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20 Dec

WWD Beauty Inc’s Top 100 Beauty Manufacturers in 2021

WWD Beauty Inc’s Top 100 Beauty Manufacturers in 2021
1. L’ORÉAL CLICHY, FRANCE 2021 BEAUTY SALES: $38.19 BILLION €32.28 BILLION +15.3% VS. 2020 +8.1% VS. 2019 MAIN BRANDS: CONSUMER PRODUCTS: L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline Latest York, NYX Skilled Makeup, Stylenanda, Essie, Mixa, Dark & Lovely. L’ORÉAL LUXE: Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Kiehl’s, Helena Rubinstein, Biotherm, Shu Uemura, It Cosmetics, Ralph Lauren, Urban Decay, Mugler, Valentino, Viktor & Rolf, Azzaro, Prada, Diesel, Atelier Cologne. PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS: L’Oréal Professionnel, Redken, Kérastase, Matrix, Pureology, Pulp Riot. ACTIVE COSMETICS: La Roche-Posay, Vichy, SkinCeuticals, CeraVe. Key Financials: Like-for-like sales: +16.1% vs. 2020 Operating profit: €6.16 billion, +18.3% Net profit: €4.6 billion, +29% Sales by Division: Skilled Products: €3.78 billion, +22.2% (+24.8% like-for-like) Consumer Products: €12.23 billion, +4.5% (+5.6% like-for-like) L’Oréal Luxe: €12.35 billion, +21.3% (+20.9% like-for-like) Lively Cosmetics: €3.92 billion, +30.3% (+31.8% like-for-like) Sales by geographic zone: Europe:...
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20 Dec

Dog Treats, Beauty and Other Recent Wellness Products for

Dog Treats, Beauty and Other Recent Wellness Products for
Pet products are getting a glow up this summer. Buzzy beauty mainstays, including CBD and vegan hair dye, are making their way into products for pups. “Let’s call it ‘beautification’,” says Stephanie Wissink, a Jefferies analyst who covers each the sweetness and pet industries. The trend comes as people proceed treating their pets as humans, she says. “It’s not ‘pet owner,’ it’s ‘pet parent.’ We’re seeing it in food, in treats and in treatments. It takes all the humanity around this luxury experience and brings it to the pet category.” Wissink pointed to Chewy, the pet e-commerce platform with customer profiles based on the pets, not the owners. Food products with CBD, in addition to treats inspired by juices and vegan temporary hair dye, are...
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20 Dec

Dior and Professor Team to Research Cellular Aging Reversal

Dior and Professor Team to Research Cellular Aging Reversal
PARIS — With the aim of reversing cellular aging, Parfums Christian Dior has entered right into a research collaboration with Vadim N. Gladyshev, a professor of medication at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston. “Through science, we are actually capable of decipher the underlying biomolecular mechanisms accountable for the aging of cells,” said Dior in a press release. “This can be a process that will be targeted, with the potential to slow or reverse it.” Today, there's an increasing deal with the convergence of health, beauty and longevity, and the implications that might need on the hair and skincare categories. Dior and Gladyshev’s research program is billed to be the world’s first dedicated to human skin rejuvenation in the sector of age reversal....
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19 Dec

Ultra, Coachella, Stagecoach, Afropunk – WWD

Ultra, Coachella, Stagecoach, Afropunk – WWD
Glitter eye shadow, colourful liner, neon hair and sparkling gems — Coachella goers channeled “Euphoria”-inspired beauty looks at this 12 months’s festival in April. Greater than ever, faces and bodies were covered in rhinestones. They were on hair parts, chests and belly buttons but most framed the eyes with winged crystal jewels, pearl stickers and freckle-like temporary tattoos. Stagecoach Festival followed, also held at Indio’s Empire Polo Club, where country music fans opted for more natural looks. But first, Ultra Music Festival — and its electronic dance music lovers — kicked things off in Miami in March, followed by the Latest Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, held April 29 to May 8, and Afropunk Festival, also in Miami, on May 20...
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