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​Space NK's accounts for the year to the end of March showed that the company is thriving as both sales and profits jumped, with all parts of the business doing well.

Arkive Headcare, the global brand by hair stylist Adam Reed, has partnered with beauty retailer Beautindia for its entry into the Indian market.

​The UK fashion sector has to a certain extent begun bouncing ack after a challenging 2023 and this should continue in 2025, according to new figures from data specialist CACI.

Indian direct-to-consumer haircare brand Arata has secured $4 million (Rs 34 crore) in a series A funding round led by Unilever Ventures.

US cosmetics group Estée Lauder, which will have a new CEO in January, has appointed former LVMH executive Olivier Dubos as managing director of Global Travel Retail.

The Body Shop appears to be bouncing back from its spectacular implosion earlier this year with news of profitability in the UK business, an acquisition of the Canadian business and expansion plans in the Middle East.

Next stop Chester for H Beauty. The successful addition to the Harrods luxury retail brand has chosen the north-western city close to the England-Wales border for its sixth UK beauty-specific store.

Major luxe beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury is to open a “significantly upsized” flagship store in London’s Covent Garden.

Bic, the French manufacturer renowned for its pens, razors, and lighters, is broadening its portfolio with the acquisition of Tangle Teezer, the British detangling hairbrush brand, in a deal valued at €200 million.

​The Boss of Selfridges’ Group’s co-owner has admitted the consortium that acquired it for £4 billion in 2021 may well have overpaid. But he also thinks the luxury department store group was a good investment.

The funding is expected to fuel the brand’s next phase of growth, with a focus on global expansion, product innovation, and digital platform enhancements.

John Lewis’s latest trend report shows that soggy weather, retro 80s trends, preppy and Brat Girl fashion, and travel returning to pre-covid levels “were among the biggest influences on our shopping habits” this year.

Liverpool One already has had a successful 2024, but that’s not enough for operator Grosvenor as the shopping/entertainment hub continues to be a retail magnet.

​The UK’s Boots chain could soon be under new ownership, but not as current parent Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) had originally planned.

Despite its conjuring of a cozy, soft brown, not everyone embraced the hue.

Ulta Beauty announced on Thursday a third-quarter revenue jump, thanks to the opening of new stores.