Background of the Body Shop The famous cosmetic shop‚ Body Shop was founded on 26th March 1976 in Brighton by Anita Roddick with just the simple reason of supporting her husband’s dream to visit more countries on the time. At the beginning‚ the Body Shop was just a small shop painted with green. Its products were just placed in little recycled bottles while its labels were just handwritten. All of these were to lessen the production cost. As a result‚ new shops open at the rate of two per month
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China background informations - Area: 9‚596‚961 sq. km - Population (July‚ 2010): 1‚330‚141‚295. Annual growth rate: 0.494 % - Ethnic groups: Han Chinese is 91.5%‚ ethnic minority and other nationalities are 8.5%. - Religions: Officially atheist‚ Daoist (Taoist)‚ Buddhist‚ Christian is about 3%-4%‚ Muslim is approximately 1%-2%. - Languages: Mandarin is also called Putonghua is the main language in China‚ plus many local dialects. - Government: Communist party-led state. - GDP is $4.814 trillion
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Background story of Heineken Heineken was founded on 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken after he bought a brewery in the heart of Amsterdam. Over the past 140 years‚ three generations of the Heineken family have built and expanded the brand and the company in Europe and around the world. Heineken expanded using mergers and acquisitions‚ struggling between concessions to the market and its belief in the high quality‚ and price‚ standards that put it on the map in the first place. Pursuing quality
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1. Introduction 1.1 Background of LVMH LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) established in 1987 by two groups that are Moet Hennessy and Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton is the top one of fashion and leather manufacturers in the world and it establish in 1854. Besides‚ Moet Hennessy is the first-class manufacturers of wine product and this company was combined by two groups that are Moet & Chandon and Hennessy in 1971. Therefore‚ the merger of Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessy become LVMH. LVMH providing
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1.1 Company Background Company Description: Lush is a cosmetics company that produces and sells a variety of handmade bath products and toiletries‚ including facemasks‚ soaps‚ bath bombs‚ bubble bars‚ hand & body lotions and hair treatments. In 1994‚ Mark Constantine and six co- founders including his wife Mo Constantine opened the first Lush store in Poole‚ UK. The natural bath and toiletries product firm is a UK-based manufacturer and retailer of environmentally friendly natural cosmetics and
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I. Company Background It took several months of experimentation‚ product sampling and planning before the first Zagu store was launched in April 0f 1999. Zagu was pioneered by a young enterprising lady with a degree in Food Science from University of British Columbia in Vancouver‚ Canada. To this date‚ Zagu has blended more than 40 million pearl shakes. This is a pretty good number for something that they just call a passing fad. Zagu has grown from a tiny kiosk to a current network of over
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BACKGROUND PAPER ON MEXICO 1. Mexico and the United States are more than just geographic neighbors. Both countries influence each other economically and culturally. The United States’ partnership with Mexico includes mutual economic interests and cultural influences. 2. Mexico and the United States share many economic interests and are partners of the Trans-Pacific Partnership1. According to whitehouse.gov‚ “our countries are economically entwined” and on any given day over $1.5 billion crosses
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Background Company Perfect Food Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd. (PFM) is principally engaged in the manufacturing of a wide range of premium biscuits‚ all of which are marketed under the established brand name ‘Julies’. Julie ’s biscuits are broadly grouped into 5 categories and packed in a variety of packaging‚ such as Assorted Biscuit‚ Love Letters‚ Crackers‚ Sandwich‚ Waffles and others. The company constructed its factory in Alor Gajah Industrial Estate‚ Malacca in 1980 and commenced commercial
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INTRODUCTION A Pizza store is an establishment wherein pizza – an oven-baked‚ flat‚ round bread typically topped with a tomato sauce‚ cheese and various toppings is made and sold. Pizza stores become emerging fast food in urban area‚ just by hearing the word "pizza" brings a smile to the face of just about every Filipino. Whatever style or variety pizza invariably makes it to the top of their "favorite food" lists. Some entrepreneurs and companies decided to concentrate on pizza because they found
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Background of Transgenic or Genetically Modified Foods. “A GMO is a plant or animal that has been genetically modified through the addition of a small amount of genetic material from other organisms through molecular techniques.” (Bessin‚ 1999 rev. 2004‚ p.1). (This was something that was in our Bt Corn lab report) Most common and widely produced transgenic or genetically modified crops in the US are corn‚ soybeans‚ and cotton. Genetically engineered crops became available in the US commercially
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