Shiseido Travel Retail is ringing in the festive season with the launch of its annual holiday collection from its portfolio of beauty brands, SHISEIDO, Clé de Peau Beauté, NARS and Laura Mercier. The new offerings range from skincare to makeup products, and celebrate elegance, strength and self-expression. The collection features the beauty brands’ hero products […]
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Puig ramps up its business with an ambitious growth plan
Puig has reorganized its business structure with the creation of three divisions: Beauty and Fashion, Charlotte Tilbury, and Derma. All will be operational as of January 1, 2021. The Beauty and Fashion division will be made up of the brands Paco Rabanne, Carolina Herrera, Jean Paul Gaultier, Nina Ricci, Dries Van Noten, Penhaligon’s and L’Artisan […]
Felipe Grant takes senior role at Puig TR; Anna Miller moves up at L’Occitane
Felipe Grant has left his position as Travel Retail Americas Director for L’Occitane to become General Manager TR Americas at Puig, based in Panama. He assumed the new position as of Sept. 1. Grant will be temporarily based in Miami until travel opens to Panama again. Grant spent 16 years with L’Occitane, and was instrumental […]
L’Oréal unveils bold sustainability targets for 2030
L’Oréal Group has launched a bold, ambitious sustainability program that covers the next ten years with a comprehensive blueprint of measures to meet the growing environmental and social challenges facing the world. In its “L’Oréal for the Future” program, the beauty giant says that the company is committed to “accelerating its transformation towards a model […]
Essence Corp keeps BAs engaged through Zoom trainings
Miami-based fragrance distribution company Essence Corp has adapted to remote working while the city is shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, reports Essence Corp Vice president Patricia Bona. “While many of our client duty free stores are closed, as a distributor we are always busy,” she tells TMI. “Some stores have begun to open up […]
ELC cuts executive salaries; donates millions in funds and products
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. last week announced a number of initiatives it is undertaking in response to COVID-19 to support its employees, consumers, stock-holders and communities. These include actions to optimize its cost structure, in light of ongoing temporary store closures in many regions, and enhancing liquidity. Enhancing financial flexibility and liquidity As the Company […]
Glow on the Go: Shiseido Travel Retail unveils latest make-up innovations
Shiseido Travel Retail has unveiled a new assortment of make-up products from its four prestige brands – NARS, Laura Mercier, SHISEIDO and Clé de Peau Beauté. Premiering in the first quarter of 2020 in travel retail, the techno-logy-infused offerings – ranging from foundations to colored lip balms and palettes – have been launched in response […]
Rituals launches special collection that enhances relaxation and sleep
Rituals newest collection — the Ritual of Jing — is inspired by the ancient Chinese concept of calmness, stillness and tranquility. The Ritual of Jing is available immediately in Rituals’ travel retail locations globally. The Ritual of Jing comprises two ranges – Relax and Sleep – and helps consumers create a personal sanctuary that helps […]
MAC and the Indy airport partner with Dress for Success to empower women
MAC Cosmetics celebrated the grand opening of its new boutique at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) this week with a special event in association with Dress for Success Indianapolis by giving a small group of local women makeovers and professional headshot photos to enhance their presence for career success. MAC Cosmetics is one of 15 new […]
L’Occitane to embark on Plastic Odyssey journey that aims to recycle plastics into useful products
French luxury beauty brand L’Occitane has teamed up with Plastic Odyssey to support its three year sailing expedition to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans. The 40,000 nautical mile journey will feature 33 stopovers on the most polluted coasts of Latin America, Asia and Africa, where the crew will demonstrate the economic value and […]
ELC travel retail executives Israel Assa and Javier Simon are promoted and join executive leadership team
The Estée Lauder Companies has announced the promotions of two key leaders within the Travel Retail business — Israel Assa and Javier Simon — reflecting the growing strategic importance of the channel to the company. Both Assa and Simon are familiar to the industry in the Americas, as they held senior positions in ELC’s travel […]
The Estee Lauder Companies unites the world in hope with 2019 Breast Cancer Campaign
The Estée Lauder Companies launched its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign on October 1, a program the company has spearheaded since 1992. Committed to saving lives in its mission to create a breast cancer-free world, ELC has been a leader in the global breast cancer movement since Evelyn H. Lauder co-created the Pink Ribbon and […]
Luxury concepts propel Shiseido Group to outperform the markets in the Americas
Beauty company Shiseido, which counts several high-end luxury brands within its fragrance and cosmetics portfolio, reports results that are well above market trends, particularly in the travel retail Americas channel. The Miami-based division of the giant Japanese company, which recently moved into its stunning new office space in the heart of Miami’s Brickell Avenue, […]
Rituals to unveil latest innovations and new travel retail furniture in Cannes
Rituals is returning to TFWA World Exhibition with a brand-new booth (Riviera Village, RC4), where it will present its latest innovations and new travel retail furniture. Specially created for travel retail, the furniture includes a new gondola, gifting fixture and Chinese cabinets. This new furniture will allow the brand to present an extended product assortment, […]
DFS presents “Your One-Stop Beauty Destination” at 6th annual First Class Beauty campaign in August
DFS Group will transform 25 of its DFS and T Galleria by DFS stores into a whimsical wonderland of beauty treats this August during its sixth annual First Class Beauty campaign. The luxury travel retailer will bring the best of beauty to traveling customers and feature exclusive products and POS experiences from more than 40 […]