Cascades Tissue Group: Sustainable Growth?

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Cascades Tissue Group: Sustainable Growth?: Abstract

In October 2006, Ms. Suzanne Blanchet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascades Tissue Group (CTG), was pondering how much weight should be given to products sold under the CTG brand compared to those sold under distributors’ or retailers’ private labels.

The fourth largest tissue paper producer in North America, CTG was one of the four divisions of Cascades Inc.: a giant in the Canadian pulp and paper industry. The distributor and retailer private label market offered an attractive prospect for growth, but at the expense of CTG’s own brands, which were more economically viable. However, developing a brand required sustained resources and investments, especially in marketing, which CTG’s plant managers were still reluctant to support. Furthermore, her decision had to take into account the opportunities and threats related to the arrival of producers from emerging countries.

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