After a long financial struggle, Elizabeth Arden seems to have turned the corner, a fact that is attracting the investment world as shares continue to rally.
L’Oreal has acquired two distributors of professional hair salon products in the US through its professional products distribution operation, SalonCentric.
Claims that fragrance giant Coty breached contract when it stopped the ex-CFO from cashing in his stock options in late 2008 for their full value, will proceed to trial.
The Malaysian arm of Marico, an Indian consumer products group, has entered into an agreement with Colgate-Palmolive to buy its Code 10 hair styling brand.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against two French nationals, accusing them of insider trading over the sale of Chattem to Sanofi-Aventis.
France-based pharmaceutical group Sanofi-aventis has increased its presence in the US market and expanded into personal care with the acquisition of Chattem.
After significant lobbying the US senate has decided not to tax cosmetic treatments such as Botox as a means of paying for its government health reform bill.
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Sally Beauty says it has expanded its footing in the international salon market with the acquisition of Belgium-based wholesale distributor Sinelco Group.
Canadian ingredients supplier Unipex has purchased Fytokem in an attempt to increase the number of actives it offers based on natural Canadian plant extracts.
Latest Brazil retail sales figures for October show that growth continues at a world-leading pace and that cosmetics are one of the hottest categories.
Individual approaches to marketing beauty products in the fast-growing developing markets is essential to success, the latest Kline Group market report reveals.
Alberto Culver, a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products, has entered into an agreement to purchase UK-based skincare company, Simple for £240m ($390m)
In line with the expectation that successful clinical trials of Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals’ DermSafe hand sanitizer would accelerate license negotiations worldwide, the company has secured a Canadian license agreement for its product.
L’Oreal chairman and ex-CEO Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones has become embroiled in an ongoing L’Oreal family saga as he is alleged to have accepted sizeable gifts from heir Liliane Bettencourt.
UK/Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever is to close its personal care manufacturing facility in Industry, California as part of ongoing restructuring measures.
Ingredients standards researcher ChromaDex has secured $1,000,000 in investment that it says will allow it to continue expanding the business, after spending several months consolidating the deal.
Canada-based Global General Technologies (GLGT) has canceled its merger with ITI Biotech to concentrate on the activities of its now sole subsidiary, Collagenna Skin Care.
Inter Parfums says that it expects to see its sales grow in 2010, in contrast to the shrinking sales experienced by the company during the course of 2009.
Procter & Gamble says it will continue to look out for beauty acquisitions in the coming year, and will most likely be focusing on value-added skin care brands.
Annual results for hair care products provider Sally Beauty Holdings suffered from negative currency effects, although sales benefited from a number of acquisitions.
A long running dispute involving the Ralph Lauren Polo brand moves into the fragrance arena as the US Polo Association prepares to launch a perfume collection.
Talk of a multi-billion euro transaction involving Reckitt Benckiser, a global brand owner of personal care and household products, has sent share prices rocketing.
Symrise has acquired fragrance and flavours maker Futura Labs to tap into opportunities in the fast growing regions of North Africa and the Middle East.
Rumours that the Korean consumer goods company is planning a takeover of the country’s third largest cosmetics manufacturer has caused its share prices to rise.
Direct seller Nu Skin ups its forecast for the year as it predicts strong results from its new anti-aging range as well as an improved performance in Japan.
It has been a bad year for the US fragrance industry but new data from the NPD Group shows that more consumers are planning to buy fragrance in the ramp up to Christmas.
Unilever is combining its Chicago-based antiperspirants, deodorant and hair care group with its skin care division as part of its cost saving initiatives.
Procter & Gamble is consolidating two of its research and development facilities in the US as part of aims to move product development closer to the main operations they support.
New York-based Inter Parfums said the sales decline in its European-based divisions masked a very successful quarter for Burberry, one of its leading brands.
Beiersdorf is still reeling from the downturn in its non-personal care operations, but the improvement in the group’s business operations overall is quicker than expected.
Revlon revealed falling sales during its third quarter, underlining tough retail conditions and the strength of the dollar against international currencies.