K-C, Unilever Turn Down TV to Ramp Up ROI†
Giants Pare Spots, Add New-Media Approaches in Push for Efficiency
Advertising Age, February 25, 2008 — As proof that it's spending its marketing dollars wisely, Kimberly-Clark Chairman-CEO Thomas Falk told analysts last week that the company expects to spend only 46% of its marketing budget on TV this year, down from 60% in 2004.
If you looked two or three years ago, out of our top six consumer brands, TV would have ranked as the most popular channel for all six," Mr. Falk told attendees at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York last week. "Today, TV might be ranked as the best channel for only three of those brands."
Package-goods titan Unilever also is out to prove it can spend more effectively, in part by using TV more cannily.


