What was once Avon’s USP – appealing to all women – simply no longer works in today’s market, says Anita Bhagwandas, author of Ugly: Why the World Became Beauty Obsessed and How to Break Free.

The beauty brand uses talc, a mineral that has been linked to cancer, in face powders and eye shadows. In recent years, some 200 lawsuits have been filed against Avon Products that accuse the ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated at 4:35 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2024 to add an Avon spokesperson’s comments. An iconic makeup brand best known for its door-to-door sales representatives has ...

Avon Products on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the beauty brand looks to address its debt and legal liabilities stemming from lawsuits that alleged its talc-based products were ...

The holding company has not sold Avon cosmetics in the U.S. since 2016, but it has remained as the holding company for all Avon products sold outside the U.S. “Today’s action and the proposed ...

Beauty brand Avon Products Inc. should slow down its bankruptcy case so that people who allegedly got cancer from the company’s products have time to study any potential payout plan, a lawyer ...

Inc. ("API"), a U.S.-based non-operational holding company of the Avon beauty brand, today announced that it has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the ...