Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder reported a strong second-quarter profit and its first sales increase in a year on Thursday. CEO Fabrizio Freda discussed products the company plans to introduce in the next 12 months, including several intended to appeal to women of a range of ethnicities, during a conference call ...

Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder reported Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 62 percent, helped by strong growth in Asia and at its airport stores and by cost cutting. Here's a closer look at which areas performed well — and not so well — during the ...

Growth in Asia and a cost-cutting worldwide program helped Estee Lauder's second-quarter profit rise 62 percent, and the company said it sees signs that consumer spending is stabilizing. The maker of Clinique and Aveda products, which raised its guidance last week, said Thursday that better-than-expected growth at ...

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