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  • Mary Kay Files Lawsuit Against RetailMeNot

    Mary Kay is suing digital coupon company RetailMeNot, claiming that it is soliciting coupons for Mary Kay without its consent. May Kay says in the suit that it does not provide digital offers and coupons for publication on RetailMeNot and has not authorized the use of its name or likeness to advert... Read more

  • Mary Kay Gives Back During Global Month of Service

    DALLAS, Apr 10, 2012 -- Thousands of 'Mary Kay family members' in more than 35 countries helped their fellow neighbors by volunteering more than 197,010 hours of community service -- or more than 22 years of service valued at more than $4 million* (USD) -- around the world in one month to celebrate ... Read more

  • Mary Kay Named One of the Top 20 Brands

    DALLAS, Mar 02, 2012 -- Mary Kay is clearly hitting the mark with consumers as it was once again recognized by Brand Keys as a 'brand that delights' because of the company's high level of customer engagement and satisfaction. Brand Keys, an independent research firm, has studied consumer behavior fo... Read more

  • Mary Kay Advocates for Domestic Violence Survivors

    ATLANTA, Feb 02, 2012 -- Mary Kay Inc. and Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants, in partnership with the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence are descending upon the Georgia State Capitol to raise awareness with lawmakers about the importance of crucial funding for domestic violence preven... Read more

  • Mary Kay Reports Record Year

    DALLAS, Jan 09, 2012 -- While a sluggish economy continues to undermine the job market and business growth, cosmetics powerhouse Mary Kay is breaking records reporting a 15 percent increase in sales in 2011.The city of Atlanta will see first-hand how Mary Kay independent beauty consultants are achie... Read more

  • Mary Kay Donates 3 Million to Domestic Violence Shelters

    Domestic Violence Shelters' Desperate Call for Help is Answered by The Mary Kay Foundation with $3 Million DonationDALLAS, Sep 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --The Mary Kay Foundation maintains commitment to keeping women safe The downturn in the economy is driving domestic violence shelters to cut muc... Read more

  • Mary Kay Consultant Wins 15th Car

    Pam Stinnet has not allowed a troubling recession to interfere with her business as a Mary kay Consultant, and has reported that her sales have actually increased in the current economic situation. Just recently, Pam received her 15th career car with Mary Kay Cosmetics, a pink Cadillac. Showing deep... Read more

  • Mary Kay Cosmetics Press Release

    When the Mobile BayBears return home on Saturday, May 15, from their 10-game road trip to Tennessee and West Tennessee, the BayBears will host Breast Cancer Awareness Night in conjunction with Mary Kay Cosmetics to help raise money for the Mary Kay Ashe Foundation. The Mary Kay Ashe Foundation is de... Read more

  • Representatives of Mary Kay Support violence Victims

    Mary Kay reps brightened up the Capitol Tuesday by making their signature color pink, although instead of selling makeup, the women entered the Capitol in support of domestic violence victims.Karen Rogers, granddaughter of the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics was also among them.According to Tennessee ... Read more

  • Mary Kay Mentioned in Newsweek Article

    Mary Kay was the brainchild of Mary Kay Ash, a Texas housewife who started her own business in the 1960s and built an empire of sales by and for women at a time when women had few outlets for entrepreneurship or management. It's part down-home faith (service to God is one of the firm's key tenets), ... Read more

  • May Kay Sees Thirty Percent Uptick

    As the recession breeds layoffs, pay cuts and job uncertainty, the direct-selling industry appears to be reaping the benefits as workers seek supplemental income.Dan Howard, professor of marketing with Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, said that in a recession, many workers are... Read more

  • Mary Kay Investing in India

    Mary Kay In India has launched the most in-depth and sophisticated makeover tool currently available - the Mary Kay® Virtual Makeover. This unique tool allows users to upload their photo for a state-of-the-art, personalized makeover. This FREE, fun tool lets them play with color and create custom l... Read more

  • Mary Kay Referenced in Industry Article

    Hard economic times call for cutting back on life's little luxuries, but one company says its customers are doing plenty of feel good spending. Mary Kay has been around since the 1960s selling skin care products and make up to women. The company says even in tough economic times women still want to ... Read more

