Avon - an international company for women. That millions of people around the world who share a desire for beauty, success, health. Our goal - taking care of health and beauty of Russian women, enabling them to gain financial independence.
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HISTORY OF AVON
The foundation of | In 1886, an enterprising American businessman David McConnell founded the California perfume companies, which later became to bear the name Avon. The first products of the Company are spirits - five simple flavors: Violet, Hyacinth, Heliotrope, Lily of the Valley and White Rose. The idea to do perfume business came up with David McConnell, when he was engaged in the sale of books and to entice potential buyers began to attach to the order of spirits. He soon realized that the little bottles of his clients are interested in a lot more books. In 1897 he created the first cosmetics laboratory in Suffern, NY. Today, there is the heart of the Company - a network of advanced research laboratories. |
The Company for Women | David McConnell has decided to develop its business based on personal and direct contact between the seller and each buyer, at the same time making a bet on attracting women to work as In his opinion, a product designed for women who need to sell the women themselves. It should be noted that prior to obtaining the right to vote American women had to wait another thirty years, and opportunities to earn from them at that time almost was not. David McConnell gave women the opportunity. The first one to turn to McConnell, was Mrs. Albi, the former once one of its top agents for sales of books. That it has established a system of direct sales through a network of distributors. |
Why AVON? | In 1939 the company was renamed Avon. "Why" - you ask. The company is gaining popularity and has become need a more capacious and short title. Legend has it that having been a guest of his friend in England, and captivated by landscapes of Stratford on the River Avon, David McConnell decided to give his name companies the beautiful river. According to another version, the area around the laboratory in Suffern was like David McConnell, a big fan of William Shakespeare, Stratford landscapes-on-Avon, the hometown of the English playwright. Either way, the company received a new name - Avon. |
Further development of the Company
In 1953 appeared the first television advertising Avon.
In 1972, the Company's sales reached one billion dollars.
In 1989, Avon became the first company to have waived testing their products on animals.
In 1992 charitable program kicked off Avon «Bmeste against breast cancer."
In 1996, for the first time in its history, Avon became the official sponsor of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA.
In 1999, Andrea Jung became the head of a transnational corporation Avon.
For the first time in the history of the global campaign launched by Avon worldwide.
In 2002, Russia launched Charitable Program Avon «Together Against Breast Cancer."
In 2004, the U.S. launched a charity program «Avon Against Domestic Violence."
We write the history of Avon TOGETHER!