Andrea Jung Quotes (27 Quotes)

I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.

The part that loses out at the end of the day is just doing things for myself. Sometimes when I go on a business trip, it's those five hours on the plane or that night in the hotel room which are the only moments when I have time for myself. Only then can I read magazines or a novel.

I was marketing-based and U.S.-based. I hadn't run our international business I hadn't run the operating line. Because of the board's insistence that I go on the road and get that experience, I'm sure I'm a better CEO than I would have been.

No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't understand just what I was doing by going into retailing. After I started, though, it got into my blood. I knew this was what I wanted.

A representative is free delivery; she's a personal beauty consultant. Some people want that high touch.

On a great day, I don't believe that the amount of cosmetics sold over the Internet will be more than 25 percent.

I became CEO at the beginning of the hit on old economy stocks. When something like that occurs in your first six months as a CEO of a more traditional branded firm, it makes for a fast learning curve.

If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.

Avon also has an advantage in that we've always shipped small orders to individuals. So we don't have the back-of-the-house complexities and barriers faced by other traditional companies who try to get up and running.

I was still taking piano lessons up until 18 months ago. If I had one thing I could add to my very full calendar, it would be that. That's one of my personal goals because it helps balance all parts of your life, and I really get a lot of enjoyment out of playing Mozart and Beethoven.

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.

Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.

Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.

We also never undercut representatives' prices. A representative will always be able to sell the discounts in our core business, which are not offered at retail. So it's never more advantageous to buy there.

Overall, we feel good about the state of our business, and assuming that significant currency weakness does not spread to other Latin markets, we continue to target double-digit earnings growth in 2002 even if the Argentine peso devalues further to 2.00 to the dollar,

With today's appointments, we are leveraging exceptional management talent and experience with two of our most important strategic priorities, namely, the continuing transformation of our direct-selling channel and the building of the Avon brand. These seasoned executives will play critical roles in enabling Avon to unleash the potential of our unique business model.

Looking ahead, we are confident that the fundamental strength of our business will continue, ... We anticipate further local currency sales growth acceleration in the second half of the year as well as higher dollar operating profit growth, and we remain on track to achieve our stated target of double-digit earnings growth, before unusual items, for the third consecutive year.

Since I'm a mother and a wife, I have to have passion or the frustration would win out. But I love managing people. The product is second to managing the people. And marketing to consumers is so challenging because it is evolving constantly.

Avon invented the concept of direct marketing and direct selling beauty. And that's still very valid to us. We'll have a firm that will be around for another 114 years as strongly as it was the first 114.

You have to combine instinct with a good business acumen. You just can't be creative, and you just can't be analytical.

Women like to use products that other women say work. The Internet will be a big opportunity, but you can't smell a fragrance there yet.

You know, you go home and you try on a new mascara, and I guess a male CEO can't do that.

We are looking forward to continued momentum into the second half, with the 15-market launch of Avon Wellness, our new global line of women's health and well-being products, and be; Coming, our new beauty and lifestyle brand that will launch at retail in the U. S. this fall.

Some people just wait for someone to take them under their wings but they should just find someone's wings to grab onto.

I can only have dinner with my girlfriends once a month instead of once a week.

It's a proud moment for this company, ... Avon and the people of Suffern have had so much history together.

We are encouraged by the improving foreign currency picture, which could result in some upside for earnings if currencies remain at or near their present levels for the rest of the year,