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Finnish paperboard company M-real is to change its name to

The Fragrance Foundation France has appointed Philippe Ughetto

L’Oréal appointed Uwe Seyfried travel retail deputy general manager in charge

A recent study from market research group Mintel unveiled the make-up habits

The US, the UK and China saw some of the best performances in prestige beauty in 2011, according to NPD

L’Oréal ceo Jean Paul Agon said he was approaching 2012 with “great confidence”

US-based fragrance and flavors manufacturer IFF reported sales of $2.8bn in 2011,

Mass retailer Carrefour has embarked on a major revamp of its private-label beauty range

European trade association Cosmetics Europe is to inject a further €8m

US beauty company Freeman Beauty has purchased US-based mass skincare brand

French luxury-goods group Hermès reported 2011 sales growth of 18.3% to €2.84bn.

Embattled direct-sales company Avon’s operating profit plummeted 20% to $855m in 2011

Anglo-Dutch group Unilever saw a 1% increase in profit to €4.62bn for the full year 2011, while sales were up 5% to €46.5bn. Growth was driven by …

American electronic beauty device manufacturer Tria Beauty

Japanese group Shiseido reported sales of ¥490.7bn ($6.39bn) for the first three quarters of fiscal 2011 ended December 31,

Three French retailers and 13 brand manufacturers have been ordered by the Paris Court of Appeals to pay a fine of more

Five perfumers were honored by the French minister of culture and communication

P&G’s beauty business saw profit for the second quarter drop 8% to $802m, due in part to higher commodity costs

LVMH ceo Bernard Arnault said 2011 was another “vintage year” for the group and reiterated that he

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) reported a 10% increase in sales to $2.74bn and a 15.4% rise in net profit

Japanese beauty group Kao Corp reported sales of ¥934.8bn

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has named Jean-Guillaume Trottier

US-based mid-tier department-store retailer JC Penney is embarking on a major revamp

European trade association Colipa has changed its name to Cosmetics Europe -

Embattled French retailer Carrefour chairman and ceo Lars Olofsson is stepping down

Interparfums is looking to breathe new life into the Jaïpur franchise from jewelry brand Boucheron

US-based e-tailer Beauty Bar and Allure magazine have teamed up to launch Sample Society

German group Beiersdorf (BDF) reported a sales increase of 1.1% in fiscal 2011

Heads continue to roll at direct-seller Avon. The company’s vice

US-based company Elizabeth Arden hopes the revamp of its flagship Arden brand will double retail sales to $1.6bn catapulting it into the market’s to…

UK-based retailer The Perfume Shop (AS Watson) saw like-for-like sales increase by 4.5%

Yves Saint Laurent (L’Oréal) has created an interactive point-of-sale display for its Rouge Pur

Switzerland-based Weleda ceo Patrick Sirdey has resigned from his position.

US private-equity firm Weston Presidio has acquired a majority share in Californian make-up brand Too Faced.

Canadian retail group Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), owner of The Bay department stores completed

US-based skincare company SkinMedica has purchased Californian mineral make-up brand Colorescience.

AS Watson ceo health & beauty UK Jeremy Seigal has left the company

Struggling US retail group Sears Holdings, owner of the Sears and Kmart chains, may delist

Germany’s largest drugstore operator Schlecker has filed for bankruptcy protection in order to pursue

German retail group Metro has suspended talks for the takeover of its department-store subsidiary Galeria Kaufhof.

AS Watson-owned perfumery retailer Marionnaud reported a sales increase of almost 5% at its stores in France

To mark the 20th anniversary of Lalique Parfums this year, parent company Art & Fragrance

Japan-based Kao Corporation has restructured its beauty activity in North America and Europe

Interparfums reported a 79.2% increase in fourth-quarter sales to €125.8m,

Interparfums reported a 79.2% increase in fourth-quarter sales to €125.8m,

The Indian government has agreed to allow 100% foreign ownership

Flavor and fragrance manufacturer IFF is to reorganize its Fragrance Business Unit in a move that will see the elimination

P&G Prestige is to divest its Ghost fragrance business to UK-based Designer Parfums

Swiss travel retailer Dufry has acquired 51% of a joint venture with Regstaer Group, the local duty-free operator at Sheremetyevo airport

The Kreke family, which owns a 12% share in German retail group Douglas Holding has confirmed it is in talks with investors

German skincare brand Babor is to offer spa services at the Lufthansa lounge in terminal 1

Packaging company Albéa has helped develop a new version of the e-DEA software

The Tax Free World Association (TFWA) is to continue to host its Asia Pacific event in Singapore until at least 2015.

AS Watson-owned Superdrug plans to open 100 eyebrow threading bars and 10 in-store beauty

Shiseido is to launch a new website in Japan in April that brings together beauty items from its own brands and health-related products

Former Sephora ceo Jacques Lévy passed away earlier this month.

