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Revlon Shares Surge as Investors Embrace Plans to Slim Down

Shares surge 15 percent as the cosmetics company announces plans to cut spending by $150 million.
Revlon lip products | Source: Courtesy
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  • Bloomberg

NEW YORK, United States — Revlon Inc jumped in early trading after the cosmetics giant said it will reduce costs by as much as $150 million by the end of next year in a plan that will include job cuts.

It is reallocating resources to focus on “higher-priority growth areas,” chief executive Debra Perelman said in a statement Friday. She said the plans will lead to some headcount reductions. The company has struggled to turn around its business as it fends off a growing field of competitors. Specialty beauty stores and online-only concepts have rattled the cosmetics industry. Revlon is already making some progress. Profit rebounded in the third quarter from a loss a year earlier. “Revenues have steadied and they got a little margin momentum,” said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Noel Hebert.

Shares surged as much as 15 percent in premarket trading to $25.01. The stock had been unchanged this year through Thursday’s close, compared with the 5 percent gain in the S&P 500 Index.

By Lisa Wolfson; editor: Anne Riley Moffat.

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