...2014 Trends Report Top 10 Global Spa and Wellness Trends Forecast 2014 Trends Report Top 10 Global Spa and Wellness Trends Forecast This is our 11th annual Trends Forecast, and I have never been more excited about the spa and wellness industry. So many of the trends we predicted over the past decade are now coming to fruition…helping businesses thrive and helping people live more healthfully every day. At the same time, we are seeing new, provocative ideas that will have a dramatic impact around the globe. The 2014 trends reflect an industry that is reimagining core elements of spa and wellness and exploring brave, new directions. It is gratifying to see a healthy dose of healthy travel in several of the trends; bold new ideas in mainstays like aromatherapy and hot springs take hold; and the development of new models for classic destination spas. It is also rewarding to watch trends in technology, beauty and fitness shape how we will live (and look)—and even take note of how the industry will help people address dying, illness and major life changes. And finally, there is a trend we forecasted in 2013 that continues to capture our imagination: mindfulness. We feel strongly that it is important to watch how this is evolving, and you’ll see a short synopsis of this “über trend” in the report. Spafinder Wellness 365™’s Trends Forecast reports on what is happening in our industry, but we also strive to present a true forecast of what lies ahead. Some ideas are still on...
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...Business Plan Template Five Important Tips Before You Start! 1. The business plan should tell a compelling story about your business, explaining who, what, when, where, how and why. 2. Your plan should be focused and clear. It’s not about the number of pages or style of the cover. 3. The plan should define specific business objectives and goals with general parameters to guide the organization. 4. Writing a business plan should force logic and discipline into a business. 5. A good business plan is a living document. It should be updated regularly. U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Training Network www.sba.gov/training Title Page Your Company Name Business Plan Date Street Address City, State & Zip Code Phone Number E-Mail Address Web Address 2 Table of Contents 1. Table of Contents………………………………… 2. Executive Summary……………………………… 3. Business Description & Vision…………………. 4. Definition of the Market…………………………. 5. Description of Products and Services……………. 6. Organization & Management……………………. 7. Marketing and Sales Strategy……………………. 8. Financial Management…………………………… 9. Appendices………………………………………. 3 Executive Summary This section should: • • • After reviewing this section the reader should: • • Be written last Provide an enthusiastic snapshot of your company, explaining who you are, what you do and why Be less than 2 pages Want to learn more about your business Have a basic understanding about your company Start here… ...
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...selections will range from the basics of comfortable flats and sandals to the trendy style of Laboutain shoes and High Heels. We plan to purchase through a variety of distributors located across the globe. Our specialty will be offering shoes that are unique in color and style to fit our customer base. Dimensions is organized as a Limited Liability Corporation in the name of Michelle Fox. Dimensions will occupy a 2500 SQ FT space at 3939 Capitol Ave in the Sun Valley Strip mall located near Shoetown, NY, The Concept Recognizing that the market for unique and quality limited edition shoes is becoming quite competitive. Dimensions will minimize the competition by targeting specific niches, generally focusing on other retail stores whose prices are too expensive, lack quality and variety. Dimensions has three keys to success. 1) Establishing high value relationship with its vendors and customers. 2) Ensure customer satisfaction with quality products and knowledgeable, friendly employees. 3) Organization. This boutique business plan is intended to provide the structure to make sure this last key to success is realized. The Market The market for high quality, affordable shoes has grown in the past few years. We expect Dimensions to grow at 2% annually for the first 2 years of business and 3% in years 3, 4 and 5. Dimensions plans to stay competitive with other retail shoe stores because we will always be less expensive than the competition, but we will still...
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...ASSIGNMENT 3 – ENTREPRENEURSHIP: (MANAGEMENT) Management is incorporated into every aspect of an organization, with different roles and responsibilities. Management of an organization is a great job which needs the three important roles. 1.Interpersonnel Roles 2.Informational Roles 3.Decisional Roles Interpersonel Roles 1. Figurehead: It means symbolic-head. His activities include ceremony, status requests and solicitations. The term 'figurehead' is frequently used to describe a powerless person who represents an organization without having real authority, but when the figurehead has responsibilities within the other nine managerial roles, there is not a negative connotation. A figurehead also provides inspiration by sharing the mission and vision of the organization and symbolizing authority 2.Leader: It means, responsible for motivating and activating the subordinates. His activities include responsibility for staffing, training, subordinate’s team building, etc. 'leader' is a generic term and the most widely examined of the ten roles, Mintzberg specifically defines the leader managerial role as the act of directing goals and evaluating employee performance. Mentoring, training, and motivating employees are all leadership activities. If you were to develop a new employee orientation program, you would be acting as a leader. “A Leader Is One Who Knows The Way,Goes The Way,And Shows The Way.” 3. Liason: It means, maintaining a self-developed network of outside...
