Fragrance

The big makeover: British Beauty Council on mission to change ‘frivolous’ industry image

14-Aug-2019 By Kacey Culliney

The British Beauty Council wants to overturn the dated view that beauty has no serious purpose or value and cultivate a more elevated view that celebrates widespread innovation in the sector, its CEO says.

Fragrance innovation to bolster L'Oréal in ‘flattish’ Western Europe

13-Aug-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Amidst its strongest global sales growth in a decade, L'Oréal says fragrance innovation should liven up the relatively flat sales environment in Western Europe.

Beauty boost: Finance lending app for luxury Indie Brands underway

13-Aug-2019 By Kacey Culliney

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.

Firmenich: Ultra-natural ‘revolution’ in fine fragrance 2-5 years off

06-Aug-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Ultra-natural has taken hold across several beauty and personal care categories and fine fragrance will eventually make its mark with the right innovation and transparency focus, says a Firmenich executive.

Croda commits to cutting greenhouse gases

31-Jul-2019 By Simon Pitman

Croda International says it is committing to reducing its greenhouse gases for its worldwide operations in line with its Science Based Targets initiative.

Givaudan to add ‘much-respected’ fragrance house Drom to its 2019 acquisition flurry

31-Jul-2019 By Kacey Culliney

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.

L’Occitane retail sales slump in Hong Kong, but China growth remains steady

31-Jul-2019 By Amanda Lim

L’Occitane’s retail sales in Hong Kong slumped by 18.8% in the quarter to June, as economic and social factors took their toll.

Exclusive Interview

Beauty Logistics: What Is It and Why is It Important?

26-Jul-2019 By Natasha Spencer

As indies and multinationals navigate their way through launch, operations and the digital era, we ask self-proclaimed beauty fanatic and Match.com of warehousing. Indie Beauty Delivers’ Founder, Rachel Whittaker, all about beauty and logistics.

Tom Ford progresses luxury with new skin care range and fragrance launch

25-Jul-2019 By Simon Pitman

As well as growing its fragrance collection with a new scent, luxury brand Tom Ford expands beyond fragrance and fashion to unveils its new skin care range called Tom Ford Research.

Exclusive Interview

How to Harness Data to Increase ROI in Beauty?

24-Jul-2019 By NaTasha Spencer

Following Beauty Matching Engine’s latest event, designed to bring together a community of beauty innovators, we caught up with the beauty prediction platform to find out more about the connection between beauty and data.

Unilever invests in digital factories to harness supply chains

23-Jul-2019 By Natasha Spencer

FMCG, Unilever, is centering its strategic efforts on its digital transformation as a means of increasing efficiency and cutting costs.

Editor's Spotlight

Mental Health, Feeling Good and Happiness in Beauty

22-Jul-2019 By Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

What matters to beauty consumers when it comes to a healthy lifestyle? This is the question we are asking in this article by exploring how the cosmetics sector can offer support to prevent and overcome various lifestyle stressors.

Editor's Spotlight

L’Oréal Makes Changes at the Top

19-Jul-2019 By Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

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.

UK boasts £28.4 bn beauty product and services industry, report reveals

18-Jul-2019 By Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

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...

High street brands adopt new physical retail strategies

18-Jul-2019 By Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

Amid the changing selling environment, leading beauty and health retailers, Boots and Superdrug, pursue new methods and approaches to consumer engagement and brand positioning.