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Beauty in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beauty business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Launches, M&A, retail and the shifts moving skincare, colour, fragrance and hair, across prestige and mass. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For brand, retail and indie, and everyone building the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five.

Episodes

  1. 23h ago

    LVMH's Flat Beauty Half, and a New Tariff Wave

    LVMH reports faster Q2 growth, steady beauty sales. The luxury group says second-quarter sales growth accelerated and perfumes and cosmetics held steady, the season's clearest read on category demand. (Premium Beauty News, Taiwan News, wallstreet:online) US raises tariffs 10% to 12.5% on UK, South Korea. Cosmetics Business reports new US tariff increases replacing measures that expired July 24, landing on lanes that carry K-beauty and European supply. (Cosmetics Business) Galderma raises 2026 outlook on 24.6% first-half sales growth. The dermatology group lifted full-year guidance after reported first-half net sales growth of 24.6%, a demand read on injectable aesthetics. (Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: Bain Capital to Acquire Vitabiotics to Accelerate Global Expansion (Global Cosmetics News) Akums Acquires Oriflame India Manufacturing Business to Enter Colour Cosmetics (Global Cosmetics News) How AI beauty advisors are impacting organic discovery and in-store experts (Cosmetics Business) Kao USA updates recall notice for Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo (Cosmetics Business) EXCLUSIVE: Diana Rubin Named Inaugural CMO of Bubble (WWD Beauty) Exclusive: Ulta Beauty taps Ice Spice for its first TikTok Shop campaign to unveil the rapper’s first fragrance (Glossy) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com

  2. 1d ago

    Merit Draws Prestige Capital, K18 Bets on Hair Longevity

    Semcap's Petrou takes board seat at Merit. Ex-Unilever Prestige chief Vasiliki Petrou is joining the minimalist brand's board via a Semcap minority investment, a signal of institutional capital entering the minimalist skin-care segment. (Cosmetics Business) K18 launches £110 'hair longevity' serum. K18 is extending the anti-ageing 'longevity' framing from skin care into prestige hair care, with benefit claims stated by the brand rather than independently verified. (Cosmetics Business) Beauty bodies criticise hospitality-only business rates cut. Trade voices are calling a new business rates reduction for hospitality venues a 'slap in the face,' framing beauty's exclusion as a sign it sits outside targeted tax support. (Cosmetics Business) Indian beauty brands expand across retail and exports. Indian beauty is being described by industry accounts as both a fast-growing domestic market and an emerging export source as trade barriers ease. (https://www.personalcareinsights.com) Also moving today: GS Global Enters Beauty Distribution With K-Beauty Expansion Into Japan (Global Cosmetics News) Katia Beauchamp Returns to Beauty With Nail Care Brand (WWD Beauty) EXCLUSIVE: GHD Launches Sculpt, Its First AI Styling Tool That Adjusts to Hair Temperature, With Zero Damage (WWD Beauty) Glossy Pop Newsletter: Ulta Beauty to welcome dupe fragrance brand Oakcha to hundreds of stores (Glossy) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com

  3. 4d ago

    Interparfums Holds At Two Percent, And LVMH Fills Its Fragrance Seat

    Interparfums reports 2% second-quarter net sales rise. Premium Beauty News reports the licensed-fragrance specialist posted USD 341 million in Q2 net sales, an early read on whether prestige scent demand is holding. (Premium Beauty News) FCA tightens Buy Now Pay Later rules for UK retail. Cosmetics Business reports the Financial Conduct Authority has tightened Buy Now Pay Later regulation, affecting any UK beauty brand or retailer offering split payments. (Cosmetics Business) LVMH names Yann Musquin to lead fragrance division. LVMH announced on July 23 that Musquin becomes CEO of LVMH Fragrance Brands, succeeding Romain Spitzer, who reportedly moved to Kering. (Premium Beauty News, FashionNetwork.com, WWD Beauty) Also moving today: Chanel Expands Les Extraits Line With Limited Distribution (WWD Beauty) Symrise set to acquire Floral Concept to strengthen its fragrance division (Premium Beauty News) Sephora opens inaugural boutique store on London’s Carnaby Street (Cosmetics Business) Puig increases its stake in Charlotte Tilbury as it heads towards its next results presentation (FashionUnited) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com

