Slogan: Beautify you, for life POLA
When it comes to luxury cosmetics, the first country that comes to mind is France. However, small and distant Japan also has something to brag about. It's about the brand POLAwhose history began in 1929.
According to the official story, Shinobu Suzuki didn't want to put up with the fact that his wife's hands were gradually hardened from housekeeping. Thanks to many efforts and diligence, he managed to create a cream that allowed the skin to remain soft for as long as possible. It is believed that the cream was based on some national skin rejuvenation recipes used by geishas. Well, having created it, Suzuki realized that he had found a gold mine. In 1929, he set up a small factory in Shizuoka Prefecture.
The now familiar name appears only in 1940, when POLA Chemical Industries Inc. However, after World War II, the name was changed to POLA Cosmetics Inc.
Product Popularity POLA at home allowed to enter foreign markets - in 1958, the first representative office appeared abroad, in Hong Kong. And two years later, the brand comes to the USA.
POLA Estina Alvita Vitalising Cream |
Since 1982, the company has been producing not only cosmetics, but also various health products, pharmacology has become one of the business areas. All kinds of divisions begin to appear.
The company's headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo, Japan). Since 2007, its name has been simplified to POLA Inc. In the same year, a representative office in Russia appeared.
POLA Inc. is a subsidiary of one of Japan's largest manufacturers of cosmetics and pharmaceutical products - holding Pola Orbis Holdings Inc.