Bloomingdales set to reveal cosmetics’ floor makeover
Bloomingdales is set to reveal its revamped cosmetics' floor at its flagship store 59thStreet, which has been underway for two years, according to a report by WWD.com. A launch event will take place on 17thJanuary to showcase the floor, which is 36,000 square feet and...
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Procter & Gamble targets African-American consumers with Walker & Co acquisition
Procter & Gamble has announced the acquisition of Walker & Co, a move that will better position itself to target African-American consumers. While undisclosed, the acquisition purchase price is reported to be between $20-$40 million, with Walker & Co – creators of men...
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Avon targets Russian market first with new K-beauty collection
Avon has announced the launch of its first K-beauty collection, with the products being launched into Russia first before rolling out across Europe in early 2019. The move is part of the company’s ongoing transformation strategy, with the range of masks and hand...
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Diana Penty named Estée Lauder first Indian brand ambassador
Estée Lauder has named Bollywood actress and model Diana Penty as its first Indian brand ambassador, according to a report by News 18.com. Penty will appear in skincare and beauty campaigns across digital and in-store promotions with her first campaign being for the...
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Procter & Gamble recognised in Forbes’ list as top ‘corporate citizen’
Procter & Gamble has been ranked number 8 in the Most JUST Company in America list, created in partnership with Forbes and JUST Capital. The pair ranked the largest publicly traded US corporations regarding their performance in ‘environmental sustainability, employee...
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Birchbox expands retail offering with Walgreens launch
Birchbox has launched in several Walgreens Boots Alliance stores across the US as it looks to develop its retail offering past the direct-sales model, according to a report by Reuters. The move expands on the company’s two retail stores in New York and Paris as...
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Glossier CEO unveils big plans as company on target to hit $100m in sales
Direct-to-consumer beauty company Glossier CEO Emily Weiss has stated the company is set to exceed $100million in revenue this year, with larger plans ahead, according to a report by Business Times. Having evolved into a beauty brand following the launch of a blog in...
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Anouchah Sanei named Amway new Chief R&D Officer
Amway has announced Anouchah Sanei as new Chief Research & Development Officer. Joining the company from Campbell Soup, Sanei will report to Gan Chee Eng, Amway’s Chief Digital and Product Officer, and will be tasked with leading Amway’s global R&D organization. This...
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Now Revlon Chief Accounting Officer quits to ‘pursue a new career opportunity’
Revlon Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller Wendel Kralovich tendered his resignation at the end of November and left the company last week, according to an SEC filing made by the company. The reason given for Kralovich’s departure was ‘to...
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IFF recognised for ‘exceptional’ environmental performance in Euronext Vigeo World 120
International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) has been named to the Euronext Vigeo World 120 Index, a ranking that recognises companies for exceptional environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. IFF is said to be the only among its industry cohort to make...
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We’re optimistic about make-up – Ulta to close year on a high as Q3 sales up 16.2 percent
Ulta has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The US beauty retailer saw net sales rise 16.2 percent in the 13-week period to US$1.56 million, compared to the same three months of 2017 and reiterated its FY 2018 guidance...
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Glossier’s CFO and President resigns to pursue his own project
Glossier’s President and CFO has resigned from his role to launch his own business, according to a report published by Business of Fashion. Henry Davis will leave the company on December 31 to ‘pursue his own entrepreneurial opportunities’. As to what those...
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Pantone’s color of the year Living Coral aligns with environmental focus
Pantone has launched its color of the year, Living Coral, a decision that is said to have been chosen in order to align with the ‘continually shifting environment.’ Following on from 2018’s Ultra Violet, Living Coral is said to have an ‘"animating and life-affirming...
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Girls in uterus exposed to personal care and make-up chemicals likely to hit puberty earlier, says US study
A US study printed in journal Human Reproduction has reported that girls within the womb that are subjected to chemicals most commonly found in toothpaste, make-up, soap and other personal care products are more likely to reach puberty earlier. A total of 338 children...
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Coty joins forces with Amazon to launch Let’s Get Ready Echo Show personal beauty assistant
Coty and Amazon have joined forces to launch the new personal beauty assistant Let’s Get Ready, which will be available to use via the Echo Show in January. The use of Alexa voice control and Echo Show combines voice and visual content and allows consumers to use the...
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IFF-LMC expands portfolio with three personal care ingredients acquisitions
IFF-Lucas Meyer Cosmetics (IFF-LMC) has announced the acquisition of three personal care ingredients from Kemin Industries, a move which is hoped to expand and strengthen its portfolio. The purchase of the ingredients Lysofix, XFoliPEARL and Microcurb and their...
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Priyanka Chopra becomes first Indian-born cover star for Vogue US
Priyanka Chopra has been named as the cover star for the January edition of Vogue magazine in the US, according to a report published by Refinery 29. She is the first Indian-born person to be featured in the coveted spot. The cover story, When Priyanka Met Nick: A...
