Beauty Kitchen launches UK-based full circle, zero waste program for cosmetics market
Beauty Kitchen has launched a new full circle, zero waste program for the UK cosmetics consumers, named Return. Refill. Repeat. The sustainable beauty company has launched the program based on cradle-to-cradle principles to ‘take sustainability on the high street one...
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PureCycle Technologies collaborates with Nestle, Milliken to revolutionise plastic packaging
PureCycle Technologies has joined forces with Nestle and Milliken to speed up plans to open its first plant to restore used polypropylene (PP) plastic to ‘virgin-like’ quality using a revolutionary recycling technique. Working together to aid the process, PureCycle...
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Danish Coop implements ban of cosmetics containing PFAS chemicals
The Danish retailer Coop has announced a blanket ban on the sale of all cosmetics containing PFAS chemicals. The ban encompasses all brands, including its own label products, with the retailer having informed all cosmetic and personal care suppliers that all products...
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Unilever forges ahead in premium market with Garancia acquisition
Unilever is set to further develop its foothold in the premium beauty market following its binding offer to acquire French derma-cosmetics brand Garancia, according to a report by WWD.com. A niche premium brand, Garancia has 38 face and body skincare products, sold...
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Unilever hires Amazon consumer products chief to take over beauty unit
Unilever has announced the appointment of Sunny Jain as President, Beauty & Personal Care, effective June 2019. Jain will also become a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive. Jain joins Unilever from Amazon where he was the head of Core Consumables division,...
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Asia is the future: Conde Nast pins hope on China as US/Europe earnings drop
Conde Nast saw its European turnover contract by 7 percent over 2017, according to a report published by Business of Fashion. The world-famous publisher’s turnover for UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain dropped to £373 million thanks to sharp declines in the UK and...
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Reprogrammed yeast: the next big thing in beauty?
Yeast molecules could replace petrochemicals in our beauty products, according to a report by the European Commission published on the Euronews website. Per the article, gene editing technologies could help to replace petrochemicals with biomolecules produced by...
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WLTM the BrewDog of beauty: Huda Beauty investor TSG opens European office
Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners has opened a European office in order to seek out consumer start-ups to back, according to a report published by the Financial Times. The San Francisco-based group will set up shop in London, overseen by Partner Colin Welch....
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Earth Challenge announces largest ever coordinated citizen science campaign
Earth Day Network, the US Department of State through the Eco-Capitals Forum, and The Wilson Center have announced the launch of Earth Challenge 2020, which they are billing as the world’s largest ever coordinated citizen science campaign. The partners unveiled the...
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Italian cosmetic chain KIKO Milano opens first Israeli stores
Italian cosmetics chain KIKO Milano has opened its first store in Ramat Gan's Ayalon Mall Israel, according to a report by Globes. While no official launch event took place, the opening was said to be popular with local consumers, with the chain being brought to...
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Brexit uncertainty puts The Body Shop UK jobs at risk
The Body Shop has announced that uncertainty surrounding Brexit is the catalyst for possible redundancies at its Littlehampton, UK, site as the company looks to move some of its operations to Europe. Some 20 jobs are said to be at risk as the companies puts a greater...
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New company Grace Beauty gets the green light from disabled consumers
Grace Beauty, set to launch this year, has already had an encouraging response from beauty consumers with disabilities thanks to its easy-to-use products. According to a report by Stylist, consumers have taken to Twitter to praise the ‘accessible’ brand, with one user...
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Cracking the vegan market: Lush to go egg-free
Lush has announced that it will no longer include eggs in any of its beauty products, according to a report published by Plant Based News. The ethical beauty giant’s products are suitable for vegetarians but not yet vegan, with ingredients of animal origin such as...
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Lush debuts digital packaging at SXS conference
Lush showed off its latest contribution to the zero waste movement at the South by Southwest conference in Texas, according to a report published by Mobile Marketer. The ethical beauty giant unveiled ‘digital packaging’ for unwrapped goods, allowing shoppers to access...
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Unilever names Nitin Paranjpe COO in leadership reshuffle
Unilever has announced a series of changes to its leadership and organisation. The Anglo-Dutch FMCG company has named Nitin Paranjpe to the new role of Chief Operating Officer. Paranjpe was named President of Unilever’s Foods and Refreshment Division early last year,...
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We are heading towards a recession: Lush leader slates government’s incompetence over Brexit
The Founder of ethical beauty brand Lush Cosmetics, Mark Constantine has criticised the UK government’s shambolic handling of the Brexit process, according to a report published by The Times. “Brexit is the most impactful thing on our business because of the sheer...
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Brexit: UK government continues to lack commitment in banning duplication of EU chemical tests on animals
Animal charity Cruelty Free International has spoken out about its disappointment regarding the UK government’s failure to rule out duplicate animal testing following Britain’s exit from the European Union. Kwasi Kwarteng, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State...
