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L'Oréal S.A. (OTCPK:LRLCF) Q1 2025 Sales/ Trading Statement Call April 17, 2025 12:30 PM ET Company Participants Eva Quiroga - Head of IR Nicolas Hieronimus - CEO Christophe Babule - CFO Laurent Schmitt - Global Head of Corporate Finance and Financial Communications Conference Call Participants Guillaume Delmas - UBS Charles Scotti - Kepler Cheuvreux Celine Pannuti - JPMorgan Jeremy Failko - HSBC Olivier Nicolai - Goldman Sachs Sarah Simon - Morgan Stanley Tom Sykes - Deutsche Bank Ashley Wallace - Bank of America Operator Welcome to the conference call regarding L'Oreal sales at 31st of March 2025.

L'Oréal Chief Executive Nicolas Hieronimus said he is optimistic on the outlook for the global beauty market despite economic and geopolitical tensions.

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The world's largest beauty company, L'Oreal, has invested $160 million to revamp its North America Research & Innovation Center, its largest investment in R&I in its 110 years history, located in Clark, New Jersey.

Hieronimus said he is "not overly concerned" over the impact of White House tariffs on L'Oreal, as the group produces most of its goods sold in the U.S. in the North American country. Some of the cosmetics titan's luxury products, such as fragrances, are nevertheless exported from Europe.

Makeup company L'Oréal S.A. issued a recall on all lots of acne cream Effaclar Duo due to concern that benzene, a known carcinogen, is in the product.

L'Oreal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus discusses the U.S. market, tariffs, European competitiveness and Chinese demand in an exclusive interview at the firm's newly opened R&I facility in New Jersey.

L'Oreal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus discusses the company's $160 million investment in its new U.S. R&I facility in an exclusive interview with CNBC.

LRLCF's 4Q24 results were disappointing, with organic sales growth slowing to 2.5% y/y, down from 6.9% in 4Q23, and gross margin declining. The luxury segment's growth struggles, particularly in North Asia, and a weak consumer spending environment in China are significant concerns. Broad-based demand weakness in mass beauty and active cosmetic segments, coupled with a poor macroeconomic environment, impairs LRLCF's growth prospects.

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