Wal-Mart to buy Birchbox? Beauty subscription service ‘in talks’ to sell
Beauty subscription service Birchbox is in talks with several retailers, including Wal-Mart, to explore the possibility of a sale, according to a report published by Reuters. A discussion took place between Marc Lore, CEO of Wal-Mart E-Commerce US, and Birchbox...
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Tweet from The Rock sends Neutrogena’s consumer perception rating to a three-year high
A recent Tweet posted by The Rock revealing that Neutrogena’s deep cream face wash was an essential part of his daily skin care routine has sent the Johnson & Johnson-owned brand’s consumer perception rating to a three-year high, according to a report published by...
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2.6 million people view Kevin Fredericks ‘$50 gift card to Mac or Sephora’ video
Male comedian Kevin Fredericks, known as KevOnStage, has put out a Facebook Video that mimics the premise that you can splurge at the likes of Sephora or MAC with a $50 gift card, which has now been viewed more than 2.6 million times. In the video, Fredericks - the...
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Procter & Gamble announced pitch event at Dmexco
Personal care giant Procter & Gamble has announced the launch of a pitch event at the digital conference Dmexco, based in Germany, which will see up to 20 startups pitch ideas in the hope of working with the company. Applications open on August 31 for the event,...
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Too Faced Cosmetics hit with copyright lawsuit
Estée Lauder-owned Too Faced Cosmetics has been hit with a copyright lawsuit by make-up company Tatcha in the California Federal Court this year. The lawsuit focuses on packaging copyright, with Tatcha stating that Too Faced’s latest line of lipsticks have similar...
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Are retinoid-based acne treatments such as Tretinoin and Accutane causing hair loss?
A Reddit user has accused retinoid cream Tretinoin of causing hair loss, according to a report published by Allure. The poster, known as cosmicatastrophy, revealed that they experienced hair loss after starting a course of the vitamin A-based cream, which is commonly...
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Second skin: scientists at Binghampton University unveil DNA-based sunscreen
Biomedical researchers at Binghampton University have published the results of a study on DNA’s potential use as a sunscreen, according to a report published by Elite Daily. Authors Guy German and Alexandrai Gasperini exposed a film made of salmon sperm DNA, water and...
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Revlon second quarter: sales down 3.9 percent to US$645.7 million
Revlon has announced its results for the second quarter of the financial year. Net sales were down 3.9 percent (XFX) on a pro forma basis to US$645.7 million. Adjusted EBIDTA also fell sharply, decreasing 32.7 percent, driven, says the US beauty company, by net sales...
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Downsizing: Estée Lauder signs renewal for smaller space at GM Building
The Estée Lauder Companies has signed a renewal for the office space it leases at the General Motors Building in New York, according to a report published by The Real Deal. The US prestige cosmetics giant's current tenancy covers a 300,000 sq ft area and runs until...
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Product safety: Wal-Mart joins Chemical Footprint Project
Wal-Mart has signed up to a new program that is designed to persuade the FMCG industry to self-regulate, eliminating dangerous substances from consumer products, according to a report published by Bloomberg. The Chemical Footprint Project scores companies on their...
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Symrise partners with Green Chemistry & Commerce to sponsor Global Preservative Challenge
Symrise is supporting a global contest designed to uncover new and effective preservatives for the personal care industry as a sponsor. Launched by the Green Chemistry & Commerce Council and InnoCentive, the challenge is designed to combat the ‘shrinking tool box...
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Avon CEO departs as company reports yet another disappointing quarter
Avon has announced the departure of CEO Sheri McCoy as the direct sales company reports a $42 million loss for Q2. The decision follows months of speculation over McCoy’s future at the company, with activist investors Barington Capital Group LP and partner NuOrion...
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Diversity drive: Estée Lauder appoints Misty Copeland Global Spokesmodel and YSL names Zoë Kravitz Global Make-up Ambassador
Estée Lauder has announced Misty Copeland as the new Global Spokesmodel for its Modern Muse fragrance. Copeland, who is Principal Ballerina at American Ballet Theatre, will front the fragrance campaign across digital, TV, in-store and in print from this month. “When...
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Ex-L’Oréal patent lawyer gets OK for whistleblower suit
A former L’Oréal USA employee has been given leave to proceed with his case against the French beauty giant from a federal appeals court under New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), according to a report published by Reuters. Steven Trzaska had his...
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Walgreen Boots Alliance ruffles feathers with new Fareva manufacturing deal
Walgreen Boots Alliance has signed a deal with French contract manufacturer Fareva to manufacture all products and beauty items for the company, a move which will end 130 years of manufacturing at the British Boots site. The 10-year deal will see Fareva take over...
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Procter & Gamble relaunches My Black is Beautiful initiative with new The Talk advert
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has relaunched its My Black is Beautiful initiative with a new two-minute long advertisement named The Talk, aimed at starting the conversation about racial bias. The advert features black mothers navigating racism in parenting, with the...
