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Beauty continues to be a bright spot at Procter & Gamble. The consumer goods giant reported net sales of $17.4 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, with net earnings up 26 percent to $3.2 billion. Earnings per share were $1.25. Net beauty sales for the quarter were up 4 percent year-over-year, to almost $3.4 billion, driven by SK-II and […]
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Whether it’s to sit less or sleep more, we all have life tweaks we’d love to tick off in the New Year. Making a resolution may seem old-fashioned, but it’s a wise move, according to recent research: People who come up with a New-Year plan really do have more success at making a change than those who don’t. Three tips […]
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Beauty is still booming, and these brands are expected to be some of the hottest M&A targets in 2019. Barbara Sturm Barbara Sturm, the doctor behind the eponymous line, has been able to drum up a cult following for her luxury skin-care and supplement products, which contain hero ingredient purslane. The brand has been expanding distribution in the U.S. both […]
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Home shopping network Evine is betting big on beauty. The television and e-commerce platform is adding Serious Skincare, a brand started by Jennifer Flavin-Stallone and Lisa Stock, as of Jan. 3. Stallone, who is married to Sylvester Stallone, and Stock launched the problem-solution skin-care brand 25 years ago with HSN. It's one of several wellness and beauty brands Evine has added […]
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If a naturally occurring molecule is replicated in a lab, is it still natural? Who knows? But companies like Ginkgo Bioworks in Boston and Amyris in California are making them, and industry experts contend their increasingly widespread availability could transform the ingredient-sourcing process for beauty companies. Ginkgo has a partnership with flavors and fragrance house Robertet. And Amyris, in addition […]
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