Estee Lauder Companies’ Freda To Exit In 2025 With Dreary Forecast For Fiscal New Year
Executive Summary
The beauty giant expects organic sales growth for fiscal 2025 to range between -1% and 2%, falling well short of analyst consensus of 7.2%, reflecting the firm’s overexposure in China and Asia travel retail. A new CEO is incoming with Fabrizio Freda set to step down in June 2025.