The following year it opened an office in Hong Kong. In 1960, the company started its first international account in the London department store Harrods. Over the next 15 years, they expanded the range and continued to sell their products in the United States. Two years later, in 1948 they established their first department store account with Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. They first carried only four products: Cleansing Oil, Skin Lotion, Super Rich All purpose Creme, and Creme Pack. The company began in 1946 when Estée Lauder and her husband Joseph Lauder began producing cosmetics in New York City. 4 Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign (BCA).