European multibrand platform, Zalando, has announced it has established a strategic partnership with beauty retailer Sephora to implement an extended beauty offering into its German division. The partnership will see a wide range of Sephora brands come to the online platform, including the likes of Fenty Beauty, Huda Beauty, Rare Beauty and...
18 Oct 2021
Department store John Lewis has published its ‘Shop, Live, Look’ report for 2021, which reveals that the work-life balance has shifted towards life, with tents, air fryers, trampolines, Speedos and Crocs among the products that defined the last 12 months. The annual report, which looks back at the products and trends that shaped the year, states...
12 Oct 2021
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has opened its “most sustainable” store to date in Peterborough’s Serpentine Green shopping centre. The sustainable-led design is part of Superdrug’s Planet CSR pillar commitment and features fully recyclable signage that features graphics produced from recycled yarn and plastic bottles and ceiling tiles made...
6 Oct 2021
Luxury conglomerate LVMH has acquired Officine Universelle Buly 1803, the French perfume and cosmetics brand relaunched in 2014 by husband and wife Ramdane Touhami and Victoire de Taillac. The acquisition comes four years after the luxury group’s initial investment in the Parisian perfumer, through its minority investment fund LVMH Luxury...
Beauty giant L’Oréal Paris paid tribute to women’s rights movements during a public show as part of Paris Fashion Week, with a theme that honoured women’s empowerment and diversity. The event was hosted at the Parvis des Droits de l’Homme, where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was first established. Developed as a bold feminist...
5 Oct 2021
Unveiled at the 2020 Dubai Expo, Garnier’s educational collaboration with National Geographic went live on October 1. A part of its ongoing sustainability campaign ‘Green Beauty’, Garnier aims to empower 250 million people to live greener by 2025. The first episode in the series, titled ‘Can packaging go green?’ has already been released, with...
Coty has confirmed that it has agreed to sell a 9 percent stake in professional haircare brand Wella to KKR in exchange for the redemption of half of KKR’s remaining convertible preferred shares in Coty. The deal will reduce Coty’s total shareholding in Wella to approximately 30.6 percent, which is valued at approximately 1.38 billion US...
4 Oct 2021
Kylie Jenner is launching another brand with Coty, Kylie Baby that will offer “safe, gentle, clean, and conscious” baby care products for babies and kids following a three-year development. Kylie Baby launches with four skincare and haircare bath essentials, three accessories and a gift set, which are available exclusively on the brand’s new...
Luxury styling game Drest is continuing to expand its gaming world with a new beauty mode with an exclusive partnership with Gucci Beauty. The luxury styling app fuses high fashion with editorial content, online shopping, gameplay and entertainment. It allows players to adopt the role of a fashion stylist and conduct daily styling challenges...
LVMH-owned French beauty giant Sephora has completed its acquisition of British cosmetics e-tailer Feelunique from private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners. “We are delighted to welcome Feelunique teams within the Sephora family,” said Sephora president and CEO Martin Brok in a statement. He continued: “Feelunique is known for their...
29 Sep 2021
JD Sports is stepping into the UK’s red-hot beauty market after acquiring a majority stake in haircare brand Hairburst for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014 by James Hill, Henry Gwilliam and Matthew Cragg, Hairburst sells vitamins, shampoos and styling products for hair. “We are very proud to be the first beauty business to partner with JD on...
28 Sep 2021
Indian actress Deepika Padukone is launching a lifestyle brand, with beauty and skincare set to be the first categories. Padukone, who has more than 100 million social media followers, said that her lifestyle brand will be “rooted in India but will have indispensable global reach and appeal”. The first products will roll out in 2022, and as well...
9 Sep 2021
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