3. Introducing ZippAssist
Clip it, Zip it and Go!
®
a YKK company
Do you have zippers in
hard to reach places?
ZippAssist benefits include:
• EASY to use out of the box
• COMPACT travel size packaging
• FREEDOM from reliance on others to dress yourself
• SAVE time and get where you need to go faster! !!
5 Simple Steps
1.Extend wire to desired length
2.Connect clip/hook to zipper
3.Step into garment
4.Pull zipper until garment is fastened
5.Disconnect clip/hook from zipper and GO!!!
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www.ZIPPASSIST.com (800) ZIPP-NOW
6. SOURCES OF VOLUME
• targeting women ages 18+
• product is not
relegated to specific age
bracket
• new product in personal
care market
• targeting states with high
average expenditure on
personal care products
• source volume from men
and women suffering from
arthritis in the hands
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7. Arthritis
• More than 21% of American adults (over 46 million people) have arthritis or
another rheumatic condition diagnosed by a doctor.
• Nearly two-thirds of arthritis patients are under 65 years old.
• More than 60% of arthritis patients are women.
• Disease rates are similar for whites and African-Americans; these rates are higher
than those for Hispanic people.
• By 2030, the number of people with arthritis is expected to rise to 67 million,
reflecting a 40% increase.
Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. Nearly 27 million Americans
have osteoarthritis, and that represents an increase from 21 million in 1990.
• As age increases, osteoarthritis prevalence affects the hands and knees of women
more frequently than men.
• As age increases, osteoarthritis prevalence affects the hands and knees of African-
Americans more frequently than whites.
SOURCES OF VOLUME
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9. Health/Personal
Care
Health/Personal
Care
Dressing AidsDressing Aids
Button HooksButton Hooks Zipper HooksZipper Hooks
Health CareHealth Care House SuppliesHouse Supplies Medical Supplies
& Equipment
Medical Supplies
& Equipment Personal CarePersonal Care
Daily Living AidsDaily Living Aids
Mobility Aids &
Equipment
Mobility Aids &
Equipment
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*shaded boxes
indicate area of
direct competition
Market Structure Diagram
Cheap DesignCheap Design Cheap DesignCheap Design
EfficientEfficient EfficientEfficient
Travel SizedTravel Sized Travel SizedTravel Sized
Stylish DesignStylish Design
High EfficiencyHigh Efficiency
Travel SizedTravel Sized
20. BRAND POSITIONING STATEMENT (WOMEN)
To women who are tired of struggling with zippers
in hard to reach places, ZippAssist is the
premier travel sized tool that allows you to easily
close garments with zippers located in the rear
which is good because it gives you freedom from
reliance on others to dress yourself and saves you
time to get where you need to go faster.
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21. BRAND POSITIONING STATEMENT (MEN)
To men who are tired of assisting their wives and
girlfriends in getting dressed, ZippAssist is the
premier travel sized tool that allows her to easily
close garments with zippers located in the rear
which is good because it gives you freedom from
interruption while you are getting dressed or while
you are enjoying your leisure time.
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22. BRAND POSITIONING STATEMENT (ARTHRITIS)
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To people with arthritis who are tired of
struggling with zippers, ZippAssist is the
premier travel sized tool that allows you to
easily open and close garments which is good
because it gives you freedom from reliance on
others to dress yourself and saves you time to
get where you need to go faster.
