Harry Styles announced as face of new genderless Gucci Fragrance launch
Harry Styles has been announced as the face of Gucci’s new genderless fragrance, Mémoire d'une Odeur. Styles will star alongside a host of names from the fashion, art, film and music industries, including musician Zumi Rosow, designer Harris Reed, and model Leslie...
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The CBD boom: Europe’s first luxury online CBD store launches
Europe’s first luxury CBD e-commerce store has now launched, with The Chillery offering a host of high-end CBD products. Selling a range of beauty and wellness items containing cannabidiol, the site features eight different brands and 24 products in total. Speaking to...
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Chiara Ferragni joins forces with Lancôme to launch make-up capsule collection
Chiara Ferragni has joined forces with Lancôme to launch her first make-up capsule collection, Lancôme x Chiara Ferragni, according to a report by WWD.com. The Italian fashion influencer teased the collaboration during one of Beauty Bites masterclasses in February,...
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Head & Shoulders encourages patriotic hairstyle as part of England women’s football team sponsorship
Head & Shoulders has upped its support of the England women’s football team by encouraging consumers to shave three lines into their hair as an ode to the three lions worn on the official football shirts, according to The Drum. As the official hair care partner of...
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Walgreens Boots Alliance to close 200 Boots stores?
Walgreens Boots Alliance is mulling the closure of some 200 Boots stores across the UK, according to a report published by The Independent, quoting Sky News as its source. The drugstore behemoth operates some 2,485 Boots pharmacies across the UK but after reporting...
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We’ll reach gender parity by the end of the year: Unilever commits to equal management
Unilever has pledged to achieve gender parity at managerial level by 2020 with help from the Lead Network, according to a report published by The Drum. Unilever will work with the umbrella organization to advance more women to senior level over the next few months....
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Solabia takes majority stake in Israeli Algatechnologies
French biotech firm, Solabia has acquired an 80 percent stake in Israeli Algatechnologies from Grovepoint and JCA Charitable Foundation, according to a report published by Globes. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the deal is estimated at around US$80 to 100...
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BASF, The Estee Lauder Companies, Solidaridad and RSPO team up for new sustainable palm oil project
BASF, The Estee Lauder Companies and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil have announced that they are partnering with Solidaridad to promote sustainable palm oil and palm derivatives production in the district of Waykanan, Lampung, Indonesia. The program will...
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Canopy Growth sets its sights on CBD wellness market with This Works buyout
Canadian cannabis product Canopy Growth has announced it is to buy London-based skincare brand This Works in a $55.2 million deal. The acquisition will allow the company to launch a new line of CBD-infused beauty and sleep products, which will extend its current...
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Henkel announces Mike Olosky as Regional President North America
Henkel has announced the appointment of Mike Olosky as the Regional President North America and Regional head of Adheshive Technologies for North America and Latin America. Succeeding Jerry Perkins as President of North America, Olosky will also continue to serve in a...
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Oriflame founders look to buy-out remaining shareholders
Oriflame’s founders have made a $1.3 billion bid to buy out its remaining shareholders in order to ‘reposition’ the company with the benefit of private ownership. The direct sales company's main owner, the af Jochnick family, is said to have made a cash offer of 8.89...
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Natura to acquire Avon in $2bn deal
The Body Shop owner Natura has announced it is to acquire Avon in an all-stock offer of $2bn (£1.6bn). The buy-out would mean Natura shareholders owning 76 percent of the company, with the remaining part owned by Avon shareholders. Having been in talks for months, the...
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Paco Rabanne launches innovative fragrance collection Pacollection
Paco Rabanne has announced the imminent launch of its new range of fragrances named Pacollection, which are thought to be game changing due to the soft packaging, and purely digital communication, according to WWD.com. Set to be launched on 11th June, the first...
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Nestlé in ‘exclusive negotiations’ with EQT consortium over sale of Skin Health unit
Nestlé is set to enter into exclusive negotiations with an investment consortium regarding the sale of its Skin Health unit, in what is thought to be a €9 billion deal. The consortium is led by private equity group EGT and Luxinva, the wholly owned subsidiary of the...
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Unilever pioneers recycling solution for plastic packaging with new detectable black pigment
Unilever has announced the development of a new detectable black pigment, a move which the giant says could result in up to 2,500 further tonnes of plastic bottles being able to be sorted and recycled each year. Equivalent to 200 London buses worth of plastic, the new...
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German charity BUND accuses major brands of flouting REACH provisions
Germany’s largest environmental charity BUND has accused several major industry players of breaking important aspects of REACH. Using freedom of information laws, BUND has obtained details of a German government investigation into chemical safety files from 2014,...
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LVMH tackles counterfeits with new global blockchain
LVMH is hoping to usher in a new era of authenticity with the launch of blockchain technology that can confirm whether a product is real or fake as well as provide more transparency for consumers interested in provenance. The French luxury conglomerate will become the...
