...| Revlon: Case Study analysis | BUS 490 Comprehensive Examination: Strategic Management :: Online | | | 3/16/2012 | Table of Contents Introduction 3 Mission Statement 3 Vision of the Company 4 External Assessment 4 Technological trends 4 Demographic trends 4 Economic Trends 5 Political and legal constraints 5 Sociological factors 7 Global trends 8 Industry Analysis 8 Competitor analysis 9 External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix 10 Internal Assessment 11 Company organizational structure 12 Personal policies and management 12 Operational production capacities and policies 13 Financial stability (common ratios and measures) 14 Ratio Analysis 15 Leadership and organizational behavior, corporate culture, etc 20 Marketing 21 Ethical/ legal issues 22 Management information systems and research and development 22 Patents, Trademarks and Proprietary Technology 22 The Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix 23 Strategy Formulation 24 Strategic solutions 30 Timeline for Implementation 32 Consequences 33 References: 34 REVLON: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION Introduction Revlon is a global color cosmetics, hair color, beauty tools, fragrances, skincare, anti-persiparant/deodorants, and beauty care products company. Revlon case is a comprehensive strategic management case that includes 2006 and 2007 financial statements, competitor information, internal factors, future outlook and more of Revlon Company....
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...Assignment 3 Revlon for Men 1 Terika Slocumb November 18, 2012 Assignment 3: Revlon for Men? “Ubersexuals and the Changing Male Landscape” MKTG 510 Consumer Behavior Dr. Adina Scruggs Assignment 3 Marketing Strategy Revlon for Men 2 Revlon is a world leader in cosmetics, skin care, fragrance and personal care and is a leading mass-market cosmetics brand, alongside L’Oreal’s Maybelline and Procter & Gamble's Cover Girl. Their vision is to provide glamour, excitement and innovation through quality products at affordable prices. They have developed a long-standing reputation as a trendsetter in the world of cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care (www.revlon.com). Truth is, men are very different to market to than women. Men are very focused and goal-oriented. According to Morgan (n.d.), career enhancement, ego booster, sense of competitiveness and attention and admiration from women are the motives behind the need for cosmetic products. Tying these existing needs for belongingness and esteem to men’s cosmetics will create demand for the brand. Subtleness and convenience are some of the product attributes that researchers found to be important to male consumers in buying and experiment with cosmetics. Complete Product Line include convenient combo of a natural smelling three-step skin care; facial soap, cleanser and moisturizer, shaving products, deodorants...
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...Revlon Revlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932. ------------------------------------------------- History Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1931, by Charles Revson and his brothers Joseph and Joel Roberts, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name. Starting with a single product — a new type of nail enamel — the three founders pooled their resources and developed a unique manufacturing process. Using pigments instead of dyes, Revlon developed a variety of new shades of opaque nail enamel. In 1937, Revlon started selling the polishes in department stores and drug stores. In six years, the company became a multimillion dollar organization. By 1940, Revlon offered an entire manicure line, and added lipstick to the collection. During World War II, Revlon created makeup and related products for the U.S. Army, which was honored in 1944 with the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence. By the end of the war, Revlon was listed as one of America's top five cosmetic houses. Expanding its capabilities, the company bought Graef & Schmidt, a cutlery manufacturer seized by the government in 1943 because of German business ties. This acquisition made it possible for Revlon to produce its own manicure and pedicure instruments, instead of buying them from outside supply sources. In November 1955, Revlon went public. The IPO price was $12 per share, but it reached $30 per...
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...Revlon for Men? Question 1 Develop a marketing strategy for Revlon to enter the men’s cosmetics market with a complete product line. Revlon is a world leader in cosmetics, skin care, fragrance and personal care and is a leading mass market cosmetics brand, alongside L’Oreal’s Maybelline and Procter & Gamble's Cover Girl. Their vision is to provide glamour, excitement and innovation through quality products at affordable prices. They have developed a long-standing reputation as a trendsetter in the world of cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care. Product Strategy Consumers buy motive satisfaction or problem solutions NOT product. In the case of men’s cosmetics, career enhancement, ego booster, sense of competitiveness and attention and admiration from women are the motives behind the need for this type of cosmetics. The words of Charles Revlon (Former Head)…“In the factory we make cosmetics, in the store we sell hope”… show that Revlon is in the right track. Tying these existing needs for affiliation (belongingness) and esteem to men’s cosmetics will create demand for the brand. Subtleness and convenience are some of the product attributes that researchers found to be important to male consumers in buying and experiment with cosmetics. Complete Product Line include convenient combo of a natural smelling three-step skin care (facial soap, cleanser & moisturizer); Shaving products, deodorants, skin clearing & treatment products designed to hide dark circle, age...
