Revlon Announces Linda Wells to Join Company as Chief Creative Officer
February 09 2017 - 1:15PM
Business Wire
Revlon, Inc. (NYSE:REV) announced today the appointment of Linda
Wells to the new role of Chief Creative Officer at Revlon. In this
capacity, Ms. Wells will be responsible for curating the look and
feel of the Company’s brands across all consumer touch points
including advertising, product innovation, packaging, digital and
social presence, and point of sale. Working collaboratively with
the Marketing, Product Development and Research & Development
teams, Ms. Wells will support the brands’ strategic growth
priorities. Ms. Wells will report to Mr. Fabian Garcia, President
& CEO of Revlon and will officially join the company on
February 13, 2017.
Mr. Garcia stated, “As we continue to strengthen our portfolio
of iconic brands, Linda’s extensive knowledge of the beauty
industry and her experience assessing and reporting on the global
beauty sector will elevate the prestige, image and execution of our
brands. She will also be integral to ensuring the glamour,
sophistication and innovativeness that are original to both Revlon
and Elizabeth Arden brands’ iconic heritage.”
Ms. Wells is the Founding Editor in Chief of Allure magazine,
allure.com, and the Allure video channel. During her 25-year
leadership tenure, she created the Allure Best of Beauty Awards,
the Best of Beauty seal, and the Allure Beauty Box subscription
service. Highly respected in the industry Ms. Wells is recognized
as an innovator in media and in beauty. In addition to establishing
Allure as the preeminent beauty authority, she provided the highest
level of journalistic coverage on important health and beauty
topics for her readers.
Most recently, Ms. Wells was contributing beauty editor at large
at New York Magazine’s The Cut and the producer of “The Linda Wells
Report,” a beauty magazine within Hearst’s Harper’s Bazaar, Elle,
Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and Town & Country since March
2016.
Ms. Wells has a BA in English Literature from Trinity College
and resides in New York City with her two sons.
About Revlon, Inc.
Revlon has developed a long-standing reputation as a color
authority and beauty trendsetter in the world of color cosmetics
and hair care. Since its breakthrough launch of the first opaque
nail enamel in 1932, Revlon has provided consumers with
high quality product innovation, performance and sophisticated
glamour. In 2016, Revlon acquired the iconic Elizabeth
Arden® portfolio of brands, including its leading designer,
heritage and celebrity fragrances. Today, the Revlon Beauty’s
Group’s diversified portfolio of brands is sold in approximately
150 countries around the world in most retail distribution
channels, including mass, salon and prestige. Revlon ranks among
the top 20 global beauty companies, with product offerings in color
cosmetics, skincare, hair color and care, beauty tools, men’s
grooming products, anti-perspirant deodorants and other beauty care
products fragrances under brands such as Revlon, Elizabeth
Arden, Revlon ColorSilk, Revlon Professional, American Crew, Almay,
Mitchum, Cutex, Elizabeth Taylor, Britney Spears, Juicy
Couture, Curve, John Varvatos and Christina
Aguilera. Please visit http://www.revlon.com for the
latest news and information about Revlon and its brands.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Statements made in this press release, which are not historical
facts, including statements about the Company's plans, strategies,
focus, beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking and are
subject to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made
and, except for the Company's ongoing obligations under the U.S.
federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether to reflect
actual results of operations; changes in financial condition;
changes in general U.S. or international economic, industry or
cosmetics category conditions; changes in estimates, expectations
or assumptions; or other circumstances, conditions, developments or
events arising after the issuance of this press release. Such
forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements
as to the Company’s belief that as we continue to strengthen our
portfolio of iconic brands, Ms. Wells’ extensive knowledge of the
beauty industry and her experience assessing and reporting on the
global beauty sector will elevate the prestige, image and execution
of our brands and that she will also be integral to ensuring the
glamour, sophistication and innovativeness that are original to
both Revlon and Elizabeth Arden brands’ iconic heritage. Actual
results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements
for a number of reasons, including those set forth in our filings
with the SEC, including, without limitation, our Annual Reports on
Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on
Form 8-K that we have filed or will file with the SEC during 2017
(which may be viewed on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov or
on our website at http://www.revloninc.com), as well as reasons
including: (i) difficulties with, delays in and/or the Company’s
inability to strengthen our portfolio of iconic brands, such as due
to unanticipated circumstances or results affecting the Company's
financial performance, including decreased consumer spending in
response to weak economic conditions or weakness in the consumption
of beauty care products; adverse changes in foreign currency
exchange rates; decreased sales of the Company's products as a
result of increased competitive activities by the Company's
competitors and/or decreased performance by third party suppliers;
changes in consumer preferences, such as reduced consumer demand
for the Company's products or lower than expected customer and/or
consumer acceptance of the Company’s existing or new products;
lower than expected results from the Company’s new product
development plans or its new advertising, promotional, pricing
and/or marketing plans; higher than expected sales returns related
to any reduction of space and/or inventory management by the
Company's customers; changes in consumer purchasing habits,
including with respect to retailer preferences and/or among sales
channels; and/or higher than expected synergy and integration
program costs and expenses related to the Elizabeth Arden
acquisition; and/or (ii) less than anticipated benefits from Ms.
Wells’ appointment. Factors other than those listed above could
also cause the Company’s results to differ materially from expected
results. Additionally, the business and financial materials and any
other statement or disclosure on or made available through the
Company’s websites or other websites referenced herein shall not be
incorporated by reference into this release.
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