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H&M India: Celebrating 10 years with new beauty line

H&M is launching its H&M Beauty concept in India, with products becoming available in stores and online at hm.com starting October 2, 2025. This debut expands the brand's offerings beyond fashion and home goods, aiming to provide customers with "trend-driven, inclusive, and accessible" beauty products. The collection, which includes over 200...

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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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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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Mila Beauté targets Rs 100 crore revenue after successful first year

Indian beauty brand Mila Beauté is celebrating a year of significant expansion and product success by establishing itself as a key player in the country's beauty market. The company aims to redefine makeup with a focus on quality, ethics, and a "Made in India" ethos. The brand has built a full-stack business model that includes in-house product...

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The Body Shop launches Youth Collective Council 2.0 for sustainability and inclusion

On the occasion of National Youth Day, The Body Shop, an ethical beauty brand, has announced the launch of its Youth Collective Council 2.0 (YCC 2.0) advisory board. This initiative builds on the success of the inaugural council and reinforces the brand's commitment to integrating the perspectives of young people into its core business...

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Hemant Gupta named CFO of Swiss Beauty

Hemant Gupta has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of Swiss Beauty, an Indian cosmetics and beauty brand. He joins the company after serving as the global CFO for Ferns N Petals (FNP) for over two and a half years. Gupta brings more than two decades of experience in corporate finance, fundraising, business strategy, and operations...

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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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Rihanna's Fenty Beauty to launch in India on August 7, 2025

Rihanna's globally celebrated beauty brand, Fenty, is officially launching in India on August 7, 2025, through an exclusive partnership with Reliance Retail. The multi-hyphenate entertainer announced the highly anticipated news on her social media platforms, including Instagram and X, with the caption, "INDIA, are you ready?" The launch will see...

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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...