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    Company History: One of the largest cosmetics companies in the United States‚ Mary Kay‚ Inc. specializes in the manufacture and direct sale of more than 200 products‚ including skin creams‚ cosmetics‚ fragrances‚ dietary supplements‚ and other personal care items. Its direct sales force consists primarily of women who sell full- or part-time through home demonstrations. As of 1999 the company operated in 29 countries around the world. Company Origins Mary Kay Ash founded the company that bears

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    1. Why has Mary Kay Cosmetics (MKC) not been as successful as Avon in penetrating international markets? In 1992‚ the percentage of international sales of Mary Kay Cosmetics was only of 11% of total sales while‚ for instance‚ the percentage of international sales of Avon (a main competitor) was 55%. The reasons why MKC failed when penetrating international markets were‚ among others‚ that they did a direct application of their US marketing strategy (products and communication) without taking

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    1.Why has MKC not been as successful as Avon in penetrating international markets? There are a number of good reasons that explain why Mary Kay Cosmetics (MKC) had not been able to penetrate the international markets as well as Avon did. The head of MKC’s Curran Dandurand identified a number of reasons for this phenomenon‚ according to this case study. Dandurand’s analysis concluded that mainly MKC’s limited international success was due the following reasons. Marking strategy- MKC made a very

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    Case Study on Mary Kay Cosmetics: Asian Market Entry Executive Summary Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc’s (MKC) was facing challenges of increasing number of competing direct selling organizations in the US cosmetics market and was not satisfied with their sales revenue generated from international sales. They believed MKC culture could be transferred internationally and that Mary Kay Ash’s charisma‚ motivation and philosophy were likely to appeal to women throughout the world. MKC management would

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    Theory) leads to high employee motivation. * Mary Kay ’s automobile reward program is highly valued by employees (high outcome valences in Expectancy Theory) and has spurred many consultants to perform at very high levels. Automobile reward is contingent on the meeting of minimum monthly sales targets. * Consultants ’ need for belonging and esteem (Need Hierarchy Theory) is cost effectively leveraged by the various recognition programs. * Mary Kay Cosmetics has training systems to improve performance

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    P29 Q1 1. The marketing channel for Mary Kay cosmetics is called a direct selling channel. The company user a sales force of over 1000000 Independent Beauty Consultants around the world. These consultants are not employees of Mary Kay Corporation; they buy cosmetics from the company at a wholesale price and sell to end-users at a retail price. They maintain personal relationships with their end-user consumers and deliver product to them after it is ordered; it is a high-service purchasing relationship

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    difficulty of carrying out market research on a global basis. Consumer demand for value and convenience are now driving the global market‚ thanks to aggressive research. The acceleration of consumer lifestyles and a shift in power from supplier to retailer provides many companies an advantage over its competitors. One reason that global research is effective and has an advantage is because of the quality or superiority of the products or services provided by conducting the market research and how it

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    internationalize Mary Kay Ash founded Mary Kay Cosmetics in 1963 with her life savings of 5‚000 and the support of her 20-year-old son‚ Richard Rogers‚ who currently serves as execu tive chairman of Mary Kay‚ Inc. Mary Kay‚ Inc.‚ is one of the largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics in the world. Now womens cosmetics industry is in a period of growing‚ because now women around the world for their skin care and more attention‚ for the appearance of consumption is increasing. And Mary Kay Inc.

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    MARY KAY Introduction: Mary Kay is one of the largest cosmetic companies in the United States. Mary Kay Ash started her dream in 1963 when she first opened the doors to the very first Beauty by Mary Kay in Dallas‚ TX (Mary Kay‚ Inc.) It all began after she spent 25 years in direct selling for Stanley products. After a successful career with Stanley products‚ she started writing a book about direct sales‚ but it became a book about managing people. She started thinking about what a “dream company”

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    Mary Kay Cosmetics: Asian Market Entry (A) In February 1993‚ Curran Dandurand‚ senior vice president of Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc.’s (MKC) global marketing group‚ was reflecting on the company’s international operations. MKC products had been sold outside the United States for over 15 years‚ but by 1992‚ international sales represented only 11% of the $1 billion total. In contrast‚ one of MKC’s U.S. competitors‚ Avon Products Inc.‚ derived over 55% of its $3.6 billion sales (at wholesale prices)

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