Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura Cosmeticos SA and beauty products firm Avon Products Inc on Friday said that they were in deal talks but offered no details.

L'Officiel Russia is set to embark on a relaunch after several months of silence following a dispute between its publisher and its former owner.

Cosmetics company Avon has endorsed the new British Beauty Council as a founding partner, joining the likes of Boots, Coty, L’Oreal, and Johnson & Johnson.

Cosmetics maker Avon Products Inc, which split itself three years ago, has been considering a deal that would put the company back together, according to reports on Friday.

​Under-performing Finnish retail giant, the owner of the Lindex chain, said on Friday that its CEO Lauri Veijalainen has resigned “in order to assume a new position outside the company.”

E.L.F Beauty said its President and Chief Financial Officer John Bailey will step down from his role on March 31, which will see Mandy Fields become Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective April 22.

Saks Off 5th has launched its own private-label beauty line, Fifth City, offering a debut collection of 35 products from brushes and highlighter sticks to ribbon hair ties. 

Some of Unilever's biggest investors in the UK are planning to put renewed pressure on the consumer goods giant to abandon the idea of ditching its dual headquarters in favour of the Netherlands.

James Corden has an unlikely new skincare project in the pipeline.The British TV host has teamed up with the actress Chloe Grace Moretz to front a new web series for the prestige Japanese skincare brand SK-II.

The British cosmetics retailer has opened a 1,380 m2 store in Liverpool, Lush’s largest flagship in the world, incorporating a series of innovative retail concepts.

Next has delivered full-year profits in line with its guidance and also reported higher full-price sales. But the results for the year to January weren't full of good news as store sales fell.

Clé de Peau Beauté is championing education for women and girls around the world with a new philanthropic initiative.

Amazon is throwing its hat into the skincare category with the launch of Belei, its first in-house skincare line, offering a range of products for $40 or less, all eligible for free shipping. 

Chinese consumers may be switching more of their luxury spend to the domestic market at the moment, but some of their fellow Asia-Pacific consumers proved key to luxe spending in Europe’s major retail cities in Q4. 

Online retail in the UK enjoyed a warm weather boost in February as a mini heatwave sent the e-tail sales rise easily above the averages seen in the last few months, according to the IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index.