Kantar MDS Model · Indexed to Category Mean = 100 · March 2026
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Brand Equity Diagnostic - March 2026
Pantene has the most distinctive identity in the category. So why isn't it gaining?
A brand with #1 differentiation and #2 pricing power, sitting at a flat category average on demand and holding momentum while competitors gain. The gap between Pantene's equity and its demand performance is the strategic story of 2026.
Life-Stage
Large / Established
Primary Lever
Build Salience
Top Need-States
Damage Repair - Healthy Shine - Scalp Health
★ #1 Signal: Momentum
Holding
⚠ Below Ambition
Ambition
Target: Gaining
Why the ambition is Gaining, not just Holding
Holding in a gaining category is falling behind. The ambition must be Gaining.
Momentum is the only BBE signal that predicts future share, not just current standing. Kantar's cross-category analysis shows brands that gain momentum year-on-year outgrow their categories. Setting an ambition of "holding" creates no incentive to improve, even when headroom exists and improvement would directly drive market growth. Tresemmé and Head & Shoulders are actively gaining. The urgency isn't visible in the index scores alone - it lives in the gap between the ambition (Gaining) and the reality (Holding).
Unlike market share, where holding flat can be a valid signal given its noisy, market-driven nature, brand equity KPIs are statistically modelled predictive indicators. Statistically significant gaining is required to confirm the brand is genuinely strengthening.
Volume share potential driven by brand strength alone
Validated against volume share growth. Primarily driven (~80%) by Meaningful + Salient. Pantene is at the category mean despite leading on Differentiation.
Vs. Category
At Average
Ahead vs. Peers
Not Ahead
Momentum
Holding
Pricing Power Outcome KPI
119
Ability to command price based on brand strength alone
Validated against actual price paid. Primarily driven (>90%) by Meaningful + Different. Pantene's #1 differentiation score (129) and strong Meaningfulness (110) support premium pricing.
Vs. Category
+19 pts Above
Rank in Category
#2 of 9
Momentum
Holding
What Drives Brand Demand Power
Brand Demand Power: 101 — Category Average
Meaningful
~55%
Salient ⚠
~25%
Different
~20%
Demand Power is ~80% Meaningful + Salient. Meaningful is healthy (110). Salient (89) is the break — the highest-leverage fix available. Closing 89→100 is the single most direct action to move Demand Power.
What Drives Pricing Power
Pricing Power: 119 — Strong, 2nd of 9
Meaningful
~50%
Different
~42%
Salient
~8%
Pricing Power is >90% Meaningful + Different — both currently strong (110, 129). This is why the premium holds. Discounting or diluting distinctiveness to chase short-term volume would erode the M+D combination that only 1 in 25 brands achieves globally.
Core Input KPIsMDS Drivers · Roll up to Demand & Pricing Power
Meaningful · Input KPI
110
Pantene is relevant - people who engage with it find it meets their needs. This underpins both Demand and Pricing Power and is currently healthy. But Meaningful alone isn't converting to consideration - the problem lies elsewhere.
+10 vs Mean · 3rd of 9
Drives BDP (~55%) & Pricing Power (~50%)
Different · Input KPI
129
Pantene is the most distinctive brand in US Hair Care - full stop. This is what justifies Pricing Power. Different is >90% of the Pricing Power driver. The premium is real, earned, and must be actively protected - it's far easier to lose than to rebuild.
+29 vs Mean · #1 in Category
Drives Pricing Power (~42%) · Protects the P&L moat
Salient · Input KPI ⚠
89
This is the break in the chain. Salient drives ~80% of Demand Power alongside Meaningful - and Pantene is 11 points below average. Despite everything the brand has built, it's not coming to mind when consumers make hair care decisions. Fix this, and Demand Power follows.
–11 vs Mean · 7th of 9
Drives BDP (~25%) · Primary gap · Primary lever
Competitive Context
Brand
BDP
Pricing
Meaningful
Different
Salient
Momentum
Tresemmé L/Est.
129
122
120
98
118
Gaining ↑
Dove Hair S/Em.
117
107
117
108
130
Holding
Suave M/Ch.
103
97
99
88
105
Declining ↓
OGX S/Em.
103
111
104
115
82
Declining ↓
Pantene ★ L/Est.
101
119
110
129
89
Holding
Head & Shoulders M/Ch.
