Beauty Features
GNC Pumping Up its Cosmetics
NEW YORK -- Long known for its array of vitamins and diet supplements, General Nutrition Center stores are now flexing their muscles in skin and hair care.
GNC -- the nation's largest health and nutrition chain -- has watched competitors such...
— Feb 25, 1994
Beauty Facing a Reformation in Germany
FRANKFURT -- The German prestige beauty market -- a $1.19 billion arena and second in Europe only to France's $1.4 billion -- is in the midst of fundamental change.
Just as retailers are in the throes of consolidation and widespread...
— Feb 25, 1994
Lancaster Makes Shift to N.Y.
NEW YORK -- As has been anticipated for nearly a year, the Lancaster Group is moving its corporate headquarters from Wiesbaden, Germany, to Manhattan.
The new offices, at 1325 Sixth Avenue, will officially open Tuesday.
Peter Harf, chief...
— Feb 25, 1994
Unilever Units Post Double-Digit Rise In '93
LONDON -- Unilever PLC said Tuesday its prestige fragrance and skin care operations, which include Calvin Klein Cosmetics and Elizabeth Arden, had double-digit increases in operating profits last year.
Unilever did not break out results for its...
— Feb 23, 1994
Cosmetics Firms Dash to Prevent Diversion
NEW YORK -- In the aftermath of the Northridge Quake, a number of cosmetics companies are trying to retrieve their inventories from condemned stores at almost any cost, to prevent the stock from being diverted.
According to the vendors, when a...
— Feb 23, 1994
Unilever Acquires Cosmetics and Scent Company in Russia
LONDON -- Unilever has made its first acquisition in Russia with the purchase of approximately 90 percent of the fragrance and cosmetics company Severnoye Siyaniye of St. Petersburg.
The purchase price was not disclosed. Unilever said it plans...
— Feb 22, 1994
The Gap Preparing to Offer Own Bath and Body Line
NEW YORK -- The Gap is taking the beauty plunge. The San Francisco-based specialty retailer is developing its own line of bath and body products, a spokesman for the company said Monday.
Gary McNatton, the creative force behind Mottura, a San...
— Feb 22, 1994
