Beauty & Personal Care

Industry Roundup

Lip Products

Clean skin-care brand DERMA E launches Ultra Hydrating Lip Plumping Treatment, formulated with hyaluronic acid, jojoba oil to moisturize, cinnamon oil, paprika to plump lips, enhance natural lip color; brand also reformulating existing Hydrating line
Business Wire (01/06)

Hair Care/Hair Styling

L'Oreal Professional Products Division taps Replika Software to provide hair salons, stylists with personalized d-to-c microsites, featuring social selling solution, full catalog of L'Oreal professional products to sell online, curated content, bookings
PR Newswire (01/06)

Perfumes & Colognes

Amsterdam-based luxury lifestyle brand BALR by introduces three new limited-edition fragrances--Glory for Women, Glory for Men, Reflect for Men--each available in 50ml hexagonal bottles
Fragrantica (01/06)

American indie line Ellis Brooklyn debuts Apres Eau de Parfum, with notes of saffron, juniper berries, cardamom, suede, bourbon, violet, praline, guaiacwood, labdanum, musk, vanilla, patchouli, cedarwood, sandalwood, available in 50ml, 10ml travel spray
Fragrantica (01/06)

Grooming & Shaving Products

Bombay Shaving Co. raises 1.6B Indian rupees in series C funding round led by India-based hedge fund Malabar Investments, also in advanced talks to raise further 3B rupees; investment to further brand's goal to grow tenfold in the next five years
Adgully (01/06)

Personal Care

French fashion, fragrances brand Chloe names British actress, singer Naomi Scott as face of its new Nomade Eau de Parfum Naturelle; vegan, natural fragrance--made under license by Coty--will debut worldwide starting in February
WWD (01/06)

Shiseido commemorates 150th anniversary with launch of new corporate ad campaign highlighting initiatives to further mission of 'Beauty Innovations for a Better World'; company also launches 150th anniversary special website, logo
Shiseido Co. (01/06)

Israel-based global cosmetics brand AHAVA selects Centric Software's Product Lifecycle Management solution to help brand execute new product introductions, speed time to market, navigate change; brand uses Dead Sea mud, minerals in skin-care products
PR Newswire (01/06)

 Beauty Retail

Bath & Body Works updates Q4 earnings guidance, expects Q4 sales at high end of its previous guidance for a mid- to high-single digit percent increase compared to 2020
Globe Newswire (01/06)

 Drugstore Chain

Walgreens swings to fiscal Q1 net earnings attributable to company of US$3.58B from net loss of US$308M last year; sales up to US$33.9B from US$31.44B as US digital sales grow 88%, driven by 3.6 million same day pickup orders, and US comp sales grow 10.6%
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (01/06)

 E-Commerce Trends & Statistics

NRF economist warns omicron variant could fuel inflation and supply-chain crisis by keeping more people at home and shopping for retail goods rather than spending money on services like going out to restaurants, movie theaters, vacations
Business Insider (01/06)

Commentary: Instagrammable packaging is emerging as the primary weapon for brand managers; it has great flaunt value, is ideal for ecommerce portals, and can be used as a prop in social media selfies, making it a trusted form of word of mouth publicity
afaqs.com (01/06)

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