whose diamond is it anyway?
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DE BEERS DIAMONDS
Akshat Jain 147106
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WHO OWNS ALL THE DIAMONDS?
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In 1870, huge diamond mines were discovered near the Orange River, in South Africa, where diamonds were soon being scooped out by the ton.
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Suddenly, the supply of diamonds shot up.
The market was flooded with diamonds, which would have driven down prices and killed demand.
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De Beers’ solution:
Extensive Advertising
Collaboration
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They eventually merged in 1888, into the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. creating a monopoly on production and distribution of all diamonds coming out of South Africa.
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De Beers owned all the diamond mines in Southern Africa and controlled trading in England, Portugal, Israel, Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland.
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This led to a monopoly like situation where diamond prices hardly fell, with few exceptions.
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1902
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De Beers controlled 90% of the world’s diamond trade. However, they felt controlling supply was not enough. They wanted to control demand as well.
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1902
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In Europe, diamond prices collapsed during the depression.
Further, diamonds were still presumed to be jewels for aristocrats rather than the masses.
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1938
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This left the United States as the only real market for De Beers's diamonds.
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1938
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De Beers engaged N.W. Ayer to advertise diamonds to the Americans and a very effective game plan was formed.
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1938
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In their market research, the staff of N. W. Ayer found that since the end of World War I, in 1919, the total amount of diamonds sold in America, measured in carats, had declined by 50 percent; at the same time, the quality of the diamonds, measured in dollar value, had declined by nearly 100 percent.
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1938
CARAT VOLUME
50%
DOLLAR VOLUME
100%
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THE STRATEGY
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- N.W. Ayer
We have to change the social attitudes of the public at large and thereby channel American spending toward larger and more expensive
diamonds instead of other "competitive luxuries."
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It was identified that young men buy over 90% of all engagement rings.
It would hence be crucial to inculcate in them the idea that diamonds were a gift of love: the larger and finer the diamond, the greater the expression of love.
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FOR MEN1938
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Similarly, young women had to be encouraged to view diamonds as an integral part of any romantic courtship.
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FOR WOMEN1938
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The agency engaged fashion designers, celebrities, magazines to endorse diamonds.
They advertised in magazines read by the elite, featuring reproductions of famous paintings by such artists as Picasso, Derain, Dali, and Dufy. The advertisements were intended to convey the idea that diamonds, like paintings, were unique works of art.
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1938
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They organised a weekly service called "Hollywood Personalities," which provided 125 leading newspapers with descriptions of the diamonds worn by movie stars.
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This is similar to inbound marketing today as there was no direct sale to be made. There was no brand name to be impressed on the public mind.
There was simply an idea, the “eternal emotional value” surrounding the diamond.
Every one of De Beers' advertisements featured an educational tip called, "How to Buy a Diamond."
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In just four years between 1938 and 1941, they reported a 55% increase in U.S. diamond sales. Riding this success, N.W. Ayer began perfecting their marketing strategy in the 1940s.
They wanted to convince Americans that marriages without diamonds were incomplete.
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THE SLOGAN
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In the 1947 plan, they defined their target audience as male and females, 15 years - 35 years. That meant over 70 million people.
This is when they came up with the slogan:
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“A diamond is forever.
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The slogan perfectly captured the sentiment De Beers was going for, that, a diamond, like your relationship, is eternal.
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It also discouraging people from ever reselling their diamonds, as mass re-selling would disrupt the market and reveal the alarmingly low intrinsic value of the stones themselves.
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The ‘A diamond is forever’ slogan is still used by De Beers.
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A diamond is forever
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De Beers now set its sights on newer territories like Japan, Brazil and Germany.
Japan never had a tradition of romantic marriage, making diamonds a tough sell for brides.
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Searching for greener pasture
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By using slick advertising, playing up diamonds as a symbol of the modern West, or a way to break from traditional Japanese norm, De Beers was able to build a billion-dollar-a-year industry in Japan.
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1965
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By 1980, almost 60 percent of Japanese brides wore diamonds, up from 5 percent in 1967. Japan became their second biggest market.
Share of diamond engagement rings in Japan
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In the 1980s, De Beers introduced a new series of ads:
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“ Isn’t two months’ salary a small price to pay for
something that lasts forever?”
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According to a 2014 report, Americans spend an average of $4,000 on a diamond ring.
The average monthly salary is around $3,000.
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However, since the ultra rich have a distorting impact on the salary average, it can be said that Americans do spend around 2 months of salary on that diamond ring.
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1980
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In 2003, De Beers launched a campaign whose idea was to encourage women to empower themselves by buying diamonds to express their individuality.
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2003
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“ Raise Your Right Hand”
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The target group for this campaign, women aged 35 to 64, were slightly older than in other campaigns.
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The campaign was a massive success, increasing diamond sales by up to 15% in the non-bridal segment and winning the ad industry’s prestigious Gold EFFIE Award.
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Conclusion
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De Beers still sells diamonds worth billions annually.
It still controls a significant part of the Diamond industry, which it rightfully founded, expanded and dominated for years.
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All this was possible by the decision:
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To market an idea, an emotion around the product rather than the
product itself.
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THANK YOU!
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1. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/304575/
2. http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-de-beers-2011-12
3. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27371208
4. http://www.penduluminaction.com/de-beers-halts-its-successful-ad-campaign-to-align-with-we-cycle/
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References