Avon Cosmetics Ltd. Announces Appointment

Sept. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Schlackman has taken over from predecessor, Anna Segatti, who has assumed a new role as senior vice president of Avon WEMEA (Western Europe, Middle East and Africa).

He brings a wealth of marketing, direct selling and leadership expertise to the role that will see him support and drive business growth. The UK & ROI market remains powered by Avon’s sales force of primarily female entrepreneurs who run their own Avon enterprises.  These women range from independent Representatives to Sales Leaders – who recruit and manage their own teams of Representatives – some of whom have teams of over 2,500 self-employed direct sellers.  

Scott Schlackman comments: “The UK & ROI is an important region for Avon.  As one of the top markets out of the 100-plus we operate in, its performance is key for the organisation.

“For 125 years Avon has been the company for women; offering a flexible and scalable earnings opportunity, quality innovative products at affordable prices, and unprecedented support for the causes that matter most to women. I look forward to starting the next era for Avon UK & ROI and continuing to grow its dynamic profile.”

In his 24 years with Avon, Schlackman has held a number of general manager positions, including leadership of France, Canada, Greece and Continental Europe. Prior to taking on the role in the UK he held the position of vice president of Liz Earle, which Avon acquired in March 2010.  

With 6.5 million Avon Representatives around the globe, Avon has made its mark in over 100 countries, now selling four lipsticks every second of every day.  In the company’s latest results, Avon reported second quarter 2011 total revenue of $2.9 billion, 9 per cent higher than that of second quarter 2010.

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For more information contact:  
Hannah Walsh
Rain Communications     Rosie Johnson
 Avon
Tel: 020 7828 0118     Tel: 01604 617215
Email: hannah.walsh@raincommunications.co.uk  
 Email: rosie.johnson@avon.com



Notes to Editors:

About Avon
This year, Avon Products, Inc. celebrates 125 years of empowering women around the globe.

As the world's leading direct seller of beauty and related products, Avon now operates in over 100 countries with over $10 billion in annual revenues. More than 6.5 million Independent sales Representatives take advantage of Avon’s earnings opportunity to gain financial empowerment.

Avon now reaches one in three women in the UK, with six million women seeing an Avon brochure every three weeks. In 2010, ‘Avon Connects’ launched in the UK, offering Independent Avon Representatives and customers the opportunity to connect through a unique, online, social media platform.

Avon Products
Avon provides innovative, quality products to customers at competitive prices.

Product lines include Avon make-up, Avon fragrance, ANEW skincare, Skin So Soft and Advance Techniques. Avon also sells an extensive range of wellbeing products, jewellery, lingerie, accessories and gifts.  

Avon products can be purchased online at www.avonshop.co.uk or through an independent Avon Representative by calling 0333 2345678 or visiting www.avonconnects.co.uk.  

Avon Philanthropy
As the company for women, Avon is committed to supporting the causes that matter most to women – breast cancer and domestic violence. Avon has raised over $800 million to date as the world’s largest supporter of women’s causes.

In 1992, Avon UK launched its Breast Cancer Crusade which has so far raised over £15 million for charities including Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Macmillan Cancer Support and Crazy Hats Breast Cancer Appeal.

Avon UK has also donated over £500,000 to its domestic violence charity partners Refuge, Women’s Aid and UNIFEM, to help end violence against women.

Contact us
More information about Avon UK can be found at www.avon.uk.com. Visit Avon UK’s Twitter at www.twitter.com/Avon_UK and Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Avonuk.

Contact the Avon UK press office on uk.press.office@avon.com  

Avon’s latest quarterly results:

The latest global quarterly results, reported a second quarter 2011 total revenue of $2.9 billion, 9% higher than that of second quarter 2010. Beauty sales increased 8% year over year with gains in all categories, including 11% growth in fragrance and personal care, 8% in colour and 3% in skincare.

The Western Europe, Middle East & Africa (WEMEA) region, of which the UK is part, has reported a 13% increase in revenue for the second quarter 2011 versus the second quarter 2010. The results also stated that the number of Active Representatives for this region has increased by 8% and units sold increased 3% year over year.

Avon's Full-year 2010 results

Full year 2010 total revenue of $10.9 billion was up 6% year-on-year.  Total beauty sales were up 6% on 2009 and active Representatives grew 4%, while units sold increased 1% compared to 2009.  The full-year 2010 operating profit of $1.1 billion was up 7% compared with 2009 and the operating margin was 9.9%, flat year-on-year.