Anita Roddick, managing director and inspiration for the body store, did a lot of work on brand issues yesterday.
She said that the most powerful brands such as Heinz, Persil and Coca --
More than 70 cola.
By contrast, Body Shop was a blushing teenager at just 18 years old.
Mrs. Roddick's message is that it takes time to build a brand and it takes a long time
Short-term gains mean short-term gainsterm pain.
At present, British cosmetics retailers are sure to feel pain, most of them from the United States. Group pre-
Tax profits could rise from £ 29.
From 7 m to 33 m in 1994.
It's five metres this year, but the US division is hurting.
Operating profit in the United States fell from £ 6.
2 m to 4 m last year.
Nine metres this time, like-for-
Just like sales fell by 3 percentage points in a year, down 8 percentage points since this year --end.
The problem with the organization is that while body shops are a household name in the UK, few people in the United States have heard of it.
The company was founded there in 1988 and has since expanded at an alarming rate.
It added 65 stores last year, with a total of 235.
40 more will be opened this year.
Body Shop admits that in the sprint of growth, it ignores what's going on inside the store.
Americans like a steady stream of new products, but there are few new products in physical stores.
The shop looks shabby and the service is not as good as the UK.
New York is a special problem.
As the US market leader bass and physical engineering companies begin to compete more aggressively in price, competition is also intensifying.
The company is responding to the problem.
Terry Hartin, who sold his cosmetics business to the body shop in 1991, will move to North Carolina to strengthen the U. S. business.
There will be more product launches.
A mobile body store in pantechcon bumps on May's Highway to bring information to Hicksville, USA.
But the body store is facing a cultural problem in the United States, because it may have to do something that is not considered elsewhere in the U. S. market.
It may not even have to worry about the integrity of the brand or the discount.
Still have a chance in Britain
For example, there are more shops on the train station
But the market must be saturated.
This is just to highlight the importance of the United States for the group's future growth prospects.
Benson is predicting
Tax profits will be £ 38 next year.
As share prices fell 152 yesterday to Pence, they were less than expected --
Price-earnings ratio 12. 5.
But to such a large extent, it is better to avoid these stocks by relying on reversing the operating situation in the United States.
Bskyb investors who supported the British Sky Broadcasting Corporation's listing in December saw their stock almost nowhere to go.
It reached a high of 275, except for a few peaks.
The 5 p in February and the 243 p low in April, share prices have been hovering around the 256 p start-up level for most of the past five months.
Yesterday, it was reported that the satellite broadcasting company failed to acquire shares on the fifth ground channel, and the data showed a leap in profits for nine months, which did not disturb the balance of the market. Pre-
During this period, tax profits increased by 104 to reach the pound, which is basically in line with expectations and stocks fell by only 0. 5p to 259p.
Although chief executive Sam Chisholm made an optimistic statement, he said the company had strengthened its market position.
With further programming acquisitions, he expects "significant" growth in the future.
On the surface, there seems to be little slowdown in profit growth. The near two-
In the last quarter, people in their thirties have expanded faster in nine months, almost doubling.
Tax profits increased from £ 24.
In the next three months, 9 m to 49 m.
But that didn't bring the benefits of a £ 824 float that cut debt to around £ 900 and cut quarterly interest from £ 22. 6m to £16. 9m.
At the business level, growth slowed from 53 age points in 9 months to 39 age points in the most recent period.
BSkyB added 90,000 users in the traditionally quiet January, which is good
Christmas's enthusiasm for Sky emerging channels has weakened, leading to high switchingoff rates (the "churn").
But analysts are still slightly disappointed with user growth, which was 576,000 in nine months, with a total of just over 4 million at the end of the third quarter, the same as two months ago.
Any signs of a recent slowdown in the sales index will hit BSkyB stocks, but there are still encouraging signs.
The company will continue to be the main supplier of cable TV programs, accounting for about 1 million of its users.
This should link the fate of the satellite's main competitors with the fate of BSkyB.
The churn rate also seems to have dropped to about 12 cents a year. on-
Despite the price increase in October, the monthly subscription volume increased by 3 to 22.
The complete package of 21 channels is 99.
The annual profit as of June is close to £ 155, which will make these stocks 28 times as expected.
This looks very high and may be hit suddenly.
But the support of a range of media companies led by Rupert Murdoch's News International should give investors some confidence in the future.
It is possible to receive an initial dividend of 3 p or 4 p, which is worth holding.
The EFG of the former Economic Forestry Group woodsEFG was badly lost after the initial business was knocked down by Nigel Lawson after the decision to end the tree investment tax offer in 1988.
Subsequently, a variety of activities from the garden center to the barbecue left a series of losses.
But since the new management led by Robin Garland moved in two years ago and issued 3 shares at 12 p per share, it has been thoroughly cleaned up. Loss-
Manufacturers were eliminated after £ 4.
The 47 m disposal scheme reached a climax in February at a price of 2.
A garden center in West Sussex is for sale.
The result was revealed yesterday in the pre-
In the 12 months ended January, tax profits soared from 132,000 to 917,000.
Shareholders, who received the nominal 0.
Last year, the dividend of 1 p will be increased to 0. 5p this time -
First paid since 1990.
Mr. Garland's net cash is 1.
The acquisition must be substantial, profitable, preferably in a niche industry, he said.
Profit of 1 pound.
2 m has escaped his control, but there are still three under the microscope that he wants to announce before the transition phase.
Investors could hardly judge the value of the business until it happened, but Garland's record was mixed.
He's at the helm now.
It was not until 1990 that the Scottish genetic trust fund was dissolved, just as the mini trust fund began to go wrongconglomerate.
At the same time, the trading profit of the remaining garden center and peat business of EFG has dropped from 1.
As soon as the impact of the huge reserve is lifted, it is between £ 23 m and £ 773,000.
Share price rose 1. 5p to 16.
Yesterday's 5 p, roughly equal to net assets, is still a gamble.
