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Brand Overview
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“The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social and environmental activism. We don’t tend to support big agencies.” —Anita Roddick
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Brand Overview Founder | Anita Roddick Founded | 1976 Headquarters | Brighton, UK Products |
The Body Shop International Limited, trading as The Body Shop, is a British cosmetics, skin care and perfume company that was founded in 1976 by the late British environmental and human rights campaigner Dame Anita Roddick. In 1970, she visited “The Body Shop”, a shop in Berkeley, California, selling naturally-scented soaps and lotions. The shop, run by Peggy Short and Jane Saunders, used natural ingredients and helped to employ and train
Skin care, Cosmetics,
immigrant women. Six years later, in 1976, Roddick opened
Fragrances
a similar shop in the UK, also named The Body Shop. Her vision was to sell products with natural, ethical and sustainably sourced ingredients, with simple packaging. In addition, Anita promised that the ingredients used in her products were not tested on animals, were not synthetic, and long before the Fairtrade movement–that they had been ethically sourced from ground-level growers rather than commodity brokers.
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History Timeline Save the Whales
Against Animal Testing
Save the Whales with Greenpeace is the
The company files suit
first major campaign that Anita and The
against a television
Body Shop launch.
program that claims it uses products that have
First Store Opens
been tested on animals.
The founder, Anita Roddick, opened
Order of the British Empire
the very first The Body Shop store on the 26th of March in Brighton, on the
Anita Roddick is awarded an OBE.
south coast of England. They sell natural ingredient cosmetics.
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The Body Shop Foundation
The Body Shop goes
The foundation is a charity which
public with 138 stores in
funds human rights, animal and
operation.
environmental protection groups. Community Trade The first Community Fair Trade product for The Body Shop is a footsie roller, produced by Teddy Exports, a supplier in southern India. Thanks to trade with The Body Shop, the Teddy School opens in 1994, bringing an opportunity to educate the local children.
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Humane Cosmetics Standard
Our Future Vision
The Body Shop is the first international
Instead of just taking care of
cosmetics company to be recognized
one’s outward appearance,
under the Humane Cosmetics Standard
like using natural ingredients
supported by leading international
for skin care products, The
animal protection groups.
Body Shop plan to expand our natural ingredients initiative
The Founder Passes Away
from skin care to health based on the same goodwill.
Anita Roddick passed away at 64.
We will apply our fair trade practices in developing organic farms and markets.
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Against Animal Testing Campaign
The Body Shop Sold to L’Oréal
“Against Animal Testing” re-launch
The Against Animal Testing campaign
Roddick rather controversially sold
The Body Shop re-launch the ‘Against
gathers four million signatures–the
The Body Shop to cosmetics giant L’Oréal,
Animal Testing’ campaign in partnership
largest ever petition at the time–and
the same L’Oréal that continues to test
with Cruelty Free International.
delivers it to the European Commission.
new ingredients on animals.
In November 1998, the campaign leads to a UK-wide ban on animal testing on cosmetic products & ingredients.
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“If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.”
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Our mission is to increase environmental awareness through a holistic approach to beauty and health.
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New Vision Pass on the idea of being force of good in business. Instead of just taking care of one’s outward appearance, like using natural ingredients for skin care products, The Body Shop will also explore the internal health of the body based on the same goodwill. The Body Shop will make effort on achieving the high quality requirements through strict quality control of food. In addition, The Body Shop will also cooperate with professional scholars and scientists to advocating zero pollution and eliminate genetic modification on all of its expansion.
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Brand Verve Inspiring | Businesses have an opportunity to do better. We hope to have the ability to inspire consumers with a positive and powerful perspective. Conscientious | We are responsible for what we stand for with an authentic mind and heart. We are accountable for all of our actions. Healthy | Not just taking care of one’s outer appearance, We plan to expand our natural ingredients initiative from skin care to health.
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Target Audience In order to determine The Body Shop’s competitiveness in the market place, we researched the persona by observing people associated with our brand. We identify our potential audience from diverse perspectives. The lifestyles of our audience allow us to have a deeper understanding of the brand and how to be appealing to customers.