96
75
88
85
104
Gaining ↑
Herbal Essences L/Est.
89
94
107
92
86
Gaining ↑
L'Oréal Elvive S/Em.
82
84
83
79
91
Holding
Garnier Fructis M/Ch.
79
90
73
105
95
Declining ↓
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The competitive read that should concern Pantene most
Tresemmé (129) and Dove Hair (117) are pulling ahead while Pantene holds flat at 101. Tresemmé is Gaining in Pantene's exact need-state territory. Dove has already built the highest Salience in the category (130) from a small base. Head & Shoulders is Gaining despite the lowest Pricing Power in the category (75) — proof that salience alone drives share even without premium credentials. Pantene has better assets than all three. It simply isn't activating them. High Demand Power brands capture 9× the volume share — at 101, Pantene is leaving enormous volume on the table.
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The central paradox: right mix for price, wrong mix for demand
Pantene earns a premium when chosen (#2 at PP:119) but isn't being chosen often enough. Pantene's equity shape — high D (129, #1), low S (89, 7th) — is unique in the category. The closest structural parallel is OGX (D:115, S:82): same volume challenge at smaller scale. Building mental availability and protecting the premium are two different marketing jobs. They don't conflict — treating them as a trade-off is the mistake to avoid.
Diagnostic InputsNot KPIs · Used to explain MDS movement
Meets Needs
3.8
✓ Strong
Drives Meaningful. Users find Pantene genuinely delivers — no product credibility gap to worry about.
Affinity
3.5
~ Moderate
Drives Meaningful. Liking is present but the emotional relationship isn't deep. Room to strengthen — not the priority lever.
Needs-Based Salience
2.8
⚠ Critical Gap
Drives Salient. Root cause. When consumers face a hair problem — damage, shine, scalp — Pantene isn't the brand they reach for mentally. Most actionable finding in the dataset.
Uniqueness
4.2
✓ #1 in category
Drives Different. The distinctiveness is real and experienced by users. This is what Pricing Power is built on. Guard it.
Trend-Setting
4.1
✓ Strong
Drives Different. Pantene is seen as shaping hair care, not following it. An underused broadcast asset for building Salient with non-users.
Strategic Implication
Primary Lever Identified by MDS Model
Build Salience
1Activate Pantene in the needs moment - highest priority. Build need-state-triggered media (search, social, in-store) explicitly tied to Damage Repair, Healthy Shine, and Scalp Health. When a consumer searches "shampoo for damaged hair," Pantene must win that moment. Create content that answers specific hair problems first, then introduces Pantene as the solution - Salience is built when the brand is associated with the problem, not just the product aisle.
2Broadcast the differentiation - Trend-Setting (4.1) is the salience asset Pantene isn't using. Invest in high-reach formats (TV, OOH, pre-roll) to expose Pantene's distinctive story to non-users. Salience is built by breadth of exposure - you can't earn consideration from people who haven't recently encountered you. Develop a single, repeatable brand claim that encodes Pantene's uniqueness verbally.
3Don't sacrifice Pricing Power chasing short-term volume. Pricing Power is >90% Meaningful + Different - both currently strong (110, 129). If the response to flat Demand Power is promotional discounting, it erodes reference price, erodes Meaningful, and reduces Pricing Power. The P&L math on protecting Pricing Power at 119 is far better than rebuilding it from 95.
4Watch who is gaining and in which MDS dimension. Tresemmé is Gaining in Meaningful + Salient in Pantene's exact need-state territory. Dove Hair has already outbuilt Pantene on Salient. Audit Dove's salience-building playbook - it achieved Salient 130 from a small base, and understanding how tells Pantene exactly what a successful salience build looks like in this category.
Strategic Question
"Are we showing up in the moments people choose hair care - and is our availability and visibility doing its job in converting strong equity into purchase?"
The Bottom Line🔒 Locked for sharing
Fix salience, unlock demand - without sacrificing the differentiation that's protecting margin.
Pantene's equity structure tells a precise story: the brand earns a premium because consumers see it as genuinely distinctive (D:129, #1 in category) and relevant to their needs (M:110). That's why pricing power is strong. But demand power sits at the category average because the brand isn't coming to mind spontaneously when consumers are choosing. Salience - the pillar that most directly drives volume - is 11 points below average and the lowest sub-metric in the diagnostic is needs-based salience (2.8). The commercial implication is stark: high demand power brands capture 9× more volume share. Pantene has the equity to be there. The job is to make the brand as visible and mentally available as it is distinctive - through reach, need-state activation, and shelf presence - without undermining the M+D combination that only 1 in 25 brands globally achieves.
