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Revlon Highlights Flesh Beauty Launch, China Momentum In Q2 Report

 
• By Ryan Nelson

The firm remains in brand- and digital-building mode, but it’s seeing marked progress while looking forward to planned H2 innovations and the impact of its recently introduced Flesh line of “inclusive” color cosmetics. Opportunity beckons in China, where Revlon’s second-quarter sales grew 46%.

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Headed into the second half of fiscal 2018,Revlon Group Inc. is optimistic about its new Flesh color cosmetics brand, recently launched through an exclusive deal with Ulta, as well as rapid growth in China, where opportunity remains for further expansion.

The New York-based firm’s second-quarter performance was hit hard by SAP service-level disruptions at its Oxford, N.C. manufacturing facility – which drove $30m in net sales declines, predominantly in international...

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