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Avon Products, Inc.
Image:Avon logo.png
Type	Public (NYSE: AVP)
Founded	New York, New York (1886)
Headquarters	New York, New York
Key people	Andrea Jung, Chairman & CEO; Charles Cramb, CFO; Gina Boswell, COO
Industry	Personal & Household Products
Products	Cosmetics, perfume, toys, clothing
Revenue	$8.1 billion USD (2005)
Slogan	The Company For Women
Website	Avon Corporate Website

Avon Products, Inc. NYSE: AVP is a US cosmetics, perfume and toy seller with markets in over 135 countries across the world and sales of $8.1 billion worldwide as of 2005. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng BÄ«nxián) (born 1959) is a Chinese-Amsdffgfdgfdgerican business executive born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... “Chief executive” redirects here. ... “CFO” redirects here. ... A Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the corporation. ... “Make-up” redirects here. ... Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, objects, and living spaces a pleasant smell. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... USD redirects here. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... “Make-up” redirects here. ... Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, objects, and living spaces a pleasant smell. ... A teddy bear A toy is an object used in play. ...

Traditionally a direct marketing company, Avon's fastest growing markets today are in China and Russia. Currently, the company is headed up by Andrea Jung, the company's chairman and CEO, who was promoted to the position in 1999. Avon uses both door-to-door sales people ("Avon ladies," primarily) and catalogs to advertise its products, but in some markets (most notably China, which had banned all door-to-door selling before mid-December 2006) Avon products are sold primarily in retail stores. Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Direct marketing is a discipline within marketing that involves contacting individual customers (business-to-business or consumer) directly and obtaining their responses and transactions for the purpose of developing and prolonging mutually profitable customer relationships. ... Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng Bīnxián) (born 1959) is a Chinese-Amsdffgfdgfdgerican business executive born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Door to Door is the sixth and final studio album by American new wave band The Cars, released in 1987. ...

Avon's product lines include Avon Color, Anew and Solutions, Skin-So-Soft and Naturals, as well as various perfumes, pieces of jewellery and clothing. For the Korean music group, see Jewelry (group). ...

Although the company has always been more directed towards female customers, Avon's line of male products continues to expand, and its children's products (such as shampoos and toys) have also proved successful. Two recent brand diversifications, "mark." (targeted to younger, college-aged women) and "M" (an Avon catalogue for men), have helped the company reach out into markets it traditionally has not serviced. ^{[citation needed]} Mark. proved to be extremely successful in reaching a new generation of recruits, primarily ages 18-25, with a monthly "magalog" featuring award-winning products. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In addition to its corporate pursuits, the Avon corporation is involved in philanthropic causes, primarily centered on domestic violence, women's empowerment and health issues such as breast cancer. Philanthropy involves the donation or granting of money to various worthy charitable causes. ... Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ...

In 2007, Reese Witherspoon signed a multiyear agreement to serve as Avon's Global Ambassador. The actress will be involved in product development, appear in advertisements, and will serve as the honorary chairman of the Avon Foundation. Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon[1] (born March 22, 1976) is an American film actress, who has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award. ...

History

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The company was founded in 1886 by then 28-year-old David H. McConnell who originally sold books door to door and gave out perfume to entice women to buy his books. His perfume became so popular that eventually that is all the woman wanted. He then founded the California Perfume Company (CPC) in New York, New York in a 500 square foot manufacturing and shipping office at 126 Chambers Street. As the company grew, he then hired his first representative Mrs. Albee. In 1897, McConnell built a small (3000 square foot) laboratory in Suffern, New York; by 1971 the lab would grow into the Avon Suffern Research and Development facility; in 2005 they opened a $100 million dollar 225,000 square foot R&D "glass curtain" facility to house its over 300 Research and Development Scientists on the original site in Suffern, NY. In 1906, the West Coast office in San Francisco was destroyed in the Great Earthquake of that year. Avon also has offices in Luzerne, Pennsylvania and Davenport, Iowa. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1434 × 1912 pixel, file size: 425 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1434 × 1912 pixel, file size: 425 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... David Hall McConnell (July 18, 1858 - January 20, 1937) was the Founder and President of the California Perfume Company, which later became Avon Products. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... The Village of Suffern, New York, viewed from the top of Nordkop Mountain Suffern is a village in Rockland County, New York, USA near the southern border of the county and the state in the Town of Ramapo. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... San Francisco redirects here. ... San Francisco Earthquake redirects here. ... Luzerne is a borough located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Motto: Working together to serve you Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: , Country State County Scott County Incorporated 1839 Government  - Mayor Ed Winborn Area  - City  64. ...

In 1914 the first non-US office was opened in the Canadian province of Quebec. By 1918, five million units were sold in North America, and by 1928, sales reached $2 million. In October, 1939, the name was changed to Avon Products, Inc. The company was taken public in 1946. By 1954, sales reached $55 million, and the famous "Avon Calling" advertising campaign introduced. By 1979, sales reached $3 billion, with one million direct sales agents. Today sales exceed $8 billion worldwide. This article describes the Canadian province. ... An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication (IMC). ...

Corporate Officers

Current members of the board of directors of Avon Products, Inc. are: Don Cornwell, Edward Fogarty, Stanley Gault, Fred Hassan, Andrea Jung, Susan Kropf, Maria Lagomasino, Ann Moore, Paul Pressler, Paula Stern, and [[Lawrence Weinbach Chairman of the Board redirects here. ... Stanley C. Gault (1926- ) was Chairman of the Board and CEO of Rubbermaid from 1981-1991. ... Fred Hassan is currently Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough since April 2003. ... Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng Bīnxián) (born 1959) is a Chinese-Amsdffgfdgfdgerican business executive born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Paul Pressler was the president and CEO of Gap, Inc. ...

Avon in popular culture

Because of the familiar catchphrase for their sales representatives — "Avon Ladies," they have become a popular trademark and have been featured in a handful of fictitious works.

• In the 1983 film, Strange Invaders, one of the aliens poses as an Avon Lady.

• In Amalgam Comics, the frequent "Avon calling" catchphrase is used by Dare The Terminator.

• The 1990 Tim Burton film Edward Scissorhands features the character Peg Boggs who is an Avon Lady. Avon is also mentioned in the Animaniacs parody of that film, Skullhead Boneyhands with Mr. Skullhead.

• In Hannibal by Tom Harris, a shotgun which fires a shell filled with lead dust used by the FBI for breaking locks is referred to as "Avon Calling."

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External links

• Avon Store Online
• Avon Corporate website
• Avon Company timeline
• mark. the makeup you can buy and sell, a division of Avon
• Avon non-profit support