Onda de Mar: Catching the next wave QUESTION 1. Pros and Cons PROS OF THE EXISTING BRAND AND BUSINESS MODEL | CONS OF THE EXISTING BRAND AND BUISNESS MODEL (WITH POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT) | One of the two founders (Arango)‚ wants to cash out the company. | The second founder (Queipo) does not want to sell. However this founder is the soul and designer of the company. | Onda de Mar is an internationally (30 countries) high quality and proven brand with high revenues ($4 million in 2006)
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effects of chocolate Chapter One — Introduction to the Problem Introduction to the Problem In today’s society‚ chocolate is everywhere. It seems that people have developed a love-hate relationship with chocolate. According to the US Department of Commerce‚ the average American ate 11.7 pounds of chocolate in the year 2000. American adults ranked chocolate as the most-craved food and as their favorite flavor by a three-to-one margin. Throughout the world exists a society of chocolate lovers
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October 2001‚ www. ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2001/32.htm‚ 12 November 2003. —— (2002) A Future Without Child Labour (Geneva: ILO). ILRF (International Labor Rights Fund) (2004) Chocolate and Child Slavery: Unfulfilled Promises of the Cocoa Industry (Washington‚ DC: ILRF). Kahn‚ J. (2004) ‘The Chocolate War’‚ Fortune International‚ 23 February 2004. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (2001) ‘Much of America’s Sweets Made Possible through Slave Labor on Ivory Coast’‚ Knight Ridder/Tribune
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Slavery in the Chocolate Industry What a systematic‚ corporate‚ an individual and ethical issues raised by this case? The systematic ethical issues raised by this case include economical‚ political‚ and legal questions. Let us first look at the economical repercussions. Would it be economically logical not to do any business with these countries? The answer is no‚ considering close to half of the world’s chocolate is made from the cocoa beans that are grown in the Ivory Coast and Ghana
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Cowgirls Chocolates Case Marilyn Lysohir‚ an internationally famous ceramic artist‚ started Cowgirl Chocolates to provide some funding support for a yearly published arts magazine‚ High Ground‚ that she and her husband‚ Ross Coates started in 1995. Her love of chocolates and hot and spicy foods spurred the idea of making hot and spicy chocolates to be sold in creative‚ artistic tins and packaging‚ which she labeled as Cowgirl Chocolates. Her small business‚ begun in 1997‚ had won a number of awards
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Veronica Mars is a show about a young woman and her ability to help her father‚ Detective Mars‚ solve cases. In this case‚ she is trying to figure out who killed the dean of her school‚ and will stop at nothing until she does so. Her strong female force and her outside-of-the-norm characteristics prove that not all television series involving cops can be ruled as the same‚ despite the opinion of Stuart Kaminsky in his article “The History and Conventions of the Police Tale”. Although certain concepts
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Valentino – A passion for chocolates! Investment Plan for Valentino 2011-2012 Final Draft 8th October 2011 Editor: George Position: Director of Valentino Employee No. 12114331 To become the best chocolate & gift company in the industry! Valentino – A passion for chocolates! 1 Background of the Valentino Valentino Chocolate has been producing Italy’s finest chocolates for more than 30 years. Valentino chocolates are made in Turin‚ they are luxury products with a unique taste‚ and
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these slaves and publicized these events in the year 2000 however there was no impact of this documentary. The reason for this was later revealed to be the fact that the African government‚ African farmers‚ American chocolate Companies‚ Distributers‚ Consumers and most importantly Chocolate manufacturer association knew already knew about this issue but did nothing to rectify the situation. 2. Economically speaking‚ the price of cocoa beans declined by about 25% between the years 1996 and 2000. This
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Executive summary An example of everyday marketing activity will be described. The aspect of marketing which this activity will be identified and explained. The ethical‚ social and enviromental implications will then be highlighted. This is followed by comments on how the issues could be addressed. A Personal Experience of Marketing Activity As a proud father of two girls aged eight and nine I have become more aware of the lengths companies go to‚ to target children and their doting parents
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MONTREAUX CHOCOLATES USA MEMORANDUM TO: DAVID RAYMOND‚ MONTREAUX USA DIVISION MANAGER ANDREA TORRES‚ DIRECTOR OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CC: JENNIFER FITZGERALD FROM: MARIA TROPIANO SUBJECT: MONTREAUX USA PRODUCT LAUNCH DATE: APRIL 10‚ 2015 Executive Summary: As of October 2012‚ Andrea Torres‚ director of new product development at Montreaux Chocolate USA‚ needs to recommend whether or not the company should pursue a new product launch in the United States. The new product‚ a 70% cocoa dark
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