360° Coverage : Makeup seller Avon to slash 1,500 jobs, exit 2 markets

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Makeup seller Avon to slash 1,500 jobs, exit 2 markets

Source: Los Angeles Times, Dec 12 2012, 12:42pm CST

Struggling Avon Products Inc., the door-to-door makeup seller, will trim about 1,500 jobs worldwide and leave South Korea and Vietnam altogether as a plan to turn around the company after years of turmoil. The job is on ...

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After-school robotics nonprofit FIRST hires board co-chairs and president

Source: District Administration | May 21 2013, 10:38am CDT

McCoy, chief executive officer of Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) and Tuttle, a 1848 Associates general partner and executive vice president of DEKA Research and Development, are long time supporters of the Manchester robotics organizations. ...

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Avon names leader for North America

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | May 20 2013, 1:48pm CDT

The closing of the store, which shrank from seven floors to three two years ago, will happen in August. Across most of the democratic world, there is an impatience bordering on exhaustion with electoral sys ...

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"The decisions outlined today are necessary to stabilize the company and begin the process of returning Avon to sustainable growth"

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UPDATE 1-Avon taps Tupperware exec to head N. America turnaround

Source: CNBC | May 20 2013, 8:35am CDT

May 20 (Reuters) - Avon Products Inc, the beauty products direct seller, said on Monday it tapped a former Tupperware Brands Corp executive to be responsible for turning around its business in North America, where sales ...

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Which Cosmetic Company Will Conquer Emerging Markets?

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360° Coverage : Makeup seller Avon to slash 1,500 jobs, exit 2 markets

Makeup seller Avon to slash 1,500 jobs, exit 2 markets