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Rituals continues its retail expansion with four boutique openings

Luxury wellbeing brand Rituals is delighted to announce the opening of four new boutiques, marking another significant milestone in the brand’s UK & IE expansion strategy and reaffirming its commitment to bringing accessible luxury wellbeing experiences to high footfall locations. Please see below for the confirmed locations: 4th March: Wilton...

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Louis Vuitton's beauty brand has officially launched

Louis Vuitton’s move into luxury beauty has been widely anticipated after five years in the making. For fashion houses of such scale, beauty is often a natural extension, offering both a new revenue stream and a way to expand brand reach. With La Beauté, the company is extending its core themes of travel, craftsmanship and design into the...

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EU flags surge in unsafe Chinese cosmetics

Brussels has raised the alarm over a surge in unsafe cosmetic imports from China, with the European Commission warning on Wednesday that cosmetics now account for a third of all dangerous product alerts across the EU. The findings, published in the EU’s annual Safety Gate report—its rapid alert system for hazardous non-food products—highlight a...

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Louis Vuitton taps Pat McGrath to lead its debut beauty line

French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton is launching into beauty and has tapped acclaimed British make-up artist Pat McGrath as its first creative director of cosmetics. In a statement, Louis Vuitton said that ‘La Beauté Louis Vuitton’ was an “exciting venture” for the fashion house and would expand its vision “rooted in the spirit of travel...

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Dolly Parton launches cosmetics line with Scent Beauty

Global superstar Dolly Parton has launched her own cosmetics line 'Dolly Beauty' in partnership with Scent Beauty, following the success of her fragrance brand, in a deal brokered by IMG. Dolly Beauty is available exclusively in the US via its own direct-to-consumer website, with the brand stating an in-store rollout will begin in 2025. The...

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Kiko Milano continues expansion in the UK

Italian colour cosmetics brand Kiko Milano is continuing its rapid expansion plans across the UK with a new boutique opening in Angel Central in London. The new 818-square-foot store, within the CBRE Investment Management-owned centre, will open later this month. It will sit alongside Angel Central’s other beauty and skincare offerings, such as...

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Celine unveils push into beauty with lipstick

Celine teased its expansion into beauty with the first cosmetics line in the French fashion house’s history on its Instagram account. The fashion film for its autumn/winter 2024 ‘La Collection De L’Arc De Triomphe’ collection revealed models striding through the streets of Paris, wearing the brand’s ‘La Peau Nue’ rose-hued lipstick, one of the...

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EU Accord: Cosmetics companies to cover 80 percent of wastewater costs

A new EU agreement in Brussels has mandated that the cosmetics industry bears a minimum of 80 percent of expenses related to treating harmful substances in urban wastewater. Stemming from the European Commission's 2022 proposal, which identified the beauty and pharmaceutical sectors as responsible for 92 percent of toxic discharges, the EU bill...

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Yves Rocher unveils new brand strategy to reconnect with its roots

Botanical beauty brand Yves Rocher is introducing a new brand strategy to offer consumers a renewed shopping experience, a new sustainable pricing policy, and a revised loyalty programme to reconnect with its roots to offer natural, responsible beauty. From August 22, Yves Rocher will launch ‘Retour Aux Sources,’ a strategy designed to forge "an...

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Look Fabulous Forever acquires Creative Cosmetics

Beauty brand Look Fabulous Forever has acquired respected UK beauty manufacturer Creative Cosmetics to give the brand an “unprecedented opportunity to grow". In a statement, Look Fabulous Forever said that as most UK brands produce the majority of their colour cosmetics in Italy or China, and the acquisition of Ipswich-based Creative Cosmetics...

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Bourjois returns to UK market following 2019 exit

French cosmetics brand Bourjois has returned to the UK in an exclusive partnership with Superdrug, after Coty pulled the brand from the UK in December 2019, as part of a strategy to streamline its consumer beauty brands. Bourjois bestsellers including its Little Round Pot Blusher and Healthy Mix Foundation are now available on Superdrug’s...

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Global cosmetics market forecast to reach 463.5 billion dollars by 2027

The global cosmetics market was valued at 307.69 billion dollars in the year 2020 and is now forecast to grow to 463.5 billion dollars by 2027. The huge demand for cosmetics is influenced by awareness among people about the benefits of cosmetics for their skin and hair which uplifted their average expenditure on cosmetics, says a new report by...