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Beauty services in the U.S. are grinding to a halt. As more states follow California and New York with government-mandated orders for people to stay at home and for nonessential businesses to close in efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic, spas and salons across the country are sitting empty. “It’s pretty much a full shutdown in most states,” said Edwin […]
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Beauty Inc is getting the newsletter treatment. WWD's bimonthly beauty publication is expanding its offerings with a subscription-based weekly newsletter. The online newsletter is an extension of Beauty Inc’s successful print and digital publication, which will continue to be published six times a year. "Beauty as a category has expanded exponentially with new brands, new categories and new talent to […]
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Luxury Brand Partners, the incubator that built Oribe, Pulp Riot and a slew of other brands, has received a $50 million minority investment from Bookend Capital Partners. LBP chief executive officer Tevya Finger said he expects Bookend and its founder Alexander Panos to be involved in multiple areas of the business, including executive placement. Panos, a former TSG managing director, […]
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The women of Furtuna Skin have a new venture. Model and entrepreneur Agatha Relota Luczo and Kim Walls, formerly the global general manager of Lime Crime, brought their organic skin-care brand to market late last year. Furtuna Skin sources its wild-foraged ingredients from a private, certified-organic, 700-acre estate in Sicily that boasts more than 12,000 olive trees, 500 unique plants […]
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“It’s the only store in the world that carries a Comme des Garçons fragrance and a condom,” said Race Willard with a smile. The artist and photographer created Dover Street Market’s first beauty space, located inside the multibrand retailer’s Los Angeles location. “I wanted something that would be an aesthetic that was my sensibility as an artist,” he continued. “I […]
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High Ridge Brands, the owner of Alberto Vo5 hair products and Zest soaps, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, hoping to sell the company. "Following a thorough review of the options available to us, we have made the decision to execute a court-supervised sales process in order to maximize the value of our strong brands," High Ridge chief executive […]
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The Hut Group has raised 1 billion pounds in order to invest more into its beauty and wellness brands, as well as its events division, the company said on Monday. The money mostly consists of debt, including a 600-million-pound term loan, a new five-year 150-million-pound revolving credit facility from Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Citi, NatWest and JP Morgan, and 200 million […]
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An Urban Decay Naked Palette, for 50 percent off — could it be? This Black Friday, it could, as the beauty industry’s full embrace of the season’s promotional spirit collides with a major slowdown in makeup sales. At Macy’s and Ulta Beauty, for example, Urban Decay’s Naked 3 Palette will indeed be 50 percent off, at $27. The Tarte Dare to […]
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Act + Acre, a wellness-infused hair-care brand, has opened a concept shop on the Lower East Side. Located at 54 Eldridge, Act + Acre carries the brand's cold-pressed hair-care products, refill stations for the brand's hair cleanse and conditioner products, and has a consultation chair where customers can get free scalp analyses with a proprietary device. There is also a […]
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TORONTO — With an explosion of green brands and buzzwords on the market, Canada’s Fran Miller — founder of all-natural skin-care line F. Miller — knew it was necessary “to differentiate ourselves more than ever before.” “Now everyone talks about sustainability. Five years ago that meant something, but that’s not always the case today depending on how a product is […]
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