Recent short news on makeup industry

+++ The hair care brand Sexy hair Concepts is sold to US private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners.

+++ LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading high quality products group, recorded revenue of €5.2 billion in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 17%.

+++ Brenda Yeomans, General Merchandising Manager – Cosmetics for The Bay has left the company after 25 years with the organization.

+++ Estée Lauder intends to launch a new lifestyle brand called "Aerin". Aerin Lauder is a grand-daughter of Estée Lauder and since 10 years a member of the board..

+++ Klaus Sörenssen is the new Vice President for Middle and Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East and Afrika region at Estée Lauder. Previously Mr. Sörenssen acted as General Manager at Estée Lauder Germany. Successor in Germany is Beate Fastrich.

+++ With Juliette Mélédié the French Beauty Federation (FEBEA) has appointed a new director. Mrs. Mélédié succeeds Hervé Rebollo as head of the Department of Economic, Environmental and International Affairs.

+++ Latest spokesmodel of make up brand Covergirl (P&G) mass makeup brand Covergirl is Colombian actress Sofia Vergara.

+++ The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. announced that its Aramis and Designer Fragrances Division will assume the exclusive worldwide license for the fragrance and grooming business of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group, a 100-year-old, billion-dollar Milan-based men’s luxury clothing and accessory business.

+++ Sales of Oriflame rose by 7% in Q1.

+++ Alliance Boots reported double-digit growth for the year ended 31 March 2011. Revenue was up 15.1% to £20.2 billion (ca. € 22.8 billion) and trading profit increased by 14.2% to £1.051 billion (ca. € 1.19 billion).

+++ Pola Orbis Holdings Inc., one of the biggest Japanese cosmetics companies founded in 1929, has signed an agreement to acquire H2O Plus, LLC, a privately-held developer, manufacturer, and marketer of natural skincare products, headquartered in Chicago, USA. Until 2020 Pola Orbis aims to achieve consolidated sales of USD 3 billion. H2O Plus has more than 2,000 prestige retail points of distribution in 22 countries.

+++ French cosmetics group LOreal SA posted a 9.3% rise in first-quarter sales as business picked up for its luxury division, which helped offset a weak consumer environment in Western Europe. Sales for the first three months were EUR5.16 billion, up from EUR4.72 billion a year earlier.

+++ At the 39th Annual 2011 FiFi® Awards celebration on Wednesday, May 25th in New York City actress Halle Berry received the FiFi’s first-ever Elizabeth Taylor Fragrance Celebrity of the Year Award, re-named as a tribute to the late film and glamour icon. Furthermore, Fergie accepted a FiFi® New Fragrance Celebrity of the Year Award, and Mary J. Blige was honored with a FiFi® for her debut fragrance, My Life.

+++ Puig reported that revenues of the company in 2010 grew by more than 20%, exceeding 1200 million Euros. Operating profit grew by 89%, reaching 184 million Euros.

+++ Over the past 17 years the M·A·C AIDS Fund has raised more than USD 218 million for HIV/AIDS related charities solely through the sales of M·A·C VIVA GLAM products.

+++ L´Oréal Germany has surpassed the 1-billion-Euro-mark in 2010. The company reported a plus in sales by 2.3% to € 1.02 billion.

+++ P&G wants to reach 5 billion customers until the end of its financial year 2015/2016. With currently 4.2 billion customers P&G reports sales of Euro 79 billion.

+++ This year, The Fragrance Foundation has created the brand new "2011 Consumers’ Choice FiFi® Awards" that rely 100% on consumer participation. It will be presented at the star-studded party on May 25th in New York City.

+++ Japanese cosmetics manufacturer Kanebo (Kao) intends to launch a low-priced series of cosmetics in China this year.

+++ New head of Customer Service for the brands Biodroga, Sans Soucis and Futuresse at Baden-Baden Cosmetics Group (BCG) is Karl-Heinz Kirn. New Sales Director Germany and International is Simone Pigorsch.

