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Guy Thier to join Modere as chief information officer

Health and wellness brand Modere has announced the appointment of Guy Thier as chief information officer (CIO), effective October 30, 2023, to further enhance the company’s e-commerce and digital transaction platforms. Thier, the company said in a release, brings over 25 years of experience in IT and digital marketing within the consumer health...

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Perfect Corp FY revenue up, but losses widen

Perfect Corp, a company that provides augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for global beauty and fashion businesses, has reported an increase in revenue but widening losses in its most recent full-year report. In the 12 months to December 31, the company’s revenue increased 16 percent to 47.3...

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L'Oréal AGM adopts all proposed resolutions

L'Oréal said that its Annual General Meeting adopted all the proposed resolutions. The AGM approved the parent company financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for 2021. The AGM decided on the distribution of a dividend of 4.80 euros per share. The dividend is increased to 5.28 euros for shares that have been continuously...

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Luxury division drives L'Oreal sales jump

L'Oreal said Tuesday its first quarter sales jumped nearly a fifth despite headwinds from the Ukraine war and pandemic disruptions in China as the French cosmetics giant pursued its luxury strategy. The 19 percent rise in sales to 9.06 billion euros (9.8 billion dollars) beat the analyst consensus of 8.8 billion euros established by Factset....

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Eco-friendly deodorant brand Wild announces new UK partnerships

Sustainable and natural deodorant brand Wild has secured new partnerships with some of the UK’s leading supermarkets, retailers and department stores as part of its ongoing expansion plans to “reach as many people as possible”. Wild has signed a deal with supermarket giant, Sainsbury’s to launch its products online and in 285 of its stores. The...

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John Lewis shares 2022 beauty trends

John Lewis is predicting that the “great British glow up” is here to stay as consumer lifestyles continue to shift, as people use their beauty expertise learnt over lockdown in their everyday routines. In the John Lewis’ ‘Beauty Bets’ report, the retailer reveals that collagen, lip liner, perfume and beauty miniatures were among the beauty...

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Pinterest predicts Goth, pearlcore and chequers will dominate 2022 fashion

Social media platform Pinterest is predicting that the fashion and beauty trends for 2022 will include Goth clothing, pearls, dressing loud, embracing chequers and lounge lingerie, as well as bling beauty, landscape nail art, and natural hair. The annual ‘Pinterest Predicts’ trend report isn’t a retrospective or a round-up of what was trending,...

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Debenhams returns to retail with the opening of beauty store

Boohoo-owned Debenhams is set to return to retail with the opening of a flagship beauty destination at Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre. Since the acquisition of the retailer by the Boohoo Group at the beginning of 2021, Debenhams has seen a substantial rebranding and restructuring, with the closing of its stores throughout the UK. In June,...

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Harrods opens first beauty emporium in Scotland

Harrods has opened its first stand-alone H beauty destination in Scotland, following the success of its openings at Lakeside in Essex and Centre:MK in Milton Keynes as part of its long term strategy to bring H beauty to beauty communities around the UK. The latest H beauty is located at St James Quarter, in the heart of Edinburgh’s shopping...

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Peclers Paris' 4 Beauty & Wellness trends for 2023: Back to a powerful beauty

For FashionUnited, Peclers Paris shares its vision about Beauty & Wellness for the 2023 season. Dive into the 2023 trends with our new Beauty & Wellness trend book: an essential tool allowing you to identify major socio-cultural trends and creative trends for the beauty and cosmetics industry. After the reign of trends focusing on Essentials and...

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Max Factor names Priyanka Chopra-Jonas as global ambassador

Max Factor, part of Coty Inc., has announced actress Priyanka Chopra-Jonas as its global ambassador and creative collaborator. Chopra-Jonas joins Max Factor as the face of “major” beauty campaigns and product launches throughout 2021 and beyond, explained the beauty brand, starting with the new Facefinity All Day Flawless Airbrush Finish 3in1...

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Zalando and Sephora announce prestige beauty tie-up

German fashion giant Zalando has teamed up with French beauty retailer Sephora for a new strategic partnership “to create the ultimate online prestige beauty destination” for Zalando’s millions of users. The tie-up will give Zalando shoppers access to Sephora’s assortment of several thousand beauty products from more than 300 prestige and...