Press Releases

2004 Sales: 14.53 Billion Euros, Up By +6.2% Like-For-Like.

Clichy, 3rd January 2005, Mr. Giorgio Galli, Executive Vice-President for Corporate Communications and External Affairs since 2001, will be retiring in December 2004.

Clichy, 3rd January 2005, Mr. François Vachey, Executive Vice-President Human Resources of the L’Oréal Group since 1990, has chosen to retire in December 2004. Mr. Geoff Skingsley will succeed him as from 1st January 2005.

Clichy, Paris, 7 December 2004, L’Oréal kicks off the 2005 edition of its renowned marketing competition with a new name and the biggest game ever with hundreds of participants from over 30 countries including Mexico, China, Japan, Australia and Russia.

Clichy, Paris, 17 November 2004, L’Oréal, the world’s leading cosmetics company, announces today the opening of the fifth and most popular edition ever of the L’Oréal e-Strat Challenge.

Sales At September 30th 2004

Clichy, 6 September 2004, L’Oréal adds the L’Oréal Academic Challenge to the launch of the 2005 edition of its successful e-Strat Challenge business game.

First-Half 2004 Results

Growth Gathers Speed. 1St Half Sales: +6.4% Like-For-Like

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