2008 Key Figures

Cosmetics branch


2008 consolidated sales by division
  Percentage Consolidated sales (€ million)
Active Cosmetics 7.9% 1 289
Professionnal Products 15.1% 2 472
Consumer Products 51.1% 8 355
Luxury Products 25.5% 4 170

2008 consolidated sales by segment
  Percentage Consolidated sales (€ million)
Skincare 26.2% 4 296
Haircare 23.2% 3 790
Make-up 20.6% 3 375
Hair colourants 15.0% 2 451
Perfumes 11.3% 1 848
Other 3.7% 599

2008 consolidated sales by geographic zone
  Percentage Consolidated sales (€ million)
Western Europe 45.1% 7 382
North America 22.9% 3 739
Rest of the world 32.0% 5 238

2008 operating profit


2008 operating profit by division
  € million % of sales
Professionnal Products 519 21.0%
Consumer Products 1 578 18.9%
Luxury Products 767 18.4%
Active Cosmetics 259 20.1%
Cosmetics divisions total* 3 110 19.0%
Non-allocated** -502 -3.1%
Cosmetics branch total 2 608 15.9%

* Includes the operating profit of the “cosmetics miscellaneous” activity which consists mainly of mail order sales.

** "Non-allocated" items consist of the expenses of functional divisions and of fundamental research, and of stock option costs, which are not allocated to the cosmetics divisions. This item also includes activities not forming part of the group’s core businesses, such as insurance, reinsurance and banking.

2008 operating profit by geographic zone
  € million % of sales
Western Europe 1 634 22.1%
North America 593 15.9%
rest of the world 884 16.9%
Total for geographic zones 3 110 19.0%
Non-allocated* -502 -3.1%
Cospmetics branch total 2 608 15.9%

* "Non-allocated" items consist of the expenses of functional divisions and of fundamental research, and of stock option costs, which are not allocated to the cosmetics divisions. This item also includes activities not forming part of the group’s core businesses, such as insurance, reinsurance and banking.

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