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Yves Rocher unveils new brand strategy 'Retour Aux Sources'
Botanical beauty brand Yves Rocher unveiled on Tuesday a new brand strategy, which aims to reconnect the brand to its founding mission to offer natural, responsible beauty.
Beauty
American Exchange acquires HatchCollective
American Exchange Group announced it has acquired beauty and personal care company, HatchCollective, the owner of NatureWell, Found Active, Orlando Pita Play, Txtr and Paint & Petals.
Beauty
Marc Jacobs Beauty joins the Coty portfolio
Marc Jacobs International announced on Monday that it has signed an expanded long-term license agreement with Coty Inc., marking the brand’s return to the beauty space.
Beauty
Harrods rebounds in latest year as pandemic becomes more distant memory
Luxury department store Harrods has released its results for the year to the end of January 2023 with the figures highlighting its bounce-back post-pandemic.
Luxury
Estée Lauder is falling behind rivals, even on its home turf
A too-little, too-late approach helps explain why Lauder execs have cut their annual outlook in the last three quarters. It's grappling with sluggish sales in Asia, supply-chain missteps and product miscues.
Beauty
Harvey Nichols chief quits, will leave later this year
Manju Malhotra, CEO of Harvey Nichols, has quit the role she’s held for just over three years with Pearson Poon, son of the retailer’s majority owner Sir Dickson Poon, to become vice-chairman until a new CEO is found.
Luxury
Farfetch 'to exit beauty business'
Rumours that Farfetch will exit its beauty business appear to be correct with reports that it will be shut down as soon as 31 August.
Beauty
CVC plans IPO of German cosmetics retailer Douglas - sources
CVC Capital Partners is exploring a potential stock market listing of German perfume and cosmetics retailer Douglas, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Beauty
Harvey Nichols losses narrow as sales bounce back
Harvey Nichols has published its results for the year to April 2022 with the company remaining loss-making, but its overall performance clearly improving.
Luxury
L'Occitane: sales in the Americas soar by 57% in the first quarter
During the first quarter of its fiscal year, which ended on June 30, the beauty group reported a sales increase of 24.5%, driven by the Sol de Janeiro brand and the American market.
Beauty
Boohoo adds to Revolution Beauty stake
Boohoo Group has increased its stake in Revolution Beauty after settling a dispute with the firm that saw a number of Boohoo nominees joining the leadership team.
Beauty
Unilever beauty ops make progress in H1, prestige is strong
Unilever's first half results on Tuesday, showed some areas performing better than others but overall progress, with the group reporting underlying sales growth of 9.1%. Meanwhile turnover rose 2.7% to €30.4bn.
Beauty
Harvey Nichols boss says France wins in race for global shoppers, also lures shoppers from UK
Harvey Nichols' CEO is the latest exec to weigh in on the VAT-free shopping debate in the UK. She has highlighted how France has deftly attracted international shoppers and is attracting British shoppers too.
Fashion
More trouble for Revolution Beauty with FCA probe, Bill Currie takes stake
Revolution Beauty can’t seem to catch a break. In a brief stock exchange filing, the under-pressure beauty specialist said that the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has notified the firm that it has begun a probe.
Beauty
Selena Gomez sells $70 million of blush a year as brand booms
Selena Gomez keeps beating the odds. The 30-year-old has avoided the potential pitfalls of child stardom and launched a successful beauty brand.
Beauty
Youth To The People names Omar Apollo as its first brand ambassador
In this role, Apollo will explore core brand pillars like the mindsets of healthy skincare and radical acceptance through upcoming digital and offline experiential campaign moments.
Beauty