+++ For the launch of the new women´s fragrance of YSL in September L´Oréal has signed French actress Marine Vacth as new testimonial.

+++ German drugstore chain Müller, Ulm, took over Austria perfumery chain "Le Duigou" by 100%. Already in 2010 Müller had acquired 51% of the stakes.

+++ LVMH Moët Hennessy Louise Vuitton has acquired a 70 per cent stake in luxury skincare brand Nude Skincare.

+++ Actor Paul Walker is the new face of Davidoff Cool Water. The star of "The Fast and The Furious," will front the brand starting July 2011 with a print campaign and TV commercial.

+++ Diane Sonnenberg, vice present of marketing for Chanel, will be leaving the company on April 1, 2011 and will become VP of Brand for The Body Shop in Toronto.

+++ For the British skin care brand and retailer The Body Shop India is a key market - in terms of growth potential and size. The company’s ranges - it has more than 1,200 products available there - have been doing extremely well in India, and that is why the company is targeting the country for a 10-times growth rate in the next five years. By 2015, The Body Shop plans to touch the lives of 15 million people in India.

+++ Andrew Eastwood, vice president of sales for Coty Canada has left the company.

+++ Roslyn Griner, senior vice president, marketing and product development, for Fusion Brands in New York is no longer with the company due to restructuring.

+++ Melissa Roy, public relations director for Clarins Fragrance Group is leaving the company to pursue other interests.

+++ The Italian glassmaker Zignago Vetro has recently purchased around 79% of Huta Szkla Czechy (HSC), a Polish manufacturer of glass containers for the cosmetics and perfumery and food and beverage industries, for a total price slightly less than 7 million euros.

+++ At its first participation in the Great Place to Work Awards (9th edition) Interparfums was distinguished by the Special Award for Inspiration and ranked 10th in France’s Best Workplaces list for "Companies with less than 500 employees".

+++ The Italian cosmetics market grew by +5.2% in 2010 and total volume reached € 8.589 million. Foreign markets boosted the industry’s sales as exports leapt up by 17%, while the domestic market (+1.3%) only had a marginal impact on the industry’s turnover.

+++ Anisa International, a leading cosmetic brush design and manufacturing company, has appointed Marianna Cilauro as Sales Director.

+++ Basil (Bas) John Oxford Weedon, passed away on March 24, 2011. He was 84 years old. Bas was president of Faberge Canada Ltd for over 30 years. In 1969 he was appointed president of the Canadian Cosmetics Toiletry & Fragrance Association.

+++ Marie Camirand, director of marketing for Groupe Marcelle resigned her position in December. She was replaced April 1, 2011 by Francois Lafortune, VP marketing for the company.

+++ Announced in February 2011 the Pochet Group, through ist subsidiary Qualipac, has acquired 100% of Lisi Cosmetics. Now, sale is confirmed, effective April 6.

+++ Cooperation between NIVEA FOR MEN and the coach of the German national football team, Joachim Löw, will be contiuned above 2011, Thomas Schönen, head auf coporate communications of Beiersdorf AG, informed. "With Mr. Löw Nivea was able to strengthen its Nr. 1 position and to increase market share by almost 2 percentage points," he said.

+++ At Sotheby´s portraits of cosmetics icon Helena Rubinstein will auctioned in May and October 2011. Helena Rubinstein, born 1870 in Poland, opened her first beauty salon in 1902 and was also well-known as patron of the arts.

+++ German drugstore chain Rossmann cooperates with internet pharmacy DocMorris by displaying its catalogue in its 1,600 shops.

+++ German TV presenter Nova Meier-Henrich is the new face of cosmetics brand Sans Soucis (BCG).

+++ According to data from ZDH around 45.355 beauty salons and nail studios are listed in Germany.

+++ Martina Wallot is new sales director of LCN (Wilde Cosmetics) in Germany.

