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Source: PR Newswire

New York, NY, October 16, 2009 - Avon Products, Inc. today announced a partnership with award-winning artist, Fergie. A bold choice for the global brand, Fergie represents the same independence, confidence and femininity that Avon promotes. Avon is tapping the multi-talented singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress to collaborate on a fragrance that embodies her unique character and appeal.

"I'm so excited to partner with Avon to develop my first-ever fragrance," Fergie commented. "I'm always seeking out new ways to express myself, and fragrance is the perfect opportunity to share my originality and confidence with my fans, and the Avon consumer. I couldn't be happier to be working with a brand with such a strong reputation for supporting women."

"We are thrilled to partner with Fergie and feel she will resonate strongly with our Avon Representatives and customers both as a fashion/style icon and a bold, multi-talented woman," says Jeri Finard, Senior Vice President and Global Brand President, Avon Products, Inc. "Fergie is a strong, confident and unique woman who stays true to herself and her beliefs. She inspires others with the empowering message that anyone can make their dreams come true - a message that is at the core of the Avon brand."

Source: Star-Telegram

Here's an interesting article about how Avon Beauty Centers are thriving during the recession.

This can be an ugly time to look in the mirror if you’re a beauty executive.

Department-store sales for "prestige" beauty products are down $4 billion for the first half of the year. Even cosmetics giants such as Estee Lauder, which announced this month that it would shut down its high-end Prescriptives cosmetics line by Jan. 31, are hurting.

But while the Lauder brand is backing away from the cosmetics counter, a lower-priced household name is busy building up its bricks-and-mortar beauty business.

It’s Avon calling.

Avon Products has about 200 licensed Avon beauty centers in the U.S., including more than a dozen in Texas. But they’re relatively new in North Texas.

Long a direct-sales dynamo known for its person-to-person "Avon calling" campaigns and catalogs, the company now has its first licensed Avon beauty center on this side of the Metroplex, and the couple who own the store like what they’ve seen.

"It’s always good to be the first in," said owner Rusty DeBlassie, who in August added Avon to the mix at the Wild and Chic Boutique, which he and his wife, Yvette, operate in downtown Weatherford. They decided to try the line after seeing their first Avon store in north Dallas this year.

Andrea Jung of Avon Products is the top-paid female CEO in America, according to Forbes.com. Last year, Andrea took home nearly 12 Million dollars.

You can read the whole story over at ABC News.

Source: Emory Wheel

Avon does more than just sell makeup. The Avon Foundation recently gave a $750,000 grant to the Emory Winship Cancer Institute and the Avon Comprehensive Breast Center at Grady Memorial Hospital.

The grant, which is part of Campaign Emory’s $1.6 billion fund-raising effort, will be used sponsor staffing, research and community outreach education and clinical programs.

The Avon Foundation has given about $11 million to Emory Winship and Grady since 2000. The Center at Grady must apply for the grant each year.

The Avon Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, which opened in 2003, is one of eight Avon breast centers in the country and is meant to help “under-served” residents of Dekalb and Fulton counties, according to Sheryl Gabram-Mendola, director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Center at Grady and principal investigator for the Avon grant.

The grant has helped increase the number of biopsies, mammograms and ultrasounds from 11,000 in 2005 to 16,000 this past year. Also, about 20 percent more patients have visited the center in the past year than in 2005.

“The program has grown very quickly,” Gabram-Mendola said.

Source: Market Watch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Avon Products Inc. said Thursday that President Elizabeth Smith is leaving the direct seller of beauty products, effective Oct. 30, to pursue her goal of becoming a chief executive. The global business units reporting to Smith will now report directly to Chief Executive Andrea Jung. Avon said that it has no immediate plans to replace Smith.

That aside, Reese Witherspoon was a great choice for Avon Global Ambassador.