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Kao invests in sustainable packaging through haircare brand Guhl in Europe
Kao has launched new sustainable packaging for its Guhl haircare brand in Europe, with the bottles now being made up of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). The shampoo bottles are made up of 50 per cent recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) while the...
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Rimmel funds Cybersmile new AI support assistant to help tackle cyberbullying
Rimmel London has partnered with The Cybersmile Foundation on the development of an artificial intelligence-based service, named the Cybersmile Assistant, which has been created to help internet users that are affected by a range of online issues including...
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Chanel commandeers Harvey Nichols beauty lounge for new lipstick-themed pop-up
Chanel is taking over Harvey Nichols beauty lounge at its Knightsbridge store with a lipstick-themed experience as part of a promotional pop-up event for its new Chanel Rouge Coco Flash lipstick. Taking place from today until 25th March, consumers are encouraged to...
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L’Oréal puts together shortlist for UK media pitch
L’Oréal has put together it’s shortlist of agencies for its UK and Ireland media-buying account, which are WPP, Publicis Groupe, Dentsu Aegis Network and the7stars, according to a report by Campaign Live. The account is estimated to be worth around £106 million, with...
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Josh Wood secures US$6.5 million funding from Index ventures for ‘disruptor’ hair color range
Celebrity hair colorist Josh Wood has secured funding from Index Ventures to build a global brand that promises to ‘redefine at-home hair color’. The new range is said to deliver modern, natural color with 100 percent gray coverage and is being described as ‘the first...
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Euromonitor’s Megabrands: L’Oréal and Nivea make the top 10
Euromonitor has published its Megabrands Top 100 Ranking based on retail sales for 2017 and some 25 brands from the beauty and personal care category made the shortlist, second only to food brands. Asia Pacific accounted for the single biggest percentage of FMCG sales...
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L’Oréal jumps into microbiome space with uBiome partnership
L’Oréal has announced a partnership between its Technology Incubator and uBiome to continue its research into skin microbiome. ‘ The collaboration bridges L’Oréal’s expertise in the science of skin care with uBiome’s leadership in microbiome research. The two...
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Unilever nominates Susan Kilsby to its board
Unilever has nominated Susan Kilsby to its board. Kilsby’s appointment will be subject to shareholder approval at the AGM scheduled for the start of May – and, if it gets the green light, she will serve as a Non-Executive Director from August 1. Kilsby, whose...
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Avon to launch female leadership academy as part of new stand4her campaign
Avon is set to launch a new female entrepreneurial academy, the Avon Academy, as part of its new stand4her global plan aimed at tackling barriers for women in the work place. The new plan looks to improve the lives of 100 million women each year who are held back from...
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Boots unveils ‘new and inspirational’ beauty hall plans
UK retailer Boots has announced plans to revamp its beauty halls to be ‘new and inspirational’, with the store thought to be the first of its kind in the UK to remove traditional counters and replace them with trending zones, discovery areas, and live demonstration...
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Fazer commits to circular economy innovation with new Finnish xylitol factory
Finnish food manufacturer Fazer has announced a €40 million investment into a new factory for oat-based healthy sugar alternative xylitol, which is said to be an example of state-of-the-art circular economy innovation. The dedicated factory, based in Finland, will...
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Avon announces Alps coach crash survivor as face of new campaign
Avon has named Changing Faces ambassador Catrin Pugh as one of the faces of its Perfect Nudes campaign. The direct sales giant has also become the first beauty brand to sign the Changing Faces pledge to feature more diverse models within its campaigns, as part of its...
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Zalando to expand beauty to five markets as brands from Estee Lauder Companies portfolio sign up
German e-commerce site Zalando is planning to expand its beauty offer to some five markets, according to a report published by Reuters. The fashion app, which added a men’s grooming line to its German site in October, will extend the full beauty line up to Sweden and...
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Amelia Knight acquires Pascalle Cosmetics
Private label and branded cosmetics manufacturer Amelia Knight Cosmetics has announced the acquisition of Pascalle Cosmetics. The deal will provide Ameila Knight with its first European manufacturing base and all 70 members of staff at Pascalle’s Stoke-on-Trent...
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10 percent shaved from Beiersdorf shares as it tackles Indie threat
Beiersdorf saw its shares drop some 10 percent last week after it revealed that its margins would be adversely affected this year as it invests in a bid to keep up with the growing number of Indie brands, according to a report published by Reuters. “The consumer goods...
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Firmenich names Mehdi Lisi new Vice President of fine fragrance creative development centre
Firmenich has named Mehdi Lisi as the new Vice President of its fine fragrance creative development centre, according to a report by WWD.com. Lisi will be tasked with ‘driving excellence’ in fragrance evaluation as well as navigating the global alignment of fine...
