Oriflame Explained

Oriflame Holding AG
Type:Private
Industry:Direct selling
Foundation:January 1, 1967
Key People:Anna Malmhake (CEO)
Alexander af Jochnick (Chairman)
Revenue:€1.5 billion
Num Employees:6000

Oriflame Holding AG is a Swedish-Swiss multinational multi-level marketing company that sells beauty and personal care products directly to consumers online through a network of independent sellers.[1]

History

Oriflame was founded on January 1, 1967, in Sweden by brothers Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick, and their friend Bengt Hellsten.[2] The head office of Oriflame is located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with a registered office in Stockholm, Sweden.

IK Partners (Formerly Industri Kapital) acquired Oriflame through a public offering on the London Stock Exchange in October 1999. IK gradually reduced its stake, before final exit in March 2006[3] . Oriflame was traded on the Nasdaq Stockholm until being delisted on 17 July 2019.[4]

In 2023, Anna Malmhake succeeded Magnus Brännström as CEO & President after Brännström's 18-year tenure.[5]

In August 2022, Oriflames Marcus Fogel (Senior Director of Global Digital Services) worked alongside PayU CEO, Mario Shiliashki to work out a 21-day payment plan for buyers of Oriflames online products.[6]

In 2023, Oriflame signed a collaboration contract with Arnest Management LLC (Arnest) a perfume, cosmetic, and household products manufacturer from Russia.[7] Part of the contract was that Arnest would be acquiring Cetes Cosmetics Russia.

Operations

The company has approximately 6,000 employees, 1,000 products, and a turnover of over 1.3 billion Euro.[8] As of August 2020, Oriflame operated in more than 60 countries, where its beauty products were marketed by over 3 million Oriflame Brand Partners.[9]

Oriflame has two Indian manufacturing plants in Noida and Roorkee.[10] [11] It also manufactures products in Russia, Poland, and China.[12]

External links

https://oriflame-msk.ru/

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oriflame Cosmetics AG . 2022-10-19 . www.ibm.com . en-us.
  2. Web site: 2020-12-10 . Oriflame India @ 25 A Beautiful Journey . outlookindia.com.
  3. Web site: Oriflame I Private Equity Investment I Mid Cap I IK Partners . 2024-10-14 . IK Partners . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Oriflame . 2023-02-28 . investors.oriflame.com.
  5. Web site: Press releases | Oriflame .
  6. Web site: PYMNTS . 2022-08-29 . Seamless Payments: A Thing of Beauty . 2023-05-11 . www.pymnts.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2023-04-28 . Oriflame Sells Russian Manufacturing Unit - Direct Selling News . 2023-05-11 . www.directsellingnews.com . en-US.
  8. Web site: CareerCenter . 2022-08-21 . www.careercenter.am . en.
  9. Web site: Oriflame: Inspired by Nature, Powered by Science . 3 August 2020 . Direct Selling News . August 18, 2020.
  10. News: India among top priority markets; to grow in double digits: Oriflame . The Economic Times . 2023-01-09.
  11. News: Oriflame India acquires manufacturing facility in Uttarakhand . The Economic Times . 2023-01-09.
  12. Web site: Prance-Miles . Louise . 2022-04-29 . Oriflame impacted by Russia's Ukraine invasion as Poland gas supply interrupted . 2023-01-09 . Global Cosmetics News . en-GB.