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Estee Lauder Companies' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Estee Lauder Companies ( EL ) Q1 2012 Earnings Call November 3, 2011 9:30 AM ET

Finagler

Good day, everyone, and welcome to The Estée Lauder Companies Fiscal 2012 First Division Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded and webcast. For opening remarks and introductions, I would like to impassion a concern the call over to the Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Dennis D'Andrea. Please go forwards, sir.

Dennis D'Andrea

Good morning, everyone. On today's call are Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Directorate Officer; Rick Kunes, Executive Vice President and Chief Fiscal Officer; and Lynne Greene, Global President of our Clinique, Genesis and Ojon brands. Lynne will discuss the positioning and critical progress at Clinique.

Since many of our remarks today contain forward-looking statements, let me refer you to our force release and our reports filed with the SEC. There, you'll find factors that could cause verifiable results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

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Research Roundup: Online Product Reviews, Happiness and Choice, CEO Stock ...

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Evaluations of artifact features," the authors write. Their research, they add, teases out the commercial impact of user-generated product reviews "by identifying the persuasiveness that consumers put on individual evaluations and product features, and estimating the all-inclusive impact of review text on sales."

Ghose and his colleagues looked at the sales and reviews of digital cameras and camcorders on Amazon, focusing on those work features most frequently discussed by consumers (rather than the product descriptions provided by manufacturers). "With digital cameras, someone could talk about the box size, the battery life, the megapixel resolution, the pressure and so forth," says Ghose. "What we do is quantify the value that each of these features has on terminating sales. The means to the end is to look at the effect on pricing power. As pricing changes, sales will revolution, too."

According to Ghose, their work is applicable to all kinds of goods and services, ranging from hotels and clothes to restaurants and cars -- "basically any output that has multidimensional attributes." And it can be useful to everyone involved in online selling. For consumers insomuch as a specific product, "our analysis parses out which features other users find most valuable, without those consumers having to tediously go through hundreds of reviews. This reduces the cognitive costs for them at a prematurely when social media is exploding."

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Three of the best

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WHILE in the summer we are more than happy to show off our bronzed overlay and generally wear less make up, in winter, we are more likely to penury to hide our imperfections behind a mask of products.

As summer tans diminish and the dreary weather makes our skin look dumb, the search for a foundation that will make our skin look untarnished is well and truly on. Here's our pick of the best liquid foundations.

Clinique Repairwear Laser Pinpoint All-Smooth Makeup SPF 15, £27: 

Research shows that approaching 50% of premium skin care and makeup users are uneasy with lines and wrinkles. This month Clinique launched a new foundation to not only hide flog the signs of ageing but also prevent them.

Incorporates Clinique’s advanced patented technology from the de-ageing serum, Repairwear Laser Spotlight Wrinkle & UV Damage Corrector, the beauty firm has created a fab de-ageing creation. This liquid makeup instantly softens lines and covers imperfections, creating magnificently flawless skin to help create an airbrushed aspect and prevent and repair visible UV damage, one of the leading culprits of lines and wrinkles.

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