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Coty Revenue Falls in Q1 Fiscal 2014

Slowdown in consumption in mass nail and fragrance markets in the Americas are the primary cause for the drop, according to Coty.

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2025 Holiday Spending Predictions On Par with Last Year, While Beauty Finds Steady Growth

Circana has released its 2025 U.S. Holiday Purchase Intentions report, revealing what's fueling this year's holiday retail spending with additional key insights on how fragrance will fare.

Notably, the company boosted its share of the selective fragrance sector by 60 basis points to 11.3%; revenues for the sector totaled about €1.6 billion.

Puig Skin Care Booms As Company Posts 9.6% Growth for 1st Half 2024

To turn around the makeup sector, Puig is hard at work rolling out makeup tied to some of its top fragrance brands, including Rabanne.

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Blue Marble & Welch to Collaborate on Biochemical Production

The partnership between Welch Foods, Inc. and Blue Marble Biomaterials will expand the use of natural ingredients, such as biochemicals, in fragrance and cosmetic applications.

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Forestwise Presents Organic RBD Illipe Butter

Forestwise has announced the launch of its refined organic illipe butter to minimize color and fragrance effects in personal care and cosmetic formulations.

NPD Sees 11% Uptick in U.S. Prestige Beauty Sales in 2011

Skin care and fragrance sold in U.S. department stores both posted double-digit dollar growths of 14% and 11% respectively, while makeup grew a healthy 9%, compared to 2010.

Shiseido Net Sales Rise 8.1% to ¥360.5 Billion

The company's global makeup business was buoyed by restructuring in China and its growing fragrance business.

NPD Highlights U.S. Prestige Beauty in Q3 2014

Sales of U.S. prestige beauty products were $2.4 billion in Q3 201, a 6% increase from Q3 2013; fragrance "having a great run" heading into the holiday season.

FIT and Unilever US Partner to Look Ahead in the "Evolution of the Beauty Landscape"

Unilever U.S. is acting as the corporate sponsor of FIT's cosmetics and fragrance marketing and management master's degree program's Capstone event for 2014.

Coty Records 4% Revenue Drop for Its Q2 2014

Coty CEO says U.S. market softness, particularly in the mass fragrance and nail categories, impacted its performance.

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Beauty & Money Summit Awards 12 Companies with Spotlight Awards

Applicants for the awards were from both mass and prestige independent beauty brands in color cosmetics, skin care, hair care, fragrance, bath & body and beauty devices.

Consumers Seeking ‘A Life in Balance,’ According to Trend Report

Taking steps to restore and recharge are keys to achieving and sustaining a better life, consumers say in new study from fragrance company Arylessence on American consumer attitudes and behaviors.

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Estée Lauder’s Turnaround Takes Hold: Margin Repair, Category Momentum and a Clearer Path Back to Growth

Net sales rose 6% to $4.2B (organic +4%), with strength across prestige skin care, fragrance and hair care offsetting near-term makeup disruption.

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Beautyworld Middle East 2025 Features Tomorrow's Beauty Stars at Beauty Beginnings: Q&A

Beautyworld Middle East, held from October 27-29, 2025, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, is a global hub for the beauty, fragrance, hair, and wellness industries.

Ulta Beauty opened its first multilevel store on State Street in downtown Chicago with a celebration on October 15, 2008, that featured street performers who entertained the long line of customers outside, awaiting the grand opening.

Ulta Beauty Rises Above U.S. Economic Hardship

The salon, cosmetics and fragrance retailer opens its 301st store by expanding with the first Ulta multilevel prototype in downtown Chicago.

Coty CEO Sue Nabi and CFO Laurent Mercier share the company’s financial progress and growth strategy at the CAGNY 2025 Conference, highlighting plans to expand global beauty market leadership.

Coty Updates on Leadership, Financial Progress, and Strategy to Outperform Beauty Market at CAGNY 2025 Conference

Coty outlines its financial achievements and growth strategy at CAGNY 2025, focusing on fragrance leadership, global expansion, and long-term growth through innovation and brand diversification.

Lauder Reports Q2 2009

Sales decline 6%. Skin care sales flat, hair care makes profit and fragrance sales take brunt of economic climate.

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The Biggest Trends From InterCharm 2018

Couldn't make it to InterCharm this year? We rounded up the biggest trends from the show floor, including those for packaging, fragrance and upcoming trend forecasts for the beauty industry.