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
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
Coty announces executive changes
US-based Coty has made a series of personnel changes in a bid to turn its business around....January 11, 2019
Watch This Week In Beauty Video January 7-11, 2019
Catch up with the week’s essential news with BW Confidential’s This Week in Beauty Video. See the...January 11, 2019
Target increases focus on beauty-centric wellness products
US-based Target is to expand its wellness product offer. The company has reportedly been giving more space...January 10, 2019
Sephora names Rougeot ceo of Americas business
LVMH-owned beauty retailer Sephora has named Jean-André Rougeot ceo of its Americas business, effective February 4. Rougeot...January 10, 2019
DFS readies for Lunar New Year
Travel retailer DFS is to launch a range of promotions and activities to mark the Lunar New...January 10, 2019
JD.com makes travel retail debut with two smart stores
Chinese online retailer JD.com has made its travel retail debut with two new stores, at Beijing Capital...January 9, 2019
Douglas partners with Indie Beauty Expo
German beauty retailer Douglas has partnered with Indie Beauty Media Group (IBMG), organizer of the Indie Beauty...January 9, 2019
Shiseido absorbs Bare Escentuals into its Americas Corporation
Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido has merged its subsidiaries Shiseido Americas Corporation (SAC), Bare Escentuals and Bare Escentuals...January 9, 2019
Giorgio Armani Beauty names Ryan Reynolds new face of Armani Code
Giorgio Armani Beauty (L’Oréal) has named Ryan Reynolds as the new face of its Armani Code fragrance,...January 8, 2019
Coty to launch AR-enabled smart mirror for Wella Professionals
Coty presented the new Wella Professionals augmented reality (AR)-enabled Smart Mirror for hair salons at the Consumer...January 7, 2019
CareOS to launch voice-activated health and beauty smart mirror
France-based CareOS, part of Baracoda Group, which specializes in connected objects, has unveiled the Artemis smart mirror...January 7, 2019
L’Oréal unveils wearable sensor that measures skin pH
L’Oréal has unveiled a prototype of the My Skin Track pH by La Roche-Posay, a wearable sensor...January 7, 2019