...Avon and its approximately 42,000 associates now serve valued customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. Our primary distribution channel is direct selling by our more than 5.8 million Avon sales representatives. Together, these ”Avon ladies” as they are affectionately known, help us to reach millions of customers around the world and handle upwards of one billion transactions annually. Company style Avon Products is a multi-level marketing company. The company's chairman and CEO is Andrea Jung, who was promoted to the position in 1999. She has completed a decade as CEO and is the longest tenured female CEO among Fortune 500 companies. Avon uses both door-to-door sales people ("Avon ladies," primarily and a growing number of men) and brochures to advertise its products. In the United States, products may be found through Representatives selling through online shops to customers all over the country. In addition to selling, Avon offers representatives the ability to be involved in the Leadership program, Avon’s network marketing opportunity, where Representatives recruit, mentor and train others to succeed. Although the company has always been more directed toward female customers, Avon's line of male products...
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