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A Dallas finance firm backed a competitor after a failed buyout
“And then there was a Dallas-based company that tried to buy us, a finance company, that basically finally said, if you won't sell to us, we're just gonna knock you off with another makeup artist, which they did which is fine.”
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics was outselling Estée Lauder at Neiman Marcus in 1995
“You are beating us In the stores, and we were beating Estee Lauder and Neiman Marcus at the time.”
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics outsold Estée Lauder at Neiman Marcus
“We were beating Estee Lauder and Neiman Marcus at the time.”
Bobbi Brown: Giving up hiring control and detail attention harmed her brand
“I used to 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, and you know, it was a struggle, and I tried to …”
Estée Lauder eventually took over brand hiring without Brown's involvement
“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”
The Today Show never paid Brown, and she never pitched products on-air
“They never paid me a nickel, and I never, ever pushed my brand.”
Brown sold the commercial rights to her personal name
“No, no, that's not accurate, you know, but I, my name, I sold my name.”
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics generates over $1B in annual revenue
“But of course, today, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics is a brand that's been estimated to generate over a billion dollars of revenue a year.”
Brown left Estée Lauder in 2016 because she needed to be boss
“Honestly, if you really asked me why I left, I needed to be the boss again.”
NBC's Today Show never paid Brown for her regular appearances
“They never paid me a nickel, and I never, ever pushed my brand.”