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Sephora

Sephora strengthens diversity with key Asia appointments

Sephora has promoted Alia Gogi to President of Sephora Asia with immediate effect. Gogi’s appointment, together with the promotions of Sarah Boyd and Maggie Chan further enhances the ‘strong presence of women’ in the LVMH-owned r...

H&M

H&M group to close 170 stores this year

H&M Group, which also includes brands such as COS, Weekday and Monki, is to permanently close 170 stores in total, in a move that could result in hundreds of job cuts. The chain said it's shifting its focus to online after sa...

SkinCeuticals

SkinCeuticals Finally Continues the Rollout of Its First ...

At the start of 2020, beloved beauty brand SkinCeuticals began rolling out their first service-led retail stores. There were three SkinCeuticals SkinLab locations planned for high-end markets: Napa, California and Stamford, Conne...

Garnier

Garnier’s New Sustainability Initiative Is A Huge Step Fo...

Named the Green Beauty Initiative, it will see Garnier take action around a number of environmentally-friendly goals over the next five years.

Ipekyol

IPEKYOL opens its first store in Georgia

On July 7, a new brand of women's clothing store, IPEKYOL, opened in Tbilisi Mall. This is the first store of the brand in Georgia. The 170 sq m area features a collection of women's clothing, shoes and accessories inspired by th...

Frank And Oak Set To close stores

In a report submitted to the Superior Court in Quebec on June 25, Frank-Oak’s trustee for its insolvency proceedings outlined a three-part plan to help the company restructure. According to documents obtained by BetaKit, the plan...

G-Star Raw

G-Star RAW Has Officially Filed for Bankruptcy

G-Star RAW has now officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States due to the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Vaseline

Kenya: Vaseline, Smirnoff Risk Removal From Trademark Reg...

More than 2,000 products, including global brands like Vaseline, Smirnoff and Total Gas, risk losing their market protection in Kenya following the expiry of their trademark licences.

Fenty Beauty

Rihanna shelves music plans to concentrate on her beauty ...

Popstar Rihanna has pushed plans to release new music to concentrate on her skincare range and she is planning a new skincare line to go alongside her Fenty Beauty cosmetics range. The new skincare line is trademarked as Buff Ryd...

Jacquemus

Digital tour with Jacquemus

Jacquemus's Instagram campaign lets viewers enjoy a vicarious vacation in Marseille via Instagram. The three-part city guide, entitled Mon Marseille, offers up all the components of a good trip, from beaches and clear blue water ...

Moynat

Moynat appoints Nicholas Knightly as new designer

Moynat has appointed Nicholas Knightly as its new designer, succeeding Ramesh Nair. Knightly moves across from Louis Vuitton, where he has held the position of creative director of leather goods since 2004.

Garnier

L’Oreal announces ambitious packaging targets for Garnier...

Global beauty products giant L’Oreal is to implement use of zero virgin plastic and make all packaging reusable and recyclable by 2025 for its Garnier brand.

Richard Mille

Richard Mille’s New Chronograph Is Made From a Ceramic Th...

Richard Mille'sThe RM 11-05 is made of an innovative material known as cermet.

Ben Sherman

Ben Sherman closing stores in Toronto and Vaughan Mills

A menswear store with an international reputation is closing all of its Toronto stores except one at the end of the summer. Ben Sherman, the UK-based men's clothing brand which currently has three stores here in Toronto, is shrin...

Innisfree

AMOREPACIFIC reduces the number of innisfree's offline st...

AMOREPACIFIC started to increase efficiency by speeding up the innisfree offline store clearance in China.According to the industry on the 1st, AMOREPACIFIC's Innisfree plans to clear 90 stores this year after closing 40 stores i...

Frank And Oak Facing Bankruptcy closing women’s store in ...

Frank-Oak will be closing its dedicated women's store in Toronto within the month.The brand is $19 million in debt and recently filed for creditor's protection.The women's line won't be disappearing from Toronto completely, despi...