Journal of Applied Case Research Sponsored by the Southwest Case Research Association “BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL”: A CASE STUDY ON THE BODY SHOP Subhadip Roy ICFAI University‚ India Lopamudra Ghosh ICFAI University‚ India © Journal of Applied Case Research Accepted: September 2008 2 “BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL 1 ”: A CASE STUDY ON THE BODY SHOP “The business has existed for one reason only – to allow us to use our success to act as a force of change‚ to continue the education and consciousness-raising
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If a school wanted to take up the business opportunity of opening a snack shop for their students some of the problems that may occur would be; money for start up and construction of the snack shop‚ finding people to work in the snack shop without having to pay them a salary‚ someone who could manage and control the snack shop as well as having limited customers due to it being restricted to the school which then leads to limited sales as well as limited profits. The problem solving technique
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Topshop Background/History Topshop is a UK-based retailer‚ founded in 1964 by Peter Robinson. The first stand-alone Topshop store opened in 1970. In the 1990’s‚ the mainstream media considered it unfashionable‚ cleverly labelling it ‘Flopshop’ due to its relatively low varieties and simple designs. But it recently turned business around‚ even hitting profitability in 2008 when almost every retailer was in the red by expanding its collections and bringing in local designers to the foray. Currently
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“Silver City Capital of the World” mostly due to its production silver and related items in the 1800s and 1900s. However‚ my advertisement goes a different route. My advertisement is for Meriden Pawn‚ a pawn shop that has been in business since 1995. “Traditionally‚ pawn shops provide customers money‚ in the form of a short-term loan or cash -- in exchange for goods. In the case of a loan‚ the collateral is generally held 60 to 120 days before it hits the floor if the loan is not repaid
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Janey B’s Clothing Co. THE INTRODUCTION Janey B’s Clothing Co. is a clothing boutique that sells specialized clothes with convenient price. As far as we know‚ many clothing shops are selling clothes with too high price which can’t be afford by many fellow Filipinos in our country. Janey B’s Clothing Co. is here to provide clothes with best qualities‚ sold in a low amount which can afford by everybody. We are selling different classes of Tees‚ Pants‚ Sweaters‚ Shorts‚ Dresses and many more accessories
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needed to ensure that the licensees closely followed Starbucks’ successful formula. Note: “Starbucks successful formula” refers to its basic strategy‚ which was: To sell the company’s own premium roasted coffee‚ along with freshly brewed espresso-style beverages‚ a variety of pastries‚ coffee accessories‚ teas‚ and other products‚ in a tastefully designed coffeehouse setting also providing superior customer service. 2. Why do you think Starbucks has now elected to expand internationally primarily
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In the case of “Staffing Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc” the greatest issue seems to be that of diversity. Numerous lawsuits surfaced against the Wal-Mart corporation with allegations of gender discrimination. One symptom that may have been overlooked was the fact that while Wal-Mart’s employment figure had increased by 50 percent in a span of five years‚ the percentage of women the company employed had actually decreased by three percent. Another issue‚ particularly prior to 1998‚ was that higher-level
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All of my life I have considered myself as a person who loves children. I enjoy playing with them‚ helping them‚ and just being around them. So when I first agreed with corporations who use child labor I shocked myself completely. After examining two articles; one "The Case for Sweatshops"‚ by David R. Henderson‚ and two "Sweatshops or a Shot at a Better Life"‚ by Cathy Young‚ I came to the conclusion that in some cases when young children work under proper conditions it can keep them out of
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Everyone will not believe that coffee is the second people income in the world. There are 30 millions people who gain their income from growing coffee. As the article which had been read by Bob told that coffee has been grown by a lot of farmers in different countries. The type of coffee are Robusta‚ Arabica‚ and labarica . Usually‚ Robusta coffee use to make instant coffee. The first country which grows robusta coffee is Uganda and Indonesia is the second producer of this coffee. Generally‚ Indonesia is
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Benefits [edit] Reduced risk of Alzheimer ’s disease Several studies comparing moderate coffee drinkers (about 2 cups a day) with light coffee drinkers (less than one cup a day) found that those who drank more coffee were significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer ’s disease later in life. [2][3] [edit] Reduced risk of gallstone disease Drinking caffeinated coffee has been correlated with a lower incidence of gallstones and gallbladder disease in both men[4] and women[5] in two studies performed
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