+++ Corpack GmbH, a leading supplier of cosmetics packaging, has launched its new internet site: www.corpack.de

+++ London’s famous retailer Harrods plans to develop a special area within its Apothecary section devoted to the latest techno-beauty gadgets.

+++ Shiseido Co., Ltd. announced that it has held a special Board of Directors Meetingto appoint Shinzo Maeda, its current President & CEO, to the position of Chairman, and Hisayuki Suekawa (51), its currentCorporate Executive Officer, to the position of President & CEO) effective April 1, 2011.

+++ French perfumery chain Marionnaud reported good Christmas sales: from the end of November to 25 December sales increased by 2% compared with 2009.

+++ Univar announced has signed an agreement to acquire Turkish chemical distributor Eral-Protek.

+++ Peter Ingelse (47) has been appointed Corporate Sales Director of ColepCCL S.A. as of January 1st 2011.

+++ The Alban Muller Group merges three of its entities Alban Muller International, Alban Muller Industrie and Adonis to form a single one company under the name of Alban Muller International. The group has decided to set up its head office in Fontenay-sur-Eure, near Chartres, France, where the manufacturing site of the Group is already based.

+++ Per December 2010 the 32 Russian Douglas Perfumeries with annual sales of currently approximately 55 million Euro were transferred to Rustiset Holdings Limited. Rustiset Holding is a shareholder of the Russian cosmetics and perfumery chain, Rive Gauche.

+++ Quadpack recently acquired a majority stake in Spirit, a promotional company that provides GWPs (gifts with purchase) and other branded items to the health and beauty industry. Plans are to take the Spirit formula and launch it onto the European stage.

+++ German Edelmann Group has acquired a majority stake in printing company Eschbaumer GmbH.

+++ German drug store chains are getting closer. Sales of market leader Schlecker reached Euro 6.55 billion in 2010. Following is "dm" with € 5.65 billion in total sales and Rossmann with € 4.6 billion.

+++ Effective from 2011 German publishing house Terra-Verlag GmbH, Konstanz, has acquired the leading Austrian perfumery magazine "BeautyXpert" and will integrate it into its own established magazine "Parfümerie".

+++ Silke Juncker is the new sales director of La Prairie; Sven Bartz took over as Director Marketing & PR for La Prairie and SBT.

+++ Thomas Liebich, previously GM at Fribad Cosmetics Group, is new member of the management at German cosmetics company Klapp Group, Hessisch Lichtenau. He is responsible for exports.

+++ Jérome Bruhat is the new General Manager of L´Oréal Germany. He succeeds Udo Springer, who know is responsible for L´Oréal Benelux.

+++ Integral part of PTG Lohnverpackung GmbH and PTG Lohnabfüllung GmbH is now also Rovema Verpackungsservice, which was acquired through an asset deal.

+++ ANNA CHAPMAN, popular former Russian secret agent, has protected hername as a trademark to launch a cosmetic and fashion line. According to the newspaper "Komsomolskaja Prawda" the name Chapman has been registered at the patent office in the middle of February 2011 (Source: AFP)

+++ The German subsidary of the world´s leading corporate trading company Active International has a new General Manager: Christian Kirschbaum (42). He succeeds Rick Fuest (64).

+++ The luxury goods company Richemont, located in Geneva, Switzerland, has increased its sales in 2010 by almost 30% to € 2.11 billion.

+++ Doris Schröder-Köpf, wife of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, is new member of the supervisory board of department house chain Karstadt.

+++ The remaining 50 stores of "Drospa" (Schlecker) will change their name into "Ihr Platz" until the end of 2011. Ihr Platz had acquired the Drospa stores through a barter transaction with Jaska perfumeries from Douglas.

+++ According to data from Research Company IRI turnover of prestige cosmetics rose by 2.4% in 2010 in Germany.

