Prestige science-based skincare brand SkinCeuticals is moving into bricks and mortar. The L'Oréal-owned brand has announced plans to launch a series of ‘SkinCeuticals SkinLabs' across the US.

High-end e-tail giant Yoox Net-A-Porter has named Nisreen Shocair as its CEO, Middle East. She joins with “extensive global retail and e-commerce expertise, holding senior positions in the UAE and New York”.

Authenticity, interaction with consumers, valuable content and new formats are some of the elements that will shape the future of fashion and beauty marketing, according to Launchmetrics. 

The Columbus, Ohio-based owner of Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works announced a decrease of 4.07% in sales over the holiday period on Thursday and cut its guidance for fourth-quarter earnings.

Multinational giant Walgreens Boots Alliance has reported its results for Q1 and the performance of the UK-based Boots chain within that was clearly disappointing. 

The French subsidiary of US online subscription beauty kit specialist Birchbox announced on Wednesday it has been bought by its two co-founders, in partnership with the Otium Capital investment fund.

At the dawn of a new decade, the Jimmy Choo brand has chosen to awaken the artistic sensibility which lies dormant in every man with a new fragrance, "Urban Hero".

Trading stayed challenging at M&S in Q3 with the retail giant reporting just a 0.2% like-for-like sales rise and a total UK sales fall of 0.6%. Yet while Clothing & Home was down, at least the rate of decline slowed.

John Lewis had a shock announcement on Thursday with news that Paula Nickolds will be leaving the business next month. But less of a surprise was the fact that festive trading figures were down, albeit not by much.

The award-winning makeup and skincare division of Milk Group named on Wednesday former president of L’Oreal Paris USA, Tim Coolican, as its new CEO.

As CGO, Haloulos will focus on building and expanding the Rodan & Fields brand, leading a team focused on global innovation, brand and digital marketing, corporate strategy and insights, and global strategy. 

American consumer goods conglomerate P&G has announced plans to acquire Billie, a subscription-based, direct-to-consumer brand specialized in women’s body care and shaving products.

Beiersdorf, which owns brands Nivea, Eucerin and La Prairie, has partnered with the AI business Insilico Medicine -- which develops end-to-end drug discovery pipelines -- to carry out computer-simulated skin research.

The French cosmetics group has appointed Cheryl Vitali, former head of the Kiehl’s brand, to the new position of global president of luxe American brands. She will be succeeded in her previous role by Leonardo Chavez.

Swiss group SGS, specialised in verification, testing and certification services, has signed off on its first acquisition of the year, having bought US laboratory Thomas J. Stephens & Associates.