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Primark brings sustainable glitter to high street make up
Primark has teamed up with Bioglitter to become the first high-street retailer to launch a make-up collection featuring eco-friendly glitter. The discount apparel chain’s new range, dubbed the PS… Festival collection, comprises nine products with six different loose...
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CEW marks 25th anniversary of awards with new wellness category
Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) hosted its 25th annual Beauty Awards last week. The organization recognised the momentum of the wellness movement with a new award category this year, Beauty Wellness Supplements and Aromatherapy. The wellness boom has contributed to the...
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Symrise develops clinical testing expertise with Cutech acquisition
Symrise has announced the acquisition of biotech company Cutech, which offers pre-clinical screening services for cosmetics ingredients and end formulations. The partnership will allow Symrise to broaden its expertise in the testing of cosmetic ingredients as well as...
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Guerlain champions sourcing transparency with new Bee Respect platform
Guerlain has launched a new transparency and traceability platform for its skincare products named Bee Respect. The tool champions sourcing transparency by allowing consumers to trace the origins of the product’s ingredients, its manufacturers, packaging and...
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LVMH partners with UNESCO in a bid to drive ‘safeguard biodiversity’
LVMH has announced a five-year collaboration with UNESCO, which will act as a partner to the company's Man and Biosphere (MAB) intergovernmental scientific program. The two parties will work together with the aim of safeguarding biodiversity, with the MAB program...
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Beiersdorf strengthens its position in North America with Coppertone acquisition
Beiersdorf has acquired U.S. suncare brand Coppertone in a $550 million deal, a move that will strengthen the German personal care giant’s position in the North America market. As part of the deal Beiersdorf will acquire the intellectual property rights of the...
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European Union restricts use of Climbazole
The European Union is set to restrict the use of preservative climbazole – both as a preservative and a non-preservative in beauty products, after the SCCS found that the current maximum concentration of 0.5 percent could be harmful to human health, according to a...
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Will Unilever buy Drunk Elephant?
Unilever is said to be in the running to buy clean skin care brand Drunk Elephant for US$1 billion, according to a report published by Bloomberg, quoting the Sunday Telegraph as its source. As reported by Global Cosmetics News at the time, Drunk Elephant revealed that...
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Supermarket chain Migros shuns Nivea products amidst ‘fair pricing’ row
Swiss supermarket chain Migros has stated it will no longer sell Beiersdorf-owned Nivea products due to the personal care giant demanding the chain pay higher prices in comparison to other overseas retailers. Affecting 19 shampoos and conditioners from the Nivea...
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Henkel Q1: Beauty’s poor performance hits profits
Henkel has reported its financial results for the first quarter of the current financial year. Sales were up a nominal 2.8 percent to €4,969 million (+0.7 percent in organic terms) and operating profit dropped 5.6 percent to €795 million. Organic sales of the Beauty...
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Inclusivity’s last frontier? Gucci’s lipstick campaign praised for dental diversity
A campaign to promote Gucci’s New Lipstick Collection has been roundly praised for democratising dental imperfection, according to various reports, including Stylist and Refinery 29. The brand chose models with wonky teeth, including Mae Lapres, Achok Majak, Ellia...
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Ecover spoof-launches unisex scent that smells like a newborn baby to promote fragrance-free range
Ecover has launched a campaign for a fictional gender-neutral perfume that is said to smell like a newborn baby in order to promote its fragrance-free range, Ecover Zero, according to a report published by The Drum. The SC Johnson-owned personal and home care range’s...
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Avon grants inducement equity awards to new CFO
Avon has announced that it has granted its new Chief Financial Officer, Gustavo Arnal, inducement equity awards in connection with the commencement of his employment. Arnal will be the beneficiary of a long-term inducement program with target amounts of 242,340...
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Is Charlotte Tilbury up for sale? Make-up Indie rumoured to be in talks with Lauder
Charlotte Tilbury is said to be exploring the possibility of a sale, according to a report published by WWD. The independent make-up brand is rumoured to have been in advanced talks with The Estee Lauder Companies. However, per WWD, a deal is yet to be struck as...
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Boots scores Fenty Beauty listing
Boots is set to become a stockist for Rihanna’s sell-out beauty line, Fenty, according to a report published by Retail Week. The Walgreens Boots Alliance-owned drugstore chain will sell the Kendo-backed make-up line in 32 UK stores and on its website. The partnership...
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Avon 1Q: sales and rep numbers continue to drop
Avon has reported its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The beleaguered direct sales firm saw revenue drop 14 percent in reported currency (down 3 percent in constant dollars) to US$1.19 billion. Representative numbers were also down, plummeting 9 percent...
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Care while you can: Pink Ribbon Foundation launches personal care range that promotes breast cancer scanning
The German arm of the Pink Ribbon Foundation has launched a body care range that encourages women to scan for breast cancer. Named Pink Ribbon Care While You Can, the range includes a shower gel and body lotion and has strategic packaging that reminds users to scan...
