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Dollar Shave Club moves beyond razors with Gen Z-focused Truly Beauty acquisition
Dollar Shave Club buys Truly Beauty in its first acquisition, creating a broader personal-care platform built around retail, TikTok and Gen Z growth.
Primark wants more K-beauty customers without becoming a specialist beauty retailer
Primark partners with Pureseoul for an exclusive UK K-beauty range, testing whether Korean sister brands can bring specialist beauty into value retail.
K-beauty conquered US skincare first, and Nooni thinks colour cosmetics is the next opening
Nooni brings Apple Lip Oil to Target for its first US physical retail launch, testing whether 3.7m-plus online unit sales can translate into store productivity.
Coty profit fell 27% and net debt is $2.9bn. Why is its new CFO arriving now?
Former British American Tobacco CFO Soraya Benchikh has joined Coty as finance chief, inheriting $2.9 billion of net debt, a 27% decline in adjusted operating income, a Consumer Beauty strategic review and a portfolio simplification programme designed to restore growth and margins.
NYSE: WELA filing puts KKR-backed Wella’s $2.29bn debt under investor scrutiny
Wella files for a US IPO with $2.94bn revenue and $522m adjusted EBITDA, but $2.29bn of debt will shape how investors value the beauty group at listing.
Why e.l.f. Beauty is using Sephora exclusivity to make its $1bn rhode bet much bigger
rhode enters Sephora across 19 European markets after e.l.f. Beauty's $1bn deal, testing whether rapid distribution can sustain premium beauty momentum.
Rituals generated €2.43bn in revenue, then decided 1,500 physical stores needed changing at once
Rituals invests €40m to refit 1,500 boutiques in 30 countries, testing whether physical retail can keep pace with €2.43bn beauty growth across Europe.
Wella’s IPO looks like a beauty growth story until the $2.29bn balance-sheet number enters the picture
Wella Company has filed for a New York Stock Exchange IPO after returning to profit and lifting adjusted EBITDA above $520 million. The owner of Wella Professionals, OPI, Clairol and ghd has delivered 22 consecutive quarters of constant-currency growth, but $2.29 billion of debt means the eventual valuation will depend as much on deleveraging as brand strength.
Maed expands Sephora footprint by 36% as self-funded beauty strategy gains traction
Maed is expanding from 80 to 109 Sephora stores without outside funding, testing whether disciplined beauty growth can survive rising inventory needs.
Regent to acquire Avon North America as global Avon businesses reunite after decade apart
Regent is reuniting Avon North America and Avon International, while LG H&H exits a legacy asset to refocus on faster-growing K-beauty channels now.