India's biggest retailer Reliance will acquire dozens of small grocery and non-food brands as it targets building its own $6.5 billion consumer goods business to challenge foreign giants like Unilever.

Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin will launch across eight different markets in Africa, as the company's founder, Rihanna, looks to expand her skincare and beauty brand across the globe.

French cosmetics group L'Oréal, owner of brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Lancôme, has appointed Emmanuel Goulin as president and CEO of L'Oréal Italy. Goulin will succeed François-Xavier Fenart.

On Thursday, Japanese cosmetics group Shiseido confirmed its prudent forecast for the 2022 financial year, stating it is “hard to quantify precisely” the impact of the pandemic and of geopolitical tensions.

​UK-based multi-brand beauty retailer Revolution Beauty Group has a new finance chief. Elizabeth Lake, former finance director at Hugo Boss UK, is set to replace Andrew Clark, who has announced his intention to leave. 

Moda Operandi confirmed on Wednesday reports it has officially expanded into beauty, a move that has prompted the fashion platform to appoint its first-ever beauty chief.

​UK health & beauty retailer Superdrug has expanded its same-day courier service, ‘Store to Door’, in Scotland. The service is available within a five-mile radius of  nine stores within the Glasgow and Edinburgh regions.

​Manchester-based beauty platform Beauty Bay has appointed bankers from Threadstone Capital to look at its options and could choose to put itself up for sale, a report said on Tuesday.

​Good news for UK online fashion sales. Not so good news for digital beauty sales. Even worse for the e-tail industry as a whole. And after weak April numbers, it suggests the digital boom could well be over.

​Not content with launching another branch of H Beauty a few weeks ago, Harrods is putting big support behind beauty in May as it invites consumers to enjoy ‘The Harrods Beauty Adventure’ at its Knightsbridge flagship.

​There was good news and bad on UK spending on Tuesday as reports showed consumers are being impacted by higher prices, but are still spending on fashion and on activities that require new clothes and beauty products.

Luxury brand Dior Beauty announced on Monday the launch of an industry-first campaign on WhatsApp with brand ambassador Jisoo.

​THG could see major board-level changes as the online beauty and technology group continues to see its performance struggle. The structure of board will be a “prime focus” of “detailed scrutiny”, its new chair has said.

Cosmetics maker Coty Inc raised its full-year profit outlook on resilient demand for its high-end fragrances and skincare products even at a time inflation in most countries has soared to multi-year highs.

The Estée Lauder Companies announced on Friday the appointment of Tara Simon to the role of global brand president of Too Faced, effective July 1, 2022. 

Estée Lauder is launching Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders (ELEL), a charitable fund that aims to help women develop and strengthen their leadership skills in the corporate world.