Executive Summary The Body Shop International PLC was once one of the fastest growing manufacturer-retailers‚ but in a decade’s time their revenue growth slowed from 20% to nearly 8%. These types of results were not uncommon in companies who are experiencing rapid growth but this was a dramatic decrease and‚ needless to say‚ a wake up call to management. Competition was increasing and The Body Shop had failed to establish a brand presence during its expansion. Anita Roddick‚ founder and CEO‚ attempted
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Introduction Case 8 The Body Shop International PLC reviews some of the company decisions and history leading up to 2001. In the 1990’s‚ The Body Shop was growing at 20% annually. Similar to any company experiencing rapid growth‚ The Body Shop’s growth numbers slowed down to 8%. The slowdown was primarily due to increased competition in the market. This increased competition lead to The Body Shop getting away from its roots failing to maintain its brand image. The company expanded into about every
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share of THE BODY SHOP in the cosmetics industry. Because the author could not find this information though the internet. And for the clients‚ they can get the disadvantages and advantages of THE BODY SHOP’s product. It helped the clients purchase the products of THE BODY SHOP.But the clients could not get the new information of the product or the introduce the product line‚ since to the author canceled the product mix strategy. What is more‚the competitors learn from THE BODY SHOP as a model
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Question 1 Anita Roddick and the Body Shop In 1976‚ Anita Roddick opened her first Body Shop store in Brighton‚ England‚ with £4000 in borrowed funds from a bank. She began by selling a small range of skin and hair care products made from natural ingredients (Roddick‚ 1991‚ pp. 19‚ 76). In the beginning‚ Roddick did not possess the skills necessary to run a large organization. This can be seen when the Body Shop International (BST)‚ at first‚ had no business plan and no job descriptions. As a
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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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serve a considerable discussion on the latest triple bottom line or sustainability conception; then leads to examine and evaluate The Body Shop Corporation because the Body Shop has claimed its title of the ‘Green’ corporation‚ and has been reportedly a pioneer in acting sustainably to communities where its businesses operate. Inspiration to examine the case of Body Shop will hence satisfy the purpose of this essay. Deriving from the idea that corporate has its absolute obligation to foster social
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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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The Body Shop was one of the fastest growing manufacturer- retailers in the late 1990s. However‚ throughout the years‚ they failed to maintain its brand image by becoming something of a mass-market line. Anita Roddick‚ the shops founder and Patrick Gournay‚ CEO are looking for assistance in short and long-term planning for The Body Shop. The goal is to yield practical insights while being straightforward. To get started‚ we assumed the growth rate for sales is 13%; the cost of goods sold percent
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The Body Shop International Case Study The Creator- When one read the words The Body Shop one would think of working on cars. Not for Mrs. Anita Roddick‚ she thought of The Body Shop as a way to give women what they had been looking for in cosmetics. Mrs. Anita Roddick was born in England in 1942‚ to Italian immigrants. She was a human rights activist and an environmental campaigner; she was also the founder The Body Shop. The Body Shop was a cosmetics company that produces and sold beauty products
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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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