Category Archives: Brazil
Brazil | Round up
Robert Habib ’13 | Brazil A few weeks back in NY have provided a good time to reflect on the Global Immersion Program to Brazil. One of the benefits of the GIP is to see businesses operating in ways and in … Continue reading
Brazil | Natura
Robert Habib ’13 | Brazil Continuing work on the beauty industry, we visited Natura, a phenomenal company outside São Paulo. Natura grew from one salesman to a multi billion dollar company, with over 20% market share in the world’s third … Continue reading
Brazil | São Paulo cathedral
A queue of women in São Paulo cathedral of exceptionally uniform height
Brazil | Sugar high
Robert Habib ’13 | Brazil As I discovered in my Security Analysis class, agriculture’s future won’t look anything like its past. Growing populations, shifts in their diets coupled with shrinking arable land and water shortages are coming together in a … Continue reading
Brazil | Beauty x Cash
Brazil | Robert Habib ’13 My study group roped me into exploring the beauty industry in Brazil. Brazilian women spend eleven times more of their income on beauty care than British women. My suggestion that British women are simply more … Continue reading
Falling in Love with Rio
It was definitely not all work in Rio and how could it be in a city with such a care-free and vibrant vibe? I think we successfully soaked in the day and night life of this vibrant town. The city … Continue reading
Bem-vindo ao Rio de Janeiro: Meetings with Petrobras, BNDES, and the Municipality of Rio
On Wednesday night, we arrive in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a quiet night for most of us as a few head out to Garota de Ipanema (which literally translates to “Girl from Ipanema”), close to our hotel and right in … Continue reading
Of Sugar and Politics: Last Days in Sao Paulo
Because we were so productive during our first day of meetings, on Tuesday and Wednesday we had one company visit each day and the free time to either meet with companies related to our class project or explore the city … Continue reading
Full meeting day in Sao Paulo: Natura, Globo and Bain
Monday started off very early with a bus ride at 7:45am en route to the Natura campus in Cajamar, a municipality that is part of the state of Brazil. Natura is Brazil’s leading manufacturer of cosmetics, fragrances, and personal hygiene … Continue reading
Boa tarde, Sao Paulo!
While some of my classmates have been traveling around Brazil and South America before the beginning of the trip, it was the first time for all of us in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city and the second largest metropolis in … Continue reading
