The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 2009 Annual Report

NOTE 1-DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. manufactures, markets and sells skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products around the world. Products are marketed under the following brand names: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Aveda, Jo Malone, Bumble and bumble, Darphin, American Beauty, Flirt!, Good Skin™, grassroots research labs and Ojon. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is also the global licensee of the Tommy Hilfiger, Kiton, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Sean John, Missoni, Daisy Fuentes, Tom Ford and Mustang brand names for fragrances and/or cosmetics.