Tresemmé leads the category on both demand and pricing power. The question is whether it can sustain both.
#1 on demand power (129), #1 on pricing power (122), and gaining momentum - Tresemmé holds the strongest overall position in US Hair Care. The one input working against it is differentiation (98), which sits below the category mean. That input drives 42% of pricing power. Today, meaningfulness alone is carrying the premium. The strategic job is to build distinctiveness before that foundation is tested.
Life-Stage
Large / Established
Primary Lever
Sharpen Difference
Top Need-States
Professional Repair - Deep Conditioning - Frizz Control
★ #1 Signal: Momentum
Gaining
✓ Meeting Ambition
Ambition
Target: Met
Why Gaining is the standard - and what it means to maintain it
Tresemmé is gaining and leading on both outcome KPIs. The job is to protect this position by closing the one structural gap.
Gaining momentum is the most valuable signal in the dataset - it predicts future share growth better than any static score. Tresemmé has earned it through strong meaningfulness (120) and salience (118) working together. The risk is not that the brand is weak today - it is the strongest. The risk is that differentiation (98, below mean) is the one input not contributing, and it drives 42% of pricing power. Competitors with stronger differentiation (Pantene D:129, OGX D:115) could close the gap if they build the salience Tresemmé currently owns.
Momentum must be maintained with active investment. Brands that gain and then revert to holding frequently see their demand power plateau within 12-18 months as the equity improvement stops compounding.
Volume share potential driven by brand strength alone
Validated against volume share growth. #1 in the category - 28 points above the mean. Driven by strong Salience (118) and strong Meaningfulness (120), both well above average.
Vs. Category
+29 pts Above
Rank in Category
#1 of 9
Momentum
Gaining
Pricing Power Outcome KPI
122
Ability to command price based on brand strength alone
Validated against actual price paid. Strong Meaningfulness (120) supports the pricing premium. However, Differentiation (98) is below the mean - this is a risk to sustained Pricing Power over time.
Vs. Category
+22 pts Above
Rank in Category
#1 of 9
Momentum
Gaining
What Drives Brand Demand Power
Brand Demand Power: 129 — #1 in Category
Meaningful
~55%
Salient
~25%
Different ⚠
~20%
Both primary demand drivers are well above average (M:120, S:118) — this is why Tresemmé is #1 on BDP and gaining. The brand is both highly recalled and highly regarded. The job is to sustain both while building the differentiation that will sustain the premium long-term.
What Drives Pricing Power
Pricing Power: 122 — #1 in Category
Meaningful
~50%
Different ⚠
~42%
Salient
~8%
Pricing Power is >90% Meaningful + Different. Meaningful is strong (120). But Differentiation (98) is below the mean — it accounts for 42% of the driver. A brand that earns its price primarily through being liked rather than distinctively different is more exposed when competitors sharpen.
Core Input KPIsMDS Drivers · Roll up to Demand & Pricing Power
Meaningful · Input KPI
120
Consumers genuinely find Tresemmé meets their needs and they like the brand - driving both demand and the ability to hold price. This is the most versatile equity asset and it's working hard across both outcome KPIs.
+20 vs Mean · 2nd of 9
Drives BDP (~55%) & Pricing Power (~50%) · Core strength
Different · Input KPI ⚠
98
Consumers don't yet see Tresemmé as particularly distinctive or forward-setting compared to alternatives. This is the second-largest driver of pricing power (42%) and it's below the mean - a structural constraint on how high the premium ceiling can go.
–2 vs Mean · Primary lever
Drives Pricing Power (~42%) · Risk to sustained premium if unaddressed
Salient · Input KPI
118
Tresemmé comes to mind readily in relevant hair care decisions - the second-strongest salience in the category. This is a primary engine of the demand power lead, and a key structural advantage over Pantene.
+18 vs Mean · 2nd of 9
Drives BDP (~25%) · Key structural advantage over Pantene
Competitive Context
Brand
BDP
Pricing
Meaningful
Different
Salient
Momentum
Tresemmé ★ L/Est.
129
122
120
98
118
Gaining ↑
Dove Hair S/Em.
