2008 Key Figures

Human Resources


Global change in workforce
  Global workforce Global number of executives*
2006 60 851** 16 197
2007 63 358** 16 975
2008 67 662** 17 881

* Global number of executives in the cosmetics branch, excluding YSL Beauté.

** Including The Body Shop since 2006, American distributors since 2007, and the whole of the Club des Créateurs de Beauté and YSL Beauté since 2008

Breakdown of employees by geographic zone* at December 31st, 2008
Latin America 7.1%
Asia 14.9%
Other regions 5.0%
North America 22.6%
France 20.1%
Western Europe excluding France 25.7%
Eastern Europe 4.6%

* Including The Body Shop since 2006, American distributors since 2007, and the whole of the Club des Créateurs de Beauté and YSL Beauté since 2008

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