PARIS – Laurent Kleitman has been named group chief executive off Mandarin Oriental International Ltd., effective Sept. 1. Until March, Kleitman had as president and chief executive officer at Parfums Christian Dior. At Mandarin Oriental International, the executive succeeds James Riley, who had held that position at the hotel...
Assouline is getting into the home fragrance game. The luxury publisher is pivoting to a broader take on lifestyle, starting with the home. It is debuting its Travel From Home