An article extracted from StarBiz on the 15th December 2007 about The Body Shop discusses social and ethical issues such as natural environment‚ social responsibility and moral appeals. Natural environment includes “natural resources which are needed as inputs by marketers or which are affected by marketing activities” (Kotler‚ Brown‚ Adam‚ Burton & Armstrong 2007‚ p.182). In the article‚ The Body Shop is aware of global warming and has taken the effort to lower the amount of wastage they produce
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of an entrepreneur. She is creative and she is really driven. Entrepreneurship is not about what is done but how its done. And she uses her possessed skills to max at all time in her company to make the best of it. I.e. in the start up phase of body shop she lacked money to buy in more bottles‚ so she began to offer a refill service. Its small measures like that that really makes me like her and her thinking. Entrepreneurship is often associated with innovation. And by again small measurements
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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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The Body Shop International plc is a global manufacturer and retailer of naturally inspired‚ ethically produced beauty and cosmetics products. Founded in the UK in 1976 by Dame Anita Roddick‚ we now have over 2‚100 stores in 55 countries‚ with a range of over 1‚200 products‚ all animal cruelty free‚ and many with fairly traded natural ingredients. We were the first international cosmetics brand to be awarded the Humane Cosmetics Standard for our Against Animal Testing policy. And we have our own
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Lecturer: Mr. Chan Sai Keong Submission date: 22nd April 2013 | Marks: | | ------------------------------------------------- Introduction The Body Shop International plc‚ known as The Body Shop‚ has 2‚500 stores in 61 countries. Founded in 1976 by the late British environmental and human rights campaigner Dame Anita Roddick‚ The Body Shop started life as a small outfit in Brighton selling just 25 products. Customers were encouraged to recycle packaging (partly because Roddick didn’t have
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The Body Shop in China: Market Feasibility Research and Strategy Design DU Yuping 1‚2‚ Mai Jinger2 School of Economics and Management‚ Wuhan University 2 School of International Trade and Economics Guangdong University of Foreign Studies‚ Guangzhou‚ P. R. China‚ 510420 1 Abstract: The well-known British brand‚ the Body Shop‚ is a strong advocate of environment and human rights. In recent years‚ it has accelerated its global presence by its naturally inspired‚ ethically produced beauty and cosmetics
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MODES AND ROLES Social responsibility is an ethical ideology or theory that an entity‚ be it an organization or individual‚ has an obligation to act to benefit society at large. Social responsibility is a duty every individual or organization has to perform so as to maintain a balance between the economy and the ecosystem. A trade-off always exists between economic development‚ in the material sense‚ and the welfare of the society and environment. Social responsibility means
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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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Body Shop- Case Study Analysis Executive Summary The Body Shop is in the business since 1976. At that time‚ it was just a concept by the Anita Roddick which clicked and made her a millionaire. The concept was supported by the tag of natural resources and it has helped the company is placing the brand positioning at the right place. The purpose of this report is to analyze how the Body Shop started and how the concept of one lady is transformed into a millionaire company. A detailed brand analysis
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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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