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This article was featured in issue number three of WWD Beauty Inc’s new weekly newsletter. To sign up, click here. Ken Cook, president and cofounder of the Environmental Work Group, was perhaps the most in-demand speaker at this year's PCPC event. Beauty executives poured into a small room to hear what Cook had to say, which was in effect, that […]
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PARIS — France’s beauty export sales rose 9 percent to 15.7 billion euros in 2019 versus 2018, according to the country’s Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté, or FEBEA, which cited numbers from the French customs office. That growth allowed the country to boast 23 percent market share worldwide last year. Source: Read Full Article
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As clean hair brands continue to proliferate, the latest launch, designed for entire families to share, comes from a trio of Minnesota-based Millennial moms with professional backgrounds in consumer packaged goods. Odele, a nine-sku line of clean and upscale for mass hair-care products — each item retails for $11.99 — is set to launch in more than 1,000 Target doors […]
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“We loved the idea of using augmented reality to create an escape of sorts,” shared Gerard Quiroga, president of Bellacures, a nail salon franchise with locations in Southern California and Texas that introduced the use of virtual reality in the business this year. Available exclusively at the Beverly Hills address, customers have the option of donning a VR headset for […]
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In a lagging mass nail market, Sally Hansen is launching a clean nail polish line. Good.Kind.Pure. is the latest franchise from the Coty-owned nail brand. It is marketed as plant-based, vegan and 16-free — meaning it is formulated without ingredients that consumers consider to be potentially harmful, including parabens, sulfates and formaldehydes. The line is set to launch on target.com […]
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When we pass through an art gallery, what determines our idea of beauty? A University of Sydney study of how people rate the aesthetics of each artwork shows part of our aesthetic assessment is due to the painting you saw a few moments before. The research, led by Ph.D. student Ms Sujin Kim in the School of Psychology, is published […]
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LONDON — Beauty brand Revolution is taking its global online success offline and expanding its presence in the U.S. and Australian markets. The brand is looking to emulate its successful retail strategy in the U.K. with Ulta in the U.S and Priceline in Australia. “Most of our expansion has come by championing relationships with retailers, we’re not looking to sell […]
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John G. Ledes, the founder of The Ledes Group and owner of Parfums Robert Piguet, died Tuesday evening at his home in Katonah, N.Y. The cause was complications from cancer of the jaw. The Ledes Group published the industry publications Beauty Fashion and Cosmetic World. An attorney by training, Ledes became involved in the business in the late Sixties, after […]
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Youth to the People — the superfood beauty brand garnering buzz — has been growing. “One person at a time,” said cofounder Greg Gonzalez inside the company’s new headquarter space in downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District, located on 708 Traction Avenue. Gonzalez started Youth to the People with his cousin and business partner Joe Cloyes. It was just the two […]
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PARIS — Nuxe’s capital structure has changed. The French family-owned beauty brand, founded by Aliza Jabès in 1988, has sold a 45.1 percent stake in the company to Sofina, a Belgian family holding company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Source: Read Full Article
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