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CoverGirl tops charts as having most brand-loyal consumers
Mass market brand CoverGirl has been named as the brand with the most loyal consumer base, according to a Beauty Product Loyalty report by marketing company Corra. Indeed, over half of CoverGirl uses were said to have stayed loyal to the brand for five years or more,...
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Kim Kardashian West’s KKW Beauty range hit with infringement lawsuit
Kim Kardashian West has been hit with a law suit from organic beauty brand Kjaer Weis over her new KKW Beauty product range, regarding the brand’s logo design. Kjaer Weis owner Kirsten Kjaer Weis has stated similarities between the brand’s logo and the branding on the...
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L’Oréal USA joins CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion coalition
L’Oréal USA CEO Frédéric Rozé has joined 250 fellow CEOs in singing up for the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion coalition which pledges to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. Rozé's inclusion in the coalition sees L’Oreal USA work towards...
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Beauty first: Mary Kay launches new delivery system for vitamin C
Mary Kay chose its annual US Seminar to launch its latest patented innovation, TimeWise Vitamin C Activating Squares - hailed as a beauty industry first by the US direct sales giant. “Mary Kay is on the front lines of innovation and we’re excited to announce a beauty...
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Justice pulls make-up aimed at kids after ‘deadly levels of asbestos’ found
US tween fashion and beauty brand Justice has pulled one of its make-up products from the shelves after a WTVD report claimed that the company’s Just Shine Shimmer Powder contained ‘deadly levels of asbestos’, according to a report published by ABC2 News. Justice has...
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Revlon appoints Grey and MediaCom as global media agencies of record
Revlon has announced the appointment of Grey as its global creative agency of record and WPP stablemate MediaCom as its global media agency of record. Grey will handle two of Revlon’s biggest brands, Revlon and Elizabeth Arden, among others, providing integrated...
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P&G teams up with PureCycle Technologies to open plastics recycling plant on former Dow site
PureCycle Technologies has teamed up with Procter & Gamble to open a plastics recycling plant on a former Dow Chemical site in Lawrence County, Ohio. The new plant will restore used polypropylene plastic to ‘virgin-like’ quality, using an innovative patented...
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Unilever’s Paul Polman to question UK Prime Minister over Brexit terms
Unilever CEO Paul Polman has told reporters he will use his impending visit to 10 Downing Street to voice his opinion over Brexit, asking the Prime Minister to give business more time to work towards the UK’s departure from the European Union. Speaking during a Q2...
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Photographer sues Procter & Gamble for copyright over unauthorized use of images
Cinncinati-based photographer Annette Navarro has filed a copyright lawsuit against Procter & Gamble over the unauthorized use of her promotional photography. Despite a 14-year relationship with the personal care giant, Navarro has stated that P&G used her...
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Estée Lauder Companies earns spot on Indeed’s ’50 Best Places to Work in the Fortune 500’ list
Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has been awarded a spot on Indeed’s ’50 Best Places to Work in the Fortune 500’ list, reaching number 21 on the coveted list. The company joins the likes of Facebook, Google and Apple on the list, which is put together by Indeed, a job...
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Wal-Mart looks to boost stock availability with new fine-based program
Wal-Mart has announced a new program named ‘On-Time, In Full’, which will see suppliers penalised if they deliver goods early, late or without the full shipment. Suppliers will receive a fine should their goods arrive late or early, or if the shipment is not complete....
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Church & Dwight to acquire Waterpik for US$1 billion
Church & Dwight has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Waterpik for approximately US$1 billion. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of the year. The market leader in water-jet technology for oral water flossers and replacement...
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Trian nominates Peltz to Procter & Gamble board
Trian Fund has launched a proxy fight against Procter & Gamble. The activist investor has nominated its CEO, Nelson Peltz, to the P&G board. “Trian believes the job of a highly engaged shareholder in the boardroom is to foster a true sense of ownership among...
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Glossier to kick off international expansion with Canada launch; UK and France to follow
Glossier has announced that it will start shipping products to Canada at the end of the month, followed by a UK launch later this year and land on French shores in 2018. “Ever since day 1, we’ve dreamt of making Glossier a global beauty movement that celebrates real...
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Lush partners with Ocean Legacy Foundation to reuse plastic waste
Lush partnered with Ocean Legacy Foundation to gather 27 tons of plastic from Vancouver Island, which the ethical cosmetics firm is planning to use to make the packaging for its products, according to a report published by Bustle. The effort was funded through sales...
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Nordstrom, Sephora and MAC among retailers sued for ‘discriminatory’ websites
Nordstrom, Sephora and MAC are among several retailers who have been sued in the last two months for operating websites that ‘discrimate against the blind or visually impaired’, according to a report published by The NY Post. The lawsuits follow on from a decision...
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Shiseido Americas appoints new President of Bare Escentuals Beauty
Shiseido Americas has announced the appointment of Susan L Jurevics as President of Bare Escentuals Beauty, effective July 17. In her new role, Jurevics will lead all aspects of the bareMinerals brand, and be responsible for the development and implementation of the...
