​Manchester-based beauty platform Beauty Bay has appointed bankers from Threadstone Capital to look at its options and could choose to put itself up for sale, a report said on Tuesday.

​The Body Shop, Aesop and Avon owner Natura &Co said on Friday that its Q1 “performance was impacted by the continued Avon transformation, challenging global environment and tough comparable base”.

Sally Beauty Holdings said on Thursday second quarter sales declined for the three months ending March 31, hindered by supply chain and inflation, affecting sales in the firm's largest segment Sally Beauty Supply.  

Wella Company announced on Friday it has added clean hair care brand Briogeo to its beauty portfolio, marking the company's first acquisition after it was spun off from former parent Coty in 2020. 

​Prestige haircare brand Living Proof has a new face. It’s British-American actor and producer Lily Collins, who joins the brand to celebrate the company’s “legacy of pioneering performance-defining products”.

​Unilever’s Q1 results on Thursday saw the multinational fast-moving consumer goods firm turning in a strong sales rise, although that was down to price rises with volume sales actually dipping slightly.

Online wholesale marketplace Faire announced on Wednesday its entry into Australia, as the U.S. firm expands its global reach beyond North America and Europe. 

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd and U.S. buyout firm Apollo Global Management are planning a joint bid for UK high street pharmacy chain Boots, a spokesperson for Apollo confirmed on Wednesday.

French investment fund Eurazeo is acquiring a minority stake in honey-based haircare brand Gisou, launched by influencer Negin Mirsalehi and her partner Maurits Stibbe. 

​News of Farfetch’s big-league move into beauty dominated the headlines this week, but with its Browns unit also taking a deep dive into the category, the developments here are just as interesting.

​Online beauty and technology group THG reported its preliminary results for last year on Thursday, plus a Q1 trading update that showed it weathering the current inflation and supply chain storm fairly well.

Procter & Gamble Co said in a securities filing on Wednesday that it may not be able to stay in business in Russia because of sanctions, restrictions on financial institutions, supply challenges and monetary controls.

Farfetch made a major move in beauty as of April 20 with the online retail giant launching the super-category on its e-tail marketplace and via its Browns and New Guards Group subsidiaries.

​Eight months after THG bought Cult Beauty in a £275 million deal, its co-founder and co-CEO Alexia Inge has exited the business.

​UK-based ethical beauty brand The Body Shop has introduced its in-store refill programme to the US as part of “an ambitious five-year plan to roll out refill stations in the majority of its stores globally”.

The Boots business could be sold at a big discount to the asking price with news that one bidder was willing to pay only £4 billion for the high street and online retailer.