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Boots set to axe 350 head office jobs in huge restructure
British beauty retailer Boots has announced a reorganisation of its head office, which is predicted to leave at least 350 jobs at risk. According to the company, it is looking to reduce overall costs at its Beeston, Nottinghamshire head office by 25 percent, with some...
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Beiersdorf pledges further investment into consumer arm to counteract predicted sales drop
Beiersdorf has announced a further annual investment of €80 million into its consumer arm in a bid to see off a predicated drop in sales growth. The news follows new CEO Stefan De Loecker’s January announcement that it will make a commitment to deliver sustainable...
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Yves Rocher closes English online site blaming ‘economic context’
French beauty house Yves Rocher is set to close its English e-commerce site, with final orders for UK consumers having to be placed before 14th March. Closing some fifteen days before the official Brexit date, while the French beauty house does not specifically...
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Avon to focus on online sales with new Content Studio
Avon has announced the launch of a new Content Studio, created in partnership with global creative production company MediaMonks, with a focus on digital growth. According to a press release, the Content Studio will be a content creation hub that is ‘always on’,...
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We want to be as big as L’Oréal: Made.com Founder launches ‘digital pure’ cosmetics brand
Made.com Founder Ning Li has launched a direct-to-consumer cosmetics brand, dubbed Typology, according to a report published by Tech Crunch, having secured US$10 million in funding from a seed round. “We want to challenge FMCG brands with a digital pure player,” Li...
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ASA won’t take further action over BareMinerals ad’s ‘unhealthily thin’ models
The ASA has announced that it won’t take further action over a complaint it received about a BareMinerals advertisement that featured ‘unhealthily thin’ models, according to a report published by The Drum. The UK advertising watchdog said that it did not believe the...
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Croda reveals stockpiling plans as Brexit deadline looms
Croda has revealed that it has started to stockpile goods in continental Europe and made changes to its trading model ahead of the UK’s planned departure from the customs union, according to a report published by Reuters. The UK based specialty chemicals company...
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Clarins launches vegan skin care range for Gen Z audience
Clarins has launched a vegan skin care range aimed at young adults, according to a report published by Get the Gloss. The line, named My Clarins, comprises nine products including a cleanser, micellar water, various hydrating creams, blemish treatment, mask and...
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Unilever-owned Lynx is encouraging men to shave safely in the shower with a series of ‘shavetorials’ aimed at helping men to depilate their various body parts confidently, according to a report published by The Drum. The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response tutorials...
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Henkel looks to booming vegan market to boost ailing beauty business
Henkel has this week announced new vegan formulas as it looks to capitalize on the growing consumer desire for natural ingredients, according to a report by Reuters. As part of its bid to give its ailing beauty business a boost, the company has launched a premium...
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AmorePacific sells French perfume plant to Dior
AmorePacific has reportedly sold its Sartre perfume plant to Christian Dior this week, according to a report by Business Korea. The company completed the sale following the end of a licensing agreement with perfume brand Lolita Lempicka in 2017. Financial details of...
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Chemicals company Croda has been recognised by CDP for its 2018 efforts to commit to a deforestation-free supply chain. The company has been awarded an A- for its Forestry Disclosure, boosting the B status it received in 2017. Having demonstrated its commitment to...
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Iconic designer Karl Lagerfeld dies in Paris, aged 85
Iconic designer Karl Lagerfeld has passed away in Paris from rumoured pancreatic cancer, aged 85. One of the most revered and stoic fashion industry icons, Lagerfeld’s passing is felt keenly in the fashion world, where he was most notably linked with Chanel, for whom...
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Reckitt Benckiser fortunes take a turn as Q4 sales beat analyst estimates
Reckitt Benckiser has reported 4 percent like-for-like growth in the fourth quarter, better-than-expected results that beat industry expectations of 3.3 percent, according to Bloomberg. Helped by growth in India and Brazil, the results, which overshadowed a forecast...
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Maureen Case named as CEO for skin care brand Augustinus Bader
Skin care brand Augustinus Bader has announced the appointment of Maureen Case as new Chief Executive Officer, according to a report by WWD.com. Set to provide leadership in order to grow the brand both geographically and in terms of products, Case brings with her a...
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JD.com invests in UK with British Fashion Council three-year partnership
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has entered into a strategic partnership with the British Fashion Council (BFC), having been named as the exclusive Chinese retail partner of London Fashion Week, according to a report by WWD.com. The move is a development of the...
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Avon shares dive as quarterly revenues miss analysts’ estimates
Direct sales giant Avon has seen its shares drop by 19 percent as its total revenue fell 11 percent to $1.40 billion in the three months ending 31 December, short of average analysts’ estimate of $1.43 billion, according to a report by Reuters. The dive was attributed...
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