The quarter ended for Revlon at the end of last month and the company will hold its official results call at the end of next week; in the meantime, some of the numbers look good.
This week, that industry’s news coverage highlights the success of standalone beauty shops like Sephora and Ulta but also points to the increase in foot traffic that the right personal care and cosmetic brands and services bring into drug and big-box...
Not to be left out of the M&A game this summer, Beautycounter posted news of the acquisition on its Instagram page yesterday evening, saying “and the Beautycounter family just got a little bigger. Welcome, NUDE Skincare! #saferbeauty #betterbeauty.”
This week the Roark Capital Group announced that one of the firm’s affiliates has acquired a minority stake in the Drybar brand of blowout salons and hair products, and the company is looking forward to growth in both areas of the business as a result.
In a multimillion dollar cash deal that’s had everyone talking since it was announced Thursday evening, the mass market beauty and personal care company is adding prestige color cosmetics and fragrance to its multinational business.
Yesterday, Palm stepped into her new role leading a restructured sales team. She’s charged with reinventing the representative experience for the modern moment at the direct sales beauty company.
Yesterday The White House announced the initiative, “highlighting the critical role that businesses must play in reducing the national gender pay gap” and encouraging private sector companies to commit to steps that will ensure women and men earn equal...
A report published this month by the advisory services company ranks three color cosmetics, fragrance, and personal care companies in the top ten and includes thought-provoking data on the luxury market both regionally and globally.
Shiseido is buying Gurwitch Products (the holding company of those two makeup brands), and the deal is expected to bring the Japan-based cosmetics company closer to its ambitious 2020 sales goal of 1 trillion yen.
In a deal announced yesterday, the global cosmetics and beauty care company added the Cutex international business to its portfolio of brands. Coty gave up the nail brand as part of that company’s ongoing transformation.
After 12 years as chairman of the board for the multinational consumer goods company, A.G. Lafley is leaving the post again. His successor will take over next month, and P&G hopes things move ahead smoothly.
Today, the prestige beauty company announced its plans to buy the global rights to all seven of the recording artist’s fragrance brands, a move that’s right in line with Elizabeth Arden’s renewed emphasis on fragrance.
At constant currency rates, the company is reporting good news for both the Elizabeth Arden brand and others owned by the company. With several strategic initiatives in place, the company is looking ahead to its year-end report in August.
Just last week the privately owned, stand-alone North American business got a new chief executive, an appointment from outside the company that was announced just weeks after New Avon LLC became a reality.
Multinationals are edging in to the South American region while the economy is down; but for the time being, this quarter’s results don’t look good for the local direct-sales beauty company.
L’Oréal saw its Group sales rise 1.8% for the first quarter 2016 to €6.55 billion, thanks to gains made in Western Europe and North America offsetting difficulties encountered in some emrging markets due to the strengthening euro.
At the close of trading tomorrow, the beauty company will take its place on the market indicator list alongside other industry leaders, including Estee Lauder Cos., International Flavors & Fragrances, Dow Chemical, and P&G.
A Wall Street analyst’s positive note on Procter & Gamble’s outlook has sent share prices upwards and could be one of the first signs the business is really back on track.
The private label brand and beauty retailer has its offices in Bolingbrook, Illinois, a west suburb of Chicago, and this summer Ulta will open space in the heart of the city for up to 100 employees.
GCPL is strategically growing though acquisitions, particularly in hair care for women of African descent, and with this latest deal the India-based company gains market share as well as US-specific insights and product knowledge.
P&G has been facing up to the challenge of flat sales and a significant restructuring of the business, but more challenges come as it is slapped with a lawsuit on its Old Spice brand.
Avon Products has come to an agreement with an activist investment group led by Barington Capital, which means the investors have a say in the appointment of an independent director to the Avon board.
Procter & Gamble has just announced that it is investing an additional $50m in Argentina, as a new government is ushered in with the promise of more liberal trade and business regulations.
The innovative application tool company Rea.deeming Beauty accepted a substantial payment from Avon as the company continues to challenge trademark infringement globally.
The manufacturing and packaging partnership will be rolling our product within months and is all part of Cosmax’s plans to dominate the contract manufacturing space in the Americas and beyond.
Estée Lauder Companies’ results might have come in above Wall Street’s expectations for the past 18 quarters, but Goldman Sachs has taken the decision to downgrade it.
The cosmetic and beauty retailer is going from strength to strength on the back of its focus on a wider selection of color cosmetics, with sales for the latest quarter strong and more stores planned.
Avon Products has confirmed that it is shifting its international headquarters to the UK and is to reduce its workforce by 2,500 as part of its transformation plan for the ailing business.
The privately owned North American Avon business is a done deal this month as Cerberus Capital Management takes a majority stake in the beauty company—a transaction meant to make Avon profitable again.
The Cosmetics Design Group (a company with no affiliation to this publication) has bought a majority stake in the successful indie brand, and going forward the two companies will essentially act as partners.
New data from job review site fairygodboss.com shows well over half of women working in the beauty business self-report being treated equitably in regard to gender, though when it comes to job satisfaction cosmetics scored near the bottom.
Brazilian conglomerate Hypermarcas has reported that the first payment in the sale of a major slice of its business to Coty has helped boost its fourth quarter results.
All eyes were on David S. Taylor, as he made his first public presentation as CEO and President of Procter & Gamble since he was appointed to the position last year.
Online retail can be a major opportunity for peddlers of counterfeit goods, and new research underlines how fake big brand fragrances are widely available to US online consumers.
Coty has moved one step closer to completing the acquisition of a large slice of the Procter & Gamble’s beauty brands after European Commission gave its approval for the deal under the EU Merger Regulation.
The sun care cosmetics company is looking to reach new markets and have a larger retail presence. Multimillion-dollar financing from the Life Sciences Group of Bridge Bank will help with that.
US-based Nu Skin continues to struggle against currency headwinds and declining sales in its mainstay Asia Pacific markets, with the resulting net profits coming in at below expectations.
The flavors and fragrance company released a report last week on its 2015 full-year financial results and strategic achievements. And, company numbers indicate that in a currency neutral world profits and sales are up.
Every two years cosmetics made, packaged, or labeled in the state have to be registered with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Separate bills, currently under consideration by the Senate and the House, would change that mandate.
This evening at 7:45pm, Michelle Makori, the NYC-co anchor for CCTV-AMERICA will be interviewing me about the biggest trends in the global cosmetics market and what's happening across markets worldwide.
This spring the ingredients manufacturer will begin construction on its first plant in the US, which should be operational by 2018 and serving top clients like L’Oreal and Estée Lauder.
