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Manufacturing

Secondary

Products from India and Africa are assembled in Canada, at original hearth for company. The high tarrifs and fees for shipping and labor are expensive, but cheaper than buying them in USA. Products are made in labs, and then packaged. This is in more a developed country and by this time the product has added more value and more expensive.

Distribution

Teritary

About MAC

Design

MAC headquarters is in Midtown NY, NY where designs and ideas originate

Products are shipped via airplane and truck to department stores all over USA. This is in developed America and through this final stage adds even more value to the products making them more expensive.

$10.2 billion company, top 10 ranked makeup company, began in 1984. Frank Angelo and photographer Frank Toskan created M.A.C. cosmetics in their kitchens to fulfill their makeup needs for their businesses. They decided to package their products in black pots instead of compacts, and that quickly became the company's signature.

India- Raw Materials

Primary

Africa- more raw materials

Beet root, silica, Pequi fruit extract, and Shea butter are extracted and harvested. They are put into close and concise containers and shipped to Africa to get more things added. This is common in developing countries because cheap labor and less regulations.

Primary

Environmental Impact

castor oil, sesame seed oil, mineral oil, and peach leaf extract are harvested and added to raw materials from India. Tarrifs and shipping by this point is very expensive, but in large quanties it makes it cheaper per product it will be made into. This stage is common in developing country because younger people work with less benefits.

MAC is listed on the SkinDeep database using chemicals coded as ‘red’, and brand owner ELC does not give a clarification on the full spectrum of possible hazardous substances used. MAC doesn't specify to replace petroleum-based ingredients with renewable, biodegradable ingredients. There products dervied from natural, but after processing in labs, the products are not certified as ‘natural’.

MAC Cosmetics Commodity Chain

By: Elizabeth Darracott

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