Exits – Beautifaire

15 Jan

Christine Dagousset, the worldwide open innovation officer of Chanel, has left the corporate, WWD has learned. Dagousset, who couldn't be reached for comment, is a beauty industry veteran who joined the corporate in 1998 as senior vice chairman of world skincare, and quickly rose through the ranks. In 2014, she was named global president of the fragrances and sweetness division, a position she held for 4 years before being named global long-term development officer. In that role, she developed and implemented long-term business initiatives and built innovation capabilities for Chanel, including minority investments. She sits on the boards of Olaplex and Evolved by Nature. Neither Chanel nor Dagousset could possibly be reached for comment. Chanel landed at No. 8 on Beauty Inc’s most...

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16 Dec

Smashbox Exits U.K. and Ireland – WWD

by Beautifaire101

Beauty, Featured

Smashbox, the Los Angeles-born cosmetics brand best known for its primers, is pulling out of the U.K. and Ireland, a key beauty market. “An accumulation of challenges has sadly been greater than our business can withstand and we’ve needed to make the heart-breaking decision to now not accept orders within the U.K. and Ireland starting September 29, 2022. We’ve loved being a component of your creativity and expression and we’re endlessly grateful,” it posted on Twitter Wednesday. A spokesperson for owner The Estée Lauder Cos. added that over recent years, Smashbox’s UK sales have been “impacted by changes within the brand’s retail space and placement, combined with competitive challenges,” but stressed that it would proceed to sell in various other markets world...

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15 Sep

Giambattista Valli CEO Exits After Three-year Stint

by Beautifaire101

Beauty, Featured

Charlotte Werner, chief executive officer at Giambattista Valli, is exiting the role after three years for a “recent challenge.” Her next move couldn't immediately be learned. Valli officials couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Werner revealed her departure on her LinkedIn page. “I'm very pleased with what we've got achieved with the team,” she wrote. “I began my journey with the maison in 2020, right in the course of the COVID-19 crisis. We overcame great challenges, have grown the team, expanded our geographic and product footprint, built and scaled up our online presence, bringing the business right into a growth trajectory.” Valli and his minority stakeholder Artémis tapped Werner as CEO, a newly created position on the Paris-based fashion label because it eyed the...

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2 Sep

Roz Brewer Exits Walgreens Boots Alliance – WWD

by Beautifaire101

Beauty, Featured

Roz Brewer is stepping down from the helm of Walgreens Boots Alliance and its board after two and a half years as the corporate dives deeper into health care, with each parties stressing that the choice was mutual. The board has appointed Ginger Graham, current lead independent director, as the corporate’s interim chief executive officer while it conducts a seek for a everlasting candidate. Executive chairman Stefano Pessina said the corporate will probably be looking for a successor with “deep health care experience to steer in today’s dynamic environment” because it moves further away from its drugstore origins and into health care. In a note on her LinkedIn page, which she wrote was one of the difficult she had ever needed to compose,...

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