Symrise sales up 12.8% in Q1
Symrise’s sales reached €1.2bn for the first quarter 2023, up by 12.8% on the same period...April 26, 2023
Estée Lauder Companies’ Sara Moss to retire
Sara Moss has held senior leadership roles at the Estée Lauder Companies for 20 years Estée Lauder...April 25, 2023
US prestige beauty up 16% in Q1
Prestige beauty sales in the US reached $16.6bn for the first quarter of 2023, up by...April 25, 2023
Coty creates a metaverse for employees
Coty has partnered with tech business Spatial to create an internal metaverse for its 11,000 global...April 25, 2023
BW Confidential’s Retail & Tech newsletter out today
BW Confidential’s newsletter on the latest retail & tech trends in beauty RETAIL INSIGHTS Sephora has launched...April 25, 2023
Atelier unveils product development platform
Beauty tech company Atelier has unveiled what it calls an all-in-one beauty product manufacturing tool that...April 25, 2023
SKS Capital invests in South Korean distributor Grace
Grace supplies beauty products to South Korean retailer Olive Young (above). Image courtesy of Olive Young ...April 25, 2023
South Korean food delivery app launches beauty brand
Woowa Brothers, the South Korean company behind Baemin, a popular food delivery app in South Korea...April 24, 2023
Sephora launches a new recycling program
LVMH-owned beauty retailer Sephora has introduced a new empties collection recycling initiative named Beauty (Re)Purposed. The...April 24, 2023
P&G’s beauty sales up 3% in fiscal Q3
P&G reported a 4% increase in sales to $20.1bn for the third quarter of its fiscal...April 21, 2023
This Week in Beauty April 17-21, 2023
This Week in Beauty video – A highlight of the week’s key news in just under...April 21, 2023
Robertet Groupe sales grow 16% in 2022
French fragrance house Robertet Groupe saw a 16% increase in sales in 2022 to Є703m. All...April 21, 2023
Kilian Paris hires first Makeup Creative Director
Estée Lauder Companies-owned Kilian Paris has appointed celebrity make-up artist Sir John as its first Makeup...April 21, 2023
JC Penney appoints Chief Customer Officer
US-based department-store chain JCPenney has appointed Katie Mullen as Chief Customer Officer. Mullen, who was previously Chief...April 21, 2023
Industry Talks: Intercos Group CEO Renato Semerari
Cosmetics contract manufacturer Intercos CEO Renato Semerari talks about the beauty categories ripe for growth, the...April 20, 2023
IFF announces new VP for Fine Fragrance
Fragrance company IFF has named Trudi Loren Vice President Global Innovation, Creation and Design Fine Fragrance. She...April 20, 2023
The Body Shop CEO steps down
The CEO of beauty retailer The Body Shop, David Boynton, is stepping down after five years...April 20, 2023
Inter Parfums Inc sales up 24% for Q1 2023
Inter Parfums Inc’s net sales rose to a record $312m for the first quarter of 2023, a...April 20, 2023
L’Oréal fund invests in three biodiversity projects
Inn River flowing in the forest in Switzerland. Aerial view from drone on a blue river in...April 20, 2023
L’Oréal sales up 14.6% in Q1 2023
L’Oréal said it saw a very strong start to 2023, with sales up 14.6% to €10.38bn...April 19, 2023
CEW France unveils 2023 Achiever Awards
The CEW France Achiever Awards ceremony took place in Paris last night. This year’s event was a...April 19, 2023
FTC warns advertisers to stop deceiving consumers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has sent warning notices to hundreds of companies stating...April 18, 2023
Lagardère Travel Retail sales up 44% for Q1 2023
Lagardère Travel Retail’s sales for the first quarter rose 44.2% on a like-for-like basis to €1.05bn, driven...April 18, 2023
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JD launches new features to help brands sell in China RETAIL INSIGHTS JD’s efforts to help brands. ...April 18, 2023
Orveon hires a chief transformation officer
Christina Hull joins from GF Capital Beauty company Orveon has hired Christina Hull as Chief Transformation Officer....April 18, 2023
Robertet opens new center for sustainable startups
Fragrance house Robertet has opened Villa Blu, a new center for its startup accelerator program dedicated...April 18, 2023
Pierre Fabre Group acquires MÊME
French dermo-cosmetics company Pierre Fabre Group has acquired MÊME, a skincare and nailcare brand designed for...April 18, 2023
THG receives takeover bid from Apollo
UK-based beauty e-commerce company THG has received an acquisition proposal from private-equity firm Apollo Global Management....April 17, 2023
Summit of the Americas kicks off
The Summit of the Americas, the trade show for the duty-free and travel-retail industry in the Americas,...April 17, 2023
Givaudan sales up 3.6% for Q1 2023
Givaudan’s Swiss headquarters Fragrance company Givaudan reported sales of CHF1.77bn ($1.99bn) in the first quarter of 2023,...April 14, 2023