Great depression for Revlon as it files for bankruptcy

The 90-year-old company started life selling nail polish in the Great Depression

20 June 2022 - 19:46 By Claire Boston

Revlon filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, unable to manage its heavy debt load after failing to tap into a cosmetics sales boom driven by social-media influencers...

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