Beauty Features
Rochas's Tocade to Bow in Sept.
The launch, set for September, will be worldwide, and for its first three months, sales volume is expected to be $26...
— May 6, 1994
They Have Their Eyes on the Thighs
NEW YORK -- Products created to thin thighs could also fatten profits.
Inspired by the success in department stores of anti-cellulite items like Christian Dior's Dior Svelte, which is expected to move 500,000 units in its first year,...
— May 6, 1994
Prescriptives' Extraordinary: a Serious Lipstick
NEW YORK -- Prescriptives has always taken pride in the shades of its lipsticks. Now it also wants to be known for what they do.
"We are planning to move from a quiet player in the lipstick category to a real force," said James Bunn, vice...
— May 6, 1994
Perfumania Head Adds Chairman and CEO Titles
MIAMI -- Simon Falic, president of Perfumania Inc., has been named to the additional posts of chairman and chief executive officer, succeeding Ilia Lekach.
Lekach, who founded Perfumania and remains a major shareholder, will continue with the...
— May 3, 1994
Arnault Takes Fiscal Control of Guerlain
PARIS -- Bernard Arnault, the king of French luxury goods, has acquired financial control of Guerlain SA, one of the country's most prestigious fragrance houses.
But the Guerlain family, while receiving an estimated $343.5 million in stock,...
— May 2, 1994
Commes des Garcons to Launch a Fragrance
PARIS -- Comme des Garcons is planning to launch a women's fragrance, perhaps next year, and designer Rei Kawakubo has apparently decided that the house should manage her first fragrance itself.
The Tokyo-based firm recently set up a new French...
— Apr 29, 1994
Cosmair Aims Horizon at New Age Guys
NEW YORK -- For its follow-up to the high-powered macho image of Drakkar Noir, Cosmair Inc. is aiming at a more sensitive and slightly older man.
The company is giving Horizon for Men, set for an early fall launch, a more tranquil mystique with...
— Apr 29, 1994
