Adwoa Beauty to Enter Liquidation
A Texas court ruled that the hair-care label’s bankruptcy filing be converted to Chapter 7.
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Global Markets
Worldview | Nykaa Confirms Acquisition Talks With Deepika Padukone’s 82°E
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Vietnam’s textile exports, India’s gold prices and China’s new e-commerce guidelines.
Worldview | Nykaa Confirms Acquisition Talks With Deepika Padukone’s 82°E
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Vietnam’s textile exports, India’s gold prices and China’s new e-commerce guidelines.
Beauty
Beauty’s New Challenger Conglomerate Has Always Been Here
By shedding its food and ice cream businesses, Unilever is betting big on beauty. But matching the scale, valuation and category depth of rivals like L’Oréal and The Estée Lauder Companies will require sharper focus and strategic discipline.
Beauty’s New Challenger Conglomerate Has Always Been Here
By shedding its food and ice cream businesses, Unilever is betting big on beauty. But matching the scale, valuation and category depth of rivals like L’Oréal and The Estée Lauder Companies will require sharper focus and strategic discipline.
Beauty
Why Estée Lauder Companies and Puig Need Each Other
The Spanish owner of Byredo, Rabanne and Charlotte Tilbury and the American conglomerate confirmed on Monday that they are in discussions to combine their businesses. A merger could reshape the beauty and fashion landscape.
Why Estée Lauder Companies and Puig Need Each Other
The Spanish owner of Byredo, Rabanne and Charlotte Tilbury and the American conglomerate confirmed on Monday that they are in discussions to combine their businesses. A merger could reshape the beauty and fashion landscape.
Beauty
Advent International Acquires Salt & Stone
The premium body care maker will join the private equity firm’s portfolio, which also includes Olaplex and Parfums de Marly.
Advent International Acquires Salt & Stone
The premium body care maker will join the private equity firm’s portfolio, which also includes Olaplex and Parfums de Marly.
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Beauty
For Beauty Brands, What’s a Department Store Worth?
In Full Coverage, Priya Rao looks at the world’s buzziest luxury department stores in Paris.
For Beauty Brands, What’s a Department Store Worth?
In Full Coverage, Priya Rao looks at the world’s buzziest luxury department stores in Paris.
Beauty
One of These Companies Could Be the Next Hair-Care Giant
Indie hair-care brands are tempting conglomerates with their next-gen products and fast-moving ethos, but the current big beauty landscape lacks a dominant player. Firms like Wella Company, Henkel and L’Oréal are all vying for the top spot.
One of These Companies Could Be the Next Hair-Care Giant
Indie hair-care brands are tempting conglomerates with their next-gen products and fast-moving ethos, but the current big beauty landscape lacks a dominant player. Firms like Wella Company, Henkel and L’Oréal are all vying for the top spot.
Beauty
The Estée Lauder Companies Acquires Forest Essentials
The luxury Ayurvedic skincare line will be the first deal by the conglomerate under the leadership of Stéphane de La Faverie.
The Estée Lauder Companies Acquires Forest Essentials
The luxury Ayurvedic skincare line will be the first deal by the conglomerate under the leadership of Stéphane de La Faverie.
Beauty
Pat McGrath Labs Is Up for Sale — Again
The makeup artistry brand has a new owner, but is still being shopped around for investment and acquisition opportunities, The Business of Beauty has learned.
Pat McGrath Labs Is Up for Sale — Again
The makeup artistry brand has a new owner, but is still being shopped around for investment and acquisition opportunities, The Business of Beauty has learned.
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Luxury
Is Armani Any Closer to a Stake Sale?
Half a year after Giorgio Armani’s death, it appears to be business as usual at the sprawling fashion empire while potential investors continue to circle with no firm bid in sight.
Is Armani Any Closer to a Stake Sale?
Half a year after Giorgio Armani’s death, it appears to be business as usual at the sprawling fashion empire while potential investors continue to circle with no firm bid in sight.
Beauty
Merit Isn’t For Beauty Lovers. That’s the Point.
The Millennial beauty label has doubled its sales since 2023 by focusing on an underserved, makeup-ambivalent consumer. But whether that strategy will lead to an exit remains to be seen.
Merit Isn’t For Beauty Lovers. That’s the Point.
The Millennial beauty label has doubled its sales since 2023 by focusing on an underserved, makeup-ambivalent consumer. But whether that strategy will lead to an exit remains to be seen.
Beauty
Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy
Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.
Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy
Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.
Beauty
Exclusive: L Catterton Invests in Ex Nihilo
The LVMH-backed private equity firm has taken a large minority stake in the high perfumery brand, which looks to push deeper into the US market.
Exclusive: L Catterton Invests in Ex Nihilo
The LVMH-backed private equity firm has taken a large minority stake in the high perfumery brand, which looks to push deeper into the US market.
The News in Brief
Coty’s Perfume Business Takes Another Knock With David Beckham Fragrance Lawsuit
Beauty brand Coty is facing a lawsuit from DB Ventures, the company behind former football star David Beckham’s eponymous fragrance, for what the lawsuit describes as flagrant material breaches of the license agreement, court documents show.
Estée Lauder Sales Rise 2%, Job Cuts to Expand
Double-digit growth in the conglomerate’s perfume division helped offset a lack of growth in its other units as the company continues its years-long turnaround strategy.
Premium Body Care Brand Uni Appoints New Global CMO
Heather Fisher, former chief marketing officer of Fenty Beauty, has joined the Australian body care brand.
Zegna Revenues Rise 7.4%
The Italian luxury group’s first-quarter performance surpassed market expectations powered by solid growth in direct-to-consumer sales in the US.
Inventory Clean-Up Helps Puma Beat First-Quarter Expectations
The German sportswear maker also announced it had appointed former Hugo Boss CEO Mark Langer as its chief financial officer, effective Friday.
Oil Prices Soar to Wartime High with US and Iran Stuck in Standoff
Brent oil surged to more than $126 a barrel on Thursday, before paring gains to $121.40 as traders factor in an even longer closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Reliance Retail Acquires Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Hair Care Brand Anomaly
The company will leverage its omnichannel network to scale the label, citing India as a priority market.