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Failed premium drugstore lines from Revlon and L'Oreal enabled e.l.f.'s retail expansion
“Revlon launched a brand called Vital Radiance. Now you probably don't remember, ever heard of it. And L'Oreal launched a brand called Hip to compete with Mac. And the major premise of both those brands was we are going to sell more expensive cosmetics in the d…”
Revlon spent 15 years unsuccessfully trying to enter the Nigerian market
“And they'd been trying to come into the country for 15 years and they couldn't.”
Moving Burt's Bees to North Carolina Drastically Cut Manufacturing Costs
“Revlon was about 15 miles away. The Body Shop was about 30 or 40 miles away, and there were a lot of pharmaceutical companies that used a lot of the same glass jars and caps and that sort of thing. So our expenses went way down. We were able to hire people who…”
Burt's Bees cut costs by relocating near Revlon and Body Shop
“Revlon was about 15 miles away. The body shop was about 30 or 40 miles away, and there were a lot of pharmaceutical companies that use a lot of the same glass jars and caps and that sort of thing. So our expenses went way down. We were able to hire people who …”