AVON Jeddah SA

As the world's largest direct seller, Avon markets to women in over 100 countries through over five million independent Avon Sales Representatives. Avon's product line includes beauty products, fashion jewelry and apparel, and features such well-recognized brand names as Avon Color, Anew, Skin-So-Soft, Avon Solutions, Advance Techniques, Avon Naturals, Mark, and Avon Wellness. The company began offering products for men in 2004. Avon started out in 1886 as the California Perfume Company when founder, Mr. David McConnell, 28 of New York, NY, USA discovered that the rose oil perfumes he was giving away were the reason people were buying his books. The first Avon Sales Representative was Mrs. The first product produced was called the Little Dot Perfume Set and included five fragrances: Violet, White Rose, Heliotrope, Lily-of-the-Valley, and Hyacinth

The company was named Avon in 1939, after the river that runs through Stratford-On-Avon in the English Midlands. The name is a tribute to McConnell's favorite playwright, William Shakespeare, who hailed from the town.