Of all the elements that make a franchise great, two stand out: a strong consumer brand and a thriving business network. Then there is the “context” -- the conditions and circumstances that add a ...

Later this month, the company will introduce Avon Eres Tú, a bilingual catalog aimed at Hispanic women. The company didn't just translate its current catalog -- Eres Tú also introduces new products, ...

FILE - In this file photo made Nov. 15, 2005, a saleswoman, who did not give her name, places items for a picture on display in an Avon store in New York. Avon Products Inc. says it has tapped ...

After selling off ~80% of its underperforming North American business to Cerberus Capital and receiving a total investment of $650 million from them, Avon has started implementing strategies to ...

Avon Products, the direct selling company of beauty, household, and personal care products, experienced a rough year in 2014. The company’s sales declined by 12%, to $8.6 billion, as it faced a weak ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Is Coty Inc. repeating a drama that played out 23 years ago, when Amway Corp. of Ada knocked on Avon Product Inc.’s door and offered to buy its direct sales rival? That episode ...

The world's largest direct seller of cosmetics, Avon Products Inc., will pay $135 million to settle criminal and civil charges after its China unit pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to violate ...

According to The Wall Street Journal, Brazil's Natura Cosmeticos had broached the idea of a takeover with Avon, though it doesn't appear that discussions advanced from there. Avon told the Journal it ...

This Avon rep wears a hard hat and carries a pile of company catalogues to his day job on a construction site, encouraging the men to buy their ladies a little something. Perfume and lingerie are his ...

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. So what: Avon's ...

NEW YORK - Avon Products (AVP) said Monday that it will cut another 600 jobs as it tries to reduce its spending. The company said most of the eliminated jobs will be in its corporate organization and ...

What: Shares of Avon Products were down 18.7% at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday after the cosmetics company announced weaker-than-expected third-quarter results. So what: Quarterly revenue fell 22% year over ...