  4. 5d ago

    L'Oréal's India Bid Draws Australian Scrutiny

    L'Oréal's Innovist stake purchase faces Australian review. L'Oréal's proposed majority stake in India's Innovist is under Australian regulatory review, a clearance step that could affect deal timing. (mlex.com) California designates nail product as priority under chemical program. California's DTSC has flagged nail products high in triphenyl phosphate as a priority product, a step that could prompt reformulation or reporting obligations. (Global Cosmetics News) Sephora names 2026 Accelerate cohort of emerging brands. Sephora has revealed its 2026 Accelerate cohort, a program offering emerging brands mentorship, grants and investor connections. (Cosmetics Business, Fashionista) Amorepacific plans sale of inner-beauty manufacturing plant. Amorepacific is seeking to sell its Anseong supplement plant, a move it frames as improving capital efficiency to refocus on core beauty. (Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: Kylie Cosmetics teases new ‘Mood Stone’ fragrance trio launch (Cosmetics Business) AI beauty recommendations trust media coverage, not brand content (https://www.personalcareinsights.com) Givaudan partners with Microcaps to strengthen its encapsulation capabilities (Premium Beauty News) MCoBeauty revives original All Nighter Setting Spray formula with Skindinavia after Urban Decay axe (Cosmetics Business, Cosmetics Business) Sephora to Olive Young: Beauty’s big retailers are partying their way into new markets (Cosmetics Business) Allan Mottus, Pioneering Beauty Editor and Consultant, Dies at 81 (WWD Beauty) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com

  5. 6d ago

    Cosmoprof Reads Beauty's Next Growth: Sun Care and Fragrance

    Cosmoprof North America Spotlights Beauty's Next Growth Drivers. Retailers, manufacturers and market experts at the trade show point to sun care, fragrance and K-beauty as emerging priorities shaping buyers' assortments. (WWD Beauty, Fashionista, WWD Beauty) India-UK Trade Deal Takes Effect, Lowering Cosmetics Tariffs. The India-UK CETA enters into force, reducing tariffs on cosmetics and other consumer goods in a structural shift to market-access terms for exporters. (Global Cosmetics News) Revolution Beauty Reports Second-Half Turnaround Signs in FY2026. The color-cosmetics business reports signs of recovery in the second half of its financial year, a data point on its founder-led turnaround. (Cosmetics Business) Also moving today: Fenty Beauty is discontinuing its iconic Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Foundation (Cosmetics Business) EXCLUSIVE: Jung Saem-mool’s Beauty Brand to Debut at Sephora U.S., Marking International Expansion Milestone (WWD Beauty) Interparfums reboots Annick Goutal with a return to its founding vision (Premium Beauty News) Gels, milks and micro pearls: the new textures pushing fragrance boundaries (Cosmetics Business) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com

  6. Jul 21

    Coty After Gucci, K-Beauty's Global Surge

    Coty to exit Gucci Beauty licence early. Coty is paying $400 million to end its flagship Gucci fragrance licence a year early, a move Reuters reports will dent near-term earnings. (Reuters) K-Beauty global sales up 131% in two years, per NIQ. NIQ data shows Korean beauty's global value sales rose 53% year-over-year and 131% over two years, a benchmark for the category's momentum. (Premium Beauty News) Also moving today: Louis Vuitton unveils $400 Beauty Sharpener and LV Crayon lip pencil collection (Cosmetics Business) Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder victim of mass Oracle breach | Compute... (Computer Weekly) After Temu, EU sanctions AliExpress over illegal product sales (Premium Beauty News) Is beauty’s refill movement actually working? (Cosmetics Business) 10Beauty raises USD 23.5 million to expand robotic manicures (Premium Beauty News) Is Superdrug owner AS Watson delaying its rumoured London IPO? (Cosmetics Business) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com

  7. Jul 20

    K-Beauty's US Surge, and Medik8 Tests Sephora

    Korean Beauty Goes Mainstream in the U.S. CNBC reports sustained U.S. demand for Korean beauty, a trend it says positions K-beauty brands to expand share. (CNBC) Medik8 Debuts at Sephora, Targets $100M in Sales. UK-founded Medik8 is entering Sephora in the U.S. and Canada, a move Cosmetics Business reports comes with a stated $100 million sales goal. (Cosmetics Business) Bath & Body Works Opens First Brazil Store. Global Cosmetics News reports the U.S. retailer has entered Brazil with a São Paulo store and localized e-commerce, part of its stated international expansion. (Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: La Favorite: Gaultier’s First Major Feminine Fragrance to Launch in 10 Years (WWD Beauty) How Neutrogena Is Rebuilding for the New Generation (WWD Beauty) Chanel Global CFO Philippe Blondiaux to retire end of 2026 (Cosmetics Business) Shiseido appoints Adele Zhang to lead global travel retail business (Global Cosmetics News) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com

  8. Jul 17

    Chanel Deepens Coco Mademoiselle, a K-Beauty ETF, and Beckham's IM8 Lands $1B

    Chanel Extends Coco Mademoiselle With Crush Absolu. Chanel has added a new interpretation of its flagship fragrance, signaling how heritage houses grow established pillars rather than launch new franchises. (Global Cosmetics News, WWD Beauty, Cosmetics Business) Guinness Atkinson Files for First US-Listed K-Beauty ETF. The proposed fund would package K-beauty as a defined investment category for US public-market investors. (Global Cosmetics News) Beckham's IM8 Secures $1 Billion Growth Financing. General Catalyst is backing customer acquisition for the celebrity-founded wellness brand, per trade reports. (Cosmetics Business, Global Cosmetics News) Kering Names Romain Spitzer CEO of Bottega Veneta. A fragrance-side executive crosses from LVMH to lead a Kering fashion house, adding to luxury leadership movement. (Premium Beauty News, Cosmetics Business) Also moving today: TikTok reveals beauty industry impact as part of £10 billion contribution to UK economy (Cosmetics Business) Shiseido unveils research on ring-shaped collagen structure to maintain facial shape (Cosmetics Business) Bolognafiere Cosmoprof acquires Bergamo's Beauty to Business trade show (Premium Beauty News) George E. Johnson, Pioneering Black Hair Care Entrepreneur, Dies at 99 (WWD Beauty)

