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Corporate Irresponsibility - Toyota

Toyota, a reputed Japanese, world market, automaking company has a history of a longstanding reputation not only for business prowess but also for social responsibility. But, these days, Toyota is facing the unbearable heaviness of being exposed as just another bad automaker who is not socially responsible for their customers lives. The company knew that the defective gas pedals for years and had hidden the existence of tests that would be harmful to its legal position and claimed key material was difficult to get at its headquarters in Japan. It has withheld potentially damaging documents and refused to release data stored electronically in its vehicles. This resulted in a sharp drop in buyers confidence when purchasing Toyotas. Toyota now faces nearly 100 federal wrongful death and injury lawsuits by victims who blame their crashes on sudden acceleration. Toyota hid the existence of its roof strength tests in numerous cases. For example: In California, two women were left paralyzed by separate Toyota rollover crashes and they filed a lawsuit against Toyota, that recently uncovered company documents with sworn testimony by Toyota officials that the company had no written standard for how far vehicle roofs could be crushed. Toyota has behaved unethically and immorally affecting a huge impact on their brand image.

Week 4 - The Marketing Environment

M.A.C.'s target market would be Generation Y. Considering my demographic of Generation Y, who possess, all of these characteristics, such as impatient, family oriented, inquisitive, opinionated, diverse, good time managers, street smart, and connected, all fall into place. Generation Y were born between 1979 and 1994. They are about 60 million strong, one and a half times as large as Generation X. They are also known as "echo boomers." They range from college graduates to kids in their teenage years.  They already spend nearly $200 billion annually and over their lifetimes will likely spend about $10 trillion. Some have already started their careers and are making major purchasing decisions such as cars and homes. Most consumers who purchase M.A.C. products are Generation Y consumers. These consumers are not afraid to purchase two $18.50 products in comparison to the drugstore, where you could find a foundation for $7.00. These consumers know that their skin is important and they will get the best products possible for them and their skin. M.A.C. is the most popular and most demanded cosmetics available in the market today.M.A.C., a company that was originally geared toward the Caucasian market, now attracts a 50% ethnic customer base.

Week 2 - Strategic Planning 3

Disney And M.A.C. Cosmetics Team Up For Villains Collection:

M.A.C. Cosmetics has teamed up with Disney to create a devilish collection inspired by some of the most famous Disney villians. The Venomous Villains collection arrives at M.A.C. stores on September 30^th. It highlights favorite animated antagonists. Cruella De Vil from "101 Dalmatians," Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White’s" Evil Queen and Doctor Facilier from the "Princess and the Frog," are represented in blush, beauty powder, eye shadows, lipstick and nail polish. There are the light and dreamy shades such as “Oh so fair”, a pale pink beauty powder in the Evil Queen’s collection and “Innocence Beware” a taupe shade of lipstick with Cruella de Vil’s mean old mug adorning the packaging. And for the more adventurous, there are plenty of wild and wicked colors to be had. A nail lacquer inspired by Maleficent called “Mean & Green” is a swirl of gun-metal and purple-green that would compliment fall’s gray color palette. And every villainess needs a blood-red lipstick. “Toxic Tale” matches Snow White’s fateful fruit. “I’m sure every woman in the world has a little villain in her somewhere, whether she wants to admit it or not!” says James Gager, senior vice president and creative director of M.A.C. Cosmetics, “It comes out from time to time in all of us. So I don’t think it will be too difficult to relate to at least one of these characters, if not all of them.” The Venomous Villains collection ranges from  $12 to $30. The colors for the 40 item collection, which feature uniquely designed and extremely collectible packaging, were created from Pantone reproductions of original Disney drawings. 

Week 3 - Ethics and Social Responsibility 2

A.C.'s and Rodarte apology on "Juarez" makeup line:

M.A.C. Cosmetics and high fashion designer Rodarte teamed up to release a new line of make up called “Juarez” for September 2010. However, upon release they were swarmed with criticism, not from human rights activists but first from fashion critics and bloggers. According, to M.A.C. and Rodarte cosmetic line creators, "Juarez" was inspired by the beauty and struggles of women living in Juarez. The inspiration of this line came from a road trip that several fashion designers took through Texas and the Southwest. The cosmetics product names included "Juárez," "Bordertown," "Sleepless", "Ghost Town," and "Factory." The names were to be paired with pale nail colors and bloodstained eye shadows. Sleepless was "inspired" by the thousands of women who trek to work early in the mornings in hopes to provide for their families. "Factory" was meant to catch the hardworking spirit of these women working unthinkable hours in the maquiladoras with a glamorized pail mint colored nail polish. These names, referenced the lives of the residents of Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city on the Texas border that is consistently making headlines because of rampant violence and poverty and huge amounts of bloodshed that goes on in towns on the US-Mexico border. M.A.C. and Rodarte makeup collection apologized and said that they did not intend to represent the violence against women in Juarez. They said the company would change the product names and it is committed to donating $ 100,000 to a non-profit organization that has a proven, successful track-record of helping women in need and that can directly improve the lives of women in Juarez in a meaningful way. Therefore, this issue has raised the global awareness and they are going to move forward in a constructive way to do their part to make a positive difference in that community.

Country of Origin - My Clothes I wore today

Shirt - Made in Morocco

Denim Shorts - Made in Morocco

Undergarments - Made in China

Sandals - Made in India

Guess Watch - Made in Japan

Bag - Made in China