SUMMARY OF THE BODY SHOP INTERNATIONAL With a £4‚000 bank loan‚ Roddick developed a line of 25 skin and hair care products based on natural ingredients. Sourcing exotic ingredients like jojoba oil and rhassoul mud from a local herbalist‚ she prepared the first product batches on her kitchen stove and packaged them in the cheapest containers-urine sample bottles. Handwritten labels provided detailed information about the ingredients and their properties. A local art student designed the logo for
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Case Analysis The Body Shop MBA 223 Social Responsibility and Good Governance CASE STUDY No. 1 1. VIEWPOINT The Body Shop faced lots of criticisms and challenges. There were periods of losses‚ poorly motivated shareholders‚ de-motivated franchisees‚ unsuccessful restructuring attempts and negative public propaganda against the company‚ proving to be too strong for the company to cope up. The main reasons behind the success of
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founder‚ The Body Shop International In the late 1990s‚ The Body Shop International PLC‚ previously one of the fastest growing manufacturer-retailers in the world‚ ran aground. Although the firm had an annual revenue growth rate of 20% in the early to middle 1990s‚ by the late 1990s‚ revenue growth slowed to around 8%. New retailers of the naturally based skin- and hair-care products entered the market‚ bringing intense competition for The Body Shop. Amidst the competition‚ The Body Shop failed to
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THE BODY SHOP RETAIL STRATEGY INTRODUCTION The Body Shop International plc‚ known as The Body Shop‚ has 2‚400 stores in 61 countries‚ and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world‚ following O Boticario‚ a Brazilian company. The Body Shop is headquartered in Little Hampton‚ West Sussex‚ and England‚ was founded in 1976 by the late Dame Anita Roddick and is now part of the L’Oreal corporate group. The Body Shop is a manufacturer and retailer of skin and hair care products based
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a. Where in the value chain is the organisation creating value for their customers? Primary: Value chain activity Yes/No How does The Body Shop create value for the customer? Inbound Logistics No Not imperative to creating value to the customer. Operations Yes Operations and technological development are covered in the The Body Shops stance on animal testing (one of their values). Testing comes under operations and technological development as they have had to think of innovative ways to test
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chosen organisations objectives and aims. My chosen organisation is The Body Shop‚ its objectives and aims are diverse compared to other businesses that are on the markets for expansion and profitability. In this task I am going to consider the most common objectives and aims‚ in doing so‚ I will compare its objectives and aims to other businesses. Business objectives are the stated‚ measurable targets of how to achieve business aims. For instance‚ we want to achieve sales of £10 million in European
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Anita Roddick‚ The Body Shop Sylvia Whisenant Strayer University Dr. Johnny Maddox Business 302 November 24‚ 2011 Anita Roddick‚ The Body Shop This paper examines the management style of Anita Roddick‚ how her unique style of leadership helped her become not only a success in business‚ but a success in getting the world of corporate business to become green and socially responsible. The Primary Business The Body Shop‚ a world- wide cosmetics company‚ its products are made
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The Body Shop International CASE ISSUES: Market Saturation/Loss of Sales (CI#1) - Growth Strategy is no longer working for The Body Shop. Their store growth has diminished since the mid-1990s‚ and by 2002 the company’s profit was shrinking‚ and sales were not growing proportionally to the rapid expansion of stores. Having entered a retrenchment phase‚ they need to focus on profitability without rapid expansion. Is Anita Gone? (CI#2) - Though Anita Roddick stepped down as CEO in 1998‚ and resigned
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insight of an expert’s personal knowledge? The dynamics of the relationship between shared and personal knowledge is driven by hard data and judgments. The Body Shop operates in the natural and organic industry and is widely known as one of the pioneers of corporate social responsibility. My perception map represents the idea of The Body Shop developing a low-medium priced product with a high brand value. In this essay‚ I have demonstrated the power of perceptual mapping to persuade people’s view
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The Body Shop Based on our projections for the years 2002-2004‚ the biggest driver that effects debt is the company’s operating expenses. Based on the history of the upward trend of operating expenses‚ our recommendation is that The Body Shop needs to concentrate on lowering the operating expenses‚ and keeping those expenses around 45% or lower in order to avoid borrowing money. Our 45% recommendation includes a safety net which will prevent having The Body Shop borrowing cash if sale do not continue
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