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Cosmetics giant Avon to close Suffern facility after 136 years in the village
News12 Hudson Valley ^

Posted on 11/12/2022 3:01:03 PM PST by Impala64ssa

The Avon cosmetics conglomerate is shutting down its facility in the Village of Suffern after 136 years. The company plans to close at the end of 2024 and will begin laying off workers this coming February. There are currently 136 employees at the factory. At one point, there were more than 1,000 workers there. Mayor Michael Curley says this might not necessarily be such a bad thing due to the tax breaks that Avon receives on their property. "They made a deal years ago with the Village of Suffern, County of Rockland, school district and the town,” said Curley. “They threatened to leave our neighborhood unless we gave them a tax break. Our taxes we're receiving from this property is $166,000. We should be receiving $620,000. So, the taxpayers and the residents lost hundreds of thousands of dollars." Whoever ends up buying the piece of property will be required to pay the normal taxes.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: New York
KEYWORDS: avon; brazil; chat; localnews
Back in January Novartis, formerly Ciba-Geigy moved out of Suffern. Along with the old Ford plant across the state line in Mahwah, NJ Avon was the largest employer in the area. Let's see how Avon fares now that Brazil went quasi socialist.
1 posted on 11/12/2022 3:01:03 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

I remember buying “cache” Avon perfume for my mother for Christmas from the Avon lady, maybe 1964. Part of the Americana I remember.


2 posted on 11/12/2022 3:04:59 PM PST by hardspunned (Trump or DeSantis, I don’t care as long as the nominee does not support provoking WWIII)
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To: Impala64ssa

Democrat Curley owns a restaurant in the town called Curley’s Corner. Let’s see how his business goes the more employers he forces out of town, never mind tax revenue that he seems to be craving.


3 posted on 11/12/2022 3:55:02 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Impala64ssa

Avon

Rename it Snak23 or some such, and it will sell as well
as it ever did.

Nobody wants to buy from mom’s old brand.

Put it in malls under the new name.

Advert on Instagram and other sites.

Get yourself a pack of influencers.

Come on, get to work.

Suffern needs your company.


4 posted on 11/12/2022 4:00:25 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: DoughtyOne

If they wanted to make perfume that actually attracts men they would make some that smells like Roast Beef, BBG pork, gun oil, or smoked sausage.


5 posted on 11/12/2022 5:00:48 PM PST by oldasrocks
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To: oldasrocks

Expended gun powder...

LOL

True, I’m just not sure I want my wife to smell like a
firing range at the important moments.


6 posted on 11/12/2022 5:11:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Avon worth over $9.1 billion. They can afford the tax.


7 posted on 11/12/2022 6:26:28 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Impala64ssa

“Whoever ends up buying the piece of property will be required to pay the normal taxes.”

so how much property tax will be collected, Mayor Curley,if no one buys it?


8 posted on 11/12/2022 8:25:10 PM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: catnipman

Mayor Curley will reply back to you once he consults with Town Councilmen Larry and Moe.


9 posted on 11/12/2022 8:27:58 PM PST by Fury
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To: Olog-hai

Curley’s is on the Corner of Orange and Lafayette Av. Years ago it was Mugg’s Pub


10 posted on 11/12/2022 8:46:12 PM PST by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: minnesota_bound

Nobody can afford a tax designed to drive businesses out and that only goes into politicians’ and welfare recipients’ pockets, and nobody can afford the price increases due to such taxation rates.


11 posted on 11/12/2022 9:08:35 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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