Luxury Brand Partners receives $50m minority investment
Bookend Capital Partners invested $50m in brand incubator Luxury Brand Partners (LBP). In addition to the minority...January 23, 2020
Estée Lauder brand makes changes in travel-retail division
Estée Lauder Companies has promoted Raffaella Cornaggia to senior vice president/general manager of Estée Lauder, International, effective...January 23, 2020
Lancôme pop-up opens at Doha’s Hamad International Airport
Qatar Duty Free (QDF) and L’Oréal Travel Retail Europe Middle East Africa India (TREMEAI) opened a pop-up...January 23, 2020
L’Oréal looks to invent the company of the future
The next decade at L’Oréal will be about inventing beauty of the future and inventing the company...January 23, 2020
Starboard Cruise Services to sell Sephora Collection
Cruise retailer Starboard Cruise Services (LVMH) is to launch sister company Sephora’s private-label brand, Sephora Collection, on...January 22, 2020
KDC/ONE to acquire Shanghai Paristy Daily Chemical
Formulator and manufacturer Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC/ONE) is to acquire Chinese color cosmetics manufacturer Shanghai Paristy Daily...January 22, 2020
L’Occitane International sales up 17.9% in third quarter
L’Occitane International’s net sales for its fiscal third quarter (the three months ended December 31, 2019) rose...January 22, 2020
Bulgari invests in sustainable flower farming initiative
Bulgari (LVMH) is to invest in a sustainable flower farming project in India in partnership with fragrance...January 21, 2020
Hydrating products boost prestige skincare sales in France in 2019
Prestige skincare sales in France reached €404m for the first 11 months of 2019, flat compared with...January 21, 2020
Kiehl’s unveils Lunar New Year pop-up at Singapore airport
Skincare brand Kiehl’s (L’Oréal) opened a Lunar New Year-themed pop-up store with operator Shilla Duty Free at...January 21, 2020
Ferragamo launches new men’s fragrance
Salvatore Ferragamo Parfums has launched a major new men’s fragrance. The scent is inspired by the tradition...January 20, 2020
CPL Aromas names new non-executive director
Fragrance house CPL Aromas has named Christie Travers-Smith as a non-executive director of CPL Aromas’ main board....January 20, 2020
Coty appoints new chief legal officer
Coty has named Kristin Blazewicz the company’s new chief legal officer, general counsel and secretary of the...January 20, 2020
Shiseido opens first Beauty Innovation Hub in China
Shiseido has opened a Beauty Innovation Hub in China, its first outside Japan.
January 20, 2020
Pierre Fabre and partner start-ups launch skin diagnosis mirror
French dermo-cosmetics company Pierre Fabre Group has unveiled a skin diagnosis connected mirror in partnership with start-ups...January 20, 2020
Calvin Klein launches CK Everyone fragrance
Calvin Klein (Coty) is to launch a new fragrance, called CK Everyone and part of its CK One collection, this spring.
January 20, 2020
Moroccanoil launches Moroccanoil Academy
Haircare brand Moroccanoil has launched the Moroccanoil Academy in New York City, offering education for hairstylists and...January 17, 2020
US holiday sales up 4.1% in 2019
The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported a 4.1% increase in holiday retail sales in the US to...January 17, 2020
Watch This Week in Beauty January 13-17, 2020
This Week in Beauty Video – A highlight of the week’s key news in just under...January 17, 2020
Kat Von D sells shares in Kat Von D Beauty to LVMH’s Kendo
Founder of Kat Von D Beauty, Kat Von D, has sold the shares in her beauty brand...January 17, 2020
Clinique announces first global brand ambassador
Clinique has named British actress Emilia Clarke as its first global brand ambassador for skincare and make-up....January 16, 2020
Revlon names new global brand ambassador
Revlon has named actress and singer Sofia Carson as its new global brand ambassador. Carson’s first campaigns...January 16, 2020
Beiersdorf sales up 4.1% in 2019
German group Beiersdorf’s preliminary organic sales for the full year 2019 were up 4.1% to €7.65bn. In...January 16, 2020
Beauty veteran Mike Indursky launches sustainable skincare brand
Beauty industry veteran Mike Indursky has unveiled a new sustainable skincare brand called Hear Me Raw. The...January 15, 2020
L’Occitane-backed Duolab unveils personalized skincare capsule system
Duolab, a tech start-up within the L’Occitane Group, has unveiled a personalized skincare capsule system. The product...January 15, 2020
NPD outlines trends for the 2020s
Market-research company The NPD Group unveiled key trends for the US prestige beauty market for the next...January 15, 2020
Watsons China partners with WeChat Work to launch Cloud Stores
Health and beauty retailer Watsons China (AS Watson Group) has partnered with Tencent-owned digital office management platform...January 15, 2020
Net-a-Porter adds beauty to sustainable platform
Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has added 27 beauty brands to its Net Sustain platform. This is the...January 15, 2020
Minorité & Firmenich reveal winners of first Chinese perfumery awards
Niche Chinese fine fragrance distribution company Minorité and fragrance house Firmenich have revealed the winners of China’s...January 14, 2020
John Lewis & Partners launches men’s make-up pop-up
UK-based men’s make-up brand, War Paint, has opened a pop-up at John Lewis’ Oxford Street flagship, running...January 14, 2020