The need for beauty companies to get to grips with the problem of plastic packaging is urgent, not just for the planet, but for their own balance sheet health, a new study shows.

Australian-based Ultraceuticals Skincare is bringing its award-winning, cosmeceutical skincare brand to the United States. 

New York-based expert skincare company Heyday said on Tuesday that it has secured a $20 million Series B round of funding, led by Level 5 Capital Partners (L5). 

According to a report from E! News, the matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan registered trademarks for "Kris Jenner Beauty," "Kris Jenner Skin" and "Kris Jenner Skincare."

Canadian beauty group MAV Beauty Brands Inc. announced on Thursday it expects to report net revenue of $22.5 million to $24.5 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $3 million to $4 million for the fourth quarter.

Launched this year, the brand offers a variety of "everyday" beauty items including a complexion stick; a cheek balm; a tinted lip oil; a highlighting balm; a volumizing brow pomade; a mascara; and a blending brush. 

A judge has said Citigroup is not entitled to recoup half a billion dollars of its own money that it mistakenly wired lenders of Revlon, in what he called "a banking error of perhaps unprecedented nature and magnitude."

Joanna Rogers will be the new vice-president for beauty at Zalando from March 1. She joins the German e-tailer from Wallgreens Boots Alliance, where she was in charge of the beauty category in the UK.

Now in its sixth year, the program's focus on founders of color comes as part of Sephora's increasing number of commitments to increasing BIPOC representation in prestige beauty and on Sephora shelves.

The Texas-based professional beauty supply company has reported net earnings of $57.2 million for the first quarter, reflecting a 7.5% year-over-year increase, in spite of sales that came in under Wall Street estimates.

​The Gucci Beauty flagship store has just opened on the Tmall Luxury Pavilion, its beauty licensee Coty has announced. The move follows Gucci’s opening of its first fashion flagship on the platform in December.

A new report by Kline, a consulting and market intelligence company, found that while foot traffic was down, sales "did not decline as significantly," thanks to higher consumer spending and stocking up during visits. 

The Oakland, California-based cosmetics company announced on Wednesday that its net sales rose 10% year over year in Q3, marking the group’s eighth consecutive quarter of revenue growth.

UK-listed consumer goods giant Unilever is planning to sell off $600 million worth of non-core beauty brands in Europe and the US, people familiar with the matter have told Bloomberg.

As part of its commitments, the company said it will double the number of Black-owned brands in its assortment by the end of 2021

Baby and beauty products company The Honest Company is quietly preparing to go public.