| About Avon...... |
| Avon...........A Business Opportunity for Everyone In over 100 countries, Avon is a leader in beauty and a powerhouse in direct selling. For our customer, we are a trusted name-ever constant, ever changing. We're getting bigger and bolder every day, and this is our mission............ To be The Global Beauty Leader To be The Women's Choice for Buying To be The Premier Direct Seller To be The Best Place to Work To be The Largest Women's Foundation To be The Most Admired Company The Avon Vision...........To be the company that best understands and satisfies the product, service and self-fulfillment needs of women-globally. Our History Avon started out as the California Perfume Company when founder, Mr. David McConnel, 28, of New York, NY discovered that the rose oil perfumes he was giving away were the reason people wer buying his books. The company was named Avon in 1939, after the river that runs through Stratford-On-Avon in the English Midlands. The name is a tribute to McConnell's favoritie playwright, William Shakespeare, who hailed from the town. Women have been selling Avon since 1886-34 years before women in the U.S. won the right to vote! Mrs. P.F.E. Albee of Winchester, New Hampshire pioneered the company's now-famous direct-selling method, and her name is still nonored today in the company, Avon's sales representatives-men and women-now number more than four million, an dAvon products are sold in over 100 countries around the world! The Five Values of Avon Trust, Respect, Belief, Humility, Integrity The Principles that Guide Avon To Provide individuals an opportunity to earn in support of their well-being and happiness To Serve families throughout the world with products of the highest quality backed by a guarantee of satisfaction To Render a service to customers taht is outstanding in its helpfulness and courtesy To Give full recognition to employees and Representatives, on whose contributions Avon depends To Meet fully the obligations of corporate citizenship by contributing to the well-being of society and the environment in which it funcitons To Maintain and cherish the friendly spirit of Avon |