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  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    News in-depthWeek in Review
    Natura co-founder cements global ambitions with $2bn Avon deal

    Guilherme Leal seen as a friendly face of capitalism as he looks to burnish green credentials

  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Brazil’s Natura confirms $2bn deal to buy Avon

    Direct-selling pioneer stumbled as social media disrupted cosmetics industry

  • Thursday, 15 February, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Avon jumps more than 10% on earnings beat, but sales still weak
  • Friday, 4 August, 2017
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    Legion of vloggers not enough to save Avon’s Lady

    Chief’s exit comes despite push in emerging markets for millennials to prop up sales

  • Tuesday, 20 June, 2017
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Avon names new COO as cosmetics maker looks to stoke turnround
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Avon chief Sheri McCoy to step down

    Cosmetics company’s shares have dropped more than 80% since 2012

  • Thursday, 15 June, 2017
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Avon CEO to step down as turnaround falters
  • Friday, 13 January, 2017
    Life & Arts
    How to wake a sleeping beauty brand

    It takes more than pretty packaging to modernise a heritage skincare business

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2016
    Beauty
    Cost cutting helps put shine on Avon earnings
  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    Avon calling: corporate headquarters to relocate to the UK

    Cosmetics group cuts costs after spinning off N American unit

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2015
    US & Canadian companies
    Activists v private equity: blunt force

    Persuasion and collective action is nice, but cash conquers all

  • Sunday, 6 December, 2015
    Personal & Household Goods
    Avon chairman agrees to open talks with activist investors

    Barington demands cost cutting and management changes in struggling North American business

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2015
    US & Canadian companies
    Twitter shares spike on fake bid story

    Price leaps 8% after traders view mocked-up Bloomberg News site

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2015
    US & Canadian companies
    SEC sues Bulgarian trader over bogus Avon bid

    Regulator alleges fraudulent press releases were issued in order to sell shares at inflated prices

  • Friday, 15 August, 2014
    Personal & Household Goods
    Estée Lauder gloss provided by emerging markets
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2014
    US equities
    Avon calling for Coty’s Brazilian boost
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2013
    LexUS & Canadian companies
    Avon: Hard to cover up

    Results swing wildly based on pricing in each region

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    Avon cuts 650 jobs and freezes technology overhaul
  • Friday, 27 September, 2013
    FT Magazine
    A walk with the FT: The Stratford-upon-Avon route

    Greg Doran, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, retraces the Bard’s footsteps

  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    Coty seeks to raise $1bn in IPO
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    Coty prepares for a very public close-up
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    US woes take gloss off Avon sales
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2013
    LexWorld
    Avon: cosmetic effect

    Sales remedy will take more than a year

  • Monday, 8 April, 2013
    US & Canadian companies
    Avon slashes 400 jobs worldwide
  • Tuesday, 12 February, 2013
    US equities
    US equities edge higher on earnings news
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