Stay private and persevere: How Jo Horgan made Mecca a retail giant
The retail cosmetics powerhouse lost money for its first four years and was on the verge of shutting down. Now it turns over more than $570 million.
Jo Horgan was in her late 20s when she decided she’d take on long-established global giants at their own game: selling cosmetics.
Fed-up with men telling women how they should buy make-up and skincare, the former L’Oréal executive decided to open her own store. She called it Mecca. It opened in South Yarra in 1997.
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