US retailer Sears Holding is to close 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears full-line stores

UK-based PZ Cussons is to acquire prestige haircare brand Fudge from Australian

Fragrance retailer Perfumania is to buy Florida-based fragrance company Parlux in a deal worth $170m.

US packaging firm MWV has acquired Polytop Corporation, which manufactures

LVMH has appointed Alexandra Kole ceo of skincare brand Ole Henriksen,

Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud has joined Louis Vuitton as in-house perfumer.

Maike Kiessling has been named senior regional director Europe, Middle East and Africa at Estée

Luxury French baker Ladurée launched its first make-up line in Japan earlier this month

L’Oréal luxury products division has created an international retail department under the

On the occasion of his New Year address to the press, L’Oréal ceo Jean Paul Agon said he was “confident” about 2012,

US-based trade show HBA Global Expo is to launch a new section called the Splash Pavilion at its 2012 event

Aptar Beauty + Home has named Alexandra Parmentier managing director global market development.

Korean company AmorePacific is to open a new production and research center in China

L’Oréal brand Yves Saint Laurent is make its return to the skincare market

AS Watson-owned health and beauty retailer Watsons Your Personal Store opened its 1,000th store in Mainland China in December

US-based specialty retailer Victoria’s Secret introduced its beauty and accessories concept store

Swiss skincare specialist Valmont is to distribute Italian fragrance brand Il Profvmo in its retail and spa network in Europe,

French beauty group Thalgo has acquired a 45% stake in France-based Nature.Cos, owner of the

Sephora Americas and color specialist Pantone have teamed up to create Sephora + Pantone

Paris packaging trade show PCD has unveiled a beefed-up conference program for its 2012 edition.

The European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, which took place in Paris from November 28-30, opened

US direct-sales company Nu Skin Enterprises purchased American genomics company LifeGen Technologies

There were 1,200 new fragrance launches in 2011 compared with 372 in 2001 and 76 in 1991,

For 2012, Italian company Mavive is looking to more than double sales of its Zippo fragrance franchise

French perfumery retailer Marionnaud is to promote one of its exclusive skincare brands on board French trains

US chemical company Lubrizol Corporation is to purchase Active Organics Inc

L’Oréal is to open a Latin American Research and Innovation Center in Rio de Janerio,

Personal-care products’ cost of goods sold continues to rise, says research firm Kline & Co.

The Japan Fragrance Association is calling for more of the industry’s brands to support fragrance in the country. T

French group Hermès has created a holding company comprising 50.2%

Fragrance house Givaudan has come out with an updated version of its iPerfumer app.

Swiss fragrance company Firmenich conducted a study via its website Osmoz.com to learn more about French consumers’ expectations

Burberry has opened negotiations about the future of its perfume business with its licensee Interparfums, a move that could see the British fashion br…

German group Beiersdorf’s executive board member for Asia, James Wei

Andrea Jung is to give up the role of ceo at direct seller Avon, a move that follows growing dissatisfaction

German company Ars Parfums is to launch its Mojo fragrance brand in France with

French-based flash sale site Vente-privée launched in the US this November through

Chinese state-owned cosmetics company Shanghai Jahwa Group is to be taken over by insurance company Ping An Insurance

Hong-Kong based retailer Sa Sa opened a new flagship store in Mainland China at Shanghai’s Henderson Land shopping mall in October.

Colourcopia, a boutique offering Coty-owned nailcare brand OPI’s entire range of

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is looking to strengthen ‘big brands’ in its new fiscal year and address under-performers. This means exiting catego…

Prestige fragrance sales in the US were up by 10% to $1.7bn from January to October,

Market research group NPD has made an investment in Segmenta, a research firm that tracks prestige beauty in Mexico,

LVMH-owned Make Up For Ever has revamped its Paris flagship store in Paris.

German beauty company Mäurer & Wirtz has acquired the fragrance license for men’s fashion brand Baldessarini, which has been held by

Evelyn Lauder, senior corporate vice president and head of fragrance development worldwide at the Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and founder of the Bre…

Swiss brand La Prairie has teamed up with the Le Bristol hotel in Paris.

L’Oréal USA is to acquire US-based group Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, maker of the Clarisonic skincare device before the end of the year.

Trade show Intercharm Moscow put on a bigger and better event this year.

Glossybox, which offers beauty sample sets for a subscription, is to launch a coffret for men in France this month.

