Estée Lauder eventually took over brand hiring without Brown's involvement
Bobbi Brown · Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Bobbi Brown (2018) · Jul 19, 2021 · at 39:13
Bobbi Brown discusses the loss of operational autonomy and mounting corporate friction at Estée Lauder leading up to her departure in 2016.
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“I used to hire, approve and hire and interview every person that walked in that brand, and then I didn't anymore, and all of a sudden there were people Working on my brand that I never met before, and that I might not have hired”
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