Executive Summary – Avon Products Avon Products is one of the major players in the cosmetics and toiletries industry with a sale of about 10 billion US dollars in 2007 (Exhibits 1‚ 2 & 3). It has been globally competitive by creating global brands and nurturing its powerful sales channel of Single-level Marketing (Direct Selling). Globally‚ Avon competes with large cosmetics majors like P&G‚ Revlon and Shiseido to sell its products. At the same time‚ it also competes with other major direct sellers
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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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Project: Financial Analysis for Avon Products Inc Student: Ninoska Trejos April 17‚ 2010 1. Background 1.1 Company Description Avon Products Inc (AVP)‚ founded by David H. McConnell‚ is a leading global beauty company‚ with $10 billion in annual revenue; it commenced operations in 1886 and incorporated in the State of New York on January 27‚ 1916. The company’s stocks are traded in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Its products fall into three product categories: Beauty‚ Fashion
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About Avon Avon is the world’s leading direct seller of beauty and related products‚ reaching women in over 120 countries through over 6.2 million independent sales Representatives. 2009 saw Avon celebrate its 50th Anniversary in the UK. Avon UK has gone from strength to strength and now is one of the top beauty brands in the country‚ providing its customers with innovative‚ stylish‚ and great value products. Avon offers an extensive range of products including make-up‚ skincare‚ fragrance‚ jewellery
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What is X-ray Crystallography ? X-ray crystallography is an experimental technique that exploits the fact that X-rays are diffracted by crystals. It is not an imaging technique. X-rays have the proper wavelength (in th Å t ö (i the Ångström range‚ ~10-10 m) t be scattered by the electron cloud of an atom of 10 10 ) to b tt d b th l t l d f t f comparable size. Based on the diffraction pattern obtained from X-ray scattering off the periodic assembly of molecules or atoms in the crystal‚ the electron
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Avon Products By Laura Argo The main domain of subject study is Strategic Human Resources Management and is mainly aimed to conceptualize the concept of Talent Management. The Talent Management refers to the process employed in order to anticipate human resources requirements to an organization at particular time and include strategy formulated in order to meet that requirements (Groysberg‚ 2006). The talent management process includes distributing the responsibilities and accountabilities
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What additional actions would you recommend AJ take to help achieve its long-term strategic and financial objectives? It’s implementation efforts? What challenges might the new strategy present to Avon’s top management team? What risks do you see? Andrea Jung has done an exceptional job of identifying the problems of Avon Products‚ Inc‚ developing a strategic vision‚ and outlining a plan to clearly communicate and meet the goals and objectives of the vision. She undoubtedly recognized the various
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In 2006‚ Avon Products success story turned ugly. After five straights years of ten percent plus growth and twenty-five percent operating profit growth under CEO Andrea Jung‚ the company suddenly began losing profits. One of the main reasons of this lost was the fast growth of Avon that couldn’t be supported by its employees. As with many growing organizations the structure‚ people and processes that were right for a $5 billion company were not necessarily a good fit for a ten billion dollar company
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Marketing mix can be describes as "the use and specification of the 4 Ps describing the strategic position of a product in the marketplace… A prominent person to take centre stage was E. Jerome McCarthy in 1960; he proposed a four-P classification which was popularized. (wikipedia.com)" The marketing mix approach to marketing is a model of creating and implementing market strategies. The marketing mix stresses the mixing of different factors in a way that both organizational and consumer or target
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through Marketing INNOVATION AND MARKETING AT 3M: HOW DISCOVERING STUDENT STUDY HABITS LAUNCHED A NEW PRODUCT David Windorski‚ a 3M inventor‚ faced a curious challenge—understanding how college students study! Specifically‚ how do they read their textbooks‚ take class notes‚ and prepare for exams? After finding the answers‚ he needed to convert this knowledge into a product that actually helps students improve their studying. Finally‚ Windorski and 3M had to manufacture and market this product using
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