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  2. Women in business - Wikipedia

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    By country. v. t. e. The phrase women in business refers to female businesspeople who hold positions, particularly leadership in the fields of commerce, business, and entrepreneurship. It advocates for their increased participation in business. Increased participation of women in business can be important for variation in business development ...

  3. Female entrepreneurs - Wikipedia

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    Female entrepreneurs. American entrepreneur, television host and media executive Oprah Winfrey receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama in 2013. Finnish entrepreneur Armi Ratia (1912–1979), founder of the Marimekko textile and home decorating company. Female entrepreneurs are women who organize and manage an ...

  4. History of cosmetics - Wikipedia

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    History of cosmetics. Nefertiti bust with eye liner applied ≈1,320 BC (≈3,300 years ago). The history of cosmetics spans at least 7,000 years and is present in almost every society on earth. Cosmetic body art is argued to have been the earliest form of a ritual in human culture. The evidence for this comes in the form of utilised red ...

  5. Procter & Gamble - Wikipedia

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    Primary logo used since 2002 on P&G branded products, formerly used as a corporate logo until 2013. The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, [2] founded in 1837 [3] by William Procter and James Gamble. [4] It specializes in a wide range of personal health ...

  6. Cosmetics - Wikipedia

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    The standard is based on other quality management systems, ensuring smooth integration with such systems as ISO 9001 or the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard for consumer products. Therefore, it combines the benefits of GMP, linking cosmetic product safety with overall business improvement tools that enable organisations to meet global ...

  7. Chinese ideals of female beauty - Wikipedia

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    Black hair that is long, thick and shiny is seen as particularly beautiful among Chinese women. [3][4] Similarly, pale, ivory skin, and a slim body figure have historical implications as being a physical representation of wealth and affluence. More recently, however, tan skin has emerged as the preferred beauty ideal among some younger Chinese ...

  8. Tampon tax - Wikipedia

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    Tampon tax (or period tax) is a popular term used to call attention to tampons, and other feminine hygiene products, being subject to value-added tax (VAT) or sales tax, unlike the tax exemption status granted to other products considered basic necessities. Proponents of tax exemption argue that tampons, menstrual pads, menstrual cups and ...

  9. Fashion - Wikipedia

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    Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into outfits that depict distinctive ways of dressing (styles and trends) as signifiers of social status, self-expression, and group belonging.