27. #ZIPPIY Through the City by
ZippAssist
• Zip Lines in Union Sq
Park, Madison Sq Park,
Central Park, Battery
Park
• Offers potential
consumer the
opportunity to do
something fun and out
of the ordinary while
building buzz around
the brand
• Reinforces the
feeling of freedom
• Replicate program in
other major markets
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28. #ZIPPIY FALL FASHION SHOW
• ZippAssist launch party
sponsored by Target
• Showcase fall fashions for
Target with a runway show
lead by models who dressed
themselves using ZippAssist
• Highlight the dresses but
also show that women are
able to get in and out of the
dresses in time to get back on
the runway (video stream of
backstage to show models at
work with ZippAssist)
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PRESENTED BY
29. Product Placement/Giveaways
Traditional
• ZippAssist in gift bags
• events/parties within the
fashion, music, film and
entertainment industries
• trade shows
• fashion, inventions,
healthcare
Non-Traditional
• fishing tournaments
• airline duty free
magazines
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30. Digital
PR
Print
Touchpoints Platform
• Reinforce ‘Freedom
from Reliance’ message
•Launch the Zipp-It-
Yourself Campaign across
all platforms (#zippiy)
• Educate the public and
press about ZA
• Notify consumers of ZA
events in their respective
towns/cities
•Build a buzz around ZA
through provocative print
ads
Objective
• Engage in dialogue
with current and
potential consumers
• Showcase functionality
and benefits of ZA
• Record testimonials
• Maximize unearned
media coverage
• Increase awareness
amongst target female
audience
End Benefit
Launch Marketing Programs
31. TV
In Store
Launch Marketing Programs
Platform
• Leverage PR to get
placement on nationally
syndicated programs with
high female viewership
• Point of sale displays
• Penetration in retail
clothing stores as well as
home/personal care retail
stores
Objective
• Increase awareness
amongst target female
audience
• Convert views to sales
through QVC and HSN
• Position ZA as an
impulse purchase
• Increase trials amongst
women AND men who
may not have been
aware about ZA before
End BenefitTouchpoints
33. ZippAssist - Year 1
• Tailor all digital and traditional marketing efforts to lead
consumers to www.ZippAssist.com where they can purchase
the product and be educated on the product’s capabilities via
a series of online micro-form infomercials
• Test market ZippAssist at Target and Bed, Bath and Beyond
locations in NY/NJ, Mass, Penn, Texas, Cali, Florida, Illinois,
Mich
– Target will sell as POS item in women’s clothing section
– BBB will sell as POS item at cash registers and in displays
lined next to cash registers alongside other impulse
purchases
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34. ZippAssist – Year 2
• Allot TV advertising spend to created 60
second short form infomercial for the
markets in middle America
• Based on the success of the Target and
BBB roll outs along the coasts, expand
to other high value locations within the
US
• Secure spots on QVC, HSN and ShopNBC
as a regular vendor
• Continue to build out website to include
testimonials from year 1 to highlight
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35. ZippAssist – Year 3
• Begin expansion into Europe
and Asia starting in Milan and
Tokyo, respectively
• Partnerships with jewelry
brand, Swarovsky, to make
limited run luxury ZippAssist
• Begin trials of heavy duty
version of ZippAssist
– Help to close luggage and
storage containers
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36. ZippAssist – Years 4 & 5
• Launch Industrial ZippAssist as part of a bundle with purchase
of original ZippAssist
• Continue worldwide expansion
• Trial and launch for for ButtonBuddy -- a button hook dressing
aid
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40. • Production and inventory expenses end up
costing 50% of the retail price instead of the 10%
projection
• Launch plans do not garner the interest in
ZippAssist necessary to sell 1MM units
• Inability to secure partnership with big box
retailer
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Pessimistic Analysis
41. Optimistic Analysis
• Target and Bed Bath & Beyond sign retail agreement in
year 1 for POS displays
• Launch events pick up enough unearned media
mentions to reduce marketing/advertising spend in years
1 & 2
• HSN, QVC, ShopMSNBC pick up ZippAssist and it can be
found at any point in the year on one of the three stations
• International market proves to be more lucrative than
US market
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We sell and we retire to the beach,
sipping on margaritas until the sun falls
Consumer Expenditure on Personal Care Products – Household Avg Spend in 2011 SimplyMap Heavy Rollouts in NorthEast, West and SouthWest Cost of ZippAssist is not high enough to completely neglect the SouthEast but Ad Spend still needs to be rationed out strategically
Target big box stores in California, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, NJ, NY, Massachusetts
1MM units sold = .10% of this market
Overarching creative message – Zipp It Yourself Tagline – freedom from reliance
SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES
SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES
Put the product in the hands of tastemakers and early adopters
Not enough of a market to sell Industrial ZA alone but pairing could help to convert consumers who are on the fence Two products that serve the same function for two different purposes Button buddy branded as, from the makers of ZA
Drop in year three corresponds with addition of new Industrial line to be bundled in with the original. Less profit but keeps brand around for longer Keeps name alive until release of the Button Buddy