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...1.0 PENGENALAN ~ Nama perniagaan dan tarikh ditubuhkan ~ Lokasi dan alamat perniagaan ~ Aktiviti utama perniagaan ~ Sejarah penubuhan dan perkembangan secara ringkas ~ Pengalaman pengasas dalam kerja dan perniagaan ~ Sebab-sebab berniaga ~ Hubungan/nilai perniagaan kepada persekitaran dan ekonomi negara secara umum ABC ENTERPRISE(ABC) yang telah ditubuhkan secara rasmi pada……merupakan sebuah perniagaan milikan tunggal. Perniagaan kini beroperasi di Lot 556, Jalan Ladang 1, Taman Sri Ladang, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Darul Iman. Sebagai kontraktor elektrik, ACB terlibat di dalam kerja-kerja pemasangan dan pendawaian kabel atas dan bawah, membekal, memasang dan mentauliahkan peralatan elektrik untuk kegunaan industri seperti … membaiki… Di samping itu, ABC turut menyediakan beberapa perkhidmatan sampingan untuk kerja-kerja mekanikal dan elektrikal seperti membekal dan memasang sistem pemadam api, saluran gas dan paip untuk bangunan, sistem hawa dingin dan sebagainya. Biarpun baru didaftarkan secara rasmi, perniagaan ini telah dimulakan secara sambilan lebih 5 tahun yang lalu oleh pemilik. Pemilik perniagaan ini juga mempunyai lebih 8 tahun pengalaman kerja di dalam bidang elektrik. Adalah menjadi hasrat perniagaan untuk turut serta di dalam menyumbang kepada perkembangan ekonomi negara yang sedang bergerak ke arah yang positif sejak kebelakangan ini. Perniagaan juga ingin menyahut seruan kerajaan...
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...Miracle Fridge Business Plan Founder/CEO 1234 Log Canoe Circle p: 800-888-2010 sales@miraclefridge.com Stevensville, MD 21666 f: 410-604-2906 www.miraclefridge.com Table of Contents Executive Summary ……………………………………………………. 3 Marketing Plan …………………………………………………………. 3 o Market Analysis ………………………………………………... 3 o Competition ……………………………………………………. 3 o Advertising and Promotion ……………………………………. 4 Operations Plan ………………………………………………………... 4 o Location ………………………………………………………... 4 o Supply and Inventory Management ……………………………. 5 o Organization ……………………………………………………. 5 Financial Plan …………………………………………………………... 5 o Personnel Plan ………………………………………………….. 5 o Sales and Revenue Forcast ……………………………………... 6 o Potential Expenses and Expected Profit ………………………... 6 Executive Summary The Miracle Fridge Corporation is focused on providing a product that helps the health conscious consumer plan more nutritious meals, and means of keeping track of daily meals. The Miracle Fridge is a 36”, 26.7 cubic foot, French door refrigerator with the ability to track daily intake and gives suggestions of healthy meals. The fridge features a touch screen panel on one door that allows the user to input meals to be eaten that day or to enter meals as they are eaten. The current profit expected over a three year period is approximately $414,000.00, with further growth expected over 5 years. Marketing Plan Market Analysis The target market for this...
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...APPENDIX 2Q – ‘Business Induction Plan’ EMPLOYERS’ HANDBOOK (Remove comments in red before issuing.) SAMPLE – NOTE THE FOLLOWING PLAN IS INTENDED AS A GUIDE ONLY AND SHOULD BE TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES Mistakes to avoid During the induction period try to avoid the following: • providing too much, too soon; the new employee should not be overwhelmed by a mass of information on the first day. Keep it simple and relevant; • pitching presentations at an inappropriate level. They should be suitable for everyone in the audience and for their roles within the organisation; • the office manager or HR providing all the information. It should be a shared process involving the team; and • creating an induction programme which generates unreasonable expectations by overselling the job. INDUCTION PLAN 1 week In advance of start date Action | Responsible | Allocate work area | Line manager | Confirm desk is ready | Line manager | Confirm that equipment is available | Line manager | Contact new employee and agree time to attend on first day – who to ask for etc | Line manager | Inform all staff of imminent arrival of new employee/new role | Line manager | Set induction meeting dates in advance, including regular review | Line manager | Agree dates for input with other employees and give induction record sheet to relevant parties | Line manager | ...
