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MANUFACTURERS Gucci has announced that Alessandro Michele is stepping down as its Creative Director.
Estée Lauder Companies has appointed Emmanuelle Noyer as VP and General Manager for Tom Ford Beauty in the UK and Ireland. Noyer, who will start the role on 1 January 2023, will also be responsible for managing Le Labo, Kilian Paris, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle and Balmain Beauty.
Revolution Beauty’s CEO, Adam Minto, has stepped down amid an investigation into the group’s auditing failures.
L’Oréal USA has appointed Amy Whang as President of its Maybelline New York, Garnier and Essie brands for the US.
Cosmetics subscription brand Beauty Pie has appointed Sabeen Mian as its first-ever President.
FRAGRANCE Mathieu Lenoir, Jean- Charles Mignon and Anne- Sylvie Lenoir have joined the CPL Aromas team as Senior Perfumers.
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Guillaume Motte has been appointed the new CEO and President of Sephora, effective from 1 January 2023.
The Fragrance Shop has appointed former JD Sports CEO Peter Cowgill as its first- ever Non-Executive Chair.
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Boots in the marketplace launch race UK Superdrug, the British beauty retailer, has officially launched its first health and beauty marketplace. The Superdrug Marketplace went live on 17 November in partnership with 300 brands across beauty and wellness. These include newcomers to Superdrug, such as upcycled beauty brand UpCircle and ViDrate hydration drinks. According to the A.S.
Watson-owned retailer, the platform will bring a new
range of undiscovered, innovative and affordable products to UK consumers, with a focus on homegrown, female-founded, sustainable and inclusive brands. The platform is integrated with
superdrug.com, which is said to provide customers with a smooth purchase journey. Third-party marketplace products sit alongside Superdrug products on
superdrug.com and can be identified by a
GridKor acquires intimate skin care player The Perfect V
US GridKor, a mergers and acquisitions firm, has bought Perfect V Enterprises, the company behind intimate skin care brand The Perfect V. A partnership between GridSwitch and KorDev, GridKor has plans to turn Perfect V Enterprises into an ‘eight figure company’. The Perfect V was founded
by Avonda Urben, who will remain on the board to help guide the business’ direction.
In launching the brand, Urben was inspired by Scandinavian women’s lifestyles, and how they feel comfortable and confident in their own skins. All products are
cruelty-free, ‘clean’, and dermatologist and
gynaecologist vetted, with no parabens, alcohol or sulfates. They are developed to keep the pH balance in check and feature Nordic ingredients.
Benjamin Clementine named face of new Givenchy fragrance
YSL BLOCKS ROBBIE WILLIAMS’ NEW
SKIN CARE BRAND OVER TRADEMARK UK British singer Robbie Williams’ plans to launch a skin care brand have been blocked by beauty giant Yves Saint Laurent (YSL). YSL claimed the ‘Angels’ singer’s proposed moniker Hopeium is too similar to its fragrance line Black Opium. The L’Oréal-licensed brand has formally raised an objection with the UK government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Williams submitted a UK and US trademark application
for new beauty brand Hopeium in April. The collection is said to include cleansers, serums, moisturisers and fragrances. YSL’s objection could cause problems for the ex-Take That
star. “This has put a spanner in the works for Robbie,” a source told The Sun newspaper. “Nothing can proceed until a decision has been reached. “It could be costly if he has to go back to the drawing board when it comes to the name because that could impact the whole brand and how it is marketed.”
FRANCE Givenchy Parfums has announced singer-songwriter Benjamin Clementine as its new face.
The British artist will front the campaign for the LVMH-owned maison’s upcoming masculine fragrance.
Set for a March 2023 release, it is described by Givenchy Parfums as one of the brand’s biggest and most exciting launches to-date.
Clementine is best known for his first album, At Least For Now, which won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2015. He also has ‘actor’ on his CV, having appeared in the 2021 Denis Villeneuve adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune.
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marketplace logo and banner. Superdrug first announced the project in March this year and it has pipped its UK high street rival Boots to the post in the beauty retailer marketplace race. Boots announced in September that it too planned to grow its e-commerce offering with Boots Marketplace. Likewise allowing third-party brands to list their products on
boots.com, the platform will go live in the spring of 2023.
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