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Beauty Mark! - Conair Celebrates 50 Years of Success
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Oct 9, 2009 - 5:22:29 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Stamford, Connecticut, – The story of Conair® Corporation and the Rizzuto family is truly the American dream come true. This year that story will be heard around the world as the company that Lee Rizzuto started with his parents in their family home in Brooklyn, with a $100 investment and unparalleled determination, celebrates 50 years of incredible growth and success.

Conair’s roots lie in the professional salon hair care industry, which remains a healthy
part of the $2 billion-plus global business. But strategic maneuvers into the consumer
side of the business grew the broader personal care category. A number of domestic and
international acquisitions quickly drove the business in new directions and continue to
expand the company’s reach today. With the purchase of Cuisinart® in 1989 and Waring®
in 1998, Conair entered the dynamic and still rapidly expanding premium gourmet
kitchen appliances category, now a major component of the company’s success. When
Lee purchased Cuisinart, the iconic food processor was the brand’s sole product. Now
there are thousands, including the Cuisinart® coffeemaker, which has become a household
staple.
Conair now includes over 25 prestigious brand names familiar to consumers around
the world. BaByliss®PRO, Rusk®, ConairPRO®, Forfex®, Satin Smooth® and ConairPET™ all serve
the professional community while consumers have made Conair®, Infiniti by Conair™,
Conair Instant Heat, Scünci® and Conair® hair accessories, Weight Watchers® Scales by
Conair, Pollenex® Showerheads and Jilbère de Paris™ best sellers in their categories. This
impressive lineup, plus licensing agreements with ELLE® hair accessories, Revlon® and
Vidal Sassoon® International, exemplifies the company’s original commitment to producing
quality products that deliver great performance at affordable prices.
In the last 50 years, Conair has become one of the world’s most well-known and
respected leaders in consumer products and hair care. For an unprecedented 30 consecutive
years, Conair has been the recipient of the industry’s prestigious SPARC award, retail’s
highest vendor honor. In the last 20 years, Conair has built the Cuisinart® brand from a
one-product category to a complete full line of internationally renowned, award-winning
kitchen products. It all adds up to a century’s worth of hard work, dedication and great
business instincts.

Conair has become an integral part of the daily lives of consumers. To recognize
Conair’s tremendous growth and positive impact on the community, Governor M. Jodi
Rell has declared October 9, 2009, to be Conair Corporation Day in the state of
Connecticut, honoring the company’s 50th anniversary and 25th year in Connecticut.
“My father is a modern day genius, a true visionary. Ask him to look back at his greatest
accomplishment and he’d reply that he prefers to look forward,” said Babe Rizzuto, Vice
President of Public Relations.

The Rizzuto legacy continues as all four of Lee’s children are involved with Conair,
bringing this uniquely American success story into the 21st century with no end in sight.
Look for The Conair Story, a bound history of the company and the family who started a
beauty empire, in early fall ’09.

About Conair Corporation
Conair began in 1959 as a small hair appliance and hair care company. Today Conair
is a multinational corporation with annual gross sales of over $2 billion. Headquartered
in East Windsor, New Jersey, with sales and marketing operations in Stamford, Connecticut,
Conair is respected around the world as one of the largest manufacturers and distributors
of personal care and professional products, grooming, health and beauty products, and
premium kitchen electrics and cookware. Conair products currently sell in more than 100
countries on five continents. For more information about Conair Corporation, please log
on to www.conair.com.

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