Gross sales are for the 2004 calendar 12 months or the closest fiscal 12 months on the journal’s printing date in August. Magnificence quantity is made up of perfume, make-up, skincare, solar care, hair care, deodorant, plus cellulite and shaving gadgets. It doesn’t embrace bar cleaning soap, razors, toothpaste, meals and weight-reduction plan meals, drugs, nutritional vitamins or detergents. To be included on this rating, an organization should promote its merchandise in at the least two of 4 main markets: Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
subsidiaries/foremost manufacturers } latest historical past Client/L’Oreal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, Mininurse,
La Scad, SoftSheen Carson, Yue-Sai. Skilled/L’Oreal Professionnel, Kerastase, Inne, Redken, Matrix, Mizani. Luxurious/Lancome, Biotherm, Helena Rubinstein, Kiehl’s, Shu Uemura, Parfums Giorgio Armani, Parfums Cacharel, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Paloma Picasso, Parfums Man Laroche. Lively/Vichy, LarochePosay. Inneov, Galderma, Le Membership des Createurs de Beaute (50%). This February, Lindsay Owen-Jones introduced Jean-Paul Agon will succeed him as ceo of L’Oreal. Agon is to work at Owen-Jones’ aspect till April 2006, when Owen-Jones will turn out to be non-executive chairman of the agency.
Optimistic performances worldwide boosted L’Oreal’s second-quarter gross sales 5. four% year-on-year to e3. 62 billion. Its enterprise gained 1% in Western Europe, four. eight% in North America, 7. eight% in Asia, 19. 6% in Latin America, 35. 5% in Japanese Europe and 14. 1% in “different nations. ” For the primary half of 2005, L’Oreal generated gross sales of e7. 16 billion, a rise of three. 5% over the identical interval in 2004. Final 12 months, the corporate’s smallest division, energetic cosmetics, was the market chief for skincare merchandise in pharmacies, the corporate mentioned. The department’s international gross sales grew 13. eight% to e852 million.
The patron merchandise division’s gross sales have been boosted three. three% to e7. 75 billion. Luxurious merchandise’ revenues grew 2. three% to e3. 52 billion. Skilled merchandise’ turnover rose 5. 2% to e2 billion. This Might, L’Oreal introduced its acquisition of U. S. skilled skincare model SkinCeuticals, of Dallas, with gross sales of $35 million. Signe Gammeltoft was named president of Ralph Lauren Fragrances in June. In April, L’Oreal Paris signed actress Eva Longoria as a worldwide spokeswoman. In spring, L’Oreal Paris prolonged its first mass males’s skincare line Males’s Skilled to new markets. Pantene, Olay, Head & Shoulders, Clairol, Natural