Joanna Rogers will be the new vice-president for beauty at Zalando from March 1. She joins the German e-tailer from Wallgreens Boots Alliance, where she was in charge of the beauty category in the UK.

L’Oreal, the world’s biggest cosmetics group, posted higher-than-expected revenue growth for the fourth quarter on Thursday, lifted by surging sales in China and supported by its online business.

​Physical shops may be closed, but 52% of UK retailers are offering products specifically for Valentine’s Day. And 41% are expecting the event to give them a sales boost with average expectations of a 26% increase.

​Consumers may have shifted their non-essentials spend online at a fast pace during lockdown, but the web channel hasn't been able to fill all of the gap caused by the closure of physical shops. 

​The owner of London’s Westfield shopping centres said on Wednesday it would massively trim down its US presence and complete a remaining €3.2 billion-worth of European asset disposals before the end of 2022.

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.

​Diesel and Maison Margiela owner OTB saw sales and profits being dented by the pandemic last year, a disappointing result after it had returned to profit in 2019.

There can be few retail upsides to lockdown but one has emerged: local independent businesses saw an upswing in shopper demand last year. More specifically, clothing stores and beauty salons both ranked in the top 10.

Retailers face a returns deluge when physical shops reopen with new research showing that shoppers in Britain are sitting on a potential £2.4 billion worth of unreturned goods bought online.

Recent company failures, brand sales, strategic decisions around stores and footfall declines mean that London’s Oxford Street has a bleak future in the short term.

Now in its sixth year, the program's focus on founders of color comes as part of Sephora's increasing number of commitments to increasing BIPOC representation in prestige beauty and on Sephora shelves.

The Japanese cosmetics giant announced an 18.6% decrease in its full-year sales on Tuesday, falling into loss as the Covid-19 pandemic took its toll on the company’s operations, especially on its home market.

​Quintain wants to attract further innovative concepts at its Wembley Park, north London project. That means the commercial property developer has appointed CF Commercial as its retail and leisure leasing agent.

Gucci lipstick maker Coty Inc missed market estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, hurt by weak demand for makeup products as shoppers stayed at home due to fresh Covid-19 restrictions.

John Lewis on Tuesday unveiled a big expansion of its fashion and beauty offer and the fashion labels it’s adding are designed to reflect the casualisation trend that has only accelerated in the past year.