  • Mary Kay Looking to Make Green Dollars

    Direct seller Mary Kay is looking to make green dollars with its new refillable compact it estimates will help eliminate 60,000 tons of carbon emissions. Cosmetics manufacturers are considering different options to help reduce the environmental damage from packaging from biodegradable materials to r... Read more

  • Mary Kay Plans to Launch 20 Products

    New Delhi: Mary Kay plans to launch 20 new products, including anti-ageing range and perfumes this year, to strengthen its position in the Rs 6,000-crore Indian cosmetics market. The company would also invest close to Rs 80 crore to set up beauty centres and offices, develop its product portfolio an... Read more

  • State of Nevada Honors the Mary Kay Ash Foundation

    In honor of its work to help women in the state of Nevada, the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation was honored by Gov. Jim Gibbons today with a proclamation declaring April 10 as 'Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation Day' in Nevada. The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation (MKACF) was started in 1996 by ... Read more

  • Mary Kay Rep Earns 14th Pink Cadillac

    LACEY — In 1981, Susan Ehrnstrom, then a resident of Forked River, set a goal. She worked for Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc. and wanted to earn a new pink Cadillac. She was driving a Buick Regal at the time, but borrowed a Cadillac emblem and stuck it on her vehicle. The idea must have worked because on Mo... Read more

  • Mary Kay Featured on Voice of America Broadcast

    And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. This week, we tell about one of the most successful American businesswomen. Mary Kay started a company in nineteen sixty-three with a five thousand dollar investment. Today, Mary Kay Cosmetics is an international company ... Read more

  • Mary Kay Shines in Indian Cosmetic Market

    MARY KAY Inc., America's best selling brand in combined categories of skin care and colour cosmetics and one of the world's leading direct selling companies entered Indian beauty market in September 2007. After getting an over whelming response from Indian market, Mary Kay announced the launch of it... Read more

  • Mary Kay Mexico Unit Shows Strong Sales

    MONTERREY, Mexico – The late Mary Kay Ash brought her pink Cadillac down to this industrial city two decades ago and set up a direct sales operation in a country where resellers had to go to a bank first to pay for their products, then pick them up at bus stations.On Wednesday, Dallas Mayor Tom Lepp... Read more

  • Mary Kay Conference Big for Houston

    According to the Houston Business Journal, the upcoming Mary Kay conference will pump $8.5 million dollars into the city's economy, based on company projections.May Kay is hosting is annual leadership convention in Houston from January 23 to 30th at the George R. Brown Convention Center.Mary Kay pla... Read more

  • Mary Kay Issues Grant To Combat Domestic Violence

    Women's eNews and Mary Kay Inc. are combining resources to help combat domestic violence. Mary Kay has issued a grant that will fund journalists reporting for Women's eNews to provide in-depth coverage of the complex, often underreported, subject of violence against women.The two have joined togethe... Read more

  • Mary Kay Cosmetics in the Seattle Times

    Hispanic women change the face of Mary Kay LOS ANGELES — Altagracia Valdez is dreaming of a perfect pink Cadillac. All she has to do to win it, according to her boss at Mary Kay Inc., is expand her list of "conocidos." Those familiar connections, she says, can adorn Valdez's 60-year-old hands with ... Read more

  • Mary Kay to Invest 20 Million in India

    NEW DELHI: Global cosmetic major Mary Kay on Wednesday said that it would invest $20 million (around Rs 80 crore) here in the next five years for setting up centres, developing product portfolio and training consultants in the country. Mary Kay has introduced around 60 products designed specifically... Read more

  • Mary Kay Forms Partnership with CMA

    Mary Kay has been named the Official Beauty Sponsor of the 2007 Country Music Association, (CMA), Awards. Susie Jasper, a Mary Kay celebrity makeup artist and beauty expert, will be located backstage at the "Mary Kay Touch-Up Station" to make sure that all the artists who are participating in the CM... Read more

  • New Mary Kay Products to Brighten Eyes

    It's time to open your eyes to a new line of Mary Kay products designed to brighten eyes, create voluminous long lashes and improve the overall appearance of the face. The new TimeWise Firming Eye Cream, MK Signature Facial Highlighting Pen, MK Signature Ultimate Mascara, MK Signature Lash Lengtheni... Read more

