clinique clinique, origins, mac, that thing is smoking.bi brown, avida, michael kors, beauty smash box among others. when estee lauder reported on february 5th the ceo knocked it out of the park. it was an astonishing quarter, blew away every line, every quarter. this is the kind of mostly international company you would expect to be hammered by the strong dollar, like whoa is me kind of thing. yet he delivered an 8 cent earning with higher than expected revenues and record all-time gross margins. some of the bears here had begun to question whether the company would reaccelerate sales growth at least on a local kiernscy basis. their sales increased by 5% including 4% in the americas. it's no wonder the stock suddenly has become one of the sexiest models in the wall street fashion story soaring from 72 to 78 the day it reported. that's its raw power or higher. it's continued to climb, rallied to 81 dollars and change. here is the amazing move. i think estee lauder has more room to run. we know the company's slower growing brands have just