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Retail

Victoria Beckham launches beauty e-commerce in China through Tmall

Victoria Beckham Beauty is launching a flagship store on Alibaba’s Tmall Global platform. This marks the brand's first entry into the Chinese market. The new online store will feature clean beauty skincare and makeup products, as well as provide consumers with exclusive access to special product launches specific to the market. The brand has...

28 Jul 2020

Podcast

Men’s Beauty and Fashion Rising in Japan: Creating New Demand in a Mature Market

This month’s Fashion Friday podcast series by Euromonitor International explores the ageing population and the rise of men’s beauty and fashion in Japan. Japan’s population is ageing and in decline. By 2030, nearly one-third of the population will be aged over 65. To move forward in this challenging environment, companies are keen to create new...

10 Jul 2020

Fashion

River Island signs beauty deal with KMI Brands

High street retailer River Island signed a seven-year licensing deal with KMI Brands for them to develop, produce and distribute fragrance, toiletries and cosmetics. This marks the first licensing agreement for River Island and will allow KMI Brands to distribute River Island fragrance outside of their retail stores and into wholesale. While...

2 Jul 2020

Fashion

Coty and Kim Kardashian West partner to expand beauty brands

Coty and Kim Kardashian West have joined for a strategic transaction to further develop West’s business globally. The beauty company will help West's business enter new beauty categories and expand globally, while West and her team will continue leading creative efforts. Under this new agreement, Coty will acquire a 20 percent ownership in...

29 Jun 2020

Business

Two thirds of women call for more transparency from clean beauty labels

As World Environment Day approaches, it’s becoming clear that two thirds of women would like their ‘clean beauty’ products to be labelled more transparently. While 61 percent of women feel that beauty products labeled as clean do not contain sufficient information, 69 percent rely on alternative sources for ingredient details. That’s according...

4 Jun 2020

Fashion

Code8 names first-ever brand ambassador

London-born, independent luxury beauty brand Code8 has named fashion designer Alexa Chung as its first-ever brand ambassador as it looks to showcase its #BeautyWithoutLimits mantra. Chung was chosen by brand founders as she was the “perfect personification” of the Code8 make-up line, which was created to offer women an “uncomplicated,...

2 Jun 2020

Retail

Boots to introduce new safe shopping measures

Health and beauty retailer Boots has stated that it is using “lockdown learnings” from the past eight weeks to introduce new safe shopping measures to keep customers and staff safe as the high street prepares to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown. Since the beginning of lockdown, Boots was named an essential retailer, with the majority of its...

28 May 2020

Fashion

Coty to launch Kylie Skin in Europe

Coty Inc. has confirmed that it is launching Kylie Skin in Europe at specialist beauty retailer Douglas Group. The Germany-based company will debut Kylie Skin in 2,000 stores in 25 countries across Europe, explained Coty in a statement. The launch coincides with Kylie Skin’s first anniversary, the beauty range launched in the US in May 2019 and...

27 May 2020

Podcast

Sustainability in Beauty & Fashion amid Covid-19

This month’s Fashion Friday podcast series by Euromonitor International examines sustainability in the beauty and fashion industries amid Covid-19. Sustainability was undoubtedly the hottest topic in the beauty and fashion industries. Consumers, especially the youngest generations, have become increasingly aware of the industries’ negative...

15 May 2020

Fashion

Jimmy Choo debuts make-up collection

Luxury accessories brand Jimmy Choo has branched out into make-up with the launch of its first capsule collection consisting of lipsticks, nail polishes, and fragrances, inspired by its shoes. The ‘Seduction’ collection is inspired by “timeless glamour and red carpet spirit” of the luxury brand and is the embodiment of the label’s “refined...

19 Mar 2020

Fashion

Lancôme launching makeup line with Mert and Marcus

Fashion photographers Mert and Marcus are teaming up with Lancôme to launch what the beauty company is calling a “flaming hot” makeup collection. The photographic duo, comprised of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, are bringing their “expertise and creativity on beauty to new heights with a game changing electric coloured collection,” explains Lancô...

22 Jan 2020

Fashion

Ted Baker launches first-ever cosmetics collection

Fashion and lifestyle brand Ted Baker is expanding into beauty with its first-ever cosmetics collection, with the aim of offering a complete “ted to toe look”. The ‘With Ted’ cosmetics collection launches exclusively online on January 31, ahead of a roll out into 10 stores, in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, and Bluewater, on...

20 Jan 2020