I. Statement of the Problem How can The Body Shop compete in the U.S. market and retain its influence in the cosmetics industry despite threats like fiercer competition‚ apparent weaker competitive advantage‚ and the inevitable change in leadership? II. Case Facts and Background The Body Shop has been a fast-growing company in the cosmetics industry. Anita Riddick‚ the founder and managing director of the company had the habit of going against the tide of the industry’s established
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The Body Shop Table of contents Introduction : 2 Section A 3 A comprehensive strategic analysis of the industry : 3 Question 1 3 1) The external strategic analysis of The Body Shop 3 1.1° Synopsis of the beauty industry: Macroenvironement and trends 3 1.2° The competition: immediate industry and competitive environment 5 1.3°The key success factors of the beauty industry and The Body Shop 7 1.4) The SW(OT) analysis of The Body Shop 8 Question 2:
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Body Shop is a brand with a difference. Marketers consider this brand as an Icon. Body Shop has created a brand image without the aid of conventional advertising.2006 saw this iconic brand draw up serious business plans for India. Body Shop brand was created in 1976 in Brighton United Kingdom. The brand and the brand owner share a common personality that is very much linked to each other. Anita Roddick the legendary founder of the Brand created this brand from a small shop in UK started to support
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Strategy Field Project The Body Shop EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Today "The Body Shop" is one of the best and well-known brands available in the Cosmetics industry especially in the natural product category. The company founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick‚ has presence in 51 countries with 2000 stores worldwide in the year 2004. The company operates in 4 markets; Americas‚ Europe‚ Middle East/Africa and Asia. The company is into the industry that is on the verge of maturing though it throws the opportunity
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THE BODY SHOP Question 1.Company mission‚ philosophy and goals: overall purpose of body shop‚ identifying its stakeholders and influence on the company. Outcome 1 Anita Roddick. Human Rights Activist. Founder of The Body Shop comments that :- “I just want The Body Shop to be the best‚ most breathlessly exciting company – and one that changes the way business is carried out. That is my vision.” The Body Shop has just come out top in the 1991 UK Awards for Volunteering. Every employee can have
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founder and managing director of The Body Shop “Let’s face it‚ I can’t take a moisture cream too seriously‚” Anita Roddick was fond of saying‚ “What really interests me is the revolutionary way in which trade can be used as an instrument for change for the better.” This heretical statement by the head of the fastest-growing company in the cosmetics industry reflected her habit of going against the tide of the industry’s established practices. The Body Shop did not advertise‚ avoided traditional
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Description The Body Shop International power-line-carrier (The Body Shop) is founded by Dame Anita Roddick in the United Kingdom in 1976. Nowadays‚ The Body Shop is skin‚ body‚ and hair care cosmetics manufacturer and retailer operating in 61 countries with over 2‚500 stores. What made the Body Shop so prominent? There are a few factors which made TBS so huge .One of the factor is that TBS has always stick to a motto which is ‘Know your mind‚ love your body (source: The Body Shop) . Besides that
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THE BODY SHOP GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THEM Table of Content I. Executive Summary of The Body Shop II. Introduction III. SWOT Analysis of The Body Shop IV. PEST Analysis of The Body Shop V. Porter’s Five Forces VI. EVR Congruence VII. Recommendation VIII. Conclusion IX. References I. Executive Summary The Body Shop International PLC (Body Shop) is one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world
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pharmacy Case study: The Body Shop 1. How do you think Body Shop’s environmental policy relates to its overall business strategy? The environment policy results in a highly differentiated operation of every part of the Body Shop business: Highly differentiated company image: An environmental and social friendly image is maintained across its product lines. It brings out the message that healthy and beauty is enhanced through the use of natural ingredients (The Body Shop Intl. plc.‚ 2008). Highly
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THE BODY SHOP ABOUT BODYSHOP Dame Anita Roddick is the founder of The Body Shop. The very first store of The Body Shop opens on 26th March 1967 in Brighton‚ on the south coast of England. The Body Shop now has 2400 stores in 61 countries. The Body Shop believes that only nature’s way can brings out beautiful. They offers product that will enhance our natural beauty yet for us to express our unique personality. One of their unique selling points is the intense environmentalist philosophy
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