Case Study: Imbalie Beauty

Princessa Beauty Products is a retailer of beauty products catered to the black community that has been around for more than 20 years. Princessa is one of the oldest beauty stores serving the black community in Montreal and is located on the western side of the island. George Richards managed Princessa for two years and purchased the store from the original owners using his life savings. Between the years of 2002 and 2006 the store showed growth in sales from $453,156 to $605,249, but between 2005 and 2006 annual sales stayed the same and in 2007 sales fell to $509,000. Due to this decline in sales Richards began to take into consideration other factors that could be affecting the business. There seemed to be positive reports in the

There are many, arguably, different types of means to raise children. According to The Center of Parenting Education, out of the three parenting styles of assertive, aggressive, and permissive, the assertive parenting style is the most fruitful as it uses an equilibrium of both nurture and structure. In spite of the popularity of these parenting styles, Rose Mary and Rex Walls are significantly different as parents as they use a combination of all three main parenting styles. Many may argue that the children of Rose Mary and Rex Walls were better off in a foster care home instead of living with their actual parents in such a grating domain. However, that may not be the case because Rose Mary and Rex Walls have developed numerous hardships for their children to overcome so that they may be able to be successful and thrive in society in the near future. Rose Mary and Rex Walls were not “unfit” parents but rather unique ones.

LUSH –The Brand Name started their journey 30 years ago. LUSH was founded by Mark Constantine in 1995 with a hope of an initiative of natural cosmetic industry. In 1976 Mark Constantine was studying on trichology (Cosmetic study which concentrated on hair and scalp) and his friend Liz Weir, a beauty therapist both decided to start their own business.They started making products with natural ingredients in their kitchen. At that time Mark contacted with Anita Roddick (Founder of The Body Shop) and started to supply their beauty products for The Body Shop. They were the biggest successful provider for Body Shop over a decade. At this point of time Body Shop bought their product formulas.In 1987 they decided to start their own catalogue order cosmetics company called “Cosmetics To Go” (1987-1994). The company went bankrupt in 1994 due to not fulfilling customer’s requirement, cost of price and other issues. For this reason they sold the company. Finally in 1995 Mark

Although she did loose a few customers because they had to cut back. Some customers’ lash extensions were no longer being done every two weeks. Other then loosing a couple regular customers, it didn’t affect the business as much as it could have. II. Marketing

She worked hard in high school to achieve this dream: she was a good student and musician (she played the cello) and an active volunteer. Ranked 82nd out of all the students in her senior class at Stephen F. Austin High School, she participated in math competitions and was co-president of the school orchestra. Part of the reason she cared so much was that both her father and her older sister had attended UT.

hostile environment his father sought to escape. His mother betrayed him as she never embraced

“At the earliest age, I picked up from her the value of drive and discipline,” Ravich said. “She worked exceedingly hard to get to the pinnacle of her profession by understanding not only what she had that was naturally strong but, more important, what she needed to work at tirelessly.”

Before ULTA entered the beauty market in 1990, a woman would have to go to multiple stores to find cosmetic, fragrance, and salon products. ULTA has become a woman’s one-stop-beauty department store, they house everything from brands such as Revlon to Estée Lauder, products such as nail polish to specialty shampoos, and they even offer makeup and hair services. In this industry of beauty there are many competitors and companies must stay ahead of their competition, ULTA has done this and more. At the same time they have to foresee any future problems while they continue to grow and find ways to overcome the barriers. Being a lover of cosmetics investing in a company such as ULTA would seem a

The beauty industry is very large and continues to grow; according to Euromonitor International and IBIS World Inc., the industry represents about $127 million in sales from beauty products and salon services, as stated in Ulta’s 2015 annual report (Ulta Beauty, 2016 p. 5). Ulta Beauty currently competes with highly regarded department stores, salons, and even Amazon. Despite this, Ulta Beauty has maintained its place among leaders within the beauty industry, according to Elaine Low for Investors.com (Low, 2016).

Her passion for education and children was noticeable as she became involved with local school and detected the needs of better education. She also mentored and financially supported young people with desire to attend college.

The video “Graduation… now what?” spoke about Angela Lee perspective on what the key to success is for your future. She talked about students not learning a particular subject in school. She says you can learn the material if you work hard and long enough. Angela believes that what we need in education is much better understanding of students and learning from a motivational perspective. In education they measure best in I.Q, but that’s not how we measure success. If you want to be successful, you need to have grit. Angela says “grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals” you need to live it like a marathon not a sprint. You can’t believe that failure is a permanent condition. Always work hard even when you feel like giving up.

The one creative problem solving area I am most strong is my ability to keep an open mind and view problems from other perspectives. (DeJanasz, S., Dowd, B., and Schneider, K., 2015, pp. 351) Instead of thinking negatively, I like to look at the “problem” as a new and exciting challenge. As a manager of a salon, I was often concerned with building clientele and improving customer flow. Salons are usually a little slower in the summertime until back-to-school time which is around the beginning of August. I needed to think of a way to keep customers coming back through September and October. The other stylists and I used collaborative decision making to solve the issue. (DeJanasz, S. et al,

In this essay, I will be discussing how the beauty industry has evolved between the period of 1997 till present, the transitions and effects it has caused as well as the possibilities for the future of what it could become.

However a store dedicated to only cosmetics and that has a large variety of brands and products is more appealing to the customer.  Another large strength that differentiates Ulta from its competitors our their in store salons. Each Ulta location has a 950 square foot salon. Equipped with 8-10 salon station. Their salons offer services such as hair cut, hair coloring, facials, manicures, and skin treatments with trained and certified beauticians. A majority of Ulta’s marketing comes from their direct mail catalog and email catalog. This gives a full display of the products they offer and includes coupons for the store. This is a great way to encourage people to shop at their store by showing all they have to offer and giving them a discount. The makeup and beauty industry is on the rise currently with many people wanting high end beauty products. Many new beauty brands are being introduced and existing brands expanding their beauty lines. Brands are fighting to get shelf space on stores such as Ulta and Sephora. This has lead to Ulta being able to charge these companies more because the demand for shelf space is so high. Struggling to compete with other brands many high end beauty products such as Bobbi

Brock beauty, Inc. is a company located in Los Angeles, United states of America specializing in the innovation of natural hair and skin care. The headquarter of the company is found in Oak Harbor BLVD Slidell in Los Angeles, The company was found in 2004 committed in delivering safe natural ingredients and formulae that have been clinically tested and verified to treat inside out. The better business bureau (BBB) has confirmed that the company meets and complies with the BBB accreditation standards. In other words, the business has been doing well in accomplishing high quality products and ensure competency in all sectors of their services.