MGT01STG – 15.11.2008 Lösung Fallstudie Fall Body Shop Frage 1 – PIMS Schlüsselfaktoren Investitionsintensität Die Firma Body Shop hat eine sehr hohe Investitionsintensität da die erzielten Gewinne jeweils wieder in diverse gemeinnützige Projekte‚ Kampagnen‚ Förderungsprogramme‚ Umwelt- und Tierschutzprojekte. Die Forschungs- und Entwicklungskosten können durch den Einsatz von Naturprodukten möglichst gering gehalten werden. Body Shop verwendet nur altbewährte Inhaltsstoffe welche sich bereits als
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founder‚ The Body Shop International In the late 1990s‚ The Body Shop International PLC‚ previously one of the fastest growing manufacturer-retailers in the world‚ ran aground. Although the firm had an annual revenue growth rate of 20% in the early to middle 1990s‚ by the late 1990s‚ revenue growth slowed to around 8%. New retailers of the naturally based skin- and hair-care products entered the market‚ bringing intense competition for The Body Shop. Amidst the competition‚ The Body Shop failed to
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This advertisement for ‘The Body Shop’ is all about how we perceive signs within a gendered society. Positioned purposefully at the top left corner in bold‚ easily readable‚ writing‚ the ad states‚ ‘Meet Alex’. Directly below this‚ in much less noticeable writing‚ it reads‚ ‘future sports star‚ prime minister‚ inventor‚ entrepreneur‚ and philanthropist’. Directly next to the text‚ is an image of a young boy flexing his arm muscle precisely in the middle of the billboard. He is accompanied with a
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Executive Summary The Body Shop International PLC has been facing a myriad of issues in the late 1990s. At its creation‚ the body shop has seen tremendous growth and success. The company thrived to bring a new revolutionary business model and was extremely successful. But after those successful years in the early 1990s‚ the competition became fierce as new entrants came and absorbed parts of the market. This led to declining sales and profits for the company as they were not able to differentiate
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July 2006‚ L’Oréal welcomed The Body Shop to its family of brands. L’Oréal places great value on The Body Shop’s exceptional emphasis on being a sustainable and ethical business. It intend that close co-operation between their businesses will result in shared best practice and the identification of opportunities for improving L’Oréal sustainability performance. For example‚ in December 2006‚ L’Oréal joined the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil‚ partly due to The Body Shop’s experience on this issue
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Clients of Body shop are faced with a broad of different and over 300 products to select from each product is produced for a particular purpose to satisfy the needs of the clients. Consumers form a particular value and satisfaction that has been offered by the market. Body Shop produces items so that there can be repeat purchase and the good news can be spread. Body Shop has maintained its value over the years through the use of its natural ingredient from a wide range of product from Body scrubs‚
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channel-specialty stores The Body Shop in Macau doesn’t set any retailers. It has three specialty stores. The distribution channel of specialty stores help The Body Shop gain advantages when enhances its brand equity. The three specialty stores of The Body Shop are all locates at downtown district of Macau. The big green eye-catching logo of The Body Shop will attach many passably and build very strong brand awareness to customer. And at the same time‚ the professional facade of the shop makes the brand image
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Hong Kong has the responsibility to reward the citizen in need with the profit they earned from the market. Nowadays‚ many people in society expect organizations or enterprises to be socially responsible to the society‚ which is called “social expectation”. The company can sense what society’s needs through the three level of social expectation so that knowing how expectations condition can give insights into the society’s every level. Under the socioeconomic view‚ the social expectations are
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paper forecasts next three-year earnings and financial needs of The Body Shop. Due to lack of information‚ this forecast based on some key assumptions about the relationship between sales and other accounting ratios‚ firstly forecast sales then forecast other ratios in financial statements. Sales: It is assumed that sales growth ratio will maintain at 11% next three years due to the need of increasing revenue of The Body Shop. This figure is the average growth rate from 1999 to 2001. COGS: The
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“focusing on profit alone can create an unfavorable paradox that causes a firm to fail to achieve its objective” (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell 2009). Company Q’s social responsibility is on a downward trend. Because Company Q took a gamble operating two stores in higher-crime-rate areas and lost‚ their current attitude toward social responsibility is comparable to stock trading: cut your losses and move on to more profitable ventures. This may seem logical from a profit-making perspective‚ however it
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