Con Position Avon is the world’s leading direct seller of beauty products‚ with over $6 billion in annual revenues. In November of 1999‚ Avon announced the appointment of Andrea Jung as president and chief executive officer of the firm. Although Avon is best known for their direct-selling method‚ Ms. Jung felt they needed a new strategic plan to attract and retain Avon customers. Her strategic vision is to bring the Avon product line to consumers through new distribution channels including retail
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Avon Products‚ Inc. was a leading global cosmetics company‚ with over $8 billion in annual revenue in 2005. As the world’s largest direct seller‚ the company marketed to women in 143 countries via five (5) million independent Avon Sales Representatives. Avon product lines included numerous popular brand names‚ and an extensive line of costume jewelry and clothing. Although revenues increased in 2003‚ 2004 and 2005‚ Avon’s net income was $848 million in 2005. The company met with stiff competition
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Avon Case Study Analysis During the 1990s‚ Avon began to lose its appeal to the public. The number of new company sales representatives had begun to stall; and by 1999‚ the U.S. sales representatives had dropped 1% from the previous year (Pearce and Robinson‚ 2005‚ pg.423). It was at this critical time that Andrea Jung‚ an Avon saleslady herself‚ was hired as CEO to help take the company in a new direction. A turnaround grand strategy was envisioned in 2000 to help reenergize the flagging U.S. sales
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Avon‚ the oldest cosmetics company in the United States and the world’s largest direct seller‚ received a much needed boost with Chief Executive Officer (CEO)‚ Andrea Jung‚ at the helm (Creed and Laichas). Andrea became the company’s first female CEO in 1994‚ marking the beginning of a brand turnaround (“Avon Products‚ Inc.”). From its humble beginning to becoming the cosmetic giant that it is now‚ Avon has had a number of trials and bounce backs. It’s most recent success‚ the Hello Tomorrow global
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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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opportunities’. The DSA represents a wide range of companies covering a variety of products‚ who between them make-up nearly 80% of the UK direct sales market. Big names include Kleeneze (household products)‚ Avon (cosmetics). Betterware (household products) and Herbalife (health supplements). Of these‚ Avon is perhaps the oldest. The company was founded in 1886 by door-to-door bookseller David McConnell. As a sales incentive‚ he gave customers a bottle of perfume with each book purchase. He soon realised
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Shin Yao 15723 2. According to the Marketing Research Association(2000)‚ Marketing Research is defined as follows: "Marketing Research is the function which links the consumer‚ customer‚ and public to the marketer through information‚ information used to identify and define marketing opportunities and problems; generate‚ refine‚ and evaluate marketing actions; monitor marketing performance; and improve understanding of marketing as a process. Marketing research specifies the information required
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Marketing Research Marketing research Process Problem identification Exploratory Research Hypothesis Development Conclusive Research Result 2013/4/24 Asst.Prof.M.Choudhury 2 Marketing research Process Exploratory Research Mostly Qualitative in nature Research Design Descriptive Design Conclusive Research Mostly Quantitative in nature Casual Design 3 2013/4/24 Asst.Prof.M.Choudhury Marketing Research Approaches By the Marketing department Itself By the Marketing
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Marketing Research (MKTG 311) Dr. Raoul V. Kübler Assistant Professor for Marketing Marketing Research (MKTG 311) Dr. Raoul V. Kübler Assistant Professor for Marketing The Marketing Research Process Session 3 LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Classify marketing research as either exploratory research‚ descriptive research‚ or causal research. 2. List the major stages of the marketing research process and the steps within each. 3. Understand the concepts of theory and hypothesis and
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