THE BODY SHOP: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SUSTAINED GREENWASHING? Suatu bisnis awalnya hanya bersaing secara kompetitif dengan strategi yang unik‚ yaitu product leadership‚ operational excellence‚ dan customer intimacy (Treacy dan Wiersema dalam Niven‚ 2006). Namun‚ tampaknya hal tersebut menjadi monoton dan perlu terobosan baru dalam berbisnis. Salah satu terobosan dalam bisnis yang mampu memperketat persaingan tersebut adalah social responsibility. Social responsibility dikemukakan oleh Friedman
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have a brief introduction of different issues including Globalization‚ Consumerism‚ Price War‚ Green Marketing‚ Tailor-Made Products and Copied Product. After I will further elaborate the Green Marketing issue which illustrate the example of The Body Shop. Globalization Many companies changed from local competition to globalized competition. They have developed truly global operations‚ making and selling their product worldwide. They are not only trying to sell more of their locally produced
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History of The Body Shop International In the early to mid 90’s‚ the revenue growth for The Body Shop was at least 20% each year. The Body Shop was able to grow at a fast pace early in the decade because of the lack of competition. Over the course of the decade‚ competition grew fierce‚ and‚ by the end of the decade‚ revenue growth fell to 8%. Another reason for the slow growth in the late 90’s was the over expansion in the previous years. The Body Shop was in almost every mall in America (and
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“The body shop is committed to being an environmentally responsible retailer. They strive to ensure that the business activities will always contribute to the well being and aspirations of current stakeholders without compromising the needs of future generations. They will apply best practice throughout the business activities and take on a leadership role in areas where they can make a difference and set examples to the industry. They will focus our efforts on issues where their activities have
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MANAGEMENT HAS INITIATED THE RIGHT STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION TO TURNAROUND THE COMPANY AND THEREFORE DO NOT NEED THE TIE-UP WITH AIRASIA A quick analysis on the current state of MAS indicates that they are on the right track. The three key cost factors that need attention are fuel‚ maintenance and manpower cost. With regards to fuel cost‚ MAS has taken some steps to reduce the unpredictability of the movement of fuel price. With a bit of tweaking they will get it within control as you cannot totally
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The Body Shop International plc is a global manufacturer and retailer of naturally inspired‚ ethically produced cosmetics products. Founded in the UK in 1976 by Dame Anita Roddick‚ The Body Shop now has over 2‚400 stores in 61 countries‚ with a range of over 1‚200 products. Body Shop has a strict no animal testing policy. In fact The Body Shop is the first international cosmetics brand to be recognized under the Humane Cosmetics Standard for our Against Animal Testing policy. The Body Shop
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1. The Body Shop market SWOT Analysis Strengths: The Body Shop is focusing on products made out of natural products and natural ingredients. They believe these products will give the Body Shop a distinctive niche which will attract customers whom believe in environmental friendly products and that are more environmentally aware. The brand value of the Body Shop will be of a high standard‚ due to the education of their staff and service
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Marketing Audit The Body Shop Module Title: Strategic Marketing Management Module Code: MARK 3015 Tutor Name: Qing Ding Jason Bent James Beddow Daniel Burt To Chan 1 Table of Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................3 Environmental Pressures ● Political factors.....................................................................................................4 ● Economical Factors................
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SWOT Analysis of Body Shop’s retail outlet in Canada Water By Alexandros Georgakakos Executive summary Body Shop International (Body Shop) is a multinational company which is mainly producing ecological skin and hair products. Their products are solely based on natural ingredients and manufactured according to an ethical code which is opposed to animal testing. The cosmetics franchise is considered to be one of the biggest around the globe with a well established reputation in 54 countries.
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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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