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Four Steps to
Product Innovation
    Patrick T. Howley
    The Howley Group
Four Steps
1.   What is your brand?
2.   Who is your target?
3.   What is your targets current state?
4.   How can you better the life of your target?




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Olay: Skin Beauty
Love the skin youre in




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Starbucks  The Third Place




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Nike  Improve the performance
             of serious athletes
 Football    Soccer                  Baseball
Track & Field         Yoga
    Tennis Hockey             Golf
 Cycling              Running
       Cross-Training    Skateboard

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Who is your target?

                Current
                                       Size of
                 User                Opportunity
               Non-
          User, Category
               User

         Non-Category User

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Current Users Increase Consumption
New Occasions




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Current Users Increase Consumption
New Occasions




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Competitors Users
 Colgate wanted Crest Tartar Control users!!!




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Non-Users - McDonalds
Current Users
 Kids  Happy Meals
 Fast Food Adults  Burgers & Fries

Non-Users
 Health Conscious Adults

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Non-users - McDonalds
Early 2003 introduce salads
                  Stock Price
  60
  40
  20
   0
           2003                             2009



Lose money on salads!!!

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Line Extensions that didnt work




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Line Extensions that didnt work




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Line Extensions that didnt work




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3. What is your targets current
    state?
 Walk in their shoes.
 Question the paradigms.




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Walk in their shoes  3M

Masking tape was invented when a
 3M lab technician (Charles Drew)
 observed an auto-body shop
 worker struggling.



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Walk in their shoes - Intuit

Intuit noticed that small business
  were using their personal financial
  software for their business.

QuickBooks has 85% of the
market.
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Walk In Their Shoes  Dutch Boy




Dutch Boy Twist and Pour increased paint sales by 35%.

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Question the Paradigm
                    Oral Care Customer

Cosmetic                           Therapeutic
---------------------------------------------
Whitening                                       Cavity Protection
Breath Freshening                               Tartar Control




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Question the Paradigm
                         Oral Care Customer

Less Involved                   More Involved
---------------------------------------------
Less-----------------------------------------------------------------More Whitening
Less---------------------------------------------------------More Breath Freshening
Less----------------------------------------------------------More Cavity Protection
Less-------------------------------------------------------------More Tartar Control



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4. How can you better the life of
your target?

People dont want to buy a quarter-
 inch drill. They want a quarter
 inch hole.
                                      Theodore Levitt


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Generating Ideas

1. Visit New Markets
2. Brainstorming with Experts
3. Look Around at Niche Segments
   or Other Categories


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Visit New Markets - Listerine
 Listerine Oral
  Care Strips in
  Asia 10 years
  before introduced
  into the US



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Visit New Markets - Starbucks
 Starbucks started in
  1971.
 The third place idea
  based on a trip to
  Milan in 1983.


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Visit New Markets  Procter &
Gamble
 Product found in Japanese
  convenience store in Jan.
  2001.
 Introduced in US in 2003.
 Attitude change from
  Not-Invented-Here to
  Proudly-Found-Elsewhere.



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Brainstorming with Experts

Dont ask the average consumer to
 tell you what they want in the
 future.

If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they
   would have said a faster horse
                                           Henry Ford


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Look Around

 Godiva looks to dessert categories to gain
 inspiration for pie-flavored chocolates:
 Apple Crumb
 Strawberry
 Key Lime
 Lemon Meringue
 Banana Cream
 Chocolate Cream
 Pecan

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Look Around

In 2000, a Disney executive went to check out a
Disney on Ice show and found himself
surrounded by little girls in princess costumes.
Princess costumes that were
  horrors!- homemade.


 Princess Products 2009 sales: $4 billion.


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Look Around
Products using cocktail hour as inspiration:
 Avon Sheer Sangria nail polish
 Malin + Goetz rum and mojito candles
 Victoria Secret Appletini Beauty Rush
  Lip Gloss
 Demeter White Russian perfume


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Niche Segments  Gluten Free
 1999  1 in 10,000 in the US had celiac
  disease. (medical textbook)
 Gluten-free products $6.3 Billion (Spins) and
  up 33% since 2009 (Nielsen).




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Niche Segments  Soyfoods




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Niche Segments  Gluten Free
 1999  1 in 10,000 in the US had celiac
  disease. (medical textbook)
 Gluten-free products $6.3 Billion (Spins) and
  up 33% since 2009 (Nielsen).




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Four Steps to Product Innovation

1.   Define your brand.
2.   Define your target.
3.   Know your targets current state.
4.   Look to better the life of your
     target.

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  • 21. 4. How can you better the life of your target? People dont want to buy a quarter- inch drill. They want a quarter inch hole. Theodore Levitt The Howley Group, LLC
  • 22. Generating Ideas 1. Visit New Markets 2. Brainstorming with Experts 3. Look Around at Niche Segments or Other Categories The Howley Group, LLC
  • 23. Visit New Markets - Listerine Listerine Oral Care Strips in Asia 10 years before introduced into the US The Howley Group, LLC
  • 24. Visit New Markets - Starbucks Starbucks started in 1971. The third place idea based on a trip to Milan in 1983. The Howley Group, LLC
  • 25. Visit New Markets Procter & Gamble Product found in Japanese convenience store in Jan. 2001. Introduced in US in 2003. Attitude change from Not-Invented-Here to Proudly-Found-Elsewhere. The Howley Group, LLC
  • 26. Brainstorming with Experts Dont ask the average consumer to tell you what they want in the future. If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse Henry Ford The Howley Group, LLC
  • 27. Look Around Godiva looks to dessert categories to gain inspiration for pie-flavored chocolates: Apple Crumb Strawberry Key Lime Lemon Meringue Banana Cream Chocolate Cream Pecan The Howley Group, LLC
  • 28. Look Around In 2000, a Disney executive went to check out a Disney on Ice show and found himself surrounded by little girls in princess costumes. Princess costumes that were horrors!- homemade. Princess Products 2009 sales: $4 billion. The Howley Group, LLC
  • 29. Look Around Products using cocktail hour as inspiration: Avon Sheer Sangria nail polish Malin + Goetz rum and mojito candles Victoria Secret Appletini Beauty Rush Lip Gloss Demeter White Russian perfume The Howley Group, LLC
  • 30. Niche Segments Gluten Free 1999 1 in 10,000 in the US had celiac disease. (medical textbook) Gluten-free products $6.3 Billion (Spins) and up 33% since 2009 (Nielsen). The Howley Group, LLC
  • 31. Niche Segments Soyfoods The Howley Group, LLC
  • 32. Niche Segments Gluten Free 1999 1 in 10,000 in the US had celiac disease. (medical textbook) Gluten-free products $6.3 Billion (Spins) and up 33% since 2009 (Nielsen). The Howley Group, LLC
  • 33. Four Steps to Product Innovation 1. Define your brand. 2. Define your target. 3. Know your targets current state. 4. Look to better the life of your target. The Howley Group, LLC