The Pierre Fabre Group, which is behind brands like Avène and Klorane, has unveiled its Green Impact Index, a tool destined to provide users with information on the environmental and societal impact of its cosmetics.

​Beauty e-tailer Cult Beauty has filed its full-year results for the 12 months to May 31 2020 and they show that it enjoyed what it called “another great year”, despite the pandemic affecting over two months in the year.

​Selfridges is reportedly up for sale — or at least its owners are exploring their options — after a mystery buyer approached the business with an offer, reports claimed on Friday.

Tattoo-inspired vegan beauty brand, KVD Beauty, founded as Kat Von D Beauty, announced on Thursday British makeup artist Nikki Wolff, as its new global director of artistry. 

​Sourcing platform RangeMe has launched in the UK. It offers retailers instant access to over 200,000 suppliers and more than 750,000 products from around the world, with beauty being one of its big categories.

​Inditex bounced back with a vengeance in Q1 with the Spanish fashion retail giant reporting higher profits and saying its sales grew 50% year-on-year. Sales in Q2 so far have also exceeded those of Q2 2019.

​ASOS has added to its Face + Body beauty offer with the company teaming up with British fresh handmade cosmetic pioneer Lush. 

Saje Natural Wellness announced on Friday the launch of a new collaboration with The Little Market – a non-profit fair-trade shop, founded by Lauren Conrad and Hannah Skvarla. 

Salvatore Ferragamo is in negotiations with fragrance group Interparfums, which produces perfumes for brands including Coach and Jimmy Choo, about a licensing deal for the development of its own fragrances. 

​Body Shop owner Natura &Co has unveiled Fable Investments, a investment vehicle set up to support beauty, health and wellness companies. And its first investment is in Britain's Perfumer H.

Estée Lauder announced on Thursday fashion model Adut Akech as its newest global brand ambassador.

Thursday, June 3, L'Oréal Paris named Kate Winslet as its latest global ambassador.

In two years, all the cosmetics products by The Body Shop (owned by the Natura group) will be certified ‘vegan’, in other words not containing any substance of animal origin, by UK association The Vegan Society.

​Gwyneth Paltrow’s standalone Goop store in London’s Notting Hill has closed for good. The UK webstore remains open, however.

Nicolas Degennes, the creative director for make-up and colours at Givenchy Parfums since 1999, will step down from his role on June 30.

Ulta announced Q1 net income of $230.3 million, or $4.10 per diluted share, on Thursday, surging out of the loss reported by the company in the prior-year period and soaring over analysts’ estimates of $1.99 per share.