With its Lip Butter Balm still a top hero product, Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland’s Summer Fridays expands as it evolves into a multi-category beauty brand.
With its Lip Butter Balm still a top hero product, Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland’s Summer Fridays expands as it evolves into a multi-category beauty brand.
With its biggest launch in years, Nars is hoping to consolidate its reputation as a category leader in foundations and concealers. But the fight to stay on top has never been harder.
With its biggest launch in years, Nars is hoping to consolidate its reputation as a category leader in foundations and concealers. But the fight to stay on top has never been harder.
Beauty sales are still growing, but shoppers are value-conscious and less loyal than ever, requiring major players to rethink their strategies.
Beauty sales are still growing, but shoppers are value-conscious and less loyal than ever, requiring major players to rethink their strategies.
Biotech skincare brand Mother Science will debut on Sephora next week as the retailer accelerates its push into lab-developed beauty alongside brands like U Beauty.
Biotech skincare brand Mother Science will debut on Sephora next week as the retailer accelerates its push into lab-developed beauty alongside brands like U Beauty.
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The Omani fragrance house charted record sales growth in 2025, driven by its high-concentration ‘Exceptional Extraits’ collection and its global fleet of stores.
The Omani fragrance house charted record sales growth in 2025, driven by its high-concentration ‘Exceptional Extraits’ collection and its global fleet of stores.
More fragrances are now sold through digital channels than in store, posing challenges for the traditional ‘try before you buy’ playbook. As channels like Amazon and TikTok Shop pick up speed, brands must adapt to a new reality.
More fragrances are now sold through digital channels than in store, posing challenges for the traditional ‘try before you buy’ playbook. As channels like Amazon and TikTok Shop pick up speed, brands must adapt to a new reality.
In this edition of Full Coverage, Priya Rao is back on the luxury beat reporting on big moves at LVMH Beauty and how L’Oréal turned Valentino’s fragrance into a blockbuster.
In this edition of Full Coverage, Priya Rao is back on the luxury beat reporting on big moves at LVMH Beauty and how L’Oréal turned Valentino’s fragrance into a blockbuster.
Japan’s largest beauty company posted its first loss in decades after writing down Drunk Elephant. With a turnaround in progress, it needs to revisit its overall brand mix to prove it can — or can’t — evolve.
Japan’s largest beauty company posted its first loss in decades after writing down Drunk Elephant. With a turnaround in progress, it needs to revisit its overall brand mix to prove it can — or can’t — evolve.
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The latest launch from Sidia, a perfume campaign fronted by the model Erin Wasson, reflects a new positioning for fine fragrance as fashion’s favourite beauty accessory.
The latest launch from Sidia, a perfume campaign fronted by the model Erin Wasson, reflects a new positioning for fine fragrance as fashion’s favourite beauty accessory.
As beauty and wellness brands increasingly market against sports, the Winter Olympics provides them an opportunity to cast for fresh campaign faces.
As beauty and wellness brands increasingly market against sports, the Winter Olympics provides them an opportunity to cast for fresh campaign faces.
Brands are designing products and packaging meant to be clicked, tapped and touched. Actually using them is beside the point.
Brands are designing products and packaging meant to be clicked, tapped and touched. Actually using them is beside the point.
European shoppers are increasingly buying beauty online, but local merchants face stiff competition from newer giants like Amazon and TikTok Shop.
European shoppers are increasingly buying beauty online, but local merchants face stiff competition from newer giants like Amazon and TikTok Shop.
Activist fund Oasis Management Co. is calling on the Japanese personal care company to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking a probe into its supply-chain risk management and internal control.
The retailer surpassed annual sales forecasts but expects a $60 million drag from import tariffs in the first half of 2026.
The transaction gives FSI, a Milan-based private equity fund, a controlling share in the Italian luxury house, as more founder-owned brands turn to investors to fund growth and weather a tough global market.
Spend growth at off-price chains is among the strongest in retail, with gains across all income segments.
The retailer said it was accounting for the 15 percent tariff announced by US president Donald Trump after the Supreme Court struck down most of his earlier tariffs.
Melissa Sperau, formerly of Shiseido, will join the US prestige cosmetics maker effective March 6.
The US fragrance giant forecast a steeper decline in annual sales than anticipated by Wall Street, as budget-conscious shoppers pull back on buying scented candles and fragrances.
The US wearable tech company intends to add more than 600 new roles across various departments, founder and chief executive Will Ahmed told Bloomberg.