117
107
117
108
130
Holding
Suave M/Ch.
103
97
99
88
105
Declining ↓
OGX S/Em.
103
111
104
115
82
Declining ↓
Pantene L/Est.
101
119
110
129
89
Holding
Head & Shoulders M/Ch.
96
75
88
85
104
Gaining ↑
Herbal Essences L/Est.
89
94
107
92
86
Gaining ↑
L'Oréal Elvive S/Em.
82
84
83
79
91
Holding
Garnier Fructis M/Ch.
79
90
73
105
95
Declining ↓
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Gaining momentum: the most valuable signal in the dataset
Tresemmé is the only Large/Established brand Gaining in US Hair Care. Kantar data shows brands with Gaining momentum recover from competitive shocks in 45 weeks vs. 100 weeks for others — and capture 9× the volume share of low-equity peers. This signal is the single most important reason to invest behind Tresemmé now. The window to compound this lead is open, but momentum is always temporary. Decelerate activation and the Gaining signal reverts to Holding within 2–3 waves.
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The structural risk hiding inside the category lead
Tresemmé leads on BDP (129) and Pricing Power (122) — yet its Differentiation (98) is the second-lowest in the dataset, below the category mean. Pricing Power structure is 90% Meaningful + Different: currently, Tresemmé's premium is sustained almost entirely by how much consumers like it. Pantene (D:129) and OGX (D:115) both carry higher differentiation — if either converts that into Salience, the pricing power dynamic shifts. Build genuine distinctiveness before a competitor makes the category more crowded at the premium end.
Diagnostic InputsNot KPIs · Used to explain MDS movement
Meets Needs
4.1
✓ Strong
Drives Meaningful. Product performance is a clear strength — consumers find Tresemmé genuinely delivers on hair care jobs. Foundation of the M:120 score.
Affinity
3.9
✓ Strong
Drives Meaningful. Emotional connection is solid — consumers genuinely like the brand. This affinity underpins both Demand Power and the current Pricing Power lead.
Needs-Based Salience
4.0
✓ Strong
Drives Salient. When consumers face hair care problems, Tresemmé comes to mind readily. This near-automatic recall is a structural advantage that takes years to build — protect it as a core asset.
Uniqueness
3.3
⚠ Below Mean
Drives Different. Root cause of D:98. Consumers don't see Tresemmé as genuinely one-of-a-kind. This is the diagnostic lever that, if improved, directly lifts Pricing Power and defends the premium from Pantene's high-D equity.
Trend-Setting
3.4
⚠ Below Average
Drives Different. The brand is not yet perceived as setting the category's direction. Innovation narrative needs sharpening — especially given strong Salience. The brand is being recalled; the question is what it stands for.
Strategic Implication
Primary Lever Identified by MDS Model
Sharpen Difference
1Build distinctive brand assets - Tresemmé's Differentiation (98) sits below the category mean. Invest in ownable visual, verbal, and sensory codes that can't be replicated by private label or other mass brands.
2Define a clear point of view on innovation - Trend-Setting (3.4) is the weakest sub-metric. Tresemmé needs to be seen as setting trends, not following them. This is especially important given strong Salience - the brand is being recalled, but what is it saying?
3Protect Pricing Power proactively - With Differentiation below mean and Pricing Power currently at #1, there is a risk of over-relying on Meaningfulness alone to hold price. Build Differentiation now before a competitor (e.g., Pantene) leverages its superior Uniqueness scores.
4Sustain the Gaining momentum signal - Momentum is Tresemmé's biggest asset right now. Maintain media investment, shelf presence, and activation consistency to prevent a reversion to Holding.
Strategic Question
"Are we building a brand that consumers choose because it's distinctively Tresemmé - or are we winning on availability and habit alone? What would make us irreplaceable?"
The Bottom Line🔒 Locked for sharing
Tresemmé holds the strongest position in US Hair Care. The one job is to make it durable.
#1 on demand power (129), #1 on pricing power (122), gaining momentum - no other brand in the category can match this combination. The foundation is meaningfulness (120) and salience (118) working in alignment. The one gap is differentiation (98, below mean), which drives 42% of pricing power. Today, the premium holds because consumers genuinely like the brand. But liking without distinctiveness is a position that erodes when competitors sharpen. Pantene already owns D:129; OGX carries D:115. The job is not to fix something broken - it is to fortify what's working by building the one input that isn't yet contributing: give consumers a reason to see Tresemmé as irreplaceable, not just preferred.
