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Retail Perfumers Respond to New Digital Luxury Environment

William Koeberlé accepts new trade group role.

Prestige Brands Missing Out on Ulta?

One report highlights an under-leveraged opportunity.

L'Oreal Enters Augmented Reality

Makeup Genius offers real-time makeup testing.

3D Mirror: ModiFace Launches New Technology

iOS user and retail versions available.

Benefit Cosmetics Boutiques Coming to Canada

Additional free-standing locations coming over next five years.

Whole Foods Beauty Week Highlights 4,000 Certified Products

Company touting its own organic standards in concerted campaign for beauty/personal care consumers.

Consumers Showing Loyalty to Stores

New PLMA consumer study finds consumers in the 25–45 age group are increasingly loyal to the stores they use for household grocery purchases; study indicates that many long-held assumptions, shaped by years of market dominance by the Baby Boom generation, are no longer true.

Sephora Unveils Sephora Innovation Lab

The Innovation Lab, a space outside San Francisco, houses a team that ideates, tests, experiments and learns; as new ideas surface, the Lab team will be responsible for sourcing, developing, evaluating, testing and eventually launching new offerings and technologies for shopping.

Parfums de Coeur Now PDC Brands

Founded in 1981 with roots in affordable fine fragrances, PDC Brands has a portfolio of beauty and personal care brands in the fine fragrance, specialty and adult bath, and first aid categories in the mass market.

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Different Shades: The Technology to Try Makeup Virtually

Technology is coming to the rescue with a number of apps designed to show the user how they appear in certain makeup, without the work of applying any.

Confidence of Affluent Consumers Dips

The LCI, Unity Marketing's measure of affluent consumer confidence, dropped to 46.4 points in October 2014; firm predicts "a bleak Christmas shopping seasoning season."

Mary Kay Supports Efforts Against Violence Toward Women with its Orange Lip Balm

Mark Kay Cosmetics urges consumers to show their support for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, on November 25, with the company's "Orange You Lovely" tinted lip balm.

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.

Anti-aging Hair Care Q&A With Kline

In a Kline blog post, Donna Barson, senior associate for Kline’s Consumer Products Practice, explores questions about trends in anti-aging hair care; more technologically advanced products just as important for mass brands as it is for salon brands.

Digital Shopping Moves to Epicenter Brand Distribution Strategies

Kline reports that alternate shopping channels and sub-channels have emerged as essential for the growth of brands; digital shopping has moved from the peripheral to the epicenter of a brand’s distribution strategy.

Kline Introduces Report on the Sexual Wellness Market

Lubricants among the products that offer opportunities for personal care brands; retailers respond to growing consumer expectations of these products with larger intimate health sections.

Murad Begins International Expansion With Acquisition of UK Partner

Acquisition provides Murad with an opportunity to directly manage its growing business in prestige and professional channels in the U.K. and marks a strategic foothold for its planned expansion of existing operations in Europe.

Beauty Shopping Across Lanes

Enticing shoppers to buy in the omni-channel era.