... Avon, the plaintiff would close her Lenox store and turn the operation of her Pittsfield store over to her daughter. Neither O'Connell nor Foster expressed any objection to this plan. In December, 1993, O'Connell was replaced by Carole Valvo, who also was aware from the outset of the plaintiff's continued ownership of the Pittsfield store. On one occasion, the plaintiff gave Valvo a perfume atomizer, which she identified as an item sold in the store at retail. Valvo promised to visit the store sometime in the future and expressed no reservations about the plaintiff's continued ownership of the store. The plaintiff's performance evaluations were all positive. In 1994, after only one year as a district sales manager, she was admitted to Avon's "Circle of Excellence" in recognition of her role in placing her district among the top ten per cent in the region for sales increases. On April 25, 1995, ...

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