SWOT Analysis of Body Shop’s retail outlet in Canada Water By Alexandros Georgakakos Executive summary Body Shop International (Body Shop) is a multinational company which is mainly producing ecological skin and hair products. Their products are solely based on natural ingredients and manufactured according to an ethical code which is opposed to animal testing. The cosmetics franchise is considered to be one of the biggest around the globe with a well established reputation in 54 countries.
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SUMMARY OF THE BODY SHOP INTERNATIONAL With a £4‚000 bank loan‚ Roddick developed a line of 25 skin and hair care products based on natural ingredients. Sourcing exotic ingredients like jojoba oil and rhassoul mud from a local herbalist‚ she prepared the first product batches on her kitchen stove and packaged them in the cheapest containers-urine sample bottles. Handwritten labels provided detailed information about the ingredients and their properties. A local art student designed the logo for
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a. Where in the value chain is the organisation creating value for their customers? Primary: Value chain activity Yes/No How does The Body Shop create value for the customer? Inbound Logistics No Not imperative to creating value to the customer. Operations Yes Operations and technological development are covered in the The Body Shops stance on animal testing (one of their values). Testing comes under operations and technological development as they have had to think of innovative ways to test
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Case Analysis The Body Shop MBA 223 Social Responsibility and Good Governance CASE STUDY No. 1 1. VIEWPOINT The Body Shop faced lots of criticisms and challenges. There were periods of losses‚ poorly motivated shareholders‚ de-motivated franchisees‚ unsuccessful restructuring attempts and negative public propaganda against the company‚ proving to be too strong for the company to cope up. The main reasons behind the success of
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The Body Shop Based on our projections for the years 2002-2004‚ the biggest driver that effects debt is the company’s operating expenses. Based on the history of the upward trend of operating expenses‚ our recommendation is that The Body Shop needs to concentrate on lowering the operating expenses‚ and keeping those expenses around 45% or lower in order to avoid borrowing money. Our 45% recommendation includes a safety net which will prevent having The Body Shop borrowing cash if sale do not continue
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For this task I am required to identify my chosen organisations objectives and aims. My chosen organisation is The Body Shop‚ its objectives and aims are diverse compared to other businesses that are on the markets for expansion and profitability. In this task I am going to consider the most common objectives and aims‚ in doing so‚ I will compare its objectives and aims to other businesses. Business objectives are the stated‚ measurable targets of how to achieve business aims. For instance‚ we want
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The Body Shop Jamie Drozdz Jennifer Smith-Izzo The Art Institute of Phoenix The Body Shop was first introduced in the 1970’s by Anita Roddick. It all started when Anita walked into a shop located in Berkeley‚ California by the name of The Body Shop and there they sold naturally scented soaps and lotions. This inspired Anita to open her own shop in the UK. She purchased the original naming rights then launched her first shop on March 26th 1976 in Brighton‚ England. The
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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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IntroductionThe Body Shop a globally recognised brand name in the natural cosmetic and toiletries industry‚ founded by Dame Anita Roddick‚ in the year 1976. Dame Anita began Body Shop to create a living for herself and her family (About Dame Anita Roddick‚ n.d.). The Body Shop which began as a small store in England today has over 2400 stores across 61 countries in the world with over 1200 products (The Body Shop website). The Body Shop also has a strong value and ethics based business concept‚ which
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copied by other competitors in the years to come like Bath & Body. However‚ the Company still has retained high brand recognition and gained competitive advantages on the good relationship with the long-term suppliers of raw materials in the third world countries under the project of “Trade Not Aid” and “the Soapworks Project” and on the unique ethic values it promoted. According to Body Shop‚ firstly‚ through 28 years hardship‚ body shop established a strong image with good reputation by the customers
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