L’Oréal Travel Retail launches Hand Essentials travel kit
L’Oréal Travel Retail is to launch a “Hands Essentials” travel kit combining sanitizing and moisturizing products in...July 27, 2020
Symrise opens Paris creative hub
Symrise has unveiled its new outpost for fine fragrance in Paris, near the city’s avenue des Champs...July 27, 2020
Watch This Week in Beauty July 20-24, 2020
This Week in Beauty Video – A highlight of the week’s key news in just under...July 24, 2020
Gucci names four new faces for Gucci Bloom fragrance
Gucci Beauty (Coty) has named four new faces for its Gucci Bloom Eau de Parfum. Director and...July 24, 2020
Beauty reservation platform Planity secures €10m in funding
France-based online beauty reservation platform Planity has raised €10m in Series B funding led by Crédit Mutuel...July 24, 2020
Beiersdorf opens new R&I center in Shanghai
German group Beiersdorf has invested €10m in a new Research & Innovation (R&I) center in Shanghai aimed...July 24, 2020
Skincare brand Atolla raises $2.5m in seed round
Skincare brand Atolla has closed a seed round of $2.5m led by private investment fund Lyra Growth...July 23, 2020
Unilever turnover drops 1.6% in first half of year
Unilever’s total turnover fell 1.6% in the first half of the year to €25.7bn compared with the...July 23, 2020
Nordstrom lays off 521 employees
US-based retailer Nordstrom will lay off 521 employees at its Seattle operations, according to a filing with...July 23, 2020
Interparfums sales fall 42% in first half
Interparfums reported a 42% drop in sales for the first half of the year to €139.3m. Sales...July 23, 2020
Ieva Group raises new funding
France-based connected beauty company Ieva Group has raised €12m in a new round of funding led by...July 22, 2020
Morphe launches new brand Morphe 2
Beauty brand Morphe is set to launch its Morphe 2 brand, consisting of multipurpose products and aimed...July 22, 2020
Creative agencies Filtr and Qingwa merge
Marketing, communication and design agency Filtr has merged with branding, packaging and retail and interior design agency...July 22, 2020
Sephora US to lay off 117 employees, add 132 new full-time roles
Beauty retailer Sephora (LVMH) will lay off 117 full-time employees in the US, or 7% of its...July 21, 2020
Sephora Canada partners with installment payment provider PayBright
Sephora Canada (LVMH) has partnered with installment payment plan provider PayBright to offer flexible payments. Sephora Canada...July 21, 2020
L’Occitane Group sales down 22% in quarter ended June 30, 2020
L’Occitane Group reported a 22.2% decline in sales to €274.2m for its first quarter of fiscal 2021,...July 21, 2020
Givaudan sales up 4% in first six months of 2020
Swiss flavor and fragrance company Givaudan reported a 4% increase in like-for-like sales (+4.1% in Swiss francs)...July 21, 2020
Ipsy launches Ultra Personalization feature
Beauty subscription service Ipsy launched an Ultra Personalization feature, which it says gives members more choice. Customers...July 21, 2020
Ieva launches subscription service MonMoiBeauté
France-based connected beauty brand Ieva has launched a personalized, digital-based beauty subscription service called MonMoiBeauté. The service...July 21, 2020
Laneige launches video series Luminous Beauty
Skincare brand Laneige (Amorepacific Group) has launched a series of eight videos called Luminous Beauty dedicated to...July 21, 2020
Ulta to close 19 stores and open another 30
US-based beauty retailer Ulta Beauty is set to close 19 stores in the second and third quarter...July 21, 2020
Cerruti 1881 to launch Cerruti 1881 Silver
Italian fragrance brand Cerruti 1881 (Designer Parfums) is set to launch men’s fragrance Cerruti 1881 Silver. The...July 21, 2020
Giorgio Armani Beauty to launch eco-friendly fragrance My Way
Giorgio Armani Beauty (L’Oréal) is set to launch a major new women’s fragrance with an eco-friendly positioning....July 20, 2020
Patrick Starrr and Luxury Brand Partners launch beauty brand ONE/SIZE
Social-media personality Patrick Starrr has launched a cosmetics brand in partnership with brand incubator and venture fund...July 20, 2020
Google launches video shopping platform
Google has launched a new interactive video shopping platform called Shoploop, which is intended to help people...July 20, 2020
Watch This Week in Beauty July 13-17, 2020
This Week in Beauty Video – A highlight of the week’s key news in just under...July 17, 2020
Digital olfaction company Aryballe raises €7m in new funding
Digital olfaction company Aryballe raised €7m in a new global funding round, bringing the company’s total funding...July 17, 2020
Deciem sees online sales growth following online consultations
Beauty company Deciem saw its average online basket size increase by 37% following online consultations, as part...July 17, 2020
Walgreens partners with delivery service DoorDash
US-based retailer Walgreens (Walgreens Boots Alliance) has partnered with delivery app DoorDash to launch a delivery service...July 17, 2020
Industry Talks: Benefit Cosmetics director global digital Lisa Li
In our Industry Talks series, LVMH-owned beauty brand Benefit Cosmetics director global digital Lisa Li tells BW...July 16, 2020