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Goodthings

Organics
Megan Balla, Victor Davis,
Kristen Mastocciolo, Ashley Conklin
What Will be Covered….

01 Decision &
Research Problems 02 Methods

03 Descriptive/Exploratory
Data Results 04
Conclusion &
Recommendations
Background
Goodthings Organics is a small business that is known for its organic, small-batch products. They

use top-of-the-line organic ingredients and their ultimate goal is to sell useful, healthy products

that will help solve real skin problems. Goodthings Organics products are mainly sold online with a

few retailers in Canada, Ridgefield, CT, and North Salem, NY.


Decision
Problems
1. Who are Goodthings Organics’
“dream” customers ?

2. Who are Goodthings Organics’


true competitors?
Research Problems
● Investigate where customers buy and/or shop for organic products including skincare

● Measure skincare satisfaction amongst people living in the northeast region

● Understand the motivation behind the purchase of organic skincare in the northeast

● Assess the demographic of the northeast organic skincare market

● Investigate the lifestyles of the existing customers that us organic skincare

● Investigate existing companies in the northeast region that sell organic skincare products

● Determine brand positioning of the organic skincare market


Methods

- 1-on-1 interviews with existing customers


- Surveyed people to develop hypotheses
- Surveyed 155 people on psychographics,
demographics, and geographics
- Analyzed data through SPSS/Google Forms
Exploratory Research Results

Consumers of skincare are Consumers are also willing


50% in fact in search of clean ≈ 50% to buy locally if the
and natural products products are “moisturizing”,
similar to the ones that “hydrating”, “cruelty-free”
Goodthings Organics sells. and “natural”.

Skincare consumers
55% stressed the importance of 74% Consumers primarily ages
using eco-friendly 19-28 with active lifestyles.
packaging.
Descriptive Research Results:
Demographics

Of people surveyed Of people surveyed are


50.3% have an annual income 51.6% between the ages of 18
of less than $25,000 and 22

Of people surveyed are Of people surveyed are


67.5% 43.2% employed full-time
female
Descriptive Research Results:
Attributes
Of people surveyed
think that
Of people surveyed
environmentally friendly
54.2% would describe their 54.1% packaging is
lifestyles as “active”
moderately to
extremely important

Of people surveyed Of people surveyed


think that product check the ingredients of
61.9% effectiveness is an
50.3%
the products they are
extremely important using
attribute
Descriptive Research Results:
Buying Behavior

Of people surveyed
Of people surveyed
7.1% already buy products 57.4%
shop online
from small businesses

Of people surveyed
Of people surveyed
would pay extra money
23.2% 23.8% would pay extra money
for products in order to
for products with
support small
organic ingredients
businesses
Hypotheses
1. Consumers of organic skincare are more likely to buy the product if it is in environmentally
friendly packaging
2. Consumers are willing to buy other skincare products including exfoliators if they are organic
and clean
3. Consumers prefer to see depth in the product line from single brands

4. Different ideas of “skincare” lead to a misunderstanding of brands


Conclusions

“Dream” Consumer Competitors


Personal Care CVS
Females Target
18-22 Walmart
Not Married Amazon
No Children Sephora/Ulta
Recommendations

#1 Explore #2 Target #3 Expand


New target consumers Follow demographic Create new retailer
buying behaviors data collected relations
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
REFERENCES
● GRAND VIEW RESEARCH (2019).
Organic Personal Care Forecasts.
● COMMON THREAD COLLECTIVE (2021).
Beauty Industry Trends.

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