Revlon
Headquarters:
237 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Employees: 5,600
CEO: David Kennedy
Stock Symbol: REV
Website:
http://www.revlon.com
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Revlon is a world leader in cosmetics,
skin care, fragrance and personal care and is a leading cosmetics
brand. The company's products are sold in 175 countries and territories.
Revlon's brands include Revlon, ColorStay, New Complexion, Revlon
Age Defying, Almay, Ultima II and Flex.
Revlon has struggled over the past several
years and has failed to turn a profit. In 2007, the company reported
revenues of $1.4 billion and a net loss of $16 million.
Billonaire Ronald Perelman has majority
ownership of Revlon and is the Chairman of the company.
History
Revlon was founded in 1932, by Charles
Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles
Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the REVLON name.
Starting with a single product - a nail
enamel unlike any before it - the three founders pooled their
meager resources and developed a unique manufacturing process.
Using pigments instead of dyes, Revlon was able to offer to woman
a rich-looking, opaque nail enamel in a wide variety of shades
never before available.
In only six years the company became a
multimillion dollar organization, launching what was to become
one of the most recognized cosmetics names in America and around
the world.
Revlon first went public in Dec. 1955.
In 1985, Revlon was sold to a subsidiary
of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings. In 1987 Almay joined the
Revlon lineup.
Revlon became a public company again in
1996.
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