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Beauty Beat: Caremark Board Rejects $26B Express Scripts Bid
The proposed merger of CVS Corp. and pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc. has received the go-ahead…
Beauty Beat: Vollbracht Updates Blass With New Fragrance
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Walgreens Raising Its Fashion Quotient
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With its $2.3 billion acquisition of competitor Quest International last week, fragrance supplier Givaudan…
Givaudan to Acquire Quest International for $2.3B
NEW YORK - Fragrance supplier Givaudan has agreed to acquire competitor Quest International for $2.3 billion…
Beauty Beat: Scoop Carves Beauty Niche… La Prairie Group Taps French G.M.
Hip fashion retailer Scoop NYC launched women's and kids' fragrances last week, the first step in what…
Beauty Beat: Men’s Skin Care Sales Losing Momentum
Several years of double-digit growth, sales in the men's prestige skin care category have slowed.
Men’s Corner: Surf’s Up: Woody’s Rides Men’s Grooming Wave
Woody's Quality Grooming, a men's shaving, hair and body care brand introduced in early 2004, has infused…
Bath & Body Works, Elton John to Launch Fragrance
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Men’s Corner: Xtol Planning Expansion in U.S. Market
A Vancouver-based men's skin care brand called Xtol has set its sights on the U.S. market -- less than a year…
Vera Strubi to Retire From Thierry Mugler
Vera Strubi, one of the most influential figures in world fragrance marketing, plans to retire at the end of…
Beauty Beat: Akhassa Sister Act to Unveil 2 Lines … Shiseido’s U.S. Move
Sisters Roslyn and Lisa Gillespie have formed a spa product marketing company called Akhassa.