Case Analysis: The Body Shop Since its inception in the 1970s‚ The Body Shop has experienced phenomenal growth. Specifically‚ revenue was growing at a rate of more than 20% per year. In the 1990s‚ the previously experienced revenue growth began to decline rapidly. There were numerous reasons for the steady decline in revenue growth. The two most important of these were a loss of brand image and severe competition from other skin and hair-care companies. The Body Shop expanded too quickly
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Assumptions We are going to show a three years forecast for The Body Shop International; it consists of three main objectives: • To enhance The Body Shop brand through a focused product strategy and increased investments in stores; • To achieve operational efficiencies in the supply chain by reducing product and inventory costs; • To reinforce the stakeholders culture. We extrapolate each account using the percentage of sales of year 2001 to have a first look on the evolution
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friendly products. The Body Shop’s mission is to operate our business with a strong commitment to the well being of our fellow humans and the preservation of the planet. Our company will be entering a market that is well educated on environmental issues as well as one with a desire for organic products. Customers will be looking for two major components‚ quality products and service. As long as the quality of products remains consistent and the pricing is fair‚ The Body Shop will retain customers
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The Body Shop International In this case‚ the key is to understand and study the conditions and circumstances of how revenue grew by 13 percent and the decline in pretax profit of 21 percent in 2001. The underlying factor that caused this‚ would be the company’s lack of forecasting‚ which would be the usage of the financial modeling. The financial model gives a better forecast prior to the project as well as a good monitor during the project. For the forecast‚ we only had financial statements from
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rightsizing of this cost can be properly planned through natural attrition and redefinition of job scopes that need key union and association buy in for success. This has always been done as a top down approach but in all fairness‚engagement at the shop floor needs to be intensified as it is the personnel at this level that will impact the bottom line in terms of efficiency‚ productivity and effective implementation. 2. BASED ON THE EFFORTS OF PAST MANAGEMENT‚ MAS SHOULD
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AGENDA PART 1: Introduction 1.1 At first glance..........................................................................................2 1.2 Body Shop brief history.............................................................................2 PART 2: Main analysis 2.1. Body Shop 2.1.1. Philosophy‚ Progress‚ Innovations…………………………………………………………….…3 2.1.2. The U.S. Market challenge...................................................................4 2.1.3. S.W.O.T. Analysis
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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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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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IntroductionThe Body Shop a globally recognised brand name in the natural cosmetic and toiletries industry‚ founded by Dame Anita Roddick‚ in the year 1976. Dame Anita began Body Shop to create a living for herself and her family (About Dame Anita Roddick‚ n.d.). The Body Shop which began as a small store in England today has over 2400 stores across 61 countries in the world with over 1200 products (The Body Shop website). The Body Shop also has a strong value and ethics based business concept‚ which
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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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