Dove Hair built the highest salience in the category as a small brand. Now it has to earn the price.
Strong demand, category-leading salience, solid meaningfulness - Dove has built the awareness foundation. The next chapter is differentiation: giving consumers a reason to pay more, not just a reason to recall.
Life-Stage
Small / Emerging
Primary Lever
Sharpen Difference
Top Need-States
Color Protection - Strengthening - Volume
★ #1 Signal: Momentum
Holding
⚠ Below Ambition
Ambition
Target: Gaining
Why the ambition is Gaining, not just Holding
Dove Hair has stabilized. The question is whether sharpening Differentiation converts exceptional Salience into a Gaining momentum story.
Holding momentum means brand equity is flat year-on-year - neither improving nor eroding. For a small/emerging brand with Dove's salience foundation, Holding is a consolidation point, not a destination. The data shows the brand is well-placed to accelerate: #1 salience in the category and strong meaningfulness give a demand base that most emerging brands never reach. What converts Holding to Gaining is differentiation - giving consumers a reason to choose Dove over the established players on more than familiarity and product efficacy.
Momentum is the only BBE metric that is a leading indicator of future share. A brand gaining now will typically outperform the category in 9 out of 10 cases over the following 12 months.
Volume share potential driven by brand strength alone
Validated against volume share growth. #3 in the category - 17 points above the mean. Supported by the highest Salience in the category (130) and strong Meaningfulness (117). Differentiation (108) is only slightly above average, which limits the BDP ceiling.
Vs. Category
+17 pts Above
Rank in Category
#3 of 9
Momentum
Holding
Pricing Power Outcome KPI
107
Ability to command price based on brand strength alone
Validated against actual price paid. Moderately above average but the weakest Pricing Power among the top-3 BDP brands (Tresemmé 122, Pantene 119). Differentiation (108) - the dominant PP driver - is only marginally above mean, creating a ceiling.
Vs. Category
+7 pts Above
Rank in Category
#4 of 9
Momentum
Holding
What Drives Brand Demand Power
Brand Demand Power: 117 — #3 in Category
M
~55%117
S
~25%130 ★
D
~20%108
Both primary demand drivers (M+S) are above average — structurally sound. The #1 Salience in the category is the engine that built this demand position and gives Dove its volume platform. The job now is building differentiation on top of that foundation, not instead of it.
What Drives Pricing Power
Pricing Power: 107 — #4 in Category
M
~50%117
D ⚠
~42%108
S
~8%130
Pricing Power structure is 90% M+D. Meaningfulness (117) is strong, but Different (108) — which accounts for 42% of the pricing driver — is only marginally above mean. This is the ceiling: being the most recalled brand doesn't translate to earning more. Salience earns volume; differentiation earns price.
Core Input KPIsMDS Drivers · Roll up to Demand & Pricing Power
Meaningful
117
Extent to which the brand is liked and meets category needs.
+17 vs Mean
Drives BDP (~55%) & Pricing Power (~50%) · Core strength
Different ⚠
108
Extent to which the brand is seen as unique and trend-setting versus competitors.
+8 vs MeanWeakest pillar
Drives Pricing Power (~42%) · Primary lever to unlock growth
Salient
130
How easily and quickly the brand comes to mind in relevant need states or occasions.
The most instructive comparison: Dove vs. Tresemmé
Dove has the #1 Salience in the category (130 vs. Tresemmé's 118) and higher Differentiation (108 vs. 98). Despite this, Tresemmé leads on BDP (129 vs. 117) and Pricing Power (122 vs. 107). Momentum is what separates them — Tresemmé is Gaining and Dove is Holding. The underlying equity doesn't explain the gap; the trajectory does. This is the strongest argument in the dataset for why Dove must shift from Holding to Gaining.
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Salience leads demand — but differentiation leads price
Dove has the highest Salience in the category (130, #1) yet ranks #4 on Pricing Power (107). OGX has Differentiation of 115 and achieves Pricing Power of 111 — 4 points higher than Dove despite lower Salience. The pricing power driver is 90% M+D; Salience accounts for just 8%. Being recalled first doesn't translate to being paid more. The brand needs to give consumers a reason to choose it, not just remember it. That reason lives in differentiation.