Main Persona Out of Persona
Consumerist Shopper
Naturalist Make-Up Artist
Economical Nature Lover
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A Naturalist Make-Up Artist 36 | Male | Freelance Artist | Los Angeles, CA
Jason Cordova Jason is a native American who has been working in the make-up and skin care industry for several years. He has a 7-year-old child who has sensitive skin. Currently, he is a successful freelance make-up artist as well as a professional skin care advisor.
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Personal Traits Apart from working as a freelance make-up artist, he loves to share his personal experience about skin care or products that he recommends using on her blog. Having a child with a sensitive skin makes him choose skin care products carefully. He has a lot of knowledge about harmful ingredients in cosmetic products because she wants to be professional and accurate about what she shares on her blog. He loves to go to farmers markets, because He believes that healthy eating is also a way to keep beauty natural. He has a flexible schedule of working. Once he has time, he would love to spend time with her family and do outdoor activities. His wife will prepare vitamins for him everyday. They would go to gym regularly. He reads the magazines about makeup to absorb new ideas and take a look at new and interesting products.
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A Economical Nature Lover 42 | Female | Environmental Lawyer | Minneapolis, MN
Valentina Neta Valentina is a Mexican immigrant who works as a lawyer who cares a lot about environment. She is always caring and loves to help others. She has a simple but satisfied lifestyle.
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Personal Traits She cares about the environment a lot so that she works as a environmental lawyer even if it pays less than other lawyer jobs. She loves to use the products that have natural ingredients. When she can afford, she buys it. She cooks by herself because she has to be mindful of her monthly costs, and it also is a way to stay healthy. She just starts to learn how to plant some organic ingredients in her backyard. Everyone in her neighborhood who knows Valentina considers her as a caring and supportive person. She plans to join the organization running the local farmers market to help promote organic farming. She sometimes organizes a group of people to recycle in the neighborhood.
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A Eco-conscious Shopper 28 | Female | Newspaper Editor | San Francisco, CA
Hamamoto Misato Hamamoto is a Japanese immigrant who works for a newspaper in San Francisco. She has a regular routine daily to keep good health and tries to be minimalist in lifestyle.
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Personal Traits She takes environmental protection seriously, because she thinks it’s everyone’s duty and should start from small steps from each of us. She never buys plastic bags when she goes shopping. She always remembers to carry one recycle bag with her. She uses products that are reusable. She grabs a cup of coffee everyday before work. She has a good habit of using her own reusable coffee cup. She always buys groceries in small portions, so that she is less likely to waste them. She checks the ingredients list to make sure there are no harmful components to the environment before she buys the products. She would be happy to share tips with her friends on protecting the environment and encourage them to do it.
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A Health-conscious Mom 32 | Female | Full-time Mom | Chicago, IL
Samantha Lee Samantha is original from Taiwan and married to an American. She moved to the United States 6 years ago. They have a 5-year-old child. She loves her family so much that she takes good care of them and is very serious about living healthily.
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Personal Traits Apart from taking care of her child and husband, in her free time, she loves to join some events that is aiming for environmental protection. She usually goes to the organic food markets for grocery shopping, even if they are more expensive than regular markets. She always makes choices based on what is better for her family’s health. She cares about the ingredients of the products that are related to skin, because her child has sensitive skin. She would like to plan a small trip sometimes with her husband to have a chance to get close to the nature. To have a balanced and healthy lifestyle, she prepares three meals for her husband and child almost everyday. She is not a blind shopper that easily believes commercial messages. She makes sure first hand whether their claims are true. She eats vitamins everyday and reminds her family to take them in order to balance their health.
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A Environmentalist Advocator 48 | Male | College Professor | Denver, CO
Jayden Fields Berton is a professor who specializes in social science at the University of Colorado, Denver. He has a wife and a high school daughter. He cares a lot about environmental issues.
