Beauty Features
L'Oreal Turns up Fragrance Volume with V
NEW YORK -- Having built a business on treatment and color cosmetics, the L'Oreal division of Cosmair Inc. is looking to broaden its horizons.
It will begin that quest in May with the launch of a new women's fragrance, V by...
— Mar 25, 1994
Lekach Now CEO at Parlux
NEW YORK -- Ilia Lekach, chairman of Parlux Fragrances Inc., has assumed the additional title of chief executive officer, succeeding Robert Kaufman, who resigned as president and ceo this week.
Lekach said he is not looking for a successor to...
— Mar 25, 1994
High-Upkeep Hair Accessories up-to-the-Minute Fashion and Fresh Offerings are What Makes This Category Grow
NEW YORK -- Hair accessories are still a profitable area for many stores, but maintaining a constant array of new merchandise and analyzing sales in this inventory-heavy, impulse-driven category can be tough.
Price, too, remains a high priority...
— Mar 21, 1994
Almay Takes Time-Off for Anti-Aging
NEW YORK -- Rather than addressing the anti-aging category with an alpha-hydroxy acid product, as many mass market firms are doing, Almay is sticking with its hypoallergenic angle.
In April, the company will launch Time-Off, an anti-aging line...
— Mar 18, 1994
London Surges Ahead, but U.K. Slumps Overall
LONDON -- London department stores reported that sales of prestige skin care products grew by 20 to 30 percent last year, and they see no end to the boom in 1994.
"We are seeing our treatment business explode," said Hilary Dart, perfumery buyer...
— Mar 18, 1994
Steve Rohr and John Avolio Shift into Studio Gear
NEW YORK -- The former distributors of MAC, which made a splash as a line aimed at professional makeup artists, have launched their own professional brand, Studio Gear.
The new line, which consists of 28 brushes as well as a range of color...
— Mar 18, 1994
Southeast Consumers Seek Simple Items, Quick Results
ATLANTA -- Rehydrate, refirm and regenerate -- these are the buzzwords that are creating consumer interest and spurring treatment sales in the Southeast, say retailers.
The merchants stressed that customers want quick-working,...
— Mar 18, 1994
