The chief marketing officer of Unilever has decided to retire next year, handing incoming CEO Alan Jope his first big hiring decision.

L Brands, Inc. has announced net sales of $1.596 billion for November, an increase of 25.9 percent compared to the $1.267 billion reported in the prior-year period.

The cosmetics giant has announced the launch of a new corporate venture capital fund dubbed ‘BOLD Business Opportunities for L'Oréal Development,' which will focus on taking minority stakes in innovative startups.

Pantone has unveiled its ‘Color of the Year 2019', and the color authority institute has deemed ‘Living Coral' to be the next big thing.

The B2B wholesale e-commerce platform announced on Wednesday that it has received $15 million in Series C financing, funds that the company said it will put toward accelerating product innovation and growing its team.

New Yorkers by a wide margin approve of plans for Amazon to build a massive new campus in the city, although they are divided over terms of a multibillion-dollar incentive package used to lure the online retailer.

Walmart's store associates can now place item orders for customers from Walmart.com via app, allowing consumers to order and pay for online items, including those sold out or unavailable on shelves, in store.

Facebook users can now use the site to find out what gifts friends and family want this holiday season, as the social media network announced it is rolling out a new sharing feature for its content collection tool.  

Beauty brands and manufacturers who fail to embrace the rising zero waste movement will struggle to exist in the future, as more consumers shift towards eco-friendly companies amid environmental concerns.

The reality TV star and beauty entrepreneur has hinted in an interview that a skincare brand could be in the works, following her domination of the cosmetics industry via her KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrance brands.

Joules is upbeat as the woes hitting UK retail don't seem to be affecting it, the firm's e-tail sales are soaring, international growth is strong and it has plans to mitigate a so-called hard Brexit.

Beiersdorf , the maker of Nivea skin creams, is shaking up its top management team when new chief executive Stefan De Loecker takes over on Jan. 1, poaching managers from rivals Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser .

Unilever's incoming chief executive Alan Jope plans to stick to the 2020 targets set by his predecessor Paul Polman, Jope said on Tuesday, confirming a message of continuity set last week by the company chairman.

​The strong Black Friday week at John Lewis appears to have been a one-off with the retailer back in negative territory in the seven days up to December 1, despite strength for its And/Or and Kin fashion lines.

The full extent of physical retail’s ongoing decline in the UK became clear this week as footfall tracker Springboard released data for the seven days after Black Friday week.