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Johnson & Johnson to add How2Recycle label to baby care line
How2Recycle has announced that baby care giant Johnson & Johnson has adopted its labelling system, according to a report published by Recycling Today. The US manufacturer of Neutrogena will add the label to bottles across its baby care range. The label is the only...
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Deciem’s ex CFO is reinstated
Deciem’s former CFO, Stephen Kaplan, has returned to the company, this time as Chief Operating Officer, according to a report published by WWD. Kaplan left the company in February, 2018, following the termination of Nicola Kilner, Co-CEO at the time. Kilner rejoined...
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Sephora moves into electronics; sells Google Home Hub in store
Sephora has teamed up with Google – the LVMH-owned retailer will sell the search engine’s Home Hub in 10 of its US stores and has made a series of beauty tutorials available via the voice activated device, according to a report published by PPC Land. According to...
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Unilever teams up with Snapchat in ethical adtech push for Lynx
Unilever has teamed up with ethical adtech platform Good-Loop as it looks to up its spend on charities with a push on Snapchat via its Lynx brand, according to The Drum. The personal care giant is said to be looking to drive effectiveness and drive home its purpose,...
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Chanel launches ‘La Rouge’ New York pop-up shop
Chanel has announced the launch of an all-red pop-up shop based in New York. Named La Rouge, the temporary store is celebrating all things red and will be open to the public from 7th to 23rdDecember. Designed all in red, the boutique will offer limited-edition Chanel...
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Inolex announces US manufacturing expansion
Inolex has announced it is to develop its US manufacturing facilities, with the new expansion set to replace the company’s current US production and warehouse operations. The expansion is set for completion in the second half of 2019 with a new flagship plant in...
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Club together: The Estée Lauder Companies donates US$100,000 to help California wildfire victims
The Estée Lauder Companies has shared its efforts to support its employees, partners and communities who have been affected by the devastating California wildfires with Global Cosmetics News. The US prestige beauty behemoth has donated $100,000 to support disaster...
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Darlie Global opens new US office as it prepares to market Dr Neem et al in North America
The US subsidiary of Dubai-based Darlie Global has opened a new US office in Long Island, New York as it prepares to launch its natural personal care portfolio onto the US market. Brands such as Dr Neem, Divine Care and Mr Darlie will continue to be produced from...
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Couch-surfing: US shoppers stay home and shop online over Cyber weekend
US shoppers opted to stay put over Cyber weekend, according to a report published by The Drum. Footfall at physical stores dropped 5 to 9 percent over the Thanksgiving holiday, according to RetailNext research, per The Drum. Meanwhile online sales rose 23 percent...
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Bespoke baby: Dove offers personalization service for Canadian market
Unilever-owned Dove is offering Canadian shoppers the chance to create personalized baby care products, according to a report published by Strategy Online. Dove has set up a microsite for its newly launched My Baby Dove initiative, allowing shoppers to personalize...
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The Cadillac of marketing: Shiseido welcomes new Vice President, Brand Development
Shiseido has welcomed Melody Lee to the fold, according to a report published by MediaPost. Lee will take on a new marketing position, Vice President, Brand Development, effective today. Lee joins Shiseido from Cadillac and will work across the J-beauty giant’s...
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Reality star Blac Chyna receives backlash for Nigerian skin whitening cream collaboration
US reality star Blac Chyna has received backlash on social media for the launch of her new skin lightening cream in Nigeria, in collaboration with controversial company Whitenicious. The cream, The Whitenicious x Blac Chyna Collection, which is said to ‘lighten skin...
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Revlon’s brand global PR account open to pitch
Cosmetics company Revlon is rumoured to have put its global brand PR account up for review, with current AOR Lippe Taylor thought to have declined to participate, according to a report by PR Week. According to a source there is thought to be a handful of agencies...
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Estée Lauder Companies announces leadership reshuffle for Bumble and Bumble, Darphin
Estée Lauder Companies has announced a leadership reshuffle at brands Bumble and Bumble and Darphin, with Amber Garrison having been named Senior Vice President, Global Manager Bumble and Bumble, effective immediately. Over at Darphin, Jean-Guillaume Trottier will...
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) has taken on the gender pay gap with the new campaign for its deodorant brand Secret, according to a report by The Drum. The ‘I’d Rather Get Paid’ campaign is a music video that showcases how women are continuing to be underpaid, with the advert...
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L’Oréal North American R&D facility sold for $2.5m
Denholtz Associates has sold the Clark Commercial Center, which houses L’Oréal’s North American R&D division, to ANG Management for $15.84 million. The 108,000-square-foot building is the only L’Oréal R&D centre in the US, and one of six in the world. It has been...
