Tony Moly
Tony Moly is a South Korean cosmetics brand.
Tony Moly was established in 2006 with the support of Tae Sung Industry. The name Tony Moly means "putting style into packaging".
History
- In July 2006, Tony Moly Cosmetics was launched with the support of Tae Sung Industry.
- In April 2008, Soo Hwan Kang was appointed as the new president and 60 stores in Korea were opened.
- In 2009, Tony Moly opened stores in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and Myanmar. By November, it had over 120 stores in Korea.
- In 2010, Kim Huonh Cheon was appointed as the new CEO and Tony Moly opened its 200th shop.
- In 2011, Tony Moly opened its 300th shop and in April, Tony Moly opened its first store in the Philippines.
- In August 2013, Tony Moly launched in Russia, opening two stores in Rostov-na-Donu and Ulan-Ude.
- In 2013, Tony Moly opened its 10th single shop in Indonesia.
- In 2015, Tony Moly opened a flagship store in New York on July 13. The same year, Tony Moly opened its official store in the Latin American country . It first began in the cities of Bogota and Medellin.
- In 2016, Tony Moly achieved a total of 825 stores launched in 15 countries.
Spokespersons and models
- Kim Hyun-joong was Tony Moly's endorser for 3 years from 2007 to 2010. On 17 August 2010, Brown Eyed Girls became their new models, along with actor Song Joong-ki.
- On 7 July 2011, T-ara became endorsers of Tony Moly.
- On 17 September 2012, JYJ was chosen as endorsers of Tony Moly.
- On 3 September 2013, Super Junior-M and f's Victoria were chosen as the new models of Tony Moly.
- On 2 September 2014, Hyuna and B1A4 become Tony Moly's new models.
- On 29 March 2018, BtoB become Tony Moly's new male model.
- On 1 October 2018, amid heavy speculation within the Korean makeup industry, Monsta X became advertising models for its newest lip tint line with a guaranteed contract clause of 24 months.
- On 22 February 2019, it was reported that the group's explosive popularity among overseas K-pop fans made Tony Moly's stock price rise, especially in Thailand, the largest cosmetics market in ASEAN.
- in 2019, Kwon Nara
- in 2020, Kim Sa-rang, Kim Yo-han, Jessi
- in 2022, Shin Jee-won
- in 2024, Chung Ha