French fragrance company Diptyque opened its first standalone store in Asia

The French subsidiary of German perfumery chain Douglas and French retail grouping Passion Beauté have formed an alliance

US-based beauty group Coty has appointed Bart Becht, former ceo of consumer-goods group Reckitt Benckiser,

Estée Lauder-owned Clinique opened its new department-store retail concept SAYLI, (acronym for ‘service as you like it’) in Paris’ Galeries Laf…

France-based packager Albéa has purchased US company Eyelematic, which specializes in the

Sales at French group L’Oréal grew by 1.8% in the third quarter of 2011 to reach €4.94bn.

US mass nailcare player Pacific World Corporation and beauty accessories group W.E. Bassett

Estée Lauder-owned make-up brand MAC has teamed up with Chinese fashion photographer Chen Men to launch a cosmetics collection in 2012

LVMH-owned luxury brand Louis Vuitton is to enter the fragrance category.

Japanese beauty group Shiseido registered sales of ¥336.3bn ($4.3bn) in the first half, which represents growth of 0.8%

US-based retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies Sally Beauty Holdings has acquired the Floral Group

Puig has created a joint venture for the Brazil market.

P&G’s beauty profits were down 12% in its first quarter to $731m, due to rising commodity costs and increased investment in marketing and R&D

Global sales of natural and organic beauty products are to reach $9bn this year and now account for 2%

US-based department store Macy’s is to invest $400m over the next four years in remodeling its flagship store

Estée Lauder Companies’ Aramis Designer Fragrances division has signed a fragrance license with American designer Tory Burch.

Interparfums said that its new fragrance from Burberry, Burberry Body racked up sales of

Fragrance creation house IFF has opened a new flavors and fragrance facility in Dubai, UAE.

US Fragrance Foundation president Rochelle Bloom is to retire at the end of the year.

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) reported strong gains for its first quarter ending September 30, with sales up 18% to $2.48bn

Italy-based hair- and bodycare brand Erbario Toscano is working with German travel-retail operator Heinemann

Coty is to launch pop star Madonna’s debut fragrance in April 2012.

Avon’s share price fell by 17% on October 27, its biggest drop since 1999 following news that

Grasse-based fragrance company Arthès introduced a new brand based on ingredients from the Provence region in France

In a move to boost business in Russia, Anglo-Dutch consumer-goods group Unilever is

US-based TPR Holdings signed a fragrance license with actress Nicole Richie.

Shiseido has set up a joint venture in Turkey

One year after signing a joint-venture agreement with Mexican retail operator Grupo Axo

Italy-based company Mavive revealed that it has signed a fragrance license with fashion brand Miss Sixty.

Beauty group Maesa has delisted from the Paris stock exchange and transferred

French group LVMH reported sales were up 15% to €16.3bn for the first nine months of 2011.

Global sales of luxury products are forecast to grow by 10% in 2011 to reach €191bn

Estée Lauder is to launch a new skincare line specifically developed for the European market

There were mixed reactions to the second edition of the Intercharm Milano event, which took place from September 24-26

Swiss flavors and fragrance group Firmenich saw a sales increase of 5.8% in local currencies

Clorox-owned beauty brand Burt’s Bees is launching a new natural hair

After launching in the US last December via its online boutique, French ethnic make-up brand Black Up

US beauty company Avon has named Fernando Acosta as president of its Latin America division.

UK-based beauty retailer Space NK is airing its first show on TV shopping channel QVC US this month.

Beauty brand Revlon is to launch lip and nail bars in five Monoprix stores in Paris.

German group Beiersdorf (BDF) has named Stefan Heidenreich as its new ceo.

Coty Beauty has signed a fragrance license with modelling agency Elite.

US drugstore operator CVS has teamed up with P&G to create a new merchandising concept for male shoppers.

Spanish department-store group El Corte Inglés is said to be closer to a deal to buy German retailer Kaufhof.

Salvatore Ferragamo Parfums is to supply Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts with

France-based skincare brand Filorga has re-opened its Espace Anti-Age beauty institute in Paris.

Beauty sales in selective French perfumeries rose 1.2% in value for the first five months of the year,

Harvey Nichols is to open a new 83,000ft2 (7,710m2) store at the Pacific Place shopping center in Hong Kong next week.

Hermès is to open a new maison de parfums at French department store Printemps’ Paris flagship.

US beauty sales through alternative channels, such as e-commerce, home shopping and infomercials have

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has launched a new website to support its breast cancer awareness campaign.

UK-based brand Lush is to open its first spa in Paris in December.

Procter & Gamble is to launch a new advertising campaign and product packaging for soap brand Ivory

its bath and bodycare brand. The new entity, I Coloniali Srl, will be

Packaging company Promens has appointed Jakob Sigurdsson as ceo.

Estée Lauder Companies’ (ELC) Aramis and Designer Fragrances Division (ADF) has signed a fragrance license with

Marionnaud has appointed Christian Autié director of operations of its French business,

Perfumery chain Marionnaud’s managing director for France Miek Vercouteren

UK-based shaving brand King of Shaves is up for sale.