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Personal Traits He likes the books about sustainable development in order to keep himself updated toward the news to be resourceful while seeing things in different angles. He leads students activist group in college to promote the importance of environmental protection, because he wants to start to increase eco-consciousness from college. He would help his wife and daughter recognizes brands that are healthy and pollution free. He is very passionate about what he does for a living. He is very serious about the habit of recycling at home. He wouldn’t use disposable tableware when taking out from a restaurant. He brings his own utensils. Sometimes he gives speeches about the importance of environmental protection.
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A Vegetarian Yoga Teacher 24 | Female | Yoga Teacher | Brooklyn, NY
Zohana Parikh Zohana is of Indian descent and who grew up in Brooklyn. Currently, she is a yoga teacher. She started to be a vegetarian last year. She has a dog and she is an animal rights person. She cares about the issues about animal protection.
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Personal Traits She exercises regularly to keep her body in good shape. If She has time, she prefers to cook at home everyday. She seldom eats fast food. She walks her dog everyday in the park in the early morning. She meets many people who also love animals in her neighborhood. She loves to read articles or to watch TV programs promoting good health. She cares about what kinds of food can provide enough protein for her, because she is a vegetarian. She joins the petition signatures to present to the UN General Assembly in an effort to end animal testing. She always shops in organic markets even they are more expensive.
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A Consumerist Shopper 25 | Female | Fashion Designer | Boston, MA
Hae Min Kim Hae Min is a fresh graduate from a fashion design school in Korea. She came to the United States to pursuit her master’s degree. She loves fashion and shopping.
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Personal Traits She always pays attention to new fashion and new make-up products. She is not mindful enough to look into the safety of ingredients. She is easily be drawn by the visual value of a commercial. She seldom cares about the issues around the environment or society. Sometimes she is kind of wasteful. She eliminates products she just brought to get a new one. She loves animals but she doesn’t put too much effort in helping them. She doesn’t care about eating organic food. She cares more about the price. She cares more about saving money to buy clothes. She seldom wears the same outfit everyday.
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A Night Owl College Student 19 | Male | College Student | Pittsburgh, PA
Zack Hensley Zack is a freshmen in college whose major is game design. His mom always worries about whether he takes good care of himself or not. He is passionate about designing games.
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Personal Traits He has a great passionate for game design. He usually spends a lot of time on it and loses track of time. He never cares about choosing skin care products. He always uses brands that his mom used to choose for him. As a student, he always chooses to buy food at a discount supermarket. He would rather save the money than choose healthier or organic food. He is aware of the importance of environmental protection, but he doesn’t take any practical step to carry out. He likes to stay at home more than going outdoors. He usually stays up late playing video games. He forgets to bring the recycle bag and asks for plastic bag when he shops for groceries very often.
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Brand Competitors The purpose of exploring brand competitors is to make The Body Shop identity clear and thorough. In this process, we found the competitors in three different breakthrough point, which are current competitors, adjacent competitors, and future competitors. Through this stage, we can identify what we need and to have better understanding of relevant industry.
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“There is no scientific answer for success. You can not define it. You have simply got to live it and do it.”
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Current Competitions The Body Shop is a great crueltyfree alternative, which against animal testing and care about nature value. In this direction, we search 10 of skin care or makeup brands which are also value the same points.
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Beauty Without Cruelty
Inspired by the eco-conscious
It has a full line of cruelty-
consumer and the Mother
free, vegan skin, body, and
Nature. Nature’s Gate offers
hair care products made
a cohesive line of holistic
with natural ingredients and
beauty products from hair
aroma-therapeutic essential
to toes.
oils, and color cosmetics.
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Body Crystal of California
For vegan and cruelty-free
Body Crystal of California
makeup products, shop
is a vegan and cruelty-
Pacifica for all of your skin
free company. They sell
care, makeup, hair, nail
animal-free, all-natural body
polish, fragrance and body
splashes, fragrances, and
product needs.
