Rising risk of coronavirus to travel retail, domestic shopping
The risk to travel-retail sales has become more acute with the spread of coronavirus. There have been...January 30, 2020
Brands donate to coronavirus efforts
A string of beauty and luxury groups have donated funds to the efforts to fight the coronavirus....January 29, 2020
ADF&PCD trade show opens in Paris today
Packaging trade show ADF&PCD opens its doors in Paris today. Some 700 suppliers will exhibit at the...January 29, 2020
LVMH reports double-digit sales and profit growth for 2019
LVMH reported what it called another year of record growth, with sales up 15% to €53.7bn in...January 28, 2020
Pinterest launches AR-powered Try On
Pinterest has launched Try On, an augmented reality (AR) feature that allows users to try on different...January 28, 2020
Interparfums sales up 6.4% in 2019
France-based Interparfums SA’s net sales rose 6.4% to €484.3m (+3.6% at constant exchange rates) in 2019, driven...January 28, 2020
Silgan to acquire Albéa’s dispensing business
US-based packaging company Silgan Holdings is to acquire French packager Albéa’s dispensing business for $900m. Albéa’s dispensing...January 27, 2020
Firmenich invests in Loop
Flavor and fragrance company Firmenich is to invest in Loop, the e-commerce and retail distribution service based...January 27, 2020
Sephora France’s new TikTok account gains traction
Sephora France’s just-launched account on video-based social-media platform TikTok has already racked up 25.2k followers and 318.7k...January 27, 2020
Thailand destination market to be most affected by Wuhan lockdown, says m1ndset
As the travel retail industry weighs up the potential impact of the coronavirus on the market, Swiss...January 24, 2020
L’Oréal inaugurates hairdressing school
L’Oréal inaugurated its “Real Campus, by L’Oréal” in Paris today, a school for hairdressers that will award...January 24, 2020
Givaudan sales up 5% in 2019
Swiss flavor and fragrance company Givaudan’s sales rose 5.8% like-for-like to CHF6.2bn ($6.39bn) for full-year 2019. Sales...January 24, 2020
Watch This Week in Beauty January 20-24, 2020
This Week in Beauty Video – A highlight of the week’s key news in just under...January 24, 2020
P&G sales up 5% in fiscal second quarter
US-based consumer goods company P&G’s net sales rose 5% to $18.2bn for the second quarter of fiscal...January 23, 2020
Rochas aims to build men’s business with new scent
Interparfums is looking to reinforce its men’s fragrance business for the Rochas brand with the launch of...January 23, 2020
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