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- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
everybody is getting into the cosmetic business.— Tyler Morse, Bliss "We'll know exactly what brands are performing well, exactly what sizes are selling," she said. Instant Feedback Morse said controlling a retail channel is a... View Details
John H. Johnson
Johnson built the world’s largest black-owned publishing empire. He is the founder and publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony and JET magazines. He also owns Ebony Cosmetics as well as radio and TV production companies. View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Mary Kay Ash
Ash created a successful cosmetics company by and for women by utilizing a direct sales force and creative motivational sales techniques. At the end of its first year, Mary Kay Cosmetics boasted $198,514 in... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Michel C. Bergerac
Bergerac devoted his energies to increasing the distribution of the company’s core cosmetics lines, which were suffering at the hands of fierce competition. Marketing and advertising schemes became more elaborate but paid off for Revlon,... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Elizabeth Arden
Through her salons and cosmetics line, Arden was a pioneer in the development of the personal care industry. By 1929, Arden owned 150 salons throughout the world, sold her 1,000 different products in 25 countries and generated over $4... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Naomi Sims
sales soon took off and reached a level of $5 million in the first year. A few years later, Sims branched out into the cosmetics industry, creating a product line specifically for black women that was also a huge success. She was credited... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
"Just like everything from cosmetics to sugar, water is bought, repackaged, and sold," according to CBS MarketWatch (August 13, 1999). "Today, it's become an especially big business - a $300 billion one - as deregulation sweeps through... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, cosmetics giant Coty, and other consumer brands. Peter Harf was a 2011 recipient of HBS’s Alumni Achievement Award. Harf told the AP that when he and the current Reimann family... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
On a Mission to Have an Impact
After founding the online cosmetics service Eve.com, Varsha Rao (MBA 1995) is now heading global operations for Airbnb, helping customers of this mission-driven company gain richer travel experiences by connecting them more closely to the... View Details
Estee Lauder
Lauder built one of the most successful and exclusive cosmetic companies in the world. She was the pioneer of the “free sample” strategy, which marked a new era of salesmanship. To retain their aura of exclusivity, her products were sold... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Helena Rubinstein
insistence, only women with professional training in cosmetics could sell her products, and this part of the business grew to be the largest. Retaining total control of her company until her death, Rubinstein’s business savvy afforded her... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
Group invests in Bluemercury 2012 M-61 skincare launched 2014 Appointed Entrepreneur-in-Residence, HBS 2015 Lune+Aster cosmetics launched 2015 Macy’s acquires Bluemercury 2019 Bluemercury opens its 195th store CEO and Cofounder... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Fast Answer
Surgical Procedures: by selected patient characteristics and procedure categories
Health Care Surveys for more statistics, e.g., National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery. For more specific types of surgery, search for related organizations/associations/society. e.g., The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery provides a... View Details
- 27 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Social Network Marketing: What Works?
consumers' behavior. Consider a cosmetic company such as Mary Kay. Its website currently allows consumers to upload their picture and try different cosmetics virtually to see how they may look before making... View Details
Anthony Overton
A pioneer black manufacturer, Overton established Hygienic in 1898 and produced baking powder, extracts, and toilet preparations. After moving the firm from Kansas to Chicago, he began to manufacture a full line of cosmetics and perfumes... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Max (Francis) Factor, Jr.
Taking over the family company after the death of his father in 1938, Factor is regarded as a pioneer in the cosmetics and makeup business. He transformed the company from a Hollywood makeup studio into a worldwide provider of name brand... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- Profile
Zihan Lin
Medical. In collaboration with three engineering colleagues and a cosmetic surgeon, Zi designed a superior, post-surgery "splint" to improve rhinoplasty recoveries and reduce revision rates. Heal Medical has already moved beyond... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Gotta Dance
lyrics, soaring harmonies, and finely tuned choreography. More importantly, it had an average view time of over two minutes, far beyond the usual five-second skip time allowed on YouTube. More recently, a project for e.l.f. Cosmetics on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990
- Profile
Sparsh Bhargava
manager that took him from cosmetic plants in Maryland to operations in Iowa City and Puerto Rico. Step back, think, and grow "At P&G," says Sparsh, "most of my work was about execution; I wanted to learn more about... View Details