Estée Lauder has signed Golden Globe Award-nominated actress Ana de Armas as its new global brand ambassador.

Citing “changing consumer behaviours” due to the coronavirus pandemic, Boots on Friday announced major job cuts at its head office operations.

Sephora announced on Thursday its largest store expansion in the retailer’s 21-year history, cementing its confidence in the future of brick-and-mortar in the U.S.

According to a report from E! News, the matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan registered trademarks for "Kris Jenner Beauty," "Kris Jenner Skin" and "Kris Jenner Skincare."

Thérapie Clinic is to expand the Liverpool One retail destination’s beauty offer with its first centre in the North West of England.

​Sales at Kering's leading brand, Gucci, suffered a bigger-than-expected drop in Q4 as Covid continued to dent luxury shopping and crimp tourist spending in particular.

A judge has said Citigroup is not entitled to recoup half a billion dollars of its own money that it mistakenly wired lenders of Revlon, in what he called "a banking error of perhaps unprecedented nature and magnitude."

It took the pandemic to shift all sales operations online. So clothing, lifestyle and accessories retailer Skinnydip London introduced automated merchandising and A/B testing technology to boost its digital operations.

Milton Keynes can breath a sigh of relief. Any doubts that Harrods may pull out of plans to open a beauty store in the Buckinghamshire town, or further delay its arrival due to the Covid pandemic, are unfounded.

Forget the lingerie, diamonds chocolates and flowers. Most women want cosmetic products for Valentine’s Day. New data from Bazaarvoice’s Influenster shows as many as 70% of women would prefer to receive beauty products.

After announcing the closure of 500 stores in Europe, and 600 redundancies in Spain, the beauty retailer has merged its Italian, Spanish and Portuguese subsidiaries, now all led by Italy’s former country manager.

​The Gucci Beauty flagship store has just opened on the Tmall Luxury Pavilion, its beauty licensee Coty has announced. The move follows Gucci’s opening of its first fashion flagship on the platform in December.

Unilever said on Thursday that its focus for the future is developing its portfolio “into high growth spaces”, a goal that will drive decision-making around acquisitions and disposals. 

As part of its commitments, the company said it will double the number of Black-owned brands in its assortment by the end of 2021

​Sales of prestige beauty products were hurt by the effects of the pandemic last year as restrictions on social and work life meant that consumers didn't always need to buy new products.

Spread out over 2,900 square feet and two floors, the store will stock Allure-recommended beauty products and will play host to a range of in-store events, tutorials and masterclasses created by Allure's editorial team.