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Sally Beauty Sales Climb Over $3.5 Billion for Fiscal Year

For the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter, Sally Beauty recorded consolidated net sales of $882.6 million, an increase of 5.4% from fiscal 2011 fourth quarter attributed to same stores sales growth, the addition of new stores and acquisitions.

Kanebo Lays Out Plan for Global Growth

The Japan-based beauty company is aiming to solidify its presence in its home country while also widening is global reach.

CVS Launches Nail HQ, New Nail Care-focused Kiosks

Capitalizing on the nail care boom, the pharmacy retailer has developed kiosks that highlight some of the newest and most innovative nail products available to consumers.

CEW's October 2012 'Beauty Retail Evolution: Connecting With Today’s Consumers' event featured (from left) Chance Wales, director, category leader, U.S. health and beauty, Amazon.com; Shannon Curtin, divisional vice president and general merchandising manager, beauty and personal care, Walgreens; and Karen Grant, vice president and global beauty industry analyst, The NPD Group.

CEW Presents Retail Revolution—Connecting with Today's Consumers

From the digital realm to brick-and-mortar locations, beauty retail is changing, and the panelists at this CEW Women & Men in Beauty Series event discussed how different outlets are addressing the changes.

Estée Lauder Maintains Strength for Its Q1 2012

For its outlook, on a product category basis, the company expects its hair care and skin care segments to be the leading sales growth categories, followed by makeup and fragrance.

Walgreens, Alliance Boots Announce New Company

The new company from the drug store-retailing giants will be headquartered in Switzerland.

A Challenging Global Climate for Fragrances

As the landscape becomes more difficult for premium fragrances, though currently performing well, opportunities open for mass brands.

Survey Shows Many Shoppers Still Prefer Brand Name Beauty Over Private Label

According to The Checkout , an ongoing shopper behavior study by The Integer Group and M/A/R/C Research, 65% of general shoppers prefer brand name beauty products.

Karl Lagerfeld Moves On to Inter Parfums for Fragrance Deal

On the heels of the announcement of the termination of its fragrance deal with Coty, Karl Lagerfeld B.V. announced a new deal with Inter Parfums.

L'Oréal USA to Acquire Salon-focused Business Emiliani Enterprises

L'Oréal USA has signed an agreement to acquire Emiliani Enterprises, extending L'Oréal’s coverage of the American hair salon market.

Coty, Karl Lagerfeld to Cut Fragrance Ties

Under the agreement, Coty has exclusive rights to continue to sell its existing inventory of products within the Karl Lagerfeld fragrance portfolio.

Acting CFO Steps In at Ulta as Recently Named CFO Bows Out

Bruce Harmann, who was named Ulta's CFO in September, is resigning while Scott Settersten comes in as acting CFO.

New Branding Accompanies New Boots No7 Products

Sleek new packaging with easy-to-understand color coding and additional new branding elements accompanies the new product launches from the British drug store beauty brand.

The Body Shop Expands into Puerto Rico

The Body Shop will open four locations in Sears stores on the island of Puerto Rico.

Jewelry, Niche Fragrance Segment Makes Double-digit Gains, According to NPD

The prestige fragrance market in the U.S. also remain strong, according to the report, clocking in sales of $1.6 billion in U.S. department stores from January to September 2012.

New Report Shows Dynamic Textured Hair Marketplace

The new study from TextureMedia, which focuses on the shopping behaviors and product habits of women with textured hair, found 46% of textured-haired women continue to try new hair products, even after finding their "holy grail."

LVMH Reports Record Revenue of €19.9 Billion

The company increased its revenue 22% overall over the same time period in 2011, and its perfumes and cosmetics business group saw organic revenue grow 8% as well.

Ralph Lauren Exec In as New President of Beauty at Victoria's Secret

Susie Coulter will take on the role beginning in November.