Book contents
- Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- 2 New Middle Classes in Medium-Income Countries
- 3 Innovation That Saves Lives
- 4 Education for Everyone
- 5 “My House, My Pride”
- 6 Banking the Unbanked
- 7 Great Products for the MoP Consumption Practices
- 8 It Is Show Time!
- 9 Money, Money, Money
- 10 Inclusive Hedging
- 11 From Mission Impossible to Mission Accomplished!
- 12 Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- Index
- References
7 - Great Products for the MoP Consumption Practices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2021
Book contents
- Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- 2 New Middle Classes in Medium-Income Countries
- 3 Innovation That Saves Lives
- 4 Education for Everyone
- 5 “My House, My Pride”
- 6 Banking the Unbanked
- 7 Great Products for the MoP Consumption Practices
- 8 It Is Show Time!
- 9 Money, Money, Money
- 10 Inclusive Hedging
- 11 From Mission Impossible to Mission Accomplished!
- 12 Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries
- Index
- References
Summary
Middle class population accounts for about 48% of the whole world, which in expenditures represent 53% regarding the global GDP. The middle of the socioeconomic pyramid from developing economies is also an important market. In Latin America, this sector of the population grew 50% the past decade. This trend is reflected in the growth of consumption and demand of essential and discretionary products. As the market has been changing, the tastes and preferences of this population have been changing as well. In order to understand this phenomenon, we analyze firms from Latin America.
These are the cases of Grupo Fabricas Selectas (Mexico) with toy balls, Sanchez y Martin (Mexico) manufacturing bar soaps and detergents, and Tricot (Peru), Topitop (Chile), and Permoda (Colombia) – the three of them in the garment sector. Main lessons regarding their success in the middle of the pyramid are the following: these firms are strongly focused on R&D in order to create products with a strong value that consumers of the middle of the pyramid really appreciate and thus gain consumer preference. Moreover, some firms have created commercial networks and alliances to meet middle of the pyramid consumers’ wants and needs.
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- Innovating for the Middle of the Pyramid in Emerging Countries , pp. 193 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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