Almost seven years after her death, Estée Lauder still exerts a powerful hold on the company she founded with her husband, Joseph, in 1946. But the new chief executive, Fabrizio Freda, is credited with energizing the company. One modern innovation is the touch-sensitive product reader at the Clinique Smart Bar at Bloomingdale’s in Midtown Manhattan.

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