P&G beauty sales up 4% in second quarter fiscal 2019
Procter & Gamble (P&G) reported net sales of $17.44bn for the second quarter of fiscal 2019 (October...January 23, 2019
Coty Luxury names new travel retail senior vice president
Coty has named Txema Marquiegui senior vice president travel retail. He replaces Philippe Margueritte who is leaving...January 23, 2019
Gryphon Investors acquires RoC Skincare from J&J
San Francisco-based private-equity firm Gryphon Investors has acquired skincare brand RoC Skincare from US company Johnson &...January 22, 2019
San Francisco Equity Partners acquires majority stake in Jane Iredale
Private-equity firm San Francisco Equity Partners (SFEP) has acquired a majority stake in US-based clean cosmetics company...January 22, 2019
Clarins brand names new general manager
French company Groupe Clarins has appointed Katalin Berenyi general manager for the Clarins brand. Berenyi, who co-founded...January 22, 2019
Nestlé Skin Health eyed by private-equity firms
UK-based Cinven and US-based Advent are among the private equity companies looking to acquire Nestlé’s skin health...January 22, 2019
BW Confidential’s new-look Beauty Insight out today
BW Confidential’s new-look Beauty Insight is out today. It brings you the latest trends, retail and tech...January 22, 2019
Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe dies
Brandon Truaxe, founder of beauty brand Deciem has died at the age of 40. The cause of...January 22, 2019
Skincare spend by Chinese male consumers doubled in 2018, says Tmall
Tmall, the e-commerce platform by Chinese retailer Alibaba, registered a 31% increase in the number of men...January 21, 2019
Giorgio Armani adds two skus to Power Fabric range
Giorgio Armani Beauty (L’Oréal) has added a new concealer and a foundation balm to its Power Fabric...January 21, 2019
Beiersdorf organic sales growth slows to 5.4% in 2018
German group Beiersdorf’s preliminary sales for 2018 came in at €7.23bn, representing organic sales growth of 5.4%...January 18, 2019
Watch This Week In Beauty Video January 14-18, 2019
Catch up with the week’s essential news with BW Confidential’s This Week in Beauty Video. See the...January 18, 2019
Dufry reorganizes, looks to M&A
Swiss travel retailer Dufry has restructured in a bid to cut costs and simplify its business, and...January 18, 2019
Miu Miu launches new fragrance
Miu Miu (Coty) has launched its latest fragrance, Miu Miu Twist Eau de Parfum, along with an...January 17, 2019
Intel unveils fully automated store
Intel presented a ‘smart’ convenience store that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enable a completely unmanned...January 17, 2019
Bloomingdale’s opens revamped beauty floor in NYC flagship
US retailer Bloomingdale’s opened the revamped cosmetics department of its New York City flagship store today. The...January 17, 2019
Sears accepts chairman’s bid for bankrupt retailer
US department-store group Sears has reportedly accepted chairman Eddie Lampert’s bid to take over the bankrupt retailer...January 17, 2019
Consumer goods industry launches global alliance against plastic waste
Nearly 30 companies from the plastics and consumer-goods industry have joined forces to form a global alliance...January 16, 2019
Arcade Beauty leads funding round in digital vending machine specialist
Beauty samples manufacturer Arcade Beauty (Oaktree Capital) has led a $7m Series B funding round in US-based...January 16, 2019
Neiman Marcus debuts high-end cannabis beauty products
US luxury retailer Neiman Marcus is adding high-end CBD (cannabidiol) beauty products to its offer online and...January 15, 2019
AS Watson’s targeted e-marketing drives sales for Maybelline and Jeffree Star
Hong Kong-based retail group AS Watson has unveiled the recent marketing strategies it employed to drive sales...January 15, 2019
Shiseido Travel Retail opens new Singapore office hub
Shiseido Travel Retail opened a new office in Singapore today. Located in Singapore’s Central Business District, the...January 15, 2019
JAB Holding chairman Bart Becht to step down
Bart Becht, chairman of investment company JAB Holding is to leave the company. The news comes after...January 14, 2019
Alibaba unveils centralized program for brands
Chinese online and retail company Alibaba has unveiled a new program that combines all the tools and...January 14, 2019
L’Occitane to acquire Elemis
L’Occitane International is to acquire UK-based skincare and spa brand Elemis from Steiner Leisure for $900m. L’Occitane...January 14, 2019
CK One marks Chinese New Year
Coty has launched a new limited edition of its CK One fragrance to mark the Chinese New...January 14, 2019
Avon launches two-hour delivery service in Brazil
Avon Products has inked a partnership with Brazilian on-demand delivery service Rappi. In the initial pilot more...January 14, 2019
Collistar names Rivetti international director
Italy-based beauty company Collistar has named Luigi Rivetti international director. Rivetti was most recently international business director...January 14, 2019
Perfect Corp unveils Beauty 3.0 retail solution, partners with Ulta and Cosmopolitan
Beauty app developer Perfect Corp, the company behind the YouCam Makeup app, has presented its new ‘Beauty...January 11, 2019
Sears chairman ups takeover bid to $5bn
Sears chairman Eddie Lampert has increased his takeover bid the retailer from $4.4bn to $5bn, according to...January 11, 2019