A new study of search trends by The Body Shop shows that consumers are seeking the perfect defined brow, as well as strong colour for eye make-up and hair, but also a more natural look this year.

The New York-based beauty company has announced the retirement of Gregory Polcer, executive vice president for global supply chain, and revealed that he will be succeeded by Roberto Canevari.

Boohoo on Monday confirmed that it has bought the Debenhams brand for £55m. It will use it to move into beauty and homewares, extend its own brand offering, operate a giant online marketplace and grow internationally.

The beauty conglomerate has announced the promotion of Stéphane Delbos, senior vice president for transformation, indirect and procurement operations, to the role of chief procurement officer, effective February 1, 2021.

The Japanese beauty giant confirmed on Friday that it is in negotiations with CVC to sell the investment fund its personal care business, the value of which is reported to be over $1.45 billion. 

​Selfridges weathered the 2020 storm, despite enduring the toughest retail year in decades. That’s according to company chief Anne Pitcher who admitted that it was the “most difficult” period in its 113 years.

American beauty tool brand Sigma Beauty is bringing its exclusive brush care tools and cleaning solutions to Sephora for the first time ever. 

In 2020, in the midst of a health crisis, beauty and wellness brand Rituals will have inaugurated a 1,500 square metre flagship store and around 40 other stores. This strategy has enabled it to maintain modest growth.

Reitmans took the top spot as the retailer providing the best in-store customer experience, followed by personal care brands Lush, The Body Shop, and Sage in the fourth spot.  

Shana Randhava, who previously oversaw the company's new business development, recently transitioned to take on an expanded role leading the company's new incubation ventures.

Buy Now, Pay Later online payments platform Clearpay has released its October-December trends, confirming comfortable clothing, jewellery and beauty were the holiday shopping season’s top picks.

Space NK was continuing to progress steadily pre-pandemic, its latest results show. But while Covid has impacted it more recently, its online channel and wholesale have been sources of strength.

​Luxury e-tailer Net-A-Porter has this week launched a social-first, digital Beauty Festival called ‘The Beauty of You’ with plans for it to be an annual event.

The Hut Group continued to outperform in the fourth quarter with the company saying on Tuesday that it saw revenue growth of 51% year-on-year, much better than the range of 40% to 45% that it had predicted earlier.

According to a report published by cosmetics price comparison platform Cosmetify, the U.S. is one of the most affordable markets in which to buy beauty products, coming in second only to Canada.

​Boots has been a drain on its parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance for a while and although WBA said on Thursday that the group’s Q1 trading was better than expected, the UK operation continued to struggle.