly to customers. PLACE u Offline distribution channel: Distributing services at three branches in 3 regions (North - Central - South): Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City. Starting to open to serve customers from 9:00 am and closing at 8:00 pm every day (including Saturday & Sunday).
u Online distribution channel: UniCare’s website: https://unicare.vn) Cooperation with e-commerce: Distributing service packages on e- commerce websites: Lazada, Shopee, Tiki, etc. 17 0 0 UniCare's fanpage on social networking platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, etc. Call center to support booking consultation - Hotline: 1800 6378 Email: support@UniCare.vn Time to receive an appointment booking from guests from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. Only Saturday & Sunday do not accept reservations.
PRICE Use the Bundle Pricing strategy, with different service packages will have different pricing. With a variety of specific service packages, customers can choose the most suitable service package with the highest satisfaction.7 - Price of Hair service 18 0 0 Table 4.8 - Price of Makeup service Table 4.9 - Price of Facial service 19 0 0 Table 4.10 - Price of Body service 20 0 0 Table 4.11 - Price of Comprehensive treatment package 4. PROMOTION u Media Campaign - Awaken Sustainable Beauty: The need for beauty and health care has always been a matter of concern for people. Especially now, we are exposed to harmful factors from the environment such as UV rays, blue light, and food sources or the air we breathe.
Those factors that make the skin aging rapidly have become a psychological ghost of each person, they pay a lot of money for cosmetics and lipstick just to cover up external defects. But that still does not satisfy the real need, they need sustainable beauty with time. More than that, it is the callousness of the soul due to pressure, they need a complete treatment from the inside out from the soul to the body to regenerate energy after a long time of hard work. Understanding that, we launch a communication campaign with a key message “Awaken Sustainable Beauty”.
21 0 0 u Communication objectives: As a startup brand in the market, increasing brand awareness is always a top priority. Therefore, the goal of this media campaign is awareness - to create a positive perception of consumers about the brand. u Communication tool: ê Advertising: Create 4 short TVCs on important occasions of the year (14/02, 08/03, 02/09 and 20/10) to hit consumers' emotions: Changing to Wake Up Message: “Awaken the positive energy of youth, renew yourself to enjoy an exciting holiday.” Create a music TVC short with interesting and unique ways to enjoy the holidays with their other half. The Return of Youth Message: “Let's spend this special holiday bringing youth back to your mother, wife, and girlfriend - special women who have been with you through many hardships with complete regenerative care treatments, healing the damage from the inside of her soul to her delicate skin.
” Build a short TVC honoring the sacrifice of women. Enhancing Vietnamese beauty Appreciating the pure beauty of Vietnamese people, Unicare always distilled the best beauty methods from around the world to provide international quality services to Vietnamese people. Awaken Sustainable Beauty 22 0 0 Bringing in the mission of taking care of Vietnamese beauty, the short TVC is about true and sustainable beauty with treatments from the inside out while highlighting UniCare's mission of taking care of Vietnamese beauty to strengthen consumer confidence.