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...LVMH: designer sanitiser Eau de toilette has taken on a new meaning at LVMH’s factory outside Orléans where popular fragrances like Christian Dior’s J’Adore are created....
...Bath & Body Works, which sells items like soaps and fragrances, fared better, posting flat March comp. sales. Wall Street had forecast a 2.2 per cent fall....
...JAB’s portfolio includes a 10.7 per cent stake in Reckitt, a stake in fragrance group Coty, and control of luxury brands Bally, Belstaff and Jimmy Choo....
...The deal will double Coty’s annual revenues to more than $10bn and help expand its footprint in countries including Brazil and Japan, transforming it into a “global leader” in fragrances....
...Warburg Pincus, a US buyout group with a large healthcare and consumer goods portfolio, will fight with Coty for the fragrance unit, which could be worth as much as $2bn....
...In early 2010, Birdman reportedly branched out into the world of oil and gas, founding Bronald Oil and Gas LLC with his brother Ronald....
...Fashion insiders say the contemporary market’s growth has come as high-end, designer-luxury brands focus on their wealthiest customers with high-margin accessories, shoes, bags and fragrances....
...The rapper Jay-Z – real name Shawn Carter – has demonstrated entrepreneurial flair that has manifested itself in a number of lucrative joint ventures in sportswear, sneakers and fragrance products alongside...
...The direct seller, which is fending off an unsolicited $10bn offer from Coty, the fragrance group, said on Tuesday that net income fell 82 per cent to $26.5m, or 6 cents a share, from $143.6m, or 33 cents...
...Same-store sales at Saks rose 15.3 per cent on the back of greater demand for women’s apparel, men’s apparel, shoes, handbags, fashion jewellery, cosmetics and fragrances....
...JC Penney said it had seen “clear signs of strength” in sales of cosmetics and fragrances at its 231 store-within-a-store Sephora locations....
...China’s spend on cosmetics, skincare and fragrance has quadrupled in the past decade to $12.5bn....
...He argued that M&S had room to exploit its strong UK franchise by moving into cosmetics and fragrances and saw the company as a possible takeover target once credit markets thawed....
...Earlier this year, the group announced plans to open more than 20 new Peacocks, 20 new Bonmarche and 30 Fragrance Shops. The group has recently bucked the high-street trend by reporting rising demand....
...new Stroll/Chou era swings into action this season with the launch of Michael Michael Kors, a mid-priced line that will include everything from women’s wear to men’s wear, bags and shoes, accessories, fragrance...
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