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...“COMPARATIVE STUDIES BETWEEN LAKME AND REVLON WITH THE REFRENCE OF THEIR PRODUCTS” under the guidance of Mrs. Aparna Porwal. After completion it successfully in the fulfillment of requirement for the award of degree of bachelor of business administration of “Aryan institute of management of computer studies”. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY PROJECT GUIDES, ALL THE FACULTY MEMBERS. FOR THIS APPROVAL & ALSO FOR HER VALUABLE GUIDANCE & SUPPORT IN COMPLETING MY PROJECT OF COMPARATIVE STUDIES BETWEEN LAKME AND REVLON. LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO THOSE WHO DIRECTLY & INDIRECTLY HELPED IN THIS PROJECT. CONTENTS ➢ Introduction ❖ Brief overview of marketing strategies. ❖ Company Profile of Lakme ❖ Company Profile of Revlon ➢ Various Marketing strategies adopted by the two Company along with product profile ➢ Objectives of the Study ➢ Research Methodology ➢ Data Analysis & Interpretation ➢ Suggestions and Recommendations ➢ Summary & Conclusion ➢ Appendix ❖ Questionnaire ❖ Bibliography INTRODUCTION Within a short span of the last five-six years, the use of cosmetics by Indian consumers has increased significantly with more and more women and men taking greater interest in personal grooming, increasing disposable incomes...
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...PROGRAM MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSE ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY & STRATEGY CASE STUDY – REVLON Acknowledgement This paper was undertaken during enrollment of master degree of business administration and it is a great opportunity to share this paper for an academic knowledge and development as well as self-improvement management skills. Executive Summary Revlon was founded in 1932 by brothers Charles (Joseph Revson and Charles Lachmann) with a $300 investment from nail products to beauty products. In 1937, Revlon successful started selling products in department stores and drug stores. Revlon was taken public in 1996 traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Today, Revlon is the global company which offering the products over 100 countries and products focus on skin care, cosmetics, personal care, fragrance and professional products. In this case study, the strategic management is focusing on the following: Identify the firm’s vision, mission, objectives and strategies Develop the statement of vision and mission of the firm Identify external opportunities and threats Construct Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) Construct External Factor Evaluation (EPE) Identify internal strengths and weakness Construct Internal Factor Evaluation Prepare Strengths-Weakness-Opportunies-Threats Matrix (SWOT), Strategic Position and Action Evaluation Matrix (SPACE), Internal-External...
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...Culture Myths Women always want to look and feel beautiful all the time no matter what. Imperfections and flaws are irritation to anyone, especially women. They bring out a lot of self confidence issues, come out at the wrong time, and women just want to hide all of those in make-up. By putting make-up on the imperfections and flaws seem to disappear and women feel on top and beautiful again. Make-up should not determine weather you are beautiful or not. Sometimes women look like two completely different people with and with out their make-up on like an alter ego of what they want to be. Everyone has imperfections and covering them up is not going to make them go away. The Revlon commercial makes it seem like anything but perfect skin is not acceptable. They made a formula that bends and reflects light to help diffuse flaws. This helps spread out the imperfections and flaws but do not make the flaws go away. Many products look better in a commercial or in a picture. After receiving the product it does not look or work like what the commercial has stated. Even by adding make up imperfections and flaws can still be noticeable. The people acting in the commercial usually already have clear skin, or they shoot the commercial and Photoshop their skin to make their product more believable. In that same commercial they say that the make-up will make you look better in any kind of light. They also use different lightings to make it seem more real. While they are using different...
