October 31st, 2008 at 10:13pm |
CANNES — Cosmetics executives and duty free operators faced the threat of an impending worldwide recession here this week with a combination of uncertainty and gritty resolve.
The five-day Tax Free World Association World Exhibition opened Monday with a warning from Erik Juul-Mortensen, president of TFWA.
“We have risen to the challenge in the past, but this [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 10:12pm |
Pier СЕКРЕТУТКА Imports Inc. is making a splash in the beauty business.
The Fort Worth-based retailer, which is no stranger to the private label scented candle and soap businesses, is poised to expand its bath and body care offering with the introduction of at least five new specialty bath lines.
The combined assortment, [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:14pm |
CANNES — After years of attending the duty free conference here, YSL Beaut returned once again with a new corporate persona — as a recently acquired component of industry leader L’Oral.
Renaud de Lesquen, president of YSL Beaut, said he wants to preserve YSL’s powerful brands plus the company’s French couture heritage, entrepreneurship and innovation while [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:13pm |
NEW YORK — There is an upside for mass marketers in the down economy: Sales of beauty products that accomplish grooming needs at home.
“If I were a retailer getting ready for this Christmas, I’d put together displays of products for an at-home spa day or home hair colors,” said Thom Blischok, president of [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:11pm |
NEW DELHI — Buyers, journalists and fashion-mad consumers crisscrossed India’s heavily congested capital, sometimes several times in a day, to attend two rival and clashing spring-summer fashion weeks.
India Fashion Week, organized by the Fashion Design Council of India, which has been held here since 2001, took place between Oct. 15 and 19. A day [...]
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:12pm |
TOKYO — Kao Corp. reported first-half net profits this week that were up 10.5 percent year-on-year to 32.4 billion yen, or $304.4 million at average exchange.
Operating profits at the beauty, personal care and chemicals firm, which owns the John Frieda and Kanebo brands, dropped 1.5 percent to 54.7 billion yen, or $515.6 million, in the [...]
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October 29th, 2008 at 12:13pm |
PARIS — Citing prevailing economic uncertainty, flavors and fragrance firm Symrise cut its full-year earnings forecasts Tuesday. The Holzminden, Germany-based company said it expects full-year earnings before interest, taxes and amortization to be flat year-over-year compared with previous guidance, which had forecast a 6 percent uptick.
The company reported net profits were down 24 percent [...]
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October 29th, 2008 at 12:12pm |
NEW YORK — In their Nineties heydays, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell didn’t just pose in designer clothes — they often inspired the creators behind them.
But the notion of models serving as designer muses predates that trio, and will be the subject of the spring exhibit at The Costume Institute of The [...]
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October 29th, 2008 at 12:11pm |
Springtime at J. Crew was all about contrasts and closet-raiding. Blazers were slouchy and tailored in the men’s wear tradition, while vintage-inspired jacquards and diaphanous details came out of grandmother’s wardrobe. Likewise for the muted palette of mint greens and nudes — “old-school makeup colors,” as creative director Jenna Lyons called them — that was [...]
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October 28th, 2008 at 12:15pm |
Despite the increasing demand by consumers for beauty products with natural and organic ingredients, fragrance suppliers continue to weigh the viability of fine fragrances with high concentrations of organic ingredients.
Fine fragrances are far more challenging to make organic, industry insiders said, compared with personal care products like hair care, skin care and other [...]
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