Coty lays out plan for growth
In its first financial report since going public in June, sales at US-based Coty grew by 1%...September 17, 2013
Karstadt Premium Group changes hands
Berggruen Holdings, owner of German department-store retailer Karstadt, has sold a 75.1% share of its Karstadt Premium...September 17, 2013
Management changes at Chanel US
Beauty brand Chanel has announced that Julien Gommichen, currently general manager and managing director for Chanel Middle...September 17, 2013
Saks appoints new president
US-based department store Saks Inc has appointed Marigay McKee as president, following the departure of the retailer’s...September 16, 2013
Aubade launches first fragrance
French lingerie brand Aubade is launching its first fragrance, called Aubade Le Parfum, in partnership with...September 16, 2013
Thierry Mugler to launch 2013 edition of Les Liqueurs de Parfums
Clarins Fragrance Group-owned brand Thierry Mugler is to launch this year’s edition of Les Liqueurs de Parfums,...September 16, 2013
Amway opens brick-and-mortar location in Berlin
US-based direct seller Amway has opened a brick-and-mortar location in Berlin, Germany, as part of its strategy...September 13, 2013
Aesop inaugurates fifth Paris store
Australia-based beauty company Aesop opened its fifth standalone store in France today, in Paris’ Montmartre neighborhood. This...September 12, 2013
Clarisonic to open second skincare bar in France
L’Oréal-owned device brand Clarisonic is opening its second skincare bar in France this month at department store...September 11, 2013
Interparfums sells Nickel
Interparfums is to sell men’s skincare brand Nickel to L’Oréal in a deal to close at the...September 10, 2013
Neiman Marcus to be sold for $6bn
US-based luxury retailer Neiman Marcus is to be sold for $6bn to private-equity group Ares Management and...September 10, 2013
BW Confidential launches daily news service
BW Confidential, the Paris-based trade publication for the international beauty industry, has launched a new daily news...September 9, 2013
DFS rebrands Galleria stores
LVMH-owned travel retailer DFS Group is rebranding its downtown duty-free stores DFS Galleria to T Galleria by...September 9, 2013
Nuance rolls out premium fragrance concept
Switzerland-based travel-retail operator Nuance launched a new shop-in-shop fragrance concept called Deluxe Fragrances at Turkey’s Antalya airport...September 6, 2013
Burberry launches first in-house fragrance
Fashion house Burberry launched Brit Rhythm, its first in-house fragrance since taking back the beauty...September 6, 2013
Nocibé no longer up for sale
Investment fund Charterhouse, a majority shareholder of Nocibé, has said that the French retailer is no...September 6, 2013
Hema opens beauty store
Netherlands-based low-cost retailer Hema is opening its first store dedicated exclusively to beauty outside of Holland, in...September 6, 2013
Jean-Christophe Letellier new md L’Oréal India
French group L’Oréal appointed Jean-Christophe Letellier managing director of L’Oréal India at the end of July. Letellier...August 28, 2013
L’Oréal sales up 4.7% in 2013 first half
L’Oréal reported sales of €11.74bn in the first half of 2013, an increase of 4.7% on the...August 28, 2013
L’Oréal to acquire Magic Holdings
Beauty group L’Oréal announced its bid to acquire Chinese cosmetic facial mask specialist Magic Holdings; the company’s...August 28, 2013
A strong 2013 for Lauder
Full-year net sales at US-based The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) broke the $10bn mark for the first...August 28, 2013
P&G sees 1% growth in fiscal 2013
Consumer-goods group Procter & Gamble (P&G) reported a 1% increase in sales to $84.2bn for fiscal 2013....August 28, 2013
Stephen Smith resigns from Elizabeth Arden
US-based beauty company Elizabeth Arden executive vice president and cfo Stephen Smith has resigned from the company...August 28, 2013
Arden 2013 sales fall short of expectations
After lowering its sales and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013 in June, net sales growth at US-based...August 28, 2013
Interparfums posts 2013 first-half sales of €218.5m
French beauty group Interparfums reported first-half sales of €218.5m, or €120m excluding sales of Burberry products,...August 28, 2013
Interparfums inks two new beauty licenses
Interparfums Inc, the US subsidiary of beauty group Interparfums, signed a 12-year beauty license with Chinese luxury-goods...August 28, 2013
Revlon to acquire The Colomer Group
US-based Revlon subsidiary Revlon Consumer Products Corporation is to acquire Spanish beauty care company The Colomer Group...August 28, 2013
Canada’s HBC to buy US Saks
Canadian department store Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), owner of Hudson’s Bay and Lord & Taylor department stores,...August 28, 2013
Loblaws acquires Shoppers Drug Mart
Canadian grocery retailer Loblaws, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, has acquired Canadian drugstore chain Shoppers Drug...August 28, 2013
Brasil Beauté takes over Agua de Cheiro
North American investment fund Brasil Beauté has taken over Brazilian beauty chain Agua de Cheiro from Globalbras....August 28, 2013