1) Skin Food brand facts
The first store was opened in the Myeong-Dong district in Seoul in December 2004.
At present(May 2009)thereare 287retailstores and plans are on for setting more stores. It is one of the fastest growing brands in the Korean skin care market.
The natural appeal of the products increased its popularity over the years.
The overwhelming success made way for setting up
Foods Market
ⅰ History of WFM
In 1978, 25-year-old college dropout John Mackey and his 21-year-old girlfriend Rene Lawson, borrowed $45,000 from family and friends to open a small natural foods store called SaferWay in Austin, Texas (the name being a spoof of Safeway).
Two years later, John Mackey partnered with Craig Weller and Mark Skiles to merge SaferWay with their Clarksville Natural G
Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION
ⅰ.About whole foods market
Whole Foods Market is a foods supermarket chain based in Austin, Texas which emphasizes "natural" and organic products. It is classified as grocery store and health foodstore. Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market is now the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods. The company operates 302 store
retailer founded in 1998 and it has developed into one of the domestic competitors of foreign coffee retailers such as Starbucks and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Korea. Since 1998, Hollys Coffee has steadily increased its stores and the number of them has amounted to more than 200 recently. Not satisfied with the huge success in Korean domestic market, Hollys Coffee decided to go abroad and open
stores in China and abroad of the domestic retail industry, Big-Marts expand overseas markets to secure its role as an outpost for been able to expect.
However, the existing department stores and traditional markets and small retailers, such as local supermarkets are increasingly competitive with new retail industry. And this situation can not be overlooked.
Despite such confusion, Marketing ch