Last week FedEx Express Canada announced 30 small businesses receiving grants under the company’s new #SupportSmall initiative, a program to help small business across that country survive the Coronavirus economic recession.
Australian cosmetics firm BWX Limited is eyeing stateside opportunities for natural beauty brand Sukin as interest in Aussie-style skin care gains momentum.
A new venture, backed by the growth equity firm General Atlantic, has emerged from what was Morphe Holdings to develop, accelerate, acquire, and curate the personal care, cosmetics, and wellness brands that will win over Millennial and Gen Z consumers.
This week, the multinational consumer goods company announced appointing the former Black Entertainment Television (BET) CEO to its Board of Directors.
Personal care giant Colgate-Palmolive has reported a continued sales rise for the second quarter of 2020, driven largely by a strong performance in North America and increased demand for liquid hand soaps.
This summer, the clean beauty retailer launched a program to support Black, Indigenous, and People of Color entrepreneurs. And now, a first class of mentee brands has begun the series of Zoom classes.
The Personal Care Products Council has announced that as of Monday, Keech Combe Shetty—Executive Chair at Combe, the personal care company behind brands like Vagisil and Just For Men—is the organization’s new Board Chair.
This week, the new venture capital fund focused on DTC femtech, wellness, clean beauty, and sustainable fashion announced a first group of funded brands.
New data published by the American Chemistry Council this month shows that the US specialty chemicals market is improving, since taking a record dip in April. But only 3 industry sectors saw a Y/Y increase last month.
The newly founded collective has announced an equity ownership partnership with Yellow Beauty, a brand that holds turmeric as its hero ingredient and the imperative to end child marriage in Bangladesh as its mission.
The beauty retailer already offers US consumers an installment payments option in partnership with Klarna, a Sweden-based bank and financial services company. Now, a deal with Paybright brings that same financing option to beauty consumers in Canada.
Today, the US-based beauty maker announced a new partnership with Gyrl Wonder, a non-profit dedicated to career development programming for young women of color.
Personal care major Johnson & Johnson has reported a sharp drop in net earnings across its global business for the second quarter of 2020 and a dip in sales across consumer health due to COVID-19.
International beauty major L’Oréal will shut down its facial care brushes business Clarisonic to refocus and invest new product development efforts into own-brand devices.
IOFI and IFRA, the industry bodies for the flavour and fragrance sector, have launched a new Sustainability Charter. The sectorial approach ‘establishes a framework, sets a bar and raises everybody’, representatives from the two organisations tell us.
Professional beauty brand Dermalogica has leveraged on its past experiences to develop new safety measures for safe re-opening of salons in South East Asia and Hong Kong.
On Wednesday, the fragrance maker announced having signed a strategic agreement with Divabox, the company that owns the Origines-parfums beauty ecommerce platform. It’s an investment deal that brings e-retail to Interparfums.
This week, the cosmetics and personal care ingredients distributor announced that their partnership with Clariant now extends beyond the US into Canada.
Coty’s move to acquire a 20% stake in Kim Kardashian West’s beauty line KKW will enable it to leverage the power and buzz of personality-driven cosmetics – especially important in the face of ongoing COVID-19 challenges, says GlobalData.
Following numerous postponements, Reed Exhibitions has announced in-cosmetics Global, in-cosmetics North America and in-cosmetics Latin America will no longer take place in 2020, setting 2021 dates for two of the shows.
Thanks to a deal with Amerikas Beauty Distribution Services, over 50 products from the personal care brand—known for formulas featuring propolis, honey, beeswax, royal jelly, and bee-pollinated plant extracts—will soon be available here in the States.
Elemis, PZ Cussons Beauty, Burt’s Bees, Nuxe, Revolution Beauty and By Terry have all partnered with The Hut Group’s tech division Ingenuity to launch or expand direct-to-consumer offerings.
After over a year of collaboration, L’OCCITANE Group has joined EcoVadis’ RBI to further ensure that the personal care and well-being products maker’s supply chain is more environmentally sustainable, ethical, and socially sound.
The murder of George Floyd, this past May 25, sparked a renewed and global movement for racial justice. As a result, evermore government and business leaders as well as influencers, consumers, and working-class people are speaking up and taking action...
Today, The Estée Lauder Companies announced not only Jane Lauder’s next executive leadership role but also the creation of a new business area, dedicated to digital, data, and analytics-driven creative and marketing initiatives.
The new accelerator program supports Black-owned DTC beauty and wellness businesses in Atlanta, Georgia, and brings together the expertise of ingredient suppliers, product development professionals, marketing specialists, legal experts, and more.
On Monday, the Brazil-based beauty company announced a plan “which will step up its actions to tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues” over the next 10 years. The beauty maker’s Commitment to Life takes on climate change, champions human rights,...
The prestige fragrance maker and the luxury fashion brand announced a licensing deal this month that will have Interparfums creating Moncler perfumes and other scented products for at least the next 6 years.
CosmeticsDesign is launching a Clean & Ethical Beauty online video series this week, compiling the latest trends, data and expert opinions on how and why the business opportunities are evolving in this growing space.
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Wild plants are used extensively in beauty and personal care formulations, but the conservation status of many species remains unknown so certification programmes offer real value in securing sustainable supply, says the FairWild Foundation.
Consumer goods major Unilever will unify its split Anglo-Dutch legal structure into a single parent company in the UK – a move set to future-proof business, especially important during COVID-19, its CEO says.
This past Wednesday, 10 cosmetics and personal care business insiders gathered via Zoom Video Conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities that Black brand owners and that Black-owned cosmetics and personal care businesses have in the marketplace...
Spanish fashion and fragrance firm Puig will acquire a majority stake in Charlotte Tilbury – an interesting move given rumoured competition from Unilever, though one that makes a lot of sense given company strategies, according to market experts.
French packaging major Albéa has completed the divestment of its dispensing systems, metal and Brazil businesses to US packaging firm Silgan, now refocusing on tubes, rigid cosmetic packaging and beauty solutions, its CEO says.
The magnitude and significance of the multicultural consumer in the cosmetics and personal care industry has never been lost on Romina Brown and her team at Strategic Solutions International; she’s been helping brands compete to win in this space for...
US beauty major Coty has announced the European expansion of Kylie Skin a year after its launch – part of a wider plan to build out Kylie Jenner’s beauty businesses into a global powerhouse brand.
Beauty packaging and product solutions company WWP announced the new executive hire this week. Adams bring with her 15 years of CFO success and is set to improve the financial structure of the company’s global business.
For 16 years now, the research and advisory firm has created the ranking to draw attention to the companies and supply chain practices that perform well in today’s marketplace.
The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the face of beauty business as we know it, and a dig into the financials shows some majors and categories have weathered the storm better than others.
The Clean & Ethical Beauty Summit has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis but it has now been transformed into an exclusive online video series, launching next month.
This week, the food waste company and the debt and equity capital firm announced an investment deal meant to help Citrus Extracts grow beyond its current product line.
Wednesday, the consumer goods company announced the appointment of Eric O’Toole and hinted at plans to further develop the business that’s been built around brands like Schick, Playtex, Hawaiian Tropic, and more.