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Gap Inc. appoints leadership for beauty and accessories expansion

Gap Inc. is making a strategic push into the beauty and accessories markets, appointing new leadership and engaging industry experts to guide the expansion. The company announced the appointments of Deb Redmond as general manager of beauty and Michele Parsons as general manager of accessories. These new categories are seen as a way for Gap Inc....

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Puig promotes Jose Manuel Albesa to deputy CEO

Madrid – Coinciding with the publication of the results recorded at the close of the first half of 2025, Puig has announced the restructuring of its Executive Committee, with the creation of the new position of deputy CEO. This position has been designated to senior executive, Jose Manuel Albesa. According to the Spanish fashion and beauty...

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Puig's net profit jumps 79 percent in first half of 2025

Madrid – Puig, the leading Spanish multinational in the fashion and beauty sectors and parent company of brands such as Carolina Herrera, Jean Paul Gaultier, Paco Rabanne, Nina Ricci, Byredo and Dries Van Noten, reported its results for the first half of the 2025 financial year after the market closed. This six-month period, ending on June 30,...

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Victoria Beckham welcomes revenue uptick as turnaround efforts take effect

Victoria Beckham’s namesake fashion and beauty brand posted an uptick in revenue for 2024, marking the company’s fourth consecutive year of revenue growth and reflecting continued turnaround efforts. In a statement, Sybille Darricarrère Lunel, who was appointed chief executive officer of Victoria Beckham in July, called 2024 a “pivotal year”...

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Debenhams Group to back Revolution Beauty fundraise

Debenhams Group – formerly Boohoo Group – has said it intends to support Revolution Beauty’s proposed 15 million pound fundraise and plans to subscribe for shares proportionate to its entitlement. The fashion group, which holds 27.03 percent of Revolution’s issued share capital, also announced it was in discussions with the beauty brand to...

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Orly announces first-ever multiyear partnership with the WNBA LA Sparks

Los Angeles nail brand Orly has signed a multi-year partnership with the WNBA’s LA Sparks, marking the first-ever nail partner for the team. Coinciding with Orly’s 50th anniversary, the launch of the three-year partnership sees Orly working with the Los Angeles women’s basketball team to create and debut customer nail looks for each player....

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Louis Vuitton's beauty brand has officially launched

Louis Vuitton’s move into luxury beauty has been widely anticipated after five years in the making. For fashion houses of such scale, beauty is often a natural extension, offering both a new revenue stream and a way to expand brand reach. With La Beauté, the company is extending its core themes of travel, craftsmanship and design into the...

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Dior unveils four-storey New York flagship featuring a Dior Spa

Dior has unveiled its new flagship in New York City, steps away from the historic site where Christian Dior first established his presence in the US in 1948, at the corner of 57th Street and Madison Avenue. The four-storey flagship store, named the ‘House of Dior New York,’ has been designed by renowned architect Peter Marino, to offer a “...

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Bath & Body Works to offer its products in more than 600 college campuses nationwide

Bath & Body Works is going where its consumers are this fall - college. The personal care and home fragrance retailer is testing a new distribution strategy to reach younger shoppers and is now selling products in more than 600 campus stores. Launching right in time for the back-to-school season, the rollout marks the first time the retailer has...

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Martha Stewart launches science‑led skincare brand amid celebrity beauty boom

Lifestyle icon Martha Stewart is entering the prestige skincare arena with Elm Biosciences, a pared‑down dual format line developed alongside board‑certified dermatologist Dr Dhaval Bhanusali. The brand, launching direct‑to‑consumer in the UK and US this September, debuts with two clinically targeted products: the A3O Elemental Serum at 135...

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Longchamp signs fragrance license with Interparfums SA

French fashion and accessories label Longchamp has signed a fragrance licensing deal with Interparfums SA, a subsidiary of Interparfums, Inc. The agreement will run until December 31, 2036, and will see Interparfums responsible for the creation, development, production, and distribution of Longchamp perfumes in the accessories brand’s points of...

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Puig experiences slowdown in the Americas and in fragrances and fashion

Madrid – Puig, the leading Spanish multinational in the fashion and beauty sectors, has reported its sales figures for the second quarter of its 2025 financial year. This period ended on 30 June. The company acknowledges its accounts have been affected by exchange rates, especially due to the weakness of the US dollar. This weakness is a...