Key Facts about AVON

Avon globally

• Established in the US in 1886, Avon Products Inc. is the world’s biggest direct selling beauty company.
• There are 5.5 million Avon Sales Representatives around the world in over 100 countries, reaching more than a billion customers.
• Avon Representatives across the world earn $6 billion annually.
• Global annual revenues were at $10 billion in 2008.
• More beauty products carry the Avon brand name than any other in the world.
• Avon sells more bottles of fragrance than any other company in the world.
• More women wear Avon nail enamel than any other brand in the world.
• More than 600 million brochures in 25 languages are distributed worldwide each year, offering a range of 7,500 products.
• Avon is the world’s largest corporate supporter of the breast cancer cause. Since 1992 it has raised $585 million for breast cancer charities and $650 for women’s causes worldwide.

Avon UK

• Established in the US in 1886, Avon Products Inc. is the world’s biggest direct selling beauty company.
• Avon sells more lipstick, nail enamel, eye-make-up, fragrance and skincare than any other brand in the UK (according to independent market researchers TNS).
• Avon Representatives invest as much time in their Avon business as they choose, selling from as little as a couple of lipsticks a week to their friends, for some extra spending money, to running businesses of over 500 Representatives, turning over more than £1 million per annum.
• One in three women in the UK is an Avon customer(according to independent market researchers Ipsos MORI).
• Six million women in the UK see an Avon brochure every three weeks.
• 750,000 products are shipped each day at Avon Cosmetics UK’s distribution centre in Corby.
• Avon UK has raised over £14 million for breast cancer charities since 1992