  9. Jul 16

    Beauty M&A Map, Korea's Online Flip, Ulta's New CTO

    Cosmetics Business tallies first-half 2026 beauty M&A. A running deal tracker reports Estée Lauder, L'Oréal, Unilever and Henkel among the acquirers in a busy first half, giving founders and investors a read on what strategics are buying. (Cosmetics Business) Luxury beauty brands expand on Korean e-commerce platforms. Korea JoongAng Daily reports luxury houses that once avoided local online retail are now scaling there, a channel reversal tied to shifting consumer habits and K-beauty's rise. (koreajoongangdaily) Ulta Beauty names board member Kelly Garcia CTO. Cosmetics Business and Global Cosmetics News report Garcia, an Ulta director since 2022, joins as Chief Technology Officer in August, an insider taking the tech seat at the largest US beauty specialty retailer. (Cosmetics Business, Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: Macy's names Kering Beauté veteran Alexandre Choueiri as CEO of Bluemercury (Premium Beauty News, Global Cosmetics News) Sephora Global COO Alexis Rollier exits after 14 years (Cosmetics Business, Global Cosmetics News) Sephora Restructures: Mónica Cigognini Takes on Europe, Cecilia Sánchez Steps Up for Iberia - Modaes Global (modaes.com) 'Sephora Summer' kicks off as first-ever Scottish store opens in Edinburgh (The NEN - North Edinburgh News, Cosmetics Business) Aora makes history as Sephora's first fully plastic-free beauty brand (Cosmetics Business, WWD Beauty)

  10. Jul 15

    Estée Lauder Keeps Three, Bluemercury's New CEO

    Estée Lauder to Retain Too Faced, Smashbox, Dr. Jart+. WWD reports the three brands are no longer on the block, a signal of how Estée Lauder is weighing divestiture against turnaround. (WWD Beauty) Bluemercury Names Alex Choueiri Chief Executive Officer. The Macy's-owned beauty retailer hands its top job to a prestige-brand operator, per WWD, as it competes with Sephora and Ulta. (WWD Beauty) Valentino Beauty Launches Vendetta Fragrance Franchise. Cosmetics Business reports Valentino Beauty's first prestige fragrance franchise in six years arrives as two scents, not a single flanker. (Cosmetics Business, Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: Which Beauty Brands and Products Won Prime Week? (WWD Beauty) Luxury Beauty in the Backpack: How Brands Are Attracting Gen Alpha and More (WWD Beauty) Sephora's Global Operations Chief Steps Down After 14 Years - Modaes Global (modaes.com) Jones Road Beauty CEO Cody Plofker is stepping down (Cosmetics Business, Global Cosmetics News, WWD Beauty) Superdrug sales rise 5.2% despite subdued footfall on UK high streets (Cosmetics Business, Global Cosmetics News)

  11. Jul 14

    Gucci Beauty's Early Exit

    L'Oréal takes Gucci Beauty license a year early. L'Oréal has secured the Gucci Beauty license ahead of schedule as Coty reportedly exits for US$400M, a move sources frame as consolidation in prestige fragrance. (https://www.personalcareinsights.com, The Sacramento Bee, TheStreet) Rituals to refit 1,500 boutiques for €40 million. The Dutch retailer reportedly plans its largest European store upgrade yet, refurbishing 1,500 boutiques across 30 countries in about 30 working days. (Cosmetics Business, WWD Beauty) Index ranks beauty brands by AI-chatbot citation share. 5W AI Communications' Beauty AI Visibility Index 2026 ranks the top 25 U.S. beauty brands by how often they are cited inside AI assistants, framing generative AI as an emerging discovery channel. (CNHI News, Cosmetics Business, pressportal.co.za) Also moving today: L'Oreal, Mondelez Use AI to Accelerate Product Innovation, Cut Costs - CNBC TV18 (cnbctv18.com, Global Banking & Finance Review, Market Screener) PPWR: The new european regulation requiring cosmetic packaging compliance (Cosmetics Business) Versed has been acquired by Belle Brands to ‘maximise its potential’ (Cosmetics Business, Premium Beauty News, WWD Beauty) BASF and Bota Biosciences launch first AI-designed bio-identical collagen III (Premium Beauty News) How Olive Young’s debut US stores have performed in numbers (Cosmetics Business)

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Beauty in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the beauty business: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Launches, M&A, retail and the shifts moving skincare, colour, fragrance and hair, across prestige and mass. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For brand, retail and indie, and everyone building the category. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five.

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