Paris-based consultancy Cosmetics Inspiration&Creation’s latest study on US beauty trends showed the impact that the country’s economic troubles h…

US-based beauty retailer Ulta reported a 22.6% increase in sales for the second quarter

LVMH-owned retailer Sephora has opened a new-generation store in New York City’s Meatpacking district,

Sales of men’s skincare in Europe’s big-five markets saw growth of 45% over the past five years to

Swiss fragrance house Firmenich has celebrated the 10th anniversary of its consumer website Osmoz.com

Anglo-Dutch group Unilever is to sell the Alberto VO5 brand in the US and

As part of its strategy to develop online sales, Japanese beauty group Shiseido launched its first e-commerce site

Sephora North America has partnered with US-based airport spa retailer XpresSpa to open walk-in nail bars

US-based retailer Perfumania is in talks to acquire fragrance

P&G has a cautious outlook for the coming year. Commenting on its on fourth-quarter performance ceo

Prestige skincare and make-up sales in US department stores reached pre-recession (2008) levels

US-based department store Macy’s took the top spot in a Digital IQ Index of 64

A good performance in emerging markets, skincare and travel retail helped Estée Lauder Companies report a 13%

L’Oréal reported first-half sales of €10.15bn, an increase of 5% on 2010. Net profit was up by 11.6%

The home skincare device market is to grow by 45% this year to reach sales of more than $500m

Kanebo Cosmetics is to launch a new brand for the Chinese market targeting the cosmetics specialty store channel

Hermès’ net income was up 49.5% for the first half of 2011

Swiss travel-retail operator Dufry has reinforced its presence in emerging markets through

Germany-based manufacturer of hotel cosmetics ADA Cosmetics is to take over the distribution

South Korean cosmetics group Amore Pacific has acquired luxury fragrance

Consumer-goods group Unilever has restructured to boost development in emerging markets

US-based TPR Holdings has acquired prestige skincare brand Freeze 24.7. T

French skincare company Sisley has inaugurated a new eco-conceived factory north of Paris

Sephora Americas has named Lina Kutsovskaya as vice president executive creative director.

US department-store retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is to open its first store in Kazakhstan in August 2012

Puig’s holding company Corporación Exea Empresarial and M3 Invest,

Perfumery chain Marionnaud says its website has become its number-two door in France

Luxury brands are capitalizing on the web to make their products more accessible to generation Y

L’Oréal has named Olivier Teboul division manager of Lancôme at Scental,

French distributor INCC Group has signed a fragrance license with car brand Mercedes.

Packaging company Ileos has acquired Mappel, a Brazil-based samples

New York-based drugstore Duane Reade has opened a new flagship store based on what the company calls an “up-market focus

UK-based Designer Parfums has acquired French fragrance brand Jean Patou from P&G Prestige.

Australian skincare brand Aesop opened its third Paris store this month in the Marais district

Interparfums has signed a 12-year fragrance license with French couture brand Balmain.

Private-equity firm Catterton Partners has taken a stake in Canada-based cosmeceutical brand Cover FX.

China may reduce taxes on imports of luxury goods,

US pharmacy chain CVS has created the Beauty Board, a panel of “beauty and style experts” who will provide interactive content and tips

US beauty company TPR Holdings has acquired a controlling stake in premium haircare brand Oscar Blandi.

Sephora has increased its ownership in Russian beauty retailer Ile de Beauté by 20%

Morocco-based investment company Nebetou Fund has taken a minority stake in Parisian selective skincare brand Patyka Cosmetics.

Executive changes continue to make waves in P&G’s beauty business.

US prestige beauty sales were up by 5% in the first quarter of this year, while mass increased by 4% according to NPD Group

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) opened its Asia Innovation Center this month in Shanghai, China.

L’Oréal plans to develop its Agnès b make-up line in travel retail in Asia Pacific.

UK-based department store House of Fraser is to launch haircare brand Frédéric Fekkai in 10

P&G’s vice chairman of beauty and grooming Ed Shirley is to leave the company in 2012.

Spanish group Puig has taken a majority stake in the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion company after acquiring the 45%

Rising commodity costs continue to weigh on consumer-goods groups and are resulting in increased prices on a range of basic goods.

US-based beauty group Revlon revealed that it paid $39m for the Sinful Colors cosmetics

Shiseido reported a 62% drop in net income to ¥12.8bn ($157.43m) in its fiscal year ending March due to a loss

In a move to strengthen its social media and e-commerce strategy, US mass retailer Walmart has acquired technology company Kosmix.

Prestige beauty sales in the US were up 2% in March 2011 versus March 2010.