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RnB singer Jorja Smith named as Dior’s newest global make-up ambassador
Jorja Smith has been announced as the newest global make-up ambassador for Dior. The British RnB singer took to her Instagram page to announce the appointment, stating, “Little 14-year-old J would not have even thought about this while stealing my mom’s mascaras!"...
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Givaudan boosts Active Beauty’s global presence with AMSilk acquisition
Givaudan is set to boost its Active Beauty arm with the acquisition of AMSilk’s cosmetics business. While terms of the deal have not been disclosed, Givaudan plans to fund the acquisition through existing resources. The sale was part of Givaudan’s 2020 strategy to...
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Avon announced as principle sponsor of Women Startup Competition Europe
Avon has been announced as the principle sponsor for not-for-profit organization Women Startup Competition Europe. The organization looks to inspire, educate and unite female entrepreneurs from around the world, with Avon getting involved by sponsoring the...
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L’Oréal joins forces with Lazada to offer next-day delivery service in Southeast Asia
L’Oréal has announced a partnership with Southeast Asian e-commerce giant Lazada. The collaboration will allow the beauty company to offer next-day delivery to metro cities in June this year using the retailers warehouses and logistics network. As part of the new...
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A good start: Beiersdorf shares up 4 percent as Q1 sales better-than-expected
Beiersdorf has hailed its first quarter results as ‘a good start’ with sales up 6 percent in organic terms, or rising 7.8 percent to €1,947 million in nominal terms. As a result, shares were up 4 percent in early trading yesterday, per The Financial Times. The German...
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Henkel to launch Social Plastic packaging for Beauty, Laundry & Home Care divisions
Henkel is taking the next step in its collaboration with Plastic Bank. The German FMCG manufacturer’s Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care units will debut packaging made from 100 percent recycled plastic, 50 percent of which will be Social Plastic, gathered before...
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Couldn’t care less: Greenpeace rebrands Sainsburys as plastic packaging complaints mount
UK supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s tagline has been given a makeover by environmental group Greenpeace. A play on the grocer’s ‘Live well for less’, a banner bearing the words ‘Couldn’t care less’ was hung beneath the retailer’s logo which demarcates its London HQ by...
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L’Occitane FY2019: China’s still the star but like-for-like sales growth is on the up
L’Occitane has announced its unaudited results for the financial year ended March 31, 2019 (FY2019). The natural cosmetics brand saw net sales grow 8.7 percent to €1,426.9 million, an uplift of 4.2 percent on a like-for-like basis, representing an improvement on last...
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Meet palm oil’s new sustainable, zero waste competitor: used coffee grounds
A duo of Scottish businessmen has developed a means to extract oil from used coffee grounds which could see the biproduct of our global flat white addiction replace palm oil in household and personal care products, according to a report published by the BBC. “About 60...
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Aphria Germany secures cannabis cultivation licence
Aphria Germany has secured a cannabis cultivation licence for the domestic cultivation of medical cannabis from the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). The company, which recently launched the CBD-based nutraceutical and cosmetics product...
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L’Oréal’s sustainability program report shows drastic decrease in carbon emissions
L’Oréal has published its Sharing Beauty with All 2018 sustainability program report, which shows a 77 percent drop in carbon emissions for its plants and distribution centres from 2005. The program, which aims to fight climate change, also highlighted that by the end...
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UK retailer John Lewis launches VR lipstick try-before-you-buy app feature
John Lewis has launched a new augmented reality service on its app that allows consumers to virtually try on lipsticks from over 300 big name beauty brands, such as M.A.C, YSL, BECCA and Charlotte Tilbury. The ‘Try On’ function from the British retailer showcases what...
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Treatment booking service Treatwell launches Life Saving Wax initiative to raise cervical smear awareness
Online hair and beauty treatment service Treatwell has launched a new initiative, Life Saving Wax, in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of cervical screening. The initiative has been created in partnership with Public Health England’s (PHE) Cervical Screening...
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Unilever concedes to breaching payment code as it takes 90 days to pay big suppliers
It has emerged that Unilever consistently breaks the government’s Prompt Payment Code (PPC), having admitted it takes 90 days to pay its big suppliers. The government’s PPC promises companies will be paid in 60 days, with the revelation regarding Unilever’s late...
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We must redesign our entire industry: Ex Unilever chief and The Body Shop director praise Extinction Rebellion activists
A group of 21 executives have voiced their support of the protestors currently occupying central London in a bid to effect action on climate change. Among them, former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and Director of Corporate Responsibility at The Body Shop, Chris Davis,...
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Direct sales in the doldrums? Oriflame FY2018 sales down 3 percent to €1.319 billion
Oriflame has reported its results for the financial year ended December 31, 2018. The Swedish direct sales company saw sales drop 3 percent in Euro terms to €1.319 billion (+3 percent in local currency). Skin Care and Wellness were the stars of the show, both...
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