 Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women. |
| We also never undercut representatives' prices. A representative will always be able to sell the discounts in our core business, which are not offered at retail. So it's never more advantageous to buy there. |
| You know, you go home and you try on a new mascara, and I guess a male CEO can't do that. |
| A representative is free delivery; she's a personal beauty consultant. Some people want that high touch. |
| If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding. |
| I became CEO at the beginning of the hit on old economy stocks. When something like that occurs in your first six months as a CEO of a more traditional branded firm, it makes for a fast learning curve. |
| No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't understand just what I was doing by going into retailing. After I started, though, it got into my blood. I knew this was what I wanted. |
| Avon invented the concept of direct marketing and direct selling beauty. And that's still very valid to us. We'll have a firm that will be around for another 114 years as strongly as it was the first 114. |
| I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career. |
| Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top. |
| My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career. |
| Since I'm a mother and a wife, I have to have passion or the frustration would win out. But I love managing people. The product is second to managing the people. And marketing to consumers is so challenging because it is evolving constantly. |
| I can only have dinner with my girlfriends once a month instead of once a week. |