US-based department-store group Macy’s is to open three new Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores in Florida

Interparfums has extended its fragrance license with S.T. Dupont until 2016.

Guerlain has signed a licensing agreement with management company Trilogy Spa Ventures to

UK department-store retailer Debenhams has launched an iPhone app called Beauty Club.

German group Beiersdorf (BDF) is expecting flat sales for its consumer business in 2011 and says that EBIT margin

Spa service company Steiner Leisure has signed a letter of intent to acquire UK-based

AS Watson-owned UK chain Superdrug has launched a nail bar at two of its London stores.

German group Beiersdorf (BDF) has opened an affiliate in Vietnam,

Retailers were encouraged by sales on Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday that marks the beginning

Coty is to buy Chinese skincare company TJoy for an estimated

French department store Galeries Lafayette plans to open 10 to 15 stores in China

Following LVMH’s purchase of shares in French group Hermès,

Paris-based market research agencyJMG Research is to launch a study analyzing consumer behavior in airports.

French beauty company L’Occitane, which owns the L’Occitane en Provence and Melvita brands, saw its net first-half

The feud involving L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and her daughter Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has ended.

US pop singer Jennifer Lopez has been named global

French perfumery chains Sephora, Marionnaud and Nocibé may have a wide choice of brands in their online boutiques

Some 15 beauty companies and retailers including

Shiseido has unveiled a three-year plan with an emphasis on building global megabrands, developing emerging Asian markets, especially China and better…

US-based department store chain Sears Roebuck is expanding in beauty with the opening of cosmetics departments in more than 100 stores.

Spanish group Puig reported sales of €1.2bn in 2010, an increase of 20% over 2009, driven by the 1 Million and Lady Million fragrances

L’Oréal has opened an evaluation center designed to predict the safety and efficacy of ingredients and finished products at an earlier stage

Estée Lauder executive Aerin Lauder has launched a luxury lifestyle brand called Aerin offering beauty, home decoration items, fashion and accessorie…

US home shopping channel HSN has named Betsy Olum

Christian Dior opened a Maison de Parfums in Selfridges’ London flagship store in April.

Consumer-goods groups are coming under scrutiny from the Chinese government for increasing prices.

Beiersdorf is to pull its Nivea brand out of the make-up market in France.

French luxury brand Hermès says it is in discussions to sell its 45% stake in fashion brand Jean Paul Gaultier.

Inter Parfums Inc has signed a beauty license with US-based Charming Shoppes for its plussize apparel brand and retailer Lane Bryant.

AS Watson-owned perfumery chain Marionnaud has launched a new loyalty program targeting its best customers.

In a bid to reinforce its e-commerce business, USbased drugstore chain Walgreens is to acquire online health and beauty retailer Drugstore.com for $40…

Revlon has acquired US-based Mirage

Unilever is to sell shower gel and deodorant brand Sanex to Colgate-Palmolive for €672m.

L’Oréal has named French model Inès de la Fressage as ambassador for its L’Oréal Paris brand

Swiss beauty brand Weleda is celebrating its 90th anniversary with the sale of a limited-edition

Show organizer Sogecos signed a deal with two banks to give Italian exhibitors at its Cosmoprof Bologna and Cosmopack shows access to short-term loans…

UK-based Lornamead is to sell its Yardley personal-care business in Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and certain African markets to Indian software …

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will increase its focus on healthcare through a global restructuring initiative that will shed around 7% of its 117,000-strong…

In our last issue, we paid a visit to Paris beauty concept store Aépure. BW Confidential has learned that the company’s owner had to shut up shop �…

Japanese company Kanebo Cosmetics aims to increase international business from 10% to 15% of total sales in the next three years. China, which current…

French ethnic make-up company Black Up launched in South Africa in November with the opening 10 counters in Edgars department stores.

Reed Exhibitions is to launch its Intercharm show in Milan next year, an event that is set to rival Italian show Cosmoprof Bologna. Intercharm Milano…

New consumption habits ushered in by the recession mean that brands need to rethink their marketing strategies, says a new study by Euro RSCG C&O and …

UK-based fragrance group Designer Parfums has signed a 10- year licensing and distribution agreement with UK lingerie brand Agent Provocateur.

Dubai-based fragrance company Ajmal is to move into Europe next year through its own retail stores, the first of which will be a 92m2 (1,000ft2) bouti…

The UK’s number-three facial skincare brand Simple is up for sale. Acquired by private-equity firm Duke Street in 2004 for £229m ($414m at 2004 exc…

Swiss travel retailer Dufry is to double its business in Mexico through the acquisition of Latinoamericana Duty Free (LDF). Through the deal, Dufry wi…

Pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis is to acquire French beauty supplement brand Oenobiol, which was founded in 1985 by nutritionist Marie Béjot.

