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This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
New Origins prez: Jane Lauder, Clinique's senior VP-global marketing since July 2006, will begin July 1 as VP, general manager of Estee Lauder's natural-based Origins unit. A former VP at BeautyBank responsible for creation and launch of American Beauty and Flirt! brands, Jane Lauder was "instrumental" in such Clinique successes as Acne Solutions and Almost Powder Makeup - which were driven by innovative multi-media marketing and distribution, parent company notes - as well as Clinique's February debut on QVC, which broke the channel's previous sales records. Her "strong management skills, coupled with her deep understanding of the dynamic global retail environment, will be hugely valuable as she leads and grows the Origins brand around the world," Estee Lauder notes. Jane Lauder -granddaughter of company's founder - will help develop a line of products in collaboration with Allergan that will be distributed through doctors' offices starting later this year. She will report to Jane Hertzmark Hudis, president of BeautyBank, Ojon and now Origins...
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