Puig buys skincare company
Puig’s holding company Corporación Exea Empresarial and M3 Invest, a company owned by Payot president Hervé Lesieur,...July 13, 2011
Designer Parfums takes over Patou
UK-based Designer Parfums has acquired French fragrance brand Jean Patou from P&G Prestige. The company aims to...July 13, 2011
Sisley inaugurates eco-factory
French skincare company Sisley has inaugurated a new eco-conceived factory north of Paris. The site, covering 45,000m2...July 13, 2011
Unilever restructures
Consumer-goods group Unilever has restructured to boost development in emerging markets. The company will be divided into...July 13, 2011
Luxury brands connect with Gen Y
Luxury brands are capitalizing on the web to make their products more accessible to generation Y, according...July 13, 2011
Interparfums signs Balmain
Interparfums has signed a 12-year fragrance license with French couture brand Balmain. A new fragrance for the...July 13, 2011
US sales increase in mass and prestige
US prestige beauty sales were up by 5% in the first quarter of this year, while mass...June 15, 2011
Patyka gets investment boost
Morocco-based investment company Nebetou Fund has taken a minority stake in Parisian selective skincare brand Patyka Cosmetics....June 15, 2011
House of Fraser launches Fekkai
UK-based department store House of Fraser is to launch haircare brand Frédéric Fekkai in 10 of its...June 15, 2011
ELC opens Asia innovation center
The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) opened its Asia Innovation Center this month in Shanghai, China. This new...June 15, 2011
More changes at P&G
Executive changes continue to make waves in P&G’s beauty business. Charles Bergh, president of the global male...June 15, 2011
L’Oréal to develop Agnès b in Asia travel retail
L’Oréal plans to develop its Agnès b make-up line in travel retail in Asia Pacific. The company...June 15, 2011
TPR buys haircare brand
US beauty company TPR Holdings has acquired a controlling stake in premium haircare brand Oscar Blandi....June 15, 2011
Sephora ups stake in Ile de Beauté
Sephora has increased its ownership in Russian beauty retailer Ile de Beauté by 20%, bringing its share...June 15, 2011
Ed Shirley to leave P&G
P&G’s vice chairman of beauty and grooming Ed Shirley is to leave the company in 2012. He...May 4, 2011
Bloomingdale’s opens three new outlet stores
US-based department-store group Macy’s is to open three new Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores in Florida, Massachusetts and Illinois...May 3, 2011
Interparfums extends ST Dupont license
Interparfums has extended its fragrance license with S.T. Dupont until 2016. The company has held the license...May 3, 2011
Guerlain signs up new spa company
Guerlain has signed a licensing agreement with management company Trilogy Spa Ventures to manage its US spas...May 3, 2011
Debenhams launches app
UK department-store retailer Debenhams has launched an iPhone app called Beauty Club. It features advice, incentives and...May 3, 2011
Walmart buys tech company Kosmix
In a move to strengthen its social media and e-commerce strategy, US mass retailer Walmart has acquired...May 3, 2011
Rising commodity costs take their toll
Rising commodity costs continue to weigh on consumer-goods groups and are resulting in increased prices on a...May 3, 2011
US prestige sales see growth in first quarter
Prestige beauty sales in the US were up 2% in March 2011 versus March 2010. Fragrance saw...May 3, 2011
Revlon reveals price for Sinful Colors
US-based beauty group Revlon revealed that it paid $39m for the Sinful Colors cosmetics brand it acquired...May 3, 2011
Shiseido sees FY net profit down 62%
Shiseido reported a 62% drop in net income to ¥12.8bn ($157.43m) in its fiscal year ending March...May 3, 2011
BDF forecasts flat sales for 2011
German group Beiersdorf (BDF) is expecting flat sales for its consumer business in 2011 and says that...May 3, 2011
Puig takes over JP Gaultier fashion
Spanish group Puig has taken a majority stake in the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion company after acquiring...May 3, 2011
L’Oréal appoints Lopez
US pop singer Jennifer Lopez has been named global brand ambassador for the L’Oréal Paris brand.April 26, 2011
JMG launches traveler study
Paris-based market research agencyJMG Research is to launch a study analyzing consumer behavior in airports. The company...April 26, 2011
Steiner to acquire Onboard Spa Company
Spa service company Steiner Leisure has signed a letter of intent to acquire UK-based The Onboard Spa...April 26, 2011
Superdrug launches nail bars
AS Watson-owned UK chain Superdrug has launched a nail bar at two of its London stores. The...April 26, 2011