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Mojave Flea Trading Post concept expands to Los Angeles
James Morelos, founder of the Mojave Flea Trading Post in Palm Springs, San Francisco and Yucca Valley, is launching a pop-up store at Platform in Los Angeles that will run until the end of the year.
Fashion

Victoria Beckham Beauty branches into perfume
After make-up and skincare, Victoria Beckham Beauty is getting into the fragrance business with the launch of two new scents next week.
Beauty

L'Oréal invests in Chinese biotechnology company Shinehigh Innovation
L'Oréal strengthens its foothold in China by acquiring a minority stake in Shinehigh Innovation, a Chinese biotechnology company.
Beauty

Coty raises this year’s sales outlook on strong fragrance demand
Coty Inc. raised its sales outlook for its current fiscal year, citing continued robust demand for its higher-end fragrances.
Beauty

Warpaint London has strong first half globally, starts trial with Asda
Beauty specialist Warpaint London’s results for the first half of the year showed buoyant growth in both sales and profits with more to come in H2.
Beauty

Interparfums names Gerard Kappauf to its board of directors
Interparfums has revealed key changes to its board of directors including the appointment of Gerard Kappauf as an independent director.
Beauty

Frasers Group opens upscale department store in Norwich
Frasers Group’s plan to create an upscale chain of department stores called Frasers may have seemed to take a back seat to its Flannels chain expansion, but it’s still very much a major project for the firm.
Fashion

Sephora North America names Artemis Patrick as president
Sephora North America has named Artemis Patrick president, succeeding Jean-André Rougeot, who is set to retire next April.
Beauty

Douglas chooses banks as global coordinators for planned IPO
Douglas has chosen Goldman Sachs, Citi, Deutsche Bank, UniCredit and UBS as global coordinators for a planned IPO.
Beauty

Poor August weather hurts Scottish fashion sales but beauty flourishes, says SRC
A 5.6% headline rise in total monthly year-on-year sales is good, right? Not when it’s up against a year-ago 6.2% rise and the fact it was below the three-month average increase of 7.5%.
Fashion

Interparfums posts solid H1 performance
In H1 2023, French licensed fragrances specialist Interparfums recorded a 24% revenue growth, boosted by Jimmy Choo’s performance. The group is also planning to launch its own brand.
Beauty

Sarah Burton to leave Alexander McQueen, SS24 show will be her last
Sarah Burton is leaving Alexander McQueen with the forthcoming SS24 collection to be shown at Paris Fashion Week this month being her last for the house, owner Kering said on Monday.
Fashion

Here are the biggest fragrance launches this autumn
Ann Demeulemeester, Gabriela Hearst, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dior and German brand Marc O'Polo are some of the fashion names that are entering, or re-entering, the fragrance market this autumn.
Beauty

Perry Ellis International expands Farah brand with new licensing agreements
Perry Ellis International has announced a series of new licensing agreements that will bring the Farah brand into new territories and product categories.
Fashion

Sephora and Zalando end their partnership
Zalando and Sephora are ending their partnership that started in June 2021 in Germany and Italy. This arrangement enabled the selective perfume chain to offer products on the German sales portal.
Beauty

Richemont creates a perfume and beauty unit and strengthens its management team
The Swiss giant is creating a division dedicated to perfume and beauty and has entrusted it to Boet Brinkgreve. Swen Grundmann has been promoted to director of corporate affairs and Gary Saage to the board of directors.
Luxury