P&G saw beauty sales for its first fiscal quarter fall by 5% to $4.9bn. Group profits for the period were down by 1.2% to $3.31bn, while sales decrea…

Estée Lauder Companies’ (ELC) cost-cutting and focus on the high-margin skincare category paid off in its first fiscal quarter 2010. Profits more t…

pa service provider Steiner Leisure will pay $100m to Starwood Hotels and Resorts to acquire US spa and skincare company Bliss World Holdings, which i…

Inter Parfums Inc is to develop fragrances for the Anthropologie fashion stores in the US. Anthropologie is a division of specialty retail company Urb…

LVMH-owned retailer Sephora opened a 1,200m2 (12,916ft2) flagship store in Singapore in November, its largest outlet in South East Asia. The store is …

Beauty products didn’t make it into the top-five categories in purchase intentions in the US for the 2009 holiday season, says research group NPD’…

NPD said that in the US from January to September 2009 eye-shadow sales fell by 12% versus 2008, although five-plus eye-shadow palettes grew by 23%. L…

In order to pursue its development, France-based packaging group Cosfibel announced a capital increase of €5.65m in November.

German fragrance house Symrise is to acquire Cairo-based flavor and fragrance manufacturer Futura Labs to fuel expansion in Egypt and the UAE.

Japanese group Shiseido is aiming for its new star product in the Bio-Performance skincare range to do 15% of the entire line’s sales.

A Paris commercial court has fined online auction site eBay €1.7m for selling LVMH fragrances and cosmetics. The judgment follows a ruling in June 2…

Hong Kong-based group AS Watson opened its 500th Watsons store in Mainland China in November, part of an expansion plan to reach 1,000 points of sale …

L’Oréal ceo Jean-Paul Agon said in an interview with French weekly news magazine Le Point in November that he is eager to add a “major Indian or …

Inter Parfums SA is expecting sales of €265m in 2010, a growth rate of 9%. The French company aims to register 2009 sales in the €250m- €255m ra…

Australian department-store group David Jones opened the first stage of its new Bourke Street, Melbourne flagship store in November. The store will st…

P&G-owned Max Factor is to debut in the travel-retail market in partnership with German operator Gebr Heinemann. The brand will launch in duty-free sh…

The European Travel Retail Council (ETRC) announced that the restrictions on the carriage of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) by passengers in Europe…

Seoul-based LG Household & Health Care (LG H&H) is to acquire Korea’s third largest cosmetics company TheFaceShop for 420bn won ($364m). LG H&H will…

Unilever veteran Marie-Anne Aymerich has been named brand general manager at LVMH-owned Parfums Christian Dior. She will report to Dior Parfums presid…

French beauty brand Nuxe is opening a second day spa next door to its existing location on Paris’ rue Montorgeuil in January 2010. The 350m2 (3,767f…

The 16-22 year old consumer is looking for fragrances with a strong signature and that are gender-specific as opposed to unisex, says a study conducte…

US nail-polish brand OPI and computer manufacturer Dell have partnered to offer laptops donning OPI colors.

US beauty company Avon has inked a fragrance deal with Fergie, the singer for hip-hop band The Black Eyed Peas.

The South African spa market has not been immune to the recession, according to the latest Spa Benchmark Report by Intelligent Spas. The US-based rese…

Fragrance house Firmenich’s website Osmoz.com has teamed up with market-research firm Linkfluence to map out where and how fragrance is discussed on…

New York-based Fragrance Foundation is launching a multi-media ad campaign next year to boost fragrance consumption. The ‘One Drop Changes Everythin…

Estée Lauder-owned Clinique is the latest brand to reveal a new counter at Selfridges’ London revamped beauty department. The 82m2 (880ft2) open-se…

Beauty Retailing 2008 Global Series, a new report from market-research firm Kline & Company, which examines the shifts in cosmetics and toiletries (C&…

Munich Airport’s retail subsidiary Eurotrade opened a 112m2 (1,200ft2) Pure Brand beauty zone at the German airport. The store, located after securi…

Coty has signed a fragrance licensing agreement with American singer Beyoncé.

The Airless Packaging Association aims to boost consumer awareness of the airless system in cosmetics packaging.

Greek brand Korres has handed over its North American business to consumer-goods group Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in a bid to build its presence across t…

French brand Guerlain opened its 11th Paris boutique in September. The 110m2 store is located nearby a handful of other beauty boutiques including Kie…

French brand Bourjois has launched UNE natural beauty, a “responsible” make-up brand containing 98% natural ingredients, with some formulas Ecocer…

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is to close its Prescriptives brand by January 2010. The company explained the business model was no longer viable and r…

France-based spa operator Cinq Mondes has announced its first collaboration with the Radisson Hotel chain.

