Avon to Present at Merrill Lynch Retailing Leaders, Household & Cosmetics Conference NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avon Products, Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, Andrea Jung, will provide an update on the company's business and strategies at the Merrill Lynch Retailing Leaders, Household Products & Cosmetics Conference in New York on Thursday, March 25, 2004. Merrill Lynch is scheduled to webcast the presentation live beginning at approximately 10:30 a.m. New York time.Those wishing to access the webcast can obtain instructions for doing so from the Avon Investor website, http://www.avoninvestor.com/. The webcast will be archived at that site for two weeks. Avon is the world's leading direct seller of beauty and related products, with $6.8 billion in annual revenues. Avon markets to women around the world through 4.4 million independent sales Representatives. Avon product lines include such recognizable brand names as Avon Color, Anew, Skin-So-Soft, Avon Solutions, Advance Techniques Hair Care, Avon Naturals, Mark, and Avon Wellness. Avon also markets an extensive line of fashion jewelry and apparel. More information about Avon and its products can be found on the company's web site http://www.avoncompany.com/. DATASOURCE: Avon Products, Inc. CONTACT: Investors - Renee Johansen or Rob Foresti, both for Avon Products, Inc., +1-212-282-5320 Web site: http://www.avon.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/079575.html

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