Bluefly adds scent
US-based online retailer of designer fashion brands Bluefly.com has added a fragrance boutique to its website. The...December 11, 2013
Parlux experiments with online video
US-based Parlux Fragrances is giving online marketing a major push with its campaign for its new fragrance...December 11, 2013
Blogs versus magazines
Blogs are more influential than magazines in consumers’ choice of beauty buys, according to a survey jointly...December 11, 2013
L’Oréal unveils digital ambitions
L’Oréal said it significantly increased investment in digital activities last year and sees the internet as one...December 11, 2013
Lolita Lempicka moves into color
Amore Pacific-owned fragrance brand Lolita Lempicka is making its first foray into color cosmetics with Mon Rouge,...December 11, 2013
Natural beauty sales up 10.6% globally in 2013
Sales of the global natural personal-care market rose by 10.6% to $29.5bn at the manufacturers’ level in...December 11, 2013
Orlando Italy buys La Gardenia Beauty
Investment group Orlando Italy has acquired La Gardenia Beauty, Italy’s second-largest perfumery chain, from Bridgepoint Capital. Orlando...December 10, 2013
France’s Group Arthes moves into private-label business
France-based Groupe Arthes, owner of mass-market fragrance brand Jeanne Arthes, has created a new private-label division. The...December 10, 2013
New frontiers for Erborian
France-based and Korean-inspired prestige skincare brand Erborian is moving its young sister brand 7 Herbs into the...December 10, 2013
Superdrug to introduce in-store tanning booths
UK-based retailer Superdrug has launched spray tanning booths in its Meadowhall, Sheffield, store, part of its ongoing...December 10, 2013
Filorga targets eye-contour area with new range
French anti-aging skincare brand Filorga is launching a new two-sku line for the eye-contour area called Time...December 9, 2013
Nestlé sells stake in Givaudan, stirs speculation about share in L’Oréal
Food group Nestlé is to sell its 10% share in flavor and fragrance company Givaudan for Sfr1.08bn...December 9, 2013
Alpure focuses on service and samples
Swiss skincare brand Alpure is focusing on closer cooperation with beauty advisors and more intensive training of...December 9, 2013
Pupa boosts its brand image
Italian company Pupa has almost completed implementing the major axes of a strategy focused on refining the...December 9, 2013
Seven & i to buy stake in Barneys Japan
Japanese retail group Seven & i Holdings Co is to acquire a 49.9% stake in department-store operator...December 5, 2013
Unilever to sell its ethnic haircare brands
Unilever is to sell its ethnic haircare brands Soft & Beautiful, TCB and Pro-Line Comb-Thru to US-based...December 4, 2013
Technico Flor on the up
France-based fragrance creation house Technico Flor is looking to further develop in emerging markets, build business in...December 4, 2013
Coty names new cfo
US-based Coty has appointed Patrice de Talhouët chief financial officer, effective early 2014. De Talhouët is currently...December 4, 2013
Clarins awards environment prize for men
Clarins awarded its first Prix Clarins Styles Environnement in collaboration with French magazine L’Express Styles to navigator...December 4, 2013
Ileos acquires Aphena Health and Beauty
Last month, packaging group Ileos acquired Aphena Health and Beauty, a US-based company specialized in the development and...December 3, 2013
Ioma appoints new international marketing director
French prestige skincare brand Ioma has named Claire Miller as international marketing director. Miller began her career with...December 3, 2013
Interparfums to launch women’s fragrance for Balmain
Interparfums is to unveil its first women’s fragrance for the Balmain brand next February, called Extatic. Interparfums...December 3, 2013
Nina Ricci teams up on new fragrance with Ladurée
Puig’s Nina Ricci brand has teamed up with French pastry-maker Ladurée, famous for its macaroons, to launch a...December 3, 2013
Acca Kappa continues Asia expansion
Italy-based Acca Kappa continues to mine growth in Asia. The company opened its fourth freestanding store in...December 3, 2013
Nuance enters South America via airport concession in Brazil
Switzerland-based travel-retail operator Nuance is entering South America’s travel-retail market for the first time with the signing...December 3, 2013
L’Oréal appoints Marc Speichert CMO Leader
Marc Speichert, chief marketing officer (CMO) at L’Oréal USA since 2010, has been promoted to the newly...December 2, 2013
Firmenich names three Master Perfumers
Switzerland-based fragrance house Firmenich has named Honorine Blanc as Master Perfumer. A fine fragrance perfumer with Firmenich...December 2, 2013
First-half sales at L’Occitane down by 0.6%
Net sales at beauty group L’Occitane came to €446.4bn for the first half of 2013, a 0.6%...December 2, 2013
Orlane to launch new skincare for B21
Orlane (Kelemata group) is to launch B21 Extraordinaire, a major new product for the brand, which it...November 27, 2013
Sisley looks to 25-35-year olds with new launch
French company Sisley is to launch Sisleyouth, an anti-aging moisturizer targeting 25-35-year olds, next year. The...November 27, 2013