Canada-based Shoppers Drug Mart opened its third Murale store in Toronto at the beginning of September. The 557m2 (6,000 sqft2) store carries over 200…

Studio BeautyMix, the beauty space at retailer Fred Segal in Santa Monica, California, has opened a medispa in partnership with local dermatologist St…

US department store Sears re-entered the beauty business in September, eight years after pulling out of the category.

France-based Inter Parfums has signed a 12-year global fragrance license with UK shoe and accessories brand Jimmy Choo.

Italian company Mavive has signed a fragrance licensing deal with American lighter brand Zippo. The company will launch a men’s fragrance
under the…

French employees at AS Watson-owned chain Marionnaud demonstrated in September in protest at layoffs at the retailer.

GianFranco Ferré opened its first day spa in conjunction with Italian spa group Angelo Caroli in September. The spa, which is located in the GianFran…

French beauty brand Bourjois is to make its début in the travel-retail channel next year. The company has signed an agreement with UK-based global in…

French perfumery chain Nocibé has revamped its website, nocibe.fr, to be easier to navigate and offer more services and information for consumers.

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Germany-based retail group Douglas Holding reported sales of €3.2bn for the 2008- 2009 fiscal year, a 2.2% increase from the previous year.

The recession will leave a long-term mark on shopping behavior in the US, with only 17% of consumers saying they will go back to how they shopped befo…

Following its online boutique launch in 2000, France-based essential-oil specialist Aroma-Zone has opened its first store in Paris. The boutique offer…

Italian company Morris and France-based Selective Beauty have merged into a new group, whose aim is to become a major mid-sized player in the global f…

Household penetration of organic cosmetics in the US remained flat on 2008, according to a study by market research firm TABS Group.

British skincare and spa brand Elemis will launch an online training center in January 2010 for therapists and trainers.

L’Oréal-owned Lancôme announced that American actress Julia Roberts is to become the new global spokeswoman for French skincare brand.

Fragrance supplier IFF has opened a 460m2 (4,953ft2) flavor and fragrance facility in Moscow to serve the markets of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and cent…

US-based personal-care group Alberto-Culver is to acquire UK skincare brand Simple from private-equity firm Duke Street for £240m ($390m)—11 times …

Spa profitability was a focus at the Hotel & Spa Forum held in Paris, France on December 10. Organized by the Millenium Organisation, the forum brough…

ravel retailer Nuance Watson opened its revamped Perfumes & Cosmetics store in Singapore Changi airport in November.

S+, the division of Sephora that develops its private-label products is launching two new brands in January. The brands are Solution Express, which wi…

French perfumer Francis Kurkdjian is launching an eponymous fragrance brand, Maison Francis Kurkdjian in October along with a boutique in Paris.

The 2010 holiday season seems to have turned out better than expected, due to an improvement in consumer confidence, a pent up desire to spend

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) is to take on the fragrance and grooming license for Italian men’s fashion brand Ermenegildo Zegna this July.

Packaging company Albéa (formerly Alcan Packaging Beauty) has acquired Betts Group, a producer

France-based ingredients supplier Orgasynth is to change its name to Elixens from March 1

UK mass retailer Tesco is trialling a new in-store beauty salon service

According to press reports, Lindsay Owen-Jones is retiring as president of L’Oréal, leaving

US beauty group Elizabeth Arden reported net sales of $690.5m for the six months

Shiseido reported that net profit fell by 62% to ¥9.01bn ($109.32m) for the nine months

P&G is to regroup its three business units into two, continuing a streamlining process that began two years ago.

French perfumery chain Marionnaud said it saw an increase in sales in France in 2010 and is to open more than 20 stores

On the back of a 38% increase in profits for the second quarter, Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) announced that it would increase investment in global a…

LVMH has acquired Los Angeles-based skincare company Ole Henriksen.

The Estée Lauder brand has named Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls as its new global spokesmodel.

Parfums Christian Dior is to use spring water from the company Icelandic Glacial as its sole water source in its skincare products from 2012,

Fragrance sales in US prestige channels were up by 4% from August to October of this year compared to the same period in 2009,

At P&G’s investor day on December 16, vice chairman global beauty & grooming Ed Shirley tackled the question of how it can accelerate growth in beau…

Hair salon operator Regis Corporation has decided to remain an independent public company.

Switzerland-based travel retailer Dufry has signed a concession

Despite a fourth quarter that disappointed analysts, L’Oréal reported a like-for-like sales growth of 5.6% in 2010 to €19.5bn and a net profit in…

LVMH has acquired a 70% stake in UK-based natural skincare brand Nude

Chanel has pulled out of around 20 Marionnaud stores in France,

LVMH-owned Sephora has appointed former P&G executive

Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has elected Wei Sun Christianson to its board of directors.

