Europe’s leading prestige beauty retailer, Douglas Group, suffered a disappointing stock market return on Thursday March 21 in Frankfurt. After ten years of absence, the group decided to come back to the stock exchange with the aim to reduce its…
One of Sweden’s main pharmacy chains, Apotek Hjartat, said Thursday it was limiting sales of certain skincare products to those under 15 in order to combat unhealthy beauty standards for youth. “Today there is an unhealthy and unnecessary use of…
IFF has announced the appointment of Ana Paula Mendonça as president of its Scent division, effective April 1, 2024. Simon Herriott, current president of IFF’s Health & Biosciences and Scent divisions will continue to lead the Health and Biosciences business…
It took 10 years for the Ulike group, the pioneer of pulsed light home devices, to become the Asian market leader in the beauty device industry, and the world number one in hair removal at home, according to Euromonitor. The…
The feted Belgian designer Dries Van Noten will step down as creative director of his fashion label this summer, he announced today. Van Noten, 65, is set to leave after the next Paris Fashion Week menswear show in June. Known…
dsm-firmenich has inaugurated two production plants in Castets, southwestern France, for the production of perfumery ingredients. The first facility is a multipurpose unit for the production of pine-based ingredients, and the second brand-new plant is dedicated to the production of…
The Nina Illusion Café, the pop-up space designed to boost the launch of the Nina Illusion eau de parfum, opened its doors at Les Halles in Paris, from 7 to 10 April 2024. This “colour block” café was decorated in…
AS Watson Group has appointed Fred Chan and Vivian Nie as Co-Managing Directors of Watsons China, succeeding Kulvinder Birring, current CEO of Watsons China, who has been appointed as CEO of Marionnaud Group, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings. Fred…
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Italy’s Marchesini Group will once again participate in Cosmopack – the supply chain section of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna – on 21-23 March 2024. Among the cutting edge innovation and technology the company will showcase…