+++ MARBERT Holding AG, Dusseldorf, informed, that the company wants to increase its capital stock up to € 2.54 million through a capital increase by cash contributions.

+++ The Procter & Gamble Company announced on Feb. 11, 2011 the appointment of Meg Whitman, 54, to its board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately. Whitman first served on the P&G board from 2003 to 2008.

+++ The SFDA (Saudi Food and Drug Authority) has issued a circular No. 3597 dated 12/2/1432 (16 January 2011) banning all mouth wash and related products containing alcohol used for rinsing, cleaning or sterilizing of the mouth and teeth.

+++ AIM-listed Swallowfield plc, the full service provider to global brands and leading retailers in the cosmetics, toiletries and household goods sector, has appointed Martin Hagen and Richard Organ as non-executive directors.

+++ Shiseido Co. recently launched a new brand of medicinal skin care products for women in their 20s to 40s at drugstores in Japan.

+++ According to The Glamazons Blog actress Emma Watson is the new face of Lancome.

+++ Japan´s leading direct seller of cosmetics, Pola Orbis Holdings, wants to start door-to-door sales in Russia and China later this year.

+++ Karen Heaton joins The Bay as buyer, cosmetics and skincare reporting directly to Brenda Yeomans, GM, Prestige Cosmetics and Fragrances, Shelley Rozenwald, Chief Beauty Adventurer, for The Bay informed. Karen is a global marketing executive who has specialized in retail, event and promotional marketing strategies.

+++ Quadrant Cosmetics Corp., Canadian marketer of cosmetics, fragrances and toiletries, has been appointed by ITF S.p.A. as the exclusive distributor of Blumarine Parfums in Canada.

+++ According to Shiseido nine-month (December 31, 2010) sales rose 4.8% to ¥486.97bn (ca. USD 5.95bn).

+++ According to several media reports Erwin Müller (owner of drug store chain Müller; Müller Ltd. & Co. KG) has extended its investment in German perfumery chain Douglas Holding AG to more than 10% and beyond that intends to become the second largest shareholder.

+++ Azelis announced the appointment of Michel Vandermeiren as Regional Managing Director for Benelux & France. Michel joins Azelis from Univar, where he was Managing Director Benelux.

+++ The Board of Directors of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation announced that it has accepted the resignation of Jürgen Schreiber as Chief Executive Officer and the company’s President. The resignation of Mr. Schreiber is effective February 15, 2011. Mr. Schreiber joined the Company in August of 2006 and assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer in March of 2007. David Williams, Chair of the Board of Directors, will serve as the company’s president and chief executive officer on an interim basis until a replacement is found.

+++ Japan’s Kao Corp plans to cut its number of cosmetics brands, including those at subsidiary Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., by about 30 per cent by March 2013, Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper reports.

+++ Kim Del Torre of Puig Prestige Beauty has been appointed Director of Market Development for the company.

+++ Dermatology company Galerma Pharma, a joint venture between L’Oréal and Nestle, has launched a bid to buy Swedish cosmetic treatment firm Q-Med. The bid is reportedly around 3.5bn kronor (USD 500m).

+++ Modesto Lomba, one of Spain’s most celebrated fashion designers has launched his first fragrance called "Collage".

+++ According to rumours Katz Group may consider selling its drug store chain in Canada. The company fields more than 1,800 drug stores across Canada under its flagship Rexall banner and other trade names including: PharmaPlus, Guardian and IDA. Its chairman, Daryl Katz, also owns the Edmonton Oilers. Katz, speculation says, could command a price of USD 1 billion to 1.5 billion.

+++ The Procter & Gamble Company announced the appointment of Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 53, Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to its board of directors. The appointment was made effective December 13, 2010.

+++ New York investment and consumer brand operator TPR has bought natural and organic fragrance manufacturer and distributor Trilogy Fragrances. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

+++ Interparfums SA and Burberry, have extended the length of their fragrance licence until 31 December 2017.

