Avon Outlines Transformation, Cost-Savings Plan; Analysts Still Wary
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Following Avon Products Inc.'s announcement last month that it will spin off its North American business, execs provide a strategy update for investors, including a $350m cost-savings plan.
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