Today is Avon Representative Day, so here are 10 facts about Avon.
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There are 6.4 million Avon representatives throughout the world, so a lot of people are celebrating today!
Avon was founded by David H. McConnell, originally a door to door salesman selling books, based in New York. He hit on the idea of selling perfumes that way instead. He set up an office for his new company at 126 Chambers Street, Manhattan, New York in 1886.
It was originally known as the "California Perfume Company," because McConnell had a business partner who lived there and suggested it because many Flowers grow there.
The name Avon was not adopted until 1939.
With sales of $9.1 billion worldwide, Avon is the fourteenth-largest beauty company.
McConnell employed women as salespeople, believing that women should have some financial independence. While we’ve all heard the term “Avon Lady”, there are Avon gentlemen, too nowadays.
In 1989, Avon announced that it would no longer test its products on animals. However, some of its products are required to be tested in other countries where animals are still used. Hence People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has not included Avon on their cruelty-free list.
As well as selling cosmetics and personal care products, Avon is involved in charity work, raising money for good causes like breast cancer research.
They were the first mass-market company to stabilise Vitamin C.
At time of writing the company is based in London and the CEO is Kristof Neirynck, appointed in 2023.
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