Company Background

Lancôme Paris is a prestige and a luxury brand. Owned by L’Oreal since 1964. Lancôme is a part of luxury product division, which offers skincare, fragrances, and make up.

The company founded in 1935 by Armand Petitjean in France, Armand Petitjean was exploring the ruins of a castle, Le Chateau de while vacationing in the French countryside. Petitjean’s inspiration for the company’s symbol, golden roses were the many wild roses growing around the castle.

In 1935, Lancôme launched its first five fragrances at the world fair in Brussels, there were Tendre Nuit, Bocages, Conquete, Kypre and Tropiques and Lancôme expanded its business into makeup and skincare product, one important product was Nutrix launched in 1936.

In 1978, Carol Alt who was eighteen years old became the youngest model to be the face of Lancôme and Nancy Dutiel became the model of Lancôme during this period too.

In 1982, Isabella Rossellini who was the international face of Lancôme 14 years old starred in a slew of ads. Other popular actors have also worked with brand; there are Juliette, Binoche, Uma Thurman, Drew Barrymore, Mena Suvari and Laura Morante.

In early 2007, Clive Owen became the first male spokesman of Lancôme’s men’s skincare and the fragrance Hyponose Homme.

On June 11, 2007, Kate Winslet was unveiled as the spokesmodel of Lancôme.

On January 2, 2007, Anne Hathaway was announced as the newest brand ambassador and promoted the new fragrance, Magnifique, released in August 2008.

In 2009, Lancome received the Oscar award and global superstar from Julia Roberts represented the company. Advertising of Lancôme by Julia Roberts will appear in spring 2010.

Reference;
http://www.yournewfragrance.com/Lancome-s/2402.htm

Rationale

Why this brand?
“Beauty” and “Perfect women” the two things for me I think that, it can’t separate because I have a belief that if we are beautiful we will become a perfect woman and good-looking. “Do you agree with me?”
Nowadays, the most of women want to a beauty and a perfect women for make themselves are good-looking. I’m the general woman who isn’t beautiful and isn’t a perfect woman so I try to find the best thing for make me beautiful and good-looking . I decide to choose the Lancôme which is the best brand of cosmetic, skincare, and perfume. I feel interested this brand and find the information about the brand. I ask myself “Why do you like this brand?” the answer is… Lancôme is the brand that can make me beautiful and become a perfect woman. I have a confidence that the brand of Lancôme can change my personality become a beautiful woman and good-looking.

The last thing I want to tell everybody that, if you want to be a perfect woman, good-looking, and beautiful… please choose this brand and I believe that if everybody know this brand deeply, you will love the brand of Lancôme like me.

The Letter of Invitation for Professional Comments

Dear, all of my professional business Managers
I’m the manager of Lancôme. I’m please to suggest about my business for you and I know that you know “Lancôme” well and I believe that, if you choose something for your lover and your life, you must always choose the best thing for your lover and your life so that I decide to choose this brand for you. Lancôme is the brand about cosmetic, skin care, and perfume that luxury and first class which appropriate for your perfect life.

Now!!! It is the best time for me and you that can share ideas together between our businesses. Please suggest and give an advice to me. You can comment me everything that you want and everything that you think that it not appropriate in my blog.

From the sincerity of the Manager of Lancôme, Every comments I try to develop my business better for a success and respond a satisfaction for customers.




Thank you every comments
Kamontip Sakkuna
(Miss Kamontip Sakkuna)
The Manager of Lancome

journal 6

In class, my group presented about greeting culture at the first day of work and my group studied about the Arab culture; this activity made me knew the greeting of Arab and the behavior of Arab when they met at the first day of work.
In the part of my blog, I couldn’t find the information about my product completely. I tried to find the information about the strategy of the Lancôme. The information found very difficult and read understands difficult too. I tried to read it many time but I couldn’t conclude it. I felt bore with my information because it a lot of information and I started to paraphrase it, I thought that, a step of paraphrasing was a hard work for me and I couldn’t paraphrase it well because the vocabulary was difficult.

Journal 5

In class, Aj.Gob told me about designing my blog and gave the tips in making a blog. After that, I log in my blog and I tried to consider about selection of color, background, and the color of the letter. For me I thought that, I used a long time for selected it for appropriate with my blog and the internet in my dormitory was very low speed which it made me had a problem about download VDO and decorate my blog; it made me felt bad with it and won’t make it again. Designing the blog template I tried to design it many hours lastly, I didn’t satisfied it.
Now, I couldn’t download the VDO and I want to WU improved about the speed of internet for my blog was success.

Journal 4

In class, I learned about Marketing Mix (4P) there are, price, place, product, and promotion and I knew that the product strategy : parties involved; R and D, warranty, service, marketing, and packaging and Aj. Gob gave a knowledge about product management; it has the create customer value, positioning, branding and, etc. I tried to analyze about brand value and I thought that, my product “Lancôme” was a first class brand, prestige brand, and very popular for the customers who are upper-class. Then, I participated with my friends about job interview and I was an interviewer by the boss. This activity practiced me knew about job interview and prepared myself before the job interview. I felt enjoy this activity and felt excited with interviewing the job.
In the part of my blog, I felt that I worried with it because Midterm Exam was coming soon and I didn’t have enough time for designed it.

Reflection from Victoria’s Secret

After I researched and read about Victoria’s Secret I knew that it was the business about the underwear the most of product focus to the women. The Victoria’s secret used the super model for advertisement the product and it expanded the marketing by making the website for advertisement the product and showed the product in TV. Spots which made the women knew increase. I knew that the Victoria’s Secret was the brand that popular for the women around the world. I thought that this brand was the brand that interesting for many women and involved me too. The Victoria’s Secret had a target that certainly could make the Victoria’s secret was successful in a business and the one thing that this brand received a success; it had a promotion for sale the product which made the product become the attractive thing for the women.