The Body Shop International CASE ISSUES: Market Saturation/Loss of Sales (CI#1) - Growth Strategy is no longer working for The Body Shop. Their store growth has diminished since the mid-1990s‚ and by 2002 the company’s profit was shrinking‚ and sales were not growing proportionally to the rapid expansion of stores. Having entered a retrenchment phase‚ they need to focus on profitability without rapid expansion. Is Anita Gone? (CI#2) - Though Anita Roddick stepped down as CEO in 1998‚ and resigned
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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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insight of an expert’s personal knowledge? The dynamics of the relationship between shared and personal knowledge is driven by hard data and judgments. The Body Shop operates in the natural and organic industry and is widely known as one of the pioneers of corporate social responsibility. My perception map represents the idea of The Body Shop developing a low-medium priced product with a high brand value. In this essay‚ I have demonstrated the power of perceptual mapping to persuade people’s view
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The Body Shop’s company values stem from Anita Roddick’s vision of the company. She believes " there is a better way. I think you can rewrite the book on business. I think you can trade ethically; be committed to social responsibility‚ global responsibility; empower your employees with being afraid of them That is the vision‚ and the vision is absolutely clear." Anita’s vision along with the company mission statement and statement of values set the tone for socially responsible management of
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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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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 to achieve sales of £10 million
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offering you a free no-tech life hack‚ and all it requires of you is this: that you change your posture for two minutes. But before I give it away‚ I want to ask you to right now do a little audit of your body and what you’re doing with your body. So how many of you are sort of making yourselves smaller? Maybe you’re hunching‚ crossing your legs‚ maybe wrapping your ankles. Sometimes we hold onto our arms like this. Sometimes we spread out. (Laughter) I see you. (Laughter) So I want you to pay attention
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Anita Roddick (The Body Shop) Growing Business’ Weekly Round Up Inspiring profiles and best practices for entrepreneurs Twenty-six years ago the Brighton Evening Argus ran a story on a dispute between two funeral parlour owners who were upset about a new cosmetics boutique which had opened up next door. It wasn’t the nature of the business they were getting hot under the collar about‚ but its name. They thought the green shop front emblazoned with the words Body Shop in gold leaf might put off
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July 2006‚ L’Oréal welcomed The Body Shop to its family of brands. L’Oréal places great value on The Body Shop’s exceptional emphasis on being a sustainable and ethical business. It intend that close co-operation between their businesses will result in shared best practice and the identification of opportunities for improving L’Oréal sustainability performance. For example‚ in December 2006‚ L’Oréal joined the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil‚ partly due to The Body Shop’s experience on this issue
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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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