The 2011 edition of the Cosmoprof Bologna trade show will take place from March 18-21.

UK-based chain Superdrug (AS Watson) has added a new beauty service to its in-store treatments in the form of a living fish spa pedicure.

UK group Alliance Boots’ contract manufacturing arm BCM has teamed up with Carrefour to create private-label beauty

Clinique launched an iPad Skin Diagnostic Tool at select US department store counters this month.

The Chinese government is to sell its 39% stake in the country’s cosmetics group Shanghai Jahwa in April or May.

French group LVMH is to acquire a majority stake in Italian luxury-goods company Bulgari.

L’Oréal Paris has named US Paralymic athlete, model and actress

France-based Groupe Clarins has announced that Philippe Schaison

The French prestige beauty market saw a return to growth in 2010, with sales up 3% in value

US-based department store Nordstrom is to acquire online flash sale site HauteLook

L’Oréal-owned brand The Body Shop has entered Sephora stores in the US

UK-based personal care company PZ Cussons has created a beauty division

New-York based company TPR Holdings has acquired Trilogy Fragrances,

Japanese group Shiseido has moved into more new markets through the launch of the Shiseido brand in Moldova in November,

French group Interparfums has signed a fragrance license with Boucheron.

Hong Kong-based department store Lane Crawford is to open three stores in China over the next two years.

Shiseido has named Hisayuki Suekawa as its new president and ceo effective April 1.

US company TPR Holdings has named beauty executive Neil Katz as special advisor

Beauty sales in Italy reached €9.3bn at retail in 2010, up 1.3% from last year

US department-store group Macy’s is to hire 725 people in the next two years to boost e-commerce sales

Hermès has obtained an exemption from the French market authorities from having to submit a takeover bid in order to place the majority of its share …

Japanese group Kao Corp is to open a new 125,000m2 (1.35 million ft2) manufacturing plant in China.

Consumer-goods group Unilever has signed a two-year agreement with US drug company BioLeap to develop consumer-goods products in the area of anti-agin…

P&G or Beiersdorf (BDF) may be interested in acquiring UK-based Sanex toiletries brand

P&G has sold its Zest soap brand to US private-equity company Brynwood Parters

France-based company Beauteam is following up the 2010 launch of Make Up in Paris, its trade show devoted to color cosmetics, with an American version…

Packaging company Aptar Group’s Aptar Beauty + Home division has launched a new pump (pictured) designed to protect cosmetic formulas that contain l…

US drugstore retailer CVS is launching a new loyalty program for cosmetics called Beauty Club.

Sephora is to sell a Sephora Collection limited-edition make-up palette on US online fashion retailer Shopbop.com. The $30 item was inspired by Shopbo…

Swiss food company Nestlé and French hair-salon operator Jean-Claude Biguine have teamed up to offer Nestlé’s new drink, Nesfluid HydraNutrition

German group Beiersdorf (BDF) saw profits after tax fall by 19% to €308m, according to preliminary figures

German retailer Douglas reported that sales for its perfumery division rose by 1.4% to nearly €1.9bn for the 2009-2010 fiscal year

US-based Coty has received an injection of cash from private-equity companies Berkshire Partners and Rhône.

US department-store retailer Kohl’s is reinforcing its exclusive branded cosmetics offer in its stores.

German group Beiersdorf (BDF) is to sell skincare brand Juvena and premium haircare line Marlies Möller and withdraw from color cosmetics in Germany,…

L’Oréal USA has acquired Peel’s Salon Services, its fourth American salon distributor purchase this year. Peel’s, which supplies hair salons in…

BPI has named Patrice Beliard president of its US division.

US rock singer Gwen Stefani has been named

US beauty group Estée Lauder Companies has appointed Stéphane de la Faverie

US beauty group Coty’s mass division, Coty Beauty has signed a fragrance licensing agreement with celebrity model Heidi Klum

UK department-store retailer John Lewis will launch an in-store spa concept in two department stores

Beiersdorf has launched Pearlfinder, a web platform to attract innovative product formulation and packaging ideas.

Sales at fragrance company Interparfums increased by 17.9% in 2010 to reach €305.7m.

IFF is to invest $100m in China and Singapore over the next three years

France-based luxury and retail group PPR has created a new business unit for e-commerce.

The NPD Group reported that prestige beauty in the US saw dollar sales increase by 4% in 2010

Trade show In-Cosmetics is preparing its biggest edition ever this year in Milan, Italy

US-based retailer Target is to enter Canada through the acquisition of up to 220 leases from Zellers

US private-equity company TSG Consumer Partners has acquired a minority stake in US low-priced beauty brand e.l.f. eyes, lips face.