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Now P&G jumps on the naturals bandwagon
Fresh on the heels of the news that Henkel has launched a natural hair and body care range comes the news that P&G is poised to enter the category. According to a report published by the Cincinnati Business Courier, the US FMCG company’s Gillette brand will launch an...
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Stop selling grey market goods: Unilever’s Dermalogica sues Target
Unilever has filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Central District of California charging Target with the unauthorized sale of its Dermalogica brand and developing point of sales materials that bear its trademark, according to a report published by...
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Meet Nature Box: Henkel’s new all-vegan, cold-pressed, sustainable brand
Henkel has launched a vegan brand known as Nature Box in the US, according to a report published by Westfair. The brand is centred around a cold-pressed philosophy with key ingredients including cold-pressed coconut and avocado oils, and almond and macadamia oils...
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Aptar ushers in price rise of ‘between 5 and 10 percent’
Aptar has announced that it will raise its prices between 5 and 10 percent for its beauty, personal care and home care products in North America, effective January 1, 2019. The company attributed the rise to the ‘sustained significant cost inflation on raw materials,...
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GlamGlow Co-Founder honoured with Beauty Pioneer Award
The Co-Founder of GlamGlow, Shannon Dellimore, was honored at the Annual International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) with the Beauty Pioneer Award at last week’s close at the United Nations. WED convenes business leaders, government officials and civil society in...
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Down with dupes: L’Oréal pulls up Drunk Elephant over patent infringement
L’Oréal has filed a lawsuit against popular clean skin care brand Drunk Elephant, accusing the latter of patent infringement, according to a report published by the World Intellectual Property Review. Drunk Elephant is charged with violating the French beauty giant’s...
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IFF shores up vegan credentials with 90 certified natural extracts
IFF-LMR, a subsidiary of International Flavors & Fragrances is gunning to become an industry leader on the vegan front. The company now boasts a portfolio of 90 natural extracts that are certified vegan by EVE (Expertise Vegan Europe) standards. The certified extracts...
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Stop selling illegal cosmetics: Amazon and eBay sent open letter from 50 NGOs
The Mercury Policy Project, together with 50 NGOs from around the world has sent an open letter to both Amazon and eBay calling for the e-commerce platforms to cease their sale of illegal cosmetics. The groups found several skin lightening creams listed for sale via...
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Emilie Poisson announced as new L’Oréal Professionnel USA General Manager
L’Oréal Professionnel USA has announced Emilie Poisson as new General Manager, who as part of her position will head up business leadership as well as pushing for continued company growth. Most recently the General Manager for L’Oréal Travel Retail Americas, Poisson...
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Unilever USA voted as one of Best Companies for Dads by Working Mother
Unilever USA has been voted as one of the ‘Best Companies for Dads’ by Working Mother. The first-ever issue of the list celebrates organizations that lead on areas such as paternity leave, phase-back programs and flexible working, with Unilever USA being named as one...
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Avon hit with lawsuit claiming beauty company is bias against pregnant women and new mothers
Direct sales giant Avon has been accused of having a bias against pregnant women and new mothers with two former employees filing a lawsuit against the company in federal court in Manhattan, New York. In a proposed class action filing the women claimed that the...
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CannaGlobal acquires cannabis-based cosmetics business MGC Derma
MGC Pharmaceuticals has announced the completed sale of its MGC Derma arm to CannaGlobal, a private Canadian investment company. CannaGlobal has acquired MCG Derma, the company’s cannabis-based cosmetics arm, under a forma definitive agreement. MGC has also received...
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Procter & Gamble achieves zero manufacturing waste to landfill at 85 percent of sites worldwide
Procter & Gamble has achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill at 85 percent of its sites worldwide, according to its 2018 Citizenship Report. The company, which began the Zero Manufacturing Waste to Landfill initiative in 2008, previously cited the goal of...
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Ulta looks to tech companies for first acquisitions
US retailer Ulta has announced its first acquisitions with the purchase of two technology start-ups QM Scientific and GlamSt, as well as an investment in digital workflow partner Iterate, and online booking tool, Spruce, according to a report by Chainstorage.com....
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Clinique debuts bespoke moisturiser range, Clinique iD
The Estee Lauder Companies is betting on bespoke to help boost sales of its Clinique brand. A new launch, Clinique iD, that aims to build on the popularity of Clinique’s signature Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion, is being billed as the brand’s biggest since...
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Store sales down but earnings and web sales soar: Sally Beauty Q4 2018
Sally Beauty has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2018. The Texas-based retailer saw same-store sales fall 0.2 percent in the final quarter, while net stores were down 0.8 percent compared to the same period in...
CLICK HERECompliance Solutions Strategies secures lease for floor at Avon’s former New York office
Avon has successfully sublet a floor of its former New York HQ to a professional services firm, according to a report published by Real Estate Weekly online. Compliance Solutions Strategies has taken 24,650 sq ft, which equates to the entire 10th floor of the building...
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