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L'ORÉAL MAKES WAVES
In November 2002, L'Oréal, the France-based leading global cosmetics major, received the 'Global Corporate Achievement Award 2002,' for Europe by 'The Economist Group.' Awarded by the publisher of the world's leading weekly business and current affairs journal 'The Economist,' the honor was given in appreciation and recognition of the 'depth, breadth, and diversity of L'Oréal's management team.'
In the same month, L'Oréal's Chairman and CEO, Lindsey Owen Jones (Jones) was honored with the 'Best Manager of the Last 20 Years' title by the French Minister of Finance and Economy, Francis Mer. This award instituted by the leading French business publication, Challenges, was in recognition of Jones' outstanding achievements in transforming L'Oréal from a French company into a global powerhouse.
Jones also received the prestigious 'Manager of the Year 2002' award from the French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Jones was the first foreign head of any French company to receive this award, which was sponsored by the leading French business publication, Le Nouvel Economiste.
These honors were not just a 'cosmetic' eulogy; L'Oréal deserved them, for it was the only company in its industry to post a double-digit profit for 18 consecutive years (Refer Exhibit I for L'Oréal's key financials). L'Oréal, which had operations in 130 countries in the world, posted a turnover of € 13.7 billion in 2001. The company recorded a 19.6% and 26% growth in profit in 2001 and 2002 (half-yearly results), respectively. Commenting on L'Oréal's performance, Jones said, "At L'Oréal, we are 50,000 people who share the same desire; because it is not just about business but about a dream we have to realize, perfection."
Known for its diverse mix of brands (from Europe, America and Asia), like L'Oréal Paris, Maybelline, Garnier, Soft Sheen Carson, Matrix, Redken, L'Oréal Professionnel, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Lancôme, Helena Rubinstein, Biotherm, Kiehl's, Shu Uemura, Armani, Cacharel and Ralph Lauren, L'Oréal was the only cosmetics company in the world to own more than one brand franchise and have a presence in all the distribution channels of the industry
In 1907, Eugene Schueller (Schueller), a French chemist, developed an innovative hair color formula. The uniqueness of this formula, named Aureole, was that it did not damage hair while coloring it, unlike other hair color products that used relatively harsh chemicals.
Schueller formulated and manufactured his products on his own and sold them to Parisian hairdressers. Two years later, in 1909, Schueller set up a company and named it 'Societe Francaise de Teintures inoffensives pour Cheveux.
From the very beginning, Schueller gave a lot of importance to research and innovation to develop new and better beauty care products. By 1920, the company employed three in-house chemists and made brisk business selling hair color in various countries like Holland, Austria and Italy. Schueller used advertising in a major way to market his products.
He used promotional posters made by famous graphic artists like Paul Colin, Charles Loupot, and Raymond Savignac to promote his company's products.In 1933, Schueller, created and launched a beauty magazine for women named, Votre Beaute. In 1937, he started the 'clean children' campaign and created a jingle 'Be nice and clean, smell good' for Dop shampoo, which went on to become one of the most famous jingles in France. In the early 1940s, the company's name was changed to L'Oréal, which was an adaptation of one of the brands 'L'Aureole' (the halo).
In 1957, after Schueller's death, Francois Dalle (Dalle), Shueller's deputy, took over as the company's Chairman and CEO. During the 1950s, the company pioneered the concept of advertising products through film commercials screened at movie theaters. The first movie advertisement was for L'Oréal's 'Amber Solaire' (sun care cream) with the tagline, "Just as it was before the war, Amber Solaire is back."
In 1963, L'Oréal became a publicly traded company. This posed a threat to its existence as it could easily come under the state's control, which in turn could affect its international growth plans. Dalle therefore began taking steps to internationalize L'Oréal's ownership structure to prevent it from coming under the control of the government.
In November 2002, L'Oréal, the France-based leading global cosmetics major, received the 'Global Corporate Achievement Award 2002,' for Europe by 'The Economist Group.' Awarded by the publisher of the world's leading weekly business and current affairs journal 'The Economist,' the honor was given in appreciation and recognition of the 'depth, breadth, and diversity of L'Oréal's management team.'
In the same month, L'Oréal's Chairman and CEO, Lindsey Owen Jones (Jones) was honored with the 'Best Manager of the Last 20 Years' title by the French Minister of Finance and Economy, Francis Mer. This award instituted by the leading French business publication, Challenges, was in recognition of Jones' outstanding achievements in transforming L'Oréal from a French company into a global powerhouse.
Jones also received the prestigious 'Manager of the Year 2002' award from the French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Jones was the first foreign head of any French company to receive this award, which was sponsored by the leading French business publication, Le Nouvel Economiste.
These honors were not just a 'cosmetic' eulogy; L'Oréal deserved them, for it was the only company in its industry to post a double-digit profit for 18 consecutive years (Refer Exhibit I for L'Oréal's key financials). L'Oréal, which had operations in 130 countries in the world, posted a turnover of € 13.7 billion in 2001. The company recorded a 19.6% and 26% growth in profit in 2001 and 2002 (half-yearly results), respectively. Commenting on L'Oréal's performance, Jones said, "At L'Oréal, we are 50,000 people who share the same desire; because it is not just about business but about a dream we have to realize, perfection."
Known for its diverse mix of brands (from Europe, America and Asia), like L'Oréal Paris, Maybelline, Garnier, Soft Sheen Carson, Matrix, Redken, L'Oréal Professionnel, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Lancôme, Helena Rubinstein, Biotherm, Kiehl's, Shu Uemura, Armani, Cacharel and Ralph Lauren, L'Oréal was the only cosmetics company in the world to own more than one brand franchise and have a presence in all the distribution channels of the industry
In 1907, Eugene Schueller (Schueller), a French chemist, developed an innovative hair color formula. The uniqueness of this formula, named Aureole, was that it did not damage hair while coloring it, unlike other hair color products that used relatively harsh chemicals.
Schueller formulated and manufactured his products on his own and sold them to Parisian hairdressers. Two years later, in 1909, Schueller set up a company and named it 'Societe Francaise de Teintures inoffensives pour Cheveux.
From the very beginning, Schueller gave a lot of importance to research and innovation to develop new and better beauty care products. By 1920, the company employed three in-house chemists and made brisk business selling hair color in various countries like Holland, Austria and Italy. Schueller used advertising in a major way to market his products.
He used promotional posters made by famous graphic artists like Paul Colin, Charles Loupot, and Raymond Savignac to promote his company's products.In 1933, Schueller, created and launched a beauty magazine for women named, Votre Beaute. In 1937, he started the 'clean children' campaign and created a jingle 'Be nice and clean, smell good' for Dop shampoo, which went on to become one of the most famous jingles in France. In the early 1940s, the company's name was changed to L'Oréal, which was an adaptation of one of the brands 'L'Aureole' (the halo).
In 1957, after Schueller's death, Francois Dalle (Dalle), Shueller's deputy, took over as the company's Chairman and CEO. During the 1950s, the company pioneered the concept of advertising products through film commercials screened at movie theaters. The first movie advertisement was for L'Oréal's 'Amber Solaire' (sun care cream) with the tagline, "Just as it was before the war, Amber Solaire is back."
In 1963, L'Oréal became a publicly traded company. This posed a threat to its existence as it could easily come under the state's control, which in turn could affect its international growth plans. Dalle therefore began taking steps to internationalize L'Oréal's ownership structure to prevent it from coming under the control of the government.