Editing Avon Products (section)

==Business model and marketing==
[[File:Avon lady school 1363 Jerome Av jeh.JPG|thumb|right|240px|An Avon training center in [[the Bronx]]]]
Avon uses both [[door-to-door]] salespeople ("Avon ladies", as well as "Avon men") and brochures to advertise its products.<ref>{{cite book |title=Avon: Building the World's Premier Company for Women |last=Klepacki |first=Laura |year=2005 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |isbn=0-471-71026-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZUPceXxVP4C|access-date=April 4, 2013}}</ref> Some Avon training centers have a small retail section with skin care products, such as creams, serums, makeup, and washes. Avon recruits sales representatives who sell beauty products, jewelry, accessories, and clothing.<ref name=washingtonpost>{{cite news|last1=Ehrenfreund|first1=Max|title=Avon splits with trade group, citing risk of pyramid schemes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/16/avon-splits-with-trade-group-citing-risk-of-pyramid-schemes/|access-date=December 21, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=September 16, 2014}}</ref>

Some of the brand-names used by the company include Avon Color (including Power Stay, Make Up + Care, and Ultra Colour range),  Imari, Far Away, Avon Eve, Today Tomorrow Always, Black Suede, Avon Fashions, Anew, Clearskin, Naturals, Avon Care, Avon Senses, Skin So Soft among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avonworldwide.com/|title=AVON Embrace Your Power|last=Embrace Your Power|first= Avon|website=AVON Worldwide|language=en-US|access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> According to the U.S. government, Avon has 5 million to 6 million sales representatives operating in over 100 countries as of 2014. Avon and its subsidiaries have 40,000 to 50,000 employees, 6,000 of which are in the United States.<ref name="crain's" />

Avon was an early member of the U.S. [[Direct Selling Association]], which was founded in 1910. The company left the association in 2014, saying that the trade group was not paying enough attention to the industry as a whole.<ref name=washingtonpost/>