Max Factor & Company is a cosmetics company, founded during 1909 by Maksymilian Faktorowicz (1877 ??August 30, 1938), Max Factor, a Polish - Jewish cosmetician from Poland. Max Factor & Company was a related, two-family, multi-generational international cosmetics company before its sale in 1973 for US$500 million. Presently, the Max Factor name is a popular brand of Procter & Gamble Co., which purchased the company in 1991.
While Max Factor was perfectly happy for the company to remain a specialized supplier of products to the film community, his children were convinced that they could grow the company into a much larger enterprise. National distribution began in 1927 when Sales Builders, an established distribution company, obtained the rights to advertise, distribute and sell Factor's products.
Due to his strong connection with the film community Max Factor was able to use celebrity endorsements in advertising its products. In return for a nominal payment of US$1 to the actress the advertising would also promote the star's latest film. |