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...Marketing plan *The customers of Costume House Costume house provides costumes to a different range of age groups from infants, to teenagers, to adults, even different social groups to include friends grouping costumes or family or even couples, to cover pregnant ladies' segment as well. *Methods to attract visitors to the website One important aspect in the success of any business who conducts business solely online is traffic. Clearly if the website isn't getting any traffic it wont generate any sales regardless of the effort made. Doing so by; - Testing the site with limited traffic to generate more traffic. - Get free traffic from engines like google by getting a competitive ranking for best keywords by sugesting the site to them. -Giving away free content to other websites with link and information to our site attached. -Free word of mouth publicity by intense social media advertisements-as simple as including a "pass it on link" at the end of any advertisement message. -Hold a contest on the website, and give participants an extra entry for every friend they refer. - free link on onther high traffic websites in the same industry - A numbered other websites promoting our website for free - with an affiliate program "resellers" are a great way to get affiliates to promote products. for every paying customers affiliates refer to the website, we pay them a commission. since we only pay when we get money it is one of the safest low risks options. - Use email marketing...
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...E-business plan An e-business plan for e-bookstore Presented to the professor of E-business Radostina Ruseva By: Anel Nussupbayeva (3.11.2014) Executive summary “Read Business Easy” Company is a start-up which wants to create an e-bookstore for global usage. The e-bookstore will provide people with e-books strictly related to business topics in short period of time. The goal of the company is to acquire a market share in the e-book industry through dominant selection of products, a competitive variety of services and products including the application for electronic devices, suitable prices for chosen segments and friendly environment, good browsing and reading. The RBE Company will have its head office in USA, Massachusetts, Boston. This area was chosen because many colleges and universities make Boston an international center of higher education in business area, and the city is considered to be a world leader in innovation. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services. Introduction The idea of the current business plan is to create an e-bookstore with specialized books on business topics and provide with e-book students who study business currently or business people who currently are running their own business and sometimes need to refresh the knowledge they got before. Offered Products and Services Read Business Easy will offer a wide range of books on business topics. This includes books on Economics, Finance...
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...A Business Prospect By Desh-leon Group 18 14th November, 2011 Business Proposal This proposal is intended to allow for the establishment of a small-scale store in front of UB City on Vittal Mallya Road. The store is aimed at selling all products at a standard price of Rs. 9.99, as policy. Products range from recycled notebooks, textbooks, stationery, utensils, artifacts, eatables, to cigarettes and alcohol. Financial plan | Rupees | Total Investment-Store structure -Furnishings-Rent | 40,00015,0005,0007,000 | -Advertising | 1,000 | -Purchases-Maintenance costs -Salaries | 8,0003,0002,000 | | | | | Marketing The business is focused on a target group of working people. It aims to cater to the needs of office professionals and the labour class, with products like stationery, coffee, tea, paan and cigarettes. By selling items like eatables at such a low cost, the store hopes to attract students and low wage labourers. Eatables include packaged items and fresh made products like chaat and hot beverages. * The store hopes to attain a liquor license to provide subsidized liquor offers with the sponsorship of UB. For example, 50ml for Rs. 9.99 as a promotional scheme. The business intends to use this strategy to avoid conflict with UB City due to its proximity to the same. Similarly, in order to negate the store’s interference with the aesthetics of the UB City forum, the store will be comprised of dark wood paneling and yellow lighting to blend...
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...Sample Business Information Systems Business Plan Your Name(s) Go Here University of Phoenix BIS 220 June 15, 2014 Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 4 1.1 Mission Statement 4 1.2 The Market 4 1.3 The Offering 5 1.4 Competition 5 1.5 Business Information Systems Resource Requirements 5 1.6 Business Information Systems Key Issues 5 2.0 The Business Information Systems Enterprise 5 2.2 Organization 5 3.0 Business Information Systems Selection 5 3.1 (What are the BIS you selected for your business? Why did you select these BIS systems? (Please provide 5 BIS systems. I.e. Point of Sales, Online ordering, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) etc…)) 6 4.0 Networking Technology Selection 6 4.1 (What is/are the networking technology system? Why did you select this/these networking technology systems? (Please provide at least 1 Networking Technology. I.e. Website Hosting (who will host your site), Internet Service Provider (identify bandwidth speed), Wireless capabilities, etc…)) 6 5.0 Business Information Systems and Networking Security Risk and Mitigation 6 5.1 (What are the security risks for the BIS selection?) 7 5.2 (What are the security risks for the Networking Technology selection?) 7 6.0 Business Cost Analysis (OPTIONAL) (BONUS POINTS) 7 6.1 (How much does it cost for the BIS and Networking Technologies you selected for your business?) 7 6.2 (How would you go about in obtaining funding for your business?) 7 6.3 (Provide a One-Year, Two-Year, and...
