Financial Management Spring 2010 Project: Financial Analysis for Avon Products Inc Student: Ninoska Trejos April 17‚ 2010 1. Background 1.1 Company Description Avon Products Inc (AVP)‚ founded by David H. McConnell‚ is a leading global beauty company‚ with $10 billion in annual revenue; it commenced operations in 1886 and incorporated in the State of New York on January 27‚ 1916. The company’s stocks are traded in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Its products fall into three
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AVON 1. What reason is given for the organizational change? The past several years had been difficult for the organization. Avon sales volume in the United States and international markets showed little or no growth. Profit margins on many products declined due to price discounting by competitors. Turnover rates of sales representatives had increased. The corporate debt was referred to as “staggering”. Avon’s research department informed the management that corporate problems centered on image
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4.0 Benefits This analysis is the first step of analysing the current issues Avon is facing at the moment and which are preventing the company from restoring its international prominence. We have already examined in details the problems Avon is facing in previous chapters. To sum it up‚ Avon is coupled with more recent issues like stumbles in major overseas markets‚ two failed and botched restructurings‚ dwindling profitability‚ weakness in its U.S. business and the SEC investigations into
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1. Use business model frame work to Compare Avon’s business model and compare it to Mary Kay cosmetics and Yves-Rocher. |Company |Mary-Kay |Yves-Rocher |Avon | |Value Proposition |Unique sales experience when they |Cosmetics that use the power of |Unique sales experience when they | | |buy through consultant |plants –production
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country. Most of the dealers are from AVON Company which quoted as “The Company for Women”. This company is one of the famous direct selling companies. Many women trusted their products because high quality and affordable prices. They really meet the styles and designs and costumers want. Aside from that AVON offers different trainings for those who will become a leader. They give incentives as a percentage for what they’ve doing. There are a lot of opportunities in AVON in order to improve the skills of
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Jung’s performance as chief strategist at Avon products? What has done well? What grade would you give her for her work as CEO? My assessment of Andrea Jung’s performance as chief strategists at Avon products is that she has done excellent job. Her first task was to hit the streets of her neighborhood‚ ringing doorbells‚ to better understand the desires of customers and needs of sales agents. She pushed for the addition of attractive new products to Avon and its sales representatives. Andrea listened
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Conclusion11 References12 INTRODUCTION The success story of Avon‚ the company for women and world’s leading direct seller for beauty products starts with a decentralized operation in 6 countries in 1980s to a centralized operation hub that serves 145 countries through 5.8 million independent Sales representatives which makes the company provide same quality product worldwide. The core of this success lies in the brave transformation that Avon attempted to bring throughout its Supply Chain network by
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Catherine Salva‚ Astred Joy Saylon‚ Eunice Tagud‚ Mary Joy Submitted to: Mr. Romualdo Gabriel Instructor March 2012 Avon’s History David H. McConnell didn’t originally intend to create a beauty company. A traveling book salesman‚ he founded Avon in 1886 after realizing his female customers were far more interested in the free perfume samples he offered than in his books. During his bookselling days‚ McConnell had also noticed that many of his female customers were isolated at home while their
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| |[ THE STRATEGIC PURPOSE OF AVON PRODUCTS INC] | |[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the | |document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | AVON Products Inc was founded 1886 byDavid .H
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MKT 600-011 [Weekly Critique Notes] Case Title: Future of Avon China: Direct Sales‚ Retail Sales or Both 1. What is the central issue in this case? Avon China [who] is given the opportunity to consider the previously successful but fallen direct sales strategy which possesses challenges alongside the opportunity [what] in the distant future [when] because [why] * Chinese officials have intermediately lifted the direct-sales strategy ban after the economic instability in 1998
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