Estée Lauder

One of the biggest winners in the years following the pandemic, the skincare category has started to normalise, with consumers looking for more instant results, niche brands and in-office treatments.

The longtime Lauder executive, who will take the top job on Jan. 1, 2025, will be tasked with strengthening the company’s weak post-pandemic recovery.

The online pushback from parents has led to some of the world’s biggest beauty companies responding with a kind of anti-marketing.

With independent perfume on a hot streak for investments and acquisitions, the fragrance market is only growing larger — and more competitive. Here’s what steps emerging brands need to take as they grow.

After a lacklustre 2023, recovery may be on the horizon for established and independent lines alike.

The collaboration is part of the conglomerate’s larger strategy to capture the Indian market and is Sabyasachi’s first foray into beauty.

With a limited number of targets on the market, strategics and private equity firms are rushing to snap up the most promising brands.

At an investor day in New York, the Italian luxury group laid out plans for newly acquired Tom Ford, as well as Thom Browne and its namesake Zegna label.

Growing demand for lookalike products, coupled with a pullback in spending due to inflation, is cutting in to sales of some trendy, big-name products.

BoF founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed sits down with Anaita Shroff-Adajania, Bandana Tewari, Lakshmi Menon and Bollywood superstar Katrina Kaif to explore the country’s evolving beauty landscape.