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We live in the generation of fashion and technology. Our wants fashionably override our needs in life. The Australian fashion industry has come to expect a huge splash from Sportsgirl at the Melbourne L’Oreal Fashion Festival, and 2005 set a new benchmark. Ideally, the business will come to the customer by promoting their brand through the launches

The definition of true beauty continues to evolve as generations pass and new ones emerge. Ulta Beauty, a popular cosmetic store, sells products with the aim to make women feel confident in their skin. Their use of advertisements helps spread the word about new, improved product lines and reach out to potential buyers. Selling makeup is the obvious goal of a cosmetic store, but the kind of consumers they attract and how varies between different franchises. When a company displays their products in one shot instead of in a commercial, the task of conveying the message becomes harder. Ulta Beauty persuades women to purchase their products by pointing out buyers’ insecurities while still appearing to promote empowering feminist values.

1. REVLON INC. EXISTING VISION AND MISSION Vision Provide glamour, excitement and innovation to consumers through high-quality products at affordable prices Mission To emerge as the dominant cosmetics and personal care firm through the twenty-first century by appealing to young/trendy women, health-conscious women (skin care), and older women with its variety of brands 2. NEW VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS FOR REVLON INC. Vision To be wellknown and accepted as the high value provider by constant innovative and improvements products to keep pace with the changes in consumer lives.

Cultural differences between nations often require a company to have multiple marketing strategies. What may be acceptable in on country may not be acceptable in another country. The cultural differences require companies to develop marketing plans that are suitable for each individual culture. Not being aware of and understanding the cultural differences can create costly and embarrassing errors that may actually offend those in other countries. Cultural differences can affect the colors of products, the graphics used on packaging, and how the product is communicated to the foreign target market.

Cosmetic brand Maybelline New York has an emotional effect on a variety of individuals. Their company has not only attracted the attention of women but has caused women to identify themselves as fierce, daring, and most of all beautiful. Maybelline’s eyeshadow advertisement “The Blushed Nude” portrays a young women who is striking, bold and beautiful. Maybelline wants consumers to feel beautiful and their advertisement provides the image and desires a women seeks in accomplishing natural looking beauty. Women wish to identify themselves as beautiful and belong to a

• Consumer Behavior: In different countries consumers will respond differently to advertising, product positioning and the kind of distribution. Also the willingness to spend a certain amount of the income for cosmetics differs among countries. Another important factor is the consumer’s willingness to switch the brand.

The Lululemon brand ranked highest among their competitors for “luxury fashion apparel”. Organizing a like-minded community for body-conscious and health-aware as well as fashion-pursuing female customers is one of the most fundamental parts of Lululemon’s marketing strategy. Lululemon is the first mainstream clothing company to really put the “salon” business model into every detail of their business management. Resembling the core of Apple’s retail strategy, in which like-minded thinkers came together to share their own opinions, culture, and theories. Customers go to the Apple store and salesmen will teach them how to use the products. Lululemon will do the same thing, they could teach customers. In recent retail environment, buyer and seller are put on the same sides under the effect of this strategy. Both are focused on an idea of self-betterment that overshadows the commercial transaction itself. This ethic strategy transforms the stores into a space for personal communication with low pressure. The employee have the chances to talk to the customers about their passions and pursuits, and customers will select the ideal garments with the help of the employee. The final purchase transaction comes to be an investment in customers themselves, representing their own ideas and goals. In fact, Lululemon keeps setting goal behind the counter to make customized service to guests. Salon-model strategy is a trend to interest consumers overtook the desire to just own or consume more

As a Beauty Editor for Young Hot & Modern, my digital female-empowerment magazine, Ms. Ali has attended New York Fashion Week and kept our readers abreast of runway trends, interviewed popular YouTube star and on-air beauty expert Deepica Mutyala while setting our readership to new heights, and contributed to multiple redesign and marketing strategies for the website. Ms. Ali has a profound understanding of how to market fashion and beauty as product, story, and

Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc’s (MKC) was facing challenges of increasing number of competing direct selling organizations in the US cosmetics market and was not satisfied with their sales revenue generated from international sales. They believed MKC culture could be transferred internationally and that Mary Kay Ash’s charisma, motivation and philosophy were likely to appeal to women throughout the world.

Of course, the feminine care product brand is not without challenges. In an industry where there is clear competition, creating a sustainable marketing plan is essential. The Always brand brought about change in the mindset of many people, as well as profits for the company, all because of awareness and redefining what it meant to be a girl. “Marketing feminine hygiene products, particularly to girls who are hitting puberty at younger ages, can be a challenge” (Patel, 2014). The Always brand acknowledged this challenge and responded perfectly with their purpose-driven

Renting Beauty made it more affordable for women to wear high-end fashions, it rapidly moves into our next phase of growth, we will continue to attract leaders who can scale the firm in this next phase. The well capitalized will support the company's growth and continues to deliver on our financial objectives. By increasing awareness by 50% within a 14-week period, and Increasing customers confidence in the brand by 45% within a 14-week period.

It has been estimated that the global beauty industry consisting of skin care worth $24 Billon; hair-care products valued at $38 billons and perfume at $15 billion is growing up to 7% a year (Economist, 2003). These numbers show the industry of beauty has proven to be lucrative over the years due to the need for that special hair and body products mixed with the wants of perfumes, body potions and etc. However, it is not just a good product that delivers results the customer is looking for, it is an overall experience that has become essential.

Market segmentation is usually regarded as one of the main elements of marketing, with benefit segmentation commonly referred to as the most meaningful form of segmentation. Even though the importance of segmentation is broadly accepted, limited research, do exist about cosmetic medical products (Mohr, Sengupta, & Slater 2010, 79). There are very few real examples of segmentation studies available. This article has focused on Johnson and Johnson products marketing strategy globally. The spread of global culture is normally facilitated by the rise of global capitalism, the proliferation of transitional corporations, homogenization of global consumption, and widespread aspiration for material possessions. International market researchers have discussed the breadth of convergence of cultural values across countries.

In terms of promotion and advertising, L’Oreal should change the “star product” approach and instead focus on the whole product line or perhaps a set of products for a given target segment. In this way, L’Oreal can inform its customers on its products which should also help them in choosing the right product for themselves. L’Oreal should also focus on building the brand Plenitude since this is something that customers are not aware of. They

1. What are the functions performed by the distribution channels in cosmetic products? How are some of these functions performed in Shiseido’s operation in China?