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NYX remains cruelty-free
A established green ans
brands. They convince most
despite their acquisition
organic makeup brand
people that they make totally
by L’Oreal. It’s a good quality
offering minimalist makeup.
natural products. They
drugstore makeup brand,
Their range mainly consists
dedicated to green policy and
offering highly pigmented
of versatile paint pot, like
against animal testing.
products in both natural
items for face, cheeks, lips,
and bold shades.
and eyes.
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Gabriel Cosmetics
They sell professional
This is one of the top green
This brand is 100% vegan
makeup and beauty products
makeup brands. Everything
and Leaping Bunny-certified.
that are affordable for
is free of petrochemicals,
They also own ZuZu Luxe.
any budget and Cruelty-free.
artificial preservatives. Their
Both of these lines are
brushes are also synthetic
natural and paraben-free.
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L’Occitane is an international
Prose is dedicated to making
retailer of body, face,
fresh, customized hair care
fragrances and home
from natural ingredients in
products based in France.
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Melaleuca
Kiehl’s LLC is an American
Its mission is to improve
cosmetics brand retailer that
our environment with
specializes in premium skin,
non-toxic, home-cleaning
hair, and body care products.
products that are safer for your home and allow you
Adjacent Competitions In this process, we identify other brands in two ways: The brands that are in skincare or makeup industry but not be cruelty-free or Eco-friendly related. And, the brands that are not about skincare or makeup but also aiming for eco-friendly. This is a stage that helps us to see things from different angles and to broaden our vision.
to live clean without the hazards of harsh chemicals.
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EO Products
Featuring nearly 300 brands
Dr. Bronner’s is the top-
An essential collection of
along with its own private
selling soap in the U.S.
natural bath, body, skin, and
label, Sephora offers beauty
natural marketplace. They
hair care products made
products including cosmetics,
committed to making
with active botanicals and
skincare, body, fragrance, nail
socially and environmentally
always scented with pure
color, and haircare.
responsible products
essential oils.
of the highest quality.
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Alvarado Street Bakery
Patagonia isn’t just known for
Burt’s Bees is an American
Alvarado Street Bakery
their durable outerwear; they
personal care products
has been a leader in healthy,
are also a major proponent of
company that markets its
organic whole and sprouted
the Go Green movement.
products internationally.
grain baked products for
They make products for
more than 20 years, supporting
personal care, health, beauty,
sustainable agricultural and
and personal hygiene.
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Whole Foods Market Inc.
It’s a neighborhood grocery
is an American supermarket
stores offer thousands
chain that specializes
of natural, organic & gluten-
in selling organic products.
free foods. Discover fresh produce, meats, vitamins, supplements & more.
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Future Competitions For exploring the potential of The Body Shop in the future, we did more research on the possibilities that our brand could expand. For the new directions, we are focusing on health towards personal care to environmental care.
Bluebonnet
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Alternative Apparel
A Texas-based supplement
Alternative Apparel is a leader
manufacturer, Bluebonnet
in eco-friendly production of
offers a little bit of everything
clothing, from their use of eco-
when it comes to your health,
fleece for jackets to organic
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cotton in tanks.
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Apple Gate
Cascadian Farms is one of
Serving local organic food
They produce natural and
the country’s leading brands
and ethical raised meats
organic meats, cheese and
of organic foods. It produces
in support of health and a
frozen products without GMO
healthy frozen vegetables.
more sustainable planet.
ingredients and the source our meat from farms, where animals are treated with care and respect and are allowed to grow at their natural rate.
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Green Chef
It’s an American company
Big Bear Natural Foods
Get healthy and flavorful
that sells cleaning, paper, and
is a natural food market with
meal kits delivered to
personal care products. They
a focus on providing our
your door. Green Chef is all
distributes products to natural
communities with healthy,
about eating and living
food stores, supermarkets,
natural, and organic choices
green. The ingredients are
mass merchants.
for food at an affordable price.
sustainable and delicious.
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The Visual Development Guide In this first book, The Visual Strategy Guide, we researched for the history and future possibilities to have a full understanding of The Body Shop. Next phase, in The Visual Development Guide, we will start to create our new logo for our first step in re-branding.
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