Procter & Gamble has rolled out its biggest ever ‘Thank You, Mom’ campaign that aims to thank mothers of Olympians and would-be Olympians around the world. The mom-thanking campaigns were a part of P&G marketing strategy for several years. The new initiative will be the company’s biggest one ever.
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Procter&Gamble, which is the global Olympics sponsor, is launching a new digital campaign dubbed 1 Thank You = 1 Chance to Win as extension on its ‘Thank You Mum’ activity dedicated to support Olympic athletes (the ‘P&G Thanks, Mom’ was launched back in 2010). The effort was kicked off yesterday, March 5, in the UK ahead of Mothers’ Day celebrated on March 18—it is expected to roll across other markets on respective national days.
Apple, Google and Amazon are the leaders of the World’s Most Admired Companies 2012 chart, unveiled as result of the new survey conducted by the Fortune trade publication and the Hay Group consultancy—a total of 698 companies from 32 countries were included. The companies, which top most of lists of the most successful businesses, are followed by Coca-Cola, IBM, FedEx, Berkshire Hathaway, Starbucks, Procter & Gamble and Southwest Airlines correspondingly. The first two leaders hold their positions for several consecutive years—for instance, Apple heads the chart for the fifth year in a row, Google was the second most admired company in 2010 and 2011 as well (see the last year’s list here).
After a long research and investigation, Procter & Gamble has announced it sells its Pringles brand to Kellogg for $2.7 billion in cash. The deal is expected to be completed in summer 2012. Last year P&G intended to sell the chips brand to Diamond Foods but the agreement has been mutually terminated.