B2B prestige cosmetics platform Aqiok has secured a multi-year financing agreement to develop a lending app for smaller prestige beauty brands in Europe and North America.
Proctor & Gamble has driven full-year 2019 net sales up 1% but a multi-billion write-down taken on its shaving brand Gillette has contributed to a net profit loss of close to €5bn.
Global flavour and fragrance major Givaudan is set to acquire Munich-headquartered fragrance house Drom, adding to its run of acquisitions this year and strengthening its global market hold.
Brand extensions and format innovations have fuelled growth for Unilever’s beauty and personal care unit for the second quarter of 2019, but more must be done to bolster sales, its CEO says.
Beauty leader, L’Oréal, appoints several new members to its Executive Committee, who will join the company this summer to support and spearhead its strategic direction.
In the first report of its kind, the British Beauty Council reveals the economical contribution of beauty in 2018 to equate to 1.3% of the UK’s total GDP — a figure that is equivalent to all the economic activity occurring in either Manchester or Glasgow...
Amid the changing selling environment, leading beauty and health retailers, Boots and Superdrug, pursue new methods and approaches to consumer engagement and brand positioning.
The Canadian company announced this week that it has reached a deal to acquire Swallowfield’s beauty manufacturing business. The news comes just 2 weeks after KDC/ONE acquired Alkos and again furthers the company’s presence and capabilities in Europe.
The innovation branch of Health & Happiness Group (H&H Group), NewH2, signs an agreement to acquire a minority stake in personalised skin care provider Proven Skincare and its artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Speciality chemicals distributor, Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, is growing its existing relationship with flavour, fragrance and botanical extract name, Carrubba by expanding it into the European marketplace.
Beiersdorf, German parent company of major skin care brands including Nivea and Eucerin, kicked off 2019 with a new strategy and an additional investment program announced. We take a look at where it’s got to so far this year.
Boots, UK retail chain owned by Wallgreens Boots Alliance, is struggling in the face of fierce competition in beauty and personal care retail from discounters and online specialists.
In this Editor’s Spotlight, we pick out some of the key news from L’Oréal this year, including digital innovations like an acne app and its latest artificial intelligence on Amazon Beauty.
From pioneering new pigments for recycling packaging, to more major acquisitions in its sights, to commitments on gender equality and ingredients transparency, we take a look at what Unilever has been up to so far this year.
