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Avon Lady Debbie Davis From Sunderland Earns £250k A Year And Turns Over £7m | Business | Sky News
Avon Lady Savours Sweet Smell Of Success

3:13pm UK, Monday October 26, 2009

Rob Cole, Sky News Online
It's not just bankers who are coining it in during the recession.

Debbie Davis

Ding Dong! Debbie Davis says friendliness is the foundation to her Avon success

Debbie Davis is making £250,000 a year and notching up a turnover of £7m - as Britain's most successful Avon lady.

But while the bankers have come under fire for their huge wages and bonuses, the public are unlikely to bemoan Debbie her success.

Five years ago the Sunderland lass was on the dole after losing her £200-a-week factory job.

Needing £400 to pay the rent and facing Christmas without a roof over her head, the 29-year-old became a saleswoman for the cosmetics firm just to make ends meet.

Now she drives a Mercedes and leads a 2,500-strong team.

Not bad for a woman who reveals that redundancy shredded her self-confidence.