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...Brazilian cosmetics company Natura has explored offloading most of its Avon brand’s international business, as the group unwinds a series of high-profile acquisitions to focus on its home region....
...The group was hit disproportionally hard compared to some other retailers as European governments forced beauty chains to close during lockdowns, while rival drugstores — which also sell cosmetics — were...
...The private equity group, which acquired Douglas in 2015, is not just holding on to its existing equity....
...Shiseido saw online sales in China fall 32 per cent in September month-on-month, compared with a 7 per cent decline over the past six months, according to Chinese data groups Feigua and Moojing....
...Its investors lent about £130mn to the utility’s holding company Kemble Water Finance Ltd in 2018 and 2020....
...Kitted out in blue-grey practice dress, the 21-strong ensemble ebb and flow across the stage in a succession of groups, trios and duets....
...A premium cosmetics marque originally from Australia that Natura bought a decade ago, Aesop is an exception to the emphasis away from expansion....
...It is the second-largest takeover of an Australian consumer company this year after French cosmetics group L’Oréal bought luxury soap maker Aesop for $2.5bn this month....
...Woods’ role isn’t cosmetic....
...But it’s easy to imagine a future that features The Row fragrances, cosmetics, furniture, jewellery and even objets d’art....
...The fall in sales during the pandemic of about a quarter led to a similar cut to staff levels across the group....
...After spending more than $50bn on coffee chains, restaurant groups and cosmetics companies, JAB Holdings has found a cute solution to boosting its mixed returns....
...The Luxembourg-based outfit has been a mainstay in DD as it rolled up coffee, cosmetics and restaurant groups. There has been palace intrigue too....
...A new NMC group, NMC OpCo Ltd, has been formed from 34 of the 36 companies that were subject to the administration proceedings under the courts of Abu Dhabi’s international financial centre, allowing the...
...In 2015, JAB backed Coty to buy Procter & Gamble’s beauty brands for $12.5bn so as to diversify into haircare and colour cosmetics and double its revenues to $9bn....
...Masahiko Uotani said in an interview that Japan’s biggest cosmetics group was preparing for a boost on the expected return of Chinese tourists to Japan by next summer....
...Monzo bounces back After fumbling during the early days of the pandemic, Monzo ended 2021 with a win when it announced Chinese tech group Tencent had invested in the UK digital bank as part of a funding...
...Tiang and his son Samrit pioneered imports of US products including neckties, cosmetics and English language magazines and books....
...The sale of bareMinerals, Buxom and Laura Mercier for an amount two-thirds below the original price tag marked a broader strategic shift for Japan’s largest cosmetics group....
...However, given its recent record, both investors and customers may need longer to be convinced that the changes taking place at the business are more than cosmetic....
...Shares in Nykaa, a cosmetics and beauty products ecommerce group, almost doubled from its issue price after its November debut....
...Crackdowns on technology, education, gaming and cosmetic surgery sectors under President Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” drive, and restrictions on overseas listings, have unnerved foreign investors, who...
...Graphene Composites LTD (UK subsidiary) The group fast-tracked a virucidal coating for use in ventilation filters that kills airborne coronavirus, compressing years of R&D into months....
...Entertainment group Sony and cosmetics business Shiseido are among those taking a lead....
...Now, the group’s flair for refurbishment has turned within....
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