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Finding the Sweet Spot Between Mass Market and Premium

Harvard Business Review

A decade ago, the Mach 3 razor was Gillette’s premium offering for men, until the Fusion line was launched in 2006 at a 40% price increase, followed by the Fusion ProGlide in 2010 and the Fusion Proshield Flexball in 2016—to name a few of the brand’s major releases.

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At the High End, Reaching a Mass Market

Harvard Business Review

In 2006 Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, introduced a revolutionary new offering for the 130-year old opera house: broadcasting its performances live in high-definition to movie theatres across the world. The success of AFA and The Met is testimony to the power of an inclusive strategy. million worth of art.

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Why Elon Musk’s New Strategy Makes Sense

Harvard Business Review

The first installment had been written in 2006. It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. The second installment moves Tesla beyond the traditional car market, with a plan to reconfigure our cities, energy systems, and our impact on the environment.

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Your New Hit Product Might Be Underpriced

Harvard Business Review

Playmobil priced its play set far too low, which allowed customers to make money from it in the resale market. Another noteworthy minivation was Audi’s Q7 luxury SUV, launched in 2006 for €55,000. The luxury SUV that set a record for pre-sales. At the time, gasoline prices were soaring and sales of large SUVs had declined.

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Cable Providers Win Even in an a La Carte World

Harvard Business Review

. “[Cable networks] don’t want to deal with the mass market,” Hazlett says. ” Competition Customers Strategy' “They don’t want to sign up 100 million customers, they want to sign up 20 providers.” ” So where does that leave the cable providers? For them, change will be tougher.

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10 TED Talks to Help You Reimagine Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Leading business and marketing practitioner Seth Godin imagines a world where the mass market dies, where mediocrity holds no economic value. While much of Godin's thinking has come to bear true in our social media-induced world, this TED Talk will get you thinking differently about where you spend your marketing dollars.

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