+++ Unipro, the Italian beauty association, has announced a 1.3 per cent growth in beauty sales on the Italian cosmetics market for 2010 reaching a total of € 9.3 billion (at retail prices).

+++ Coty Inc., announced the signing of international celebrity and multifaceted supermodel Heidi Klum to develop and market her new signature fragrance, Heidi Klum Shine. Only some months ago Heidi Klum signed as the new face and artistic advisor for Coty´s beauty brand Astor.

+++ The Bay sells Zellers chain to Target. Zellers stores across Canada will disappear in a couple of years, as major U.S. retailer Target moves in. Target is spending USD 1.83 billion to buy up the leasehold interests in 220 Zellers stores from the storied Hudsons Bay Company.

+++ L’Oréal SA, the world’s largest cosmetics company, has capacity to spend as much as 20 billion euros (USD 26 billion) on acquisitions, analysts at Exane BNP Paribas said.

+++ Coty Prestige has signed an agreement with Nine d’Urso to be the face of Bottega Veneta’s first fragrance for women.

+++ Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) sold most of its Zest soap business to High Ridge Brands Co., a newly formed portfolio company of private equity firm Brynwood Partners VI L.P.

+++ Inter Parfums Inc has announced that its subsidary Inter Parfums SA has signed a 15-year exclusive worldwide license agreement with French jeweler Boucheron to create, produce and distribute perfumes.

+++ Univar has successfully completed the acquisition of the Quaron business in Belgium and the Netherlands. Trading as a combined entity commenced on 10th January 2011.

+++ Combe Incorporated, ("Combe") announced that it has completed the sale of its Cough/Cold, Skin Care and Foot Care businesses to Reckitt Benckiser Inc.

+++ Following in the footsteps of Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce, Gwen Stefani has announced that she will be the next face of cosmetics company LOréal Paris. Stefani, who has previously spearheaded two fashion lines and a perfume brand, will make her LOreal debut with a campaign for the Infallible Le Rouge lip color.

+++ The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has banned a TV ad for Yves Saint Laurent’s Belle d’Opium fragrance.

+++ Up from February 2011 Neil Katz, former Parlux ceo and president of Liz Claiborne fragrances, is joining US investment and consumer products company TPR Holding as a special adviser.

+++ US private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners has purchased a minority stake in e.l.f. cosmetics. E.l.f. (eyes, lips, face) was founded in 2004 by Alan Shamah and his son.

+++ Oriflame´s group sales for the full year 2010 increased by 8% in local currency and approximately 15% in Euro.

+++ All sales and warehouse locations formerly known as All-Pak are now operating under the Berlin Packaging name. The rebranding is the culmination of a 10-month initiative to integrate the two businesses, following Berlin Packaging’s acquisition of All-Pak in March 2010.

+++ Personal care products company Helen of Troy reported an 8.2% increase in third quarter (ended 30 November ) net sales revenue from USD 189 million to USD 205 million.

+++ US packaging manufacturers RockTenn and Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation have signed a definitive agreement under which Smurfit-Stone will become a wholly owned subsidiary of RockTenn. The merger creates a USD 9 billion group.

+++ Philippe Milazzo is the new global market manager for cosmetic and personal care packaging at DuPont Cosmetic Solutions. Philippe replaces Jonathan Cohen.

+++ According to an article in the Wall Street Journal resp. GCI as well as other media, L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and her daughter Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers have reportedly resolved their differences, ending a series of lawsuits that could have further complicated their control of the cosmetics giant.

+++ For the first time, John Frieda is getting into the hair colour category with a new line called Precision Foam Color which launched in the U.K. market in November.

+++ Perfume Holding, the new Italian group combining Selective Beauty and Morris, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Singapore based Luxasia. Luxasia is the leading fragrance and beauty distributor in Asia.

+++ Italian fashion house Stefanel, which owns 50% of The Nuance Group, has denied that it is angling for an IPO for the travel retailer