German fragrance-to-fashion retailer Douglas reported a 4.6 percent rise in its 2007/08 sales, meeting analysts' expectations, as international markets offset sluggish consumer spending at home.
French luxury group LVMH is expanding its presence in Russia by taking a 45 percent stake in perfume retailer Ile de Beaute with an option to become majority owner later, it said on Friday.
By Hiro Muramoto TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - You can call it Jane Eyre meets the Addams family, but for the hundreds of Japanese girls who dress in Victorian dresses trimmed with lace, eyes rimmed with heavy black makeup, it's "Gothic-Lolita.
IT Holding said it was in talks with a company represented by Billy Ngok, chairman of China's Hembly International Holdings Ltd , but contrary to media reports it had not been in contact with Hembly or its subsidiaries.
Coty Inc, the world's largest fragrance company with high-end perfume brands such as Calvin Klein and Vera Wang, is due to report that its 2008 annual sales rose over 20 percent to $4 billion.
A French court on Monday sentenced a cosmetic surgeon to four years in prison for mutilating and endangering the lives of dozens of his patients.
Buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co [KKR.UL] said on Monday, September 8th it was boosting its team in Japan by hiring the honorary chairman of Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido Co Ltd as a senior adviser.
German fragrance-to-fashion retailer Douglas Holding sees growth and profit opportunities in eastern Europe due to untapped market potential, Chief Executive Henning Kreke said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
Anglo-Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said Thursday that chief executive Patrick Cescau will step down at the end of this year and be replaced by top Nestle manager Paul Polman.
Months after US authorities sounded the alarm, European officials are warning of dangerous possible side effects from the wrinkle-smoothing injection Botox, according to a German news report.
French cosmetics group Clarins on Friday reported a drop in first-half net income to 24 million euros ($35.38 million) from 36.7 million euros a year earlier and renewed recent caution about the impact of currency swings.
A solid gold sculpture of British supermodel Kate Moss worth 1.5 million pounds (2.8 million dollars, 1.9 million euros) was unveiled in London on Thursday August 28th.
CVS Caremark Corp will begin testing a high-end beauty store concept this year, looking to tap into growing demand for skin care and cosmetics seen at outlets like LVMH's Sephora chain.
Marwa wants a paler face and is willing to try a whole range of lightening creams that promise beauty, love and success to Arab women. But such products have also been slammed as "racism in a bottle".
America's obsession with beauty is posing serious problems for the health and economic well-being of women and young girls, according to a report on Monday on the pursuit of physical perfection and the rise in cosmetic surgery.
