The global beauty giant is said to be considering a £1bn sale of the ethical British skin care business, as the retail unit continues to slump in contrast with L’Oréal’s wider performance.
Aqua Bio Technology (ABT), a Norwegian skin care player, is making a decisive effort to expand its operations from being primarily an ingredients supplier for the industry, to also include the marketing and sales of third party products.
Beiersdorf has poster ‘better than expected’ sales for 2016, with organic sales growing by 3.2% across the Group, particularly boosted by brands like Nivea, Eucerin and La Prairie in its Consumer division.
Debenhams, a leading department store chain in the UK, has used the strong recent performance of its beauty offerings to defend the future of the retail format.
L’Oréal, an industry leader when it comes to exploring the potential of digital for beauty, has announced it will be investing in an early stage fund managed by Partech Ventures, an international venture capital firm.
With digital taking an ever more central role in the way beauty and personal care brands are retailing their products, we take a look at how consumer demand has shaped retail in the EMEA region in 2016.
It has been a busy year for M&A activity for both cosmetics brands and manufacturers, with big deals being brokered that increase the global footprint of some of the biggest players.
Euromonitor International, a market research firm, has released its Q4 data for the global beauty and personal care market, downgrading its forecast model to USD 4.4 billion.
Bogart has announced that it will be expanding its offering of creation, manufacture and commercialization of luxury fragrances and cosmetics with the acquisition of HC Parfumerie Group.
Boutique beauty retailing are on a high-growth trajectory, according to market research firm Kline, with hundreds of new door openings seen across 2015 - 2016.
A French funding and development organisation recently launched a new ‘Performance Accelerator’ programme, and picked out ingredients manufacturer Alban Muller as one of its first companies to back.
As of January 2017 the direct-sales beauty company known as Avon Products will operate it global business from offices in the UK. And just this month, Avon announced the appointment of a new CFO.
Beauty giant Estée Lauder has been vocal about its intention to put the consumer first in the face of UK price increases resulting from the falling pound.
UK packaging provider, Collcap Group, has merged with international manufacturer Quadpack Industries, with the combined group set to trade under the Quadpack name.
The latest executive industry appointments include new positions on the board at fragrance and ingredients provider Firmenich and Germany-based biotechnology provider Brain.
In order to address the concerns held by the UK beauty and personal industry in the face of uncertainty from the Brexit situation, the Cosmetics, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA) held a seminar tackling the big questions.
Coty’s recent announcement that it aims to acquire UK-based hair care provider ghd has met with a mixed reception, with shares in the multinational continuing to fall, while rating agency Moody’s aims to upgrade ghd.
Coty has expanded its international footprint yet further with the acquisition of Good Hair Day (ghd), a UK-based company specialising in hair straighteners and appliances.
A new market report on the online beauty industry in the UK has revealed that despite minimal growth being seen in the UK’s saturated in-store beauty market, online sales are up.
Multinational consumer goods player Unilever will be presenting a talk on its sustainability communications at an upcoming London conference on investor relations (IR).
Cosmetics retail giant Sephora has pushed back the opening of several outlets in Iran, reportedly because the right financial and political conditions are not yet in place.
Procter & Gamble has announced it will be investing USD 200 million into its operations in Hungary as part of a cooperation agreement with the Hungarian Government.
As the industry stirs from a summer slumber, ready to take on the final few months of the year, we take a look at the movements of one of EMEA’s busiest players in 2016 - L’Oréal.
Dominating headlines since June, Brexit has reverberated through homes, industries and boardrooms alike as the Brits consider how leaving the EU will ultimately affect the UK. Here’s what the cosmetics industry has had to say on the matter to date…
Lush, popular UK-founded global skin care brand, has announced it will be moving its European staff from Britain to Germany following the referendum result that saw the UK vote to leave the EU.
SCA, one of the leading global hygiene and forest products companies, has announced it will integrate its Middle East, India and Africa operations into its global consumer goods business unit.
Albéa, a leading packaging supplier for the beauty and personal care industry, has announced the acquisition of Scandolara Tub-Est s.r.o., a laminates tubes company in Slovakia.
Christian Louboutin has won a lawsuit against four Russian companies for selling imitation Louboutin fragrances, granting the French company injunctive relief to prevent the rivals selling the products in question.
Japanese multinational Shiseido announced steady sales and a big increase in profits for the first half of its financial years, but cuts its forecasts on the back of restructuring and currency exchange.
Inter Parfums recently announced its second quarter results, and the global fragrance company says its performance in Europe has been lead by its leading Montblanc brand.
Personal care giant Unilever’s various growth strategies are enjoying positive results, according to a new company profile from Euromonitor. We take a look at what it’s getting right.
German personal care company Beiersdorf has registered a 2.8% organic increase in sales in the first six months of this year, according to its half-year results.
Ghana, described as one of Euromonitor’s ‘Markets of the Future’, looks to be making strides in developing its beauty and personal care market with the launch of new industry awards.
Iran’s beauty market is being driven by two key factors: young consumers and the economic growth possibilities offered by a more stable economic situation.
Market research firm BNZ has revealed that New Zealand shoppers have been quick to take advantage of the fallout from the recent Brexit vote, with online retail overall in the country up 10% in June.
