LONDON, June 20, 2019 /CNW/ -- Avon Products, Inc.
(NYSE: AVP), a globally recognised leader in direct selling of
beauty products, today announced that HCL Technologies will serve
as the company's infrastructure services partner. The partnership
is another stride forward in delivering Avon's 'Open Up' transformation strategy to
digitise the business, drive greater efficiencies, and open up
future growth.
HCL will help Avon to overhaul
its IT infrastructure services and support systems for improving
the quality, scope, and efficiency of Avon's service-management activities,
including its data centres, network, security, and end-user
computing services as well as its service desk. HCL will implement
state-of-the-art service-management tools to help make Avon's infrastructure services more efficient,
effective, and agile.
The partnership also enables Avon to realise cost savings, enabling the
business to fund new digital investments, improve service levels,
and add capabilities for Avon's
millions of Representatives across the world.
Benedetto Conversano, Avon Senior
Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Technology Officer,
said: "This is a significant move forward in our 'Open Up Avon'
strategy, through which we are resetting and digitizing the
Avon business to fuel future
growth. We look forward to seeing the positive change that HCL will
drive for our business as we identify new ways of working, enhance
speed and agility, and inject new capabilities within our digital
initiatives. This is critical as we improve support for our
millions of Avon Representatives.
Avon is on an exciting journey and
we are delighted to welcome HCL as our partner."
Vijay Verma, Executive Vice
President at HCL Technologies, said: "Our partnership with
Avon embodies HCL's Mode 1-2-3
vision and will drive automation, cloud, standardization and
service elevation to deliver business outcomes and best-in-class
end-user experiences, while laying the foundation for next gen
services and digital transformation."
About Avon Products Inc.
For 130 years Avon has stood for women: providing
innovative, quality beauty products which are primarily sold to
women, through women. Millions of independent sales
Representatives across the world sell iconic Avon brands such as
Avon Color and ANEW through their social networks, building their
own beauty businesses on a full- or part-time basis.
Avon supports women's empowerment,
entrepreneurship and well-being and has donated over $1billion to women's causes through Avon and the Avon Foundation. Learn more
about Avon and its products at
www.avonworldwide.com. #stand4her
About HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies (HCL) is a
leading global technology company that helps global enterprises
re–imagine and transform their businesses through Digital
technology transformation. HCL operates out of 44 countries and has
consolidated revenues of US$ 8.6
billion, for financial year ended 31st March, 2019. HCL focuses on providing an
integrated portfolio of services underlined by its Mode 1–2–3
growth strategy. Mode 1 encompasses the core services in the areas
of Applications, Infrastructure, BPO and Engineering & R&D
services, leveraging DRYiCE™ Autonomics to transform clients'
business and IT landscape, making them 'lean' and 'agile'. Mode 2
focuses on experience–centric and outcome–oriented integrated
offerings of Digital & Analytics, IoT WoRKS™, Cloud Native
Services and Cybersecurity & GRC services to drive business
outcomes and enable enterprise digitalization. Mode 3 strategy is
ecosystem–driven, creating innovative IP–partnerships to build
products and platforms business. HCL leverages its global network
of integrated co-innovation labs and global delivery capabilities
to provide holistic multi–service delivery in key industry
verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing,
Telecommunications, Media, Publishing, Entertainment, Retail &
CPG, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Energy &
Utilities, Travel, Transportation & Logistics and Government.
With 137,965 professionals from diverse nationalities, HCL focuses
on creating real value for customers by taking 'Relationships
Beyond the Contract'. For more information, please visit
www.hcltech.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" that
are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements
relating to the Company's transformation strategy, IT
Infrastructure and certain cost savings. Because forward-looking
statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties, actual
future results may differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the possibility of
business disruption, competitive uncertainties, and general
economic and business conditions in Avon's markets as well as the other risks
detailed in Avon's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2018, and Avon's other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Avon undertakes no obligation to update any
statements in this press release for changes that happen after the
date of this release.
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SOURCE Avon Products, Inc.