Diagnostic InputsNot KPIs · Used to explain MDS movement
Meets Needs
4.0
✓ Strong
Drives Meaningful. Solid product performance — consumers find Dove delivers on core hair care jobs. Foundation of M:117 and anchors the demand power position.
Affinity
3.8
✓ Strong
Drives Meaningful. Consumers genuinely like the brand — emotional connection is well above average. The brand is loved; the job is to make it irreplaceable, not just likeable.
Needs-Based Salience
4.4
★ #1 in Category
Drives Salient. The best score in the entire dataset on this metric. When consumers face a hair problem, Dove comes to mind first. This near-automatic mental availability is Dove's most valuable structural asset — protect it at all costs.
Uniqueness
3.3
⚠ Gap
Drives Different. The primary lever. Consumers don't yet see Dove as distinctively one-of-a-kind. Improving Uniqueness directly lifts Differentiation, which lifts Pricing Power. The commercial impact of closing this gap — from 108 toward OGX's 115 — is measurable and within reach.
Trend-Setting
3.2
⚠ Softest Score
Drives Different. The weakest score in Dove's profile — the brand is not seen as setting the category's direction. A visible, forward-facing innovation narrative would move this directly and signal that Dove is defining the future, not following it.
Strategic Implication
Primary Lever Identified by MDS Model
Sharpen Difference
1Define and own a differentiated point of view - not just a functional benefit. Move from functional benefit communication (what Dove does) to a distinctive brand truth (what only Dove does - and why). Identify the one territory in Color Protection, Strengthening, or Volume that Dove can own completely - being above average across three need-states is less valuable than being the undisputed leader in one.
2Build an innovation narrative that makes Dove Hair feel like it's setting the category's direction. Trend-Setting (3.2) is the softest diagnostic score - a visible, forward-facing product story would move this directly. Each launch is a free salience event generating earned media and social conversation that paid media can't replicate.
3Use OGX as the benchmark for what sharper differentiation does to Pricing Power. OGX (same Small/Emerging peer group) has Differentiation of 115 and achieves Pricing Power of 111. Dove has Differentiation of 108 and achieves Pricing Power of 107. The correlation is direct - closing the differentiation gap to OGX levels would close the pricing power gap by a similar margin.
4Sustain what built the Salience lead - don't let it become a plateau. Needs-Based Salience (4.4) is the #1 score in the category and is driving Demand Power. Maintain the need-state activation that built it. A decline in Needs-Based Salience is the earliest warning sign that momentum is reversing - far earlier than it shows in Demand Power.
Strategic Question
"What is the defensible reason to believe, and is it distinctive enough to protect price? What would make Dove not just recalled, but irreplaceable?"
The Bottom Line🔒 Locked for sharing
The awareness is built. Now give consumers a reason to pay more.
Dove Hair has done the hardest part of brand building: it has become the first brand consumers reach for mentally (S:130, #1 in category). That salience is the engine behind a demand power score of 117 - remarkable for a small/emerging brand. But salience doesn't drive pricing power. That job belongs to meaningfulness and differentiation, and while meaningfulness is strong (M:117), differentiation (D:108) is only marginally above average. The result is a 10-point gap between what the brand is worth in volume terms and what consumers are willing to pay for it. The diagnostic is precise: uniqueness (3.3) and trend-setting (3.2) are at or below category norms. Until Dove is seen as standing for something that only Dove offers - not just as a brand that works well and is easy to recall - pricing power will lag demand. The opportunity to close that gap, and with it move from holding to gaining momentum, is real and within reach. Only 1 in 25 brands globally achieves strength on both meaningfulness and differentiation simultaneously. Dove has the platform to become one of them.
High Demand Power brands capture 9× more volume share than low Demand Power brands. Pantene at 101 is leaving enormous volume on the table.
2×
Consumer Spend
Consumers spend 2× more on high Pricing Power brands. Validated against actual price paid - the driver is Meaningful + Different, not salience.
45wk
vs. 100wk Recovery
Strong brands recover from downturns in 45 weeks; the broader market takes 100. BrandZ strong brand portfolios returned +88% vs. S&P 500 over the long term.
1/25
Brands Lead on M & D
Only 1 in 25 brands globally achieves strength on both Meaningful and Different simultaneously. Pantene is one of them - an extremely rare competitive moat.