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...Should Revlon concentrate its efforts on international markets, given the low value of the dollar and competitive pressures? What countries should Revlon focus on? II. Should Revlon diversify its operations or develop joint ventures with other cosmetics company? Would jewellery be a good industry to enter given the ageing society? III. Does Revlon have too many brands? Should the company keep brands such as Colorstay and get rid of brand such as Mitchum? IV. Should Revlon agree to sell itself to Perlman or to a rival firm? What is Revlon worth on the market? International markets (Question 1) In providing answer for the first question, I would say that it will be of a strategic and economic benefit for Revlon to direct more of its effort on international market. There are a few reasons why I am thinking in that direction. First, it is a fact that countries where the company sells more of its products such as Japan, US, Canada and European states are becoming more ageing in population in relative terms. And as people get older, they tend to spend less on personal care products. Consequently, it is almost certain that revenue will continue to dwindle even as competitors fight for their share of the market. Therefore, it will only be strategically pertinent for Revlon to shift its focus and efforts in markets where the majority of the population is still vibrant and young. Secondly, it is absolutely vital to examine the population matrix of the various markets Revlon currently...
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...1. Develop a marketing strategy for Revlon to enter the men’s cosmetics market with a complete product line. Revlon is one of the world's leading cosmetics companies engaged in producing, marketing and selling cosmetics, skin care products, fragrance and personal care products. It owns several world-famous brands (Datamonitor, 2006). Revlon’s works hard to provide beauty, excitement and innovation through quality products that are affordable to their consumers. They have developed a long standing reputation as a trendsetter in the world of cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care (Datamonitor, 2006). Consumers make purchases not only because they like a particular product, but because they are trying to find a solution to a problem. Products are designed to equip consumers with the totals they need to satisfy their problems. In the case of men’s cosmetics, Revlon would need to identify motives that would make men want to buy their products such as; career enhancement, ego booster, sense of competitiveness and attention from women. Playing on these motives would allow Revlon to reach the male market. Subtleness and convenience are some of the product attributes that researchers found to be important to male consumers in buying and experiment with cosmetics. Complete product line include convenient combo of a natural smelling three step skin care (facial soap, cleanser & moisturizer)’ shaving products, deodorants, skin cleaning and treatment products designed to hide...
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...Assignment 3: Case 3-6 “Revlon for Men? Ubersexuals and the Changing Male Landscape Sarah Bean Consumer Behavior MK510 Professor Kelly Bruning May 13th, 2012 Abstract The following essay will discuss the overall view of how the Revlon cosmetics company will market towards the male demographic. Traditionally, men are not the primary consumers of cosmetics, health and/or beauty products . The case demonstrates in more recent times that there are more male consumers of health and beauty products such as skin conditioners, body washes, colognes etc.. The essay will challenge the reader to utilize their critical thinking skills in regards to how Revlon will market their company to male consumers. Introduction The following essay will discuss how and utilizing what methods that Revlon will market to male consumers. Revlon is an American, cosmetics, fragrance and skin care corporation that was founded in 1932. The company is known for providing cosmetics, health, and beauty products for a variety of consumers. There are several divisions of Revlon that target different types of customers such as; Princess Marcella Bourghese is the upscale and international division, Moon Drops is the dry skin division, and Etherea is the hypo-allergenic division. Revlon is now concentrating...
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...With these developments, it is obvious that conflicts between parties of different nationalities occur and liability to tax on income of foreigners especially among those engaging in trading venture. Whilst the laws affecting domicile and residence may be sufficiently settled, it is paramount for courts to pursue a detailed analysis to ascertain specific preliminary issues so as to avoid controversial rulings. Courts often handle numerous financial cases that involve what can be best described as foreign or international elements. In such cases, court must decide whether it has the jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975 to make a decision on such cases. In the event that it is determined that the court is invested with the jurisdiction to determine the case, the court has to consider whether there is a system of law in foreign country that also has the jurisdiction to handle the case. As it was addressed in the case Attorney General of New Zealand v Ortiz [1984] AC 1, these benefits and costs to either party if the case resolution is made in foreign country as compared with the apparent country should also be a subject of concern. [1] Legal systems in most countries around the world adopt community property regime, which takes effect at the inception of marriage or at the time of divorce. For instance, California and Massachusetts in the United States have adopted community property regimes that support equal division of assets upon divorce. However, this provision...