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...Trend Setters Hair Studio Hair and Beauty Salon Business Plan PAGE Start your own business plan » (/create_your_business_plan.php?link=create_top-b) BLACK FRIDAY SALE: Save 62% on the #1 Business Planning Software Sign Up Now (http://www.liveplan.com/?pm=LIVEPLAN12MONTH_62AB) 1 (executive_summary_fc.php) « PREVIOUS PAGE () NEXT PAGE » (COMPANY_SUMMARY_FC.PHP) 2 (company_summary_fc.php) 3 (products_and_services_fc.php) 4 (strategy_and_implementation_summary_fc.php) 5 (management_summary_fc.php) 6 (financial_plan_fc.php) 7 (appendix_fc.php) Executive Summary Trend Setters is a full-service beauty salon dedicated to consistently providing high customer satisfaction by rendering excellent service, quality products, and furnishing an enjoyable atmosphere at an acceptable price/value relationship. We will also maintain a friendly, fair, and creative work environment, which respects diversity, ideas, and hard work. Our Mission: To supply services and products that enhance our clients' physical appearance and mental relaxation. Our Motto: "The Trend Begins Here!" The timing is right for starting this new venture. Patiently searching for six months for the perfect location, one was finally found. The demand from the owner's clients, as well as the ambitions of the owner to one day start her own salon, and the procurement of highly professional and qualified beauticians to support the salon, has made this business one of great potential. Curley Comb, co-owner with Roller Comb, Jr...
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...Marketing Plan- Your T-Shirt! Every business must start at the bottom before they become successful. One of the first ways a business must work on becoming successful is coming up with a business plan. By preparing a business plan, a company will not only have an outline as to knowing who their target audience will be and what kind of funds will be needed for the business, but it will help the business keep track of the progress they made with the building of an empire. According to the journal entitled Starting a Business from Home, it discusses why it is important to have a business plan. The article states “As most businesses start without a business plan you could be forgiven for believing that preparing one is a luxury you can live without. Time is short and it surely more important to find some customers and get selling. Beguiling though this may sound the statistics is against you. According to research carried out at Cranfield School of Management, over 70 percent of the fastest-growing and most successful businesses started out with a written business plan.” (Barrow, 2008). This business entitled Your T-Shirt! A business plan must be created in order for the business to become successful. Your T-Shirt! Is a new business venture which allows people to design a t-shirt any way they would like. The customer can design the front and back of the shirt. Your T-Shirt! Not only provides the experience of designing your own shirt, but it also allows the customers...
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...Thanks for downloading this business plan template from Bplans.com This template is a simplified version of an outline created with Business Plan Pro, the best selling business planning software. A template is a good way to get started, but as you know, you can’t just type in your details, print it, and turn it in to the bank. Every business is unique, and every business plan should be, too. Business Plan Pro can help. With Business Plan Pro, you can easily create a custom business plan, with all the financial tables and graphs to go with it. You’ll also be able to: • View and edit over 500 complete sample business plans • Save time with linked financial tables (the formulas are built in, so you don’t have to do the calculations!) • Benefit from tons of help, advice, and resources • Present your plan with confidence, with automatic charts and graphs corresponding to your financial data Click here and claim your $20 credit for Business Plan Pro today! [pic] Cover Page INSTRUCTIONS: The Cover Page should include the following: plan name, company name, company address, company phone and fax, an email address and possibly a revision number or copy number. Type your Cover Page text here. [pic] Legal Page Confidentiality Agreement The undersigned reader acknowledges that the information provided by Yumekco Little-Singletary in this business plan is confidential; therefore, reader agrees not to disclose...
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...Course Project Business Plan Anderson ECOM210 Executive Summary I. Business Description a. Mission Statement b. Business Goals c. Business Model II. Market Analysis III. Competitor Analysis IV. Conclusion V. Works Cited Executive Summary: More healthy products are needed because in this day and time people care about their health. People are searching for ways to help them loss weight to a supplement to help with an existing disorder. Essential products will be available online because there will be enough supply to meet demand. The demand will be all the people trying to live healthy lives. New products will be added as the site becomes more popular. The site will be able to provide the people with information about the new product. Permitting them to efficiently learn about what they are purchasing. All consumers could benefit from the website with more information on value for money in health care products. Despite the importance, there has not been a systematic and rigorous process in place to develop and improve efficiency measurement as there has been for other domains of performance. Recognizing the importance of improving efficiency measurement, and helping the consumers think about what they should consume on a daily basis. All About Your Heath will offers a wide variety of body healing products. The...
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