  • Mary Kay Launches MKMen in Russia

    Mary Kay launched MKMen skin care collection in the Russian market. The series comprises moisturizing cream with SPF 25, cleansing and peeling soap, shaving foam and cooling aftershave gel. The series id said to match every age and every skin type. 60% of male cosmetics in Russia is bought by women.... Read more

  • Mary Kay Cosmetics in the Springfield Sun News

    For 38 years retired teacher Pam Stevens molded young minds.Now the Springfield resident focuses her time on the business of beauty as a Mary Kay sales representative, which has proven to be a good second career. And the pay isn't bad, either.While Stevens, an independent sale director, doesn't driv... Read more

  • Mary Kay Uses Packetshaper

    The global leader in WAN Optimization systems, announced on May 22nd that Mary Kay Inc., one of the world's largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics, is standardizing on Packeteer PacketShaper appliances to monitor and manage traffic in a hybrid network supporting both private and pub... Read more

  • Mary Kay in the Bowling Green News

    Mary Kay Cosmetics gets mention in this article from teh Bowling Green News:Enterprising student finds success with selling make-upUniversity senior Melina Papantoniou goes to classes, works on campus and, oh yeah, has her own business.Two years ago, Papantoniou became an independent beauty consulta... Read more

  • Mary Kay Featured in the Herald News

    The changing face of Mary KayJoliet native Susan Hohlman has been a Mary Kay representative for 25 years. In that time, she has seen the company grow and change.And while most women envision a Mary Kay consultant as the lady who brings make-up to her clients' homes, showing a small group of women ho... Read more

  • Mary Kay Foundation Donates 20K

    Domestic violence agency gets $20,000The Hope House domestic violence agency got an early Christmas present this month: A $20,000 grant from the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, the giving arm of the Mary Kay cosmetics empire.The grant was one of $3 million given to 150 domestic violence shelters... Read more

  • USO Gives Mary Kay Beauty Treatments

    USO offers military wives, mothers a beautiful day About 20 women carrying the heavy load of supporting a family with a soldier deployed to war or caring for their injured loved ones at local military hospitals were able to shed their worries Sunday to indulge in some pampering. While the first USO ... Read more

  • Mary Kay Cosmetics in the News

    In the pinkLocal women find career happiness with Mary Kay companyBefore finding her dream job, Kristen Marks was a practicing attorney. Emily Sims was vice president of a wireless company. Cari Pettit was a human resources manager. And Michele Larson was an administrative assistant.The four Pensaco... Read more

  • Woman Earns 12th Mary Kay Cadillac

    Woman earns 12th Cadillac while battling breast cancerPink has been a monumental color for Denise Kucharski - in good times and in bad. The Wichita Falls woman has earned her 12th free pink Cadillac from Mary Kay Inc., a feat made possible after 26 years selling makeup and cosmetics for the Texas-ba... Read more

  • Mary Kay Cosmetics Begins Test Marketing in India

    The Economic Times in New Delhi ran an article on Mary Kay Cosmetic's test marketing in the country: ...It's a song that the Boss made memorable. It's a film that Clint Eastwood starred in. But most famously, it's a concept that Mary Kay popularised. Yup we're talking about the pink Cadillac. An... Read more

  • Mary Kay ring new doorbells

    The cosmetics giant said it expects China to surpass the U.S. in sales in the next 10 years.DALLAS — Hope of joining China's growing middle class drove Xiang Jun Mei, a poor rice farmer's daughter, to hawk Mary Kay products door-to-door and to everyone she met.Wang Di started selling the American co... Read more

  • Mary Kay Name David Holl President and CEO

    Mary Kay Inc. Names David Holl President, Chief Executive Officer; Richard R. Rogers, Son of Mary Kay Ash and Company Cofounder, Assumes Title of Executive Chairman of Board DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2006--Mary Kay Inc., one of the largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmeti... Read more

  • Mary Kay ordered to pay $26M

    Mary Kay ordered to pay $26M-plus in patent infringement lawsuitDallas Business Journal - 4:28 PM CDT WednesdayMary Kay Inc. was ordered to pay more than $26 million in back royalties to TriStrata Technology Inc. in connection with a patent infringement case. A state district court in Wilmington, De... Read more