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...Adapted from Bernhardt & Kinnear (1988). Cases in marketing management, pp. 6-16. Plano, TX: Business Publications, Inc. Pay careful attention to the following points. They are often used by instructors to evaluate either a written or oral analysis. 1. Be complete. Each area of the situation analysis must be discussed, problems and opportunities identified, alternative presented and evaluated using the situation analysis and relevant financial analysis, and a decision must be made. An analysis that omits part of the situation analysis or only recognizes one alternative is not a good analysis. Second, each area must be covered in-depth and within insight. 2. Avoid rehashing case facts. Every case has a lot of factual information. A good analysis uses facts that are relevant to the situation at hand to make summary points of analysis. A poor analysis just restates or rehashes theses facts without making relevant summary comments. 3. Make reasonable assumptions. Every case is incomplete in terms of some piece of information that you would like to have. A good case analysis must make realistic assumptions to fill in the gaps of information in the case. For example, the case may not describe the purchase decision process for the product of interest. A poor analysis would either omit mentioning this or just state that no information is available. A good analysis would attempt to present this purchase decision process by classifying the product and drawing upon real life...
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...are given. It is understandable then that we should seek out more opportunities to apply our skills and make more positive impacts within our jurisdictions. It is this general attitude that led us to get involved in investigating cold cases. How We Got Started Mark had, for several years, been consulting with our Coroner’s Division as a forensic anthropologist. During this time he came to learn that there were numerous coroners’ cases in which the identity of the decedent was unknown. These cases were kept in three-ring binders on a shelf in the Sergeant’s office. Over the years, in the course of this forensic work, we would discuss these cases and the progress that was being made on them. The conversation usually ran along the lines of us asking “any luck with that 1980 homicide victim?” and the sergeant answering “well, we’ve gotten so many new cases that I haven’t been able to even look at it yet.” This went on for a few years and through two different sergeants. One day we, as a crime analysis unit, were brainstorming about how we could broaden our “client base”, as it were. We had been successful in integrating ourselves into our Investigations Bureau and had been involved in numerous major cases. And, of course, we had always been active in producing tactical and strategic analyses for our patrol personnel. But we knew that we could be doing more, particularly given the size and responsibilities of our agency. It was during...
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...BUSINESS CASE Presented to the Accountancy Department De La Salle University In partial fulfillment Of the course requirements In ACCTBA2 (C33) March 2, 2015 A stakeholder is typically concerned with an organization delivering intended results and meeting its financial objectives. In general, a stakeholder can be one of two types: internal (from within an organization) or external (outside of an organization). The stakeholders in this situation are Lanie Marquez and Tim Rodriguez who are also partners in the retail distribution business and their capital contributions are as follows P500,000 and P300,000 respectively they are an internal stakeholder since they are also the owners. The total Capital of both stakeholders is P800,000 and with a monthly salary for both partners at P15,000 on the assumption that both of them will contribute to manage the business equally. Assuming that both managed the business equally the total salary for the year for Lanie and Tim are P180,000 each. They share profit and loss equally and no interest will be given on capital contributed. The problem for this situation is that Lanie is starting to get concerned with the behavior of her other partner Tim. He only manages the business 50% of the time, which will mean that his salary of P15,000 will need to decrease by also 50% since he does not manage the business equally with his partner. The business has seen a downturn in the profit outcome and for the current financial...
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...Ralph’s Grocery and United Food and Commercial Workers Union The case that I chose for the week 6 critical thinking assignment concerns Ralph’s Grocery Company, located in California. It applies to this week’s material due to the fact that the case involves unlawful suspension and discharge of an employee, as reviewed by the National Labor Relations Board. Background In May 2011, Vittorio Razi was an employee at Ralph’s Grocery and was suspended and terminated after he refused to take a drug test without first consulting with his UFCW Local 324 representative. The company (Respondent) says that on the day in question, Razi’s behavior was in question, acting nervous, anxious, agitated, and slurred speech. After a couple managers discussed the...
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