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Estée Lauder launches lipstick chatbot and color-match facility
Estée Lauder has announced the second phase in its partnership with AR specialist ModiFace – the launch of an online conversational lipstick advisor to help guide customers to their perfect lip shade. The new Facebook Messenger-based lipstick chat bot will complement...
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BWX completes purchase of Mineral Fusion Natural Brands
North Castle Partners has announced that it has completed the sale of Mineral Fusion Natural Brands to BWX. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Our partnership with North Castle has spanned more than a decade and two North Castle portfolio companies. When we...
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E.L.F Cosmetics invites social media users to choose new product color
E.L.F Cosmetics is embarking on an interactive marketing drive with its consumers by encouraging them to help choose the colour of the company's first release of its matte liquid lipstick. Taking to Instagram, E.L.F is asking consumers to choose between its...
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New research reveals melatonin-imitating nanoparticles could open up suncream possibilities
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created an approach that has resulted in the ultimate ‘natural sunscreen’ with ‘the development of nanoparticles that mimic the behavior of natural melanosomes.’ According to a report published in the American...
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Unilever’s inaugural year of Artificial Intelligence recruitment drive ‘increases diversity and efficency’
Personal care giant has shared the results of the first year of its Artificial Intelligence recruitment drive in North America, from July 2016 to June 2017, with the number of applicants doubling in the first 90 days from 15,000 to 30,000. The new scheme, which sees...
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Johnson & Johnson joins online sustainability platform Manufacture 2030
Johnson & Johnson is joining forces with other big FMCG brands and retailers via a new online platform which aims to provide unprecedented co-operation on sustainability, according to a report published by The Grocer. Manufacture 2030, the brainchild of 2degrees,...
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Procter & Gamble to offer interest-free business loans to redundant staff
Procter & Gamble is offering five-year, interest-free loans to ex-employees looking to start their own small business, according to a report published by The Recorder. The US FMCG major has set aside US$1 million to fund the project, which is available for former...
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Zenith appoints EVP and Global Client Lead to cover Coty account
Zenith has appointed Stacey Shelly Executive Vice president and Global Client Lead, to oversee the development and execution of communications strategies for Coty’s Consumer Business, according to a report published by The Drum. Shelly joins Zenith from BBDO, where...
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Honest Co settles ‘naturals’ suit for US$7.35 million
The Honest Company has set aside a US$7.35 million fund for the plaintiffs of a proposed class action suit that accuses the brand, owned by Jessica Alba, of fraudulent use of marketing terms such as ‘no harsh chemicals’ and ‘natural’, according to a report published...
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Do it by halves: Walgreens Boots Alliance scraps Rite Aid merger in favor of store purchase plan
Walgreens Boots Alliance has called time on its planned merger with Rite Aid, after failing to gain regulatory approval, according to a report published by Reuters. The drugstore giant has instead announced a plan to purchase almost half of Rite Aid’s US stores for...
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Health Canada accused of ‘bowing to industry pressure’ on preservatives ban
Health Canada rescheduled a ban on certain cosmetic ingredients after the industry requested more time to reformulate their ranges and sell off existing merchandise, according to a report published in the National Observer. The ban on methylisothiazolinone and...
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‘Wettability’ of skin research to create new cosmetic possibilities
A study led by Binghamton University biomedical engineering professor Dr Guy German has found that the wettability of the top layer of the skin can be altered through treatment, offering opportunities for new cosmetics, according to the Daily Mail. According to the...
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L’Oréal Canada appoints new Chief Marketing Officer
L'Oréal Canada has announced the appointment of Stéphanie Binette as its new Chief Marketing Officer, who will succeed Stéphane Bérubé. Binette has been with the company for 10 years and is said to have ‘contributed significantly’ to the company’s success following...
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Colgate Palmolive is to consolidate five regional instances to streamline into one global ERP in multi-year project
Personal care giant Colgate Palmolive is launching a multi-year project in a bid to streamline its IT processes across the global business operations, with a standardized process and master data management across the 223 countries and territories in which it’s...
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Third Point activist Nestlé investor calls for sale of L’Oréal share
New York-based Third Point has called for Nestlé to sell its 23.3 percent share in L’Oréal, using its influence as a small stakeholder in the Swiss food company to push forward its agenda. So-called activist investor head Daniel Loeb is said to want to buy back shares...
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Sephora to host Volition crowdsourcing site in a bid to engage consumers
US retailer Sephora will host the crowdsourcing site Volition in an attempt to gain consumer insight in product development decisions. Volition – a start-up company that allows users to vote for the products they want to see created – has its own site, however,...
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L’Oréal pulls the plug on Decléor in the US
French beauty powerhouse L’Oréal is to remove its Decléor brand from the US market as of next week, despite a year-long strategic focus on boosting the brand in the American market, according to a report by WWD.com. Having brought the brand from Shiseido in in 2014,...
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