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Avon UK Avon Products, Inc, called Avon, founded by David H. McConnell in 1886 is a direct selling business in beauty, family, and personal care groups. Avon had annual sales of $5.7 billion globally in 2016. It is the fifth-largest beauty firm and, with 6.4 million agents, is the second largest direct selling venture on earth (after Amway). Avon Products is a multi-level marketing firm. The organization's CEO is Jan Zijderveld, that had been appointed to the position in February 2018. Avon sells products in over 100 nations. Brazil is the business's largest marketplace, passing the USA in 2010. Avon entered the marketplace. Direct selling was outlawed in China in 1998, which compelled Avon to sell only through physical shops called Beauty Boutiques. The ban was lifted in 2001, and the company received a license for direct selling in 2006. 88 percent of Avon's 2013 revenue (around $10 billion) came from international markets. Avon uses both door-to-door salespeople ("Avon ladies" mostly, as well as some men) and brochures to market its goods. The first Avon lady was Persis Foster Eames Albee. Avon operates training centres for potential representatives. Some Avon training centers have a small retail section with skin care products, like creams, serums, cosmetics, and washes. Avon utilizes multi-level advertising to recruit sales agents, who sell beauty products, jewelry, accessories and clothes.
Shop Avon Perfume Avon representatives are considered an independent sales agents running her or his own business. Some of the brand-names used by the company include Avon, Avon Naturals, Skin-So-Soft and Mark. [citation needed] According to the U.S. government Avon has 5 million to 6 million sales agents operating in over 100 nations as of 2014. Avon and its subsidiaries have 40,000 to 50,000 workers, 6,000 of which have been in the United States. Avon was an ancient member of the U.S. Direct Selling Association, which was founded in 1910. The business left the institution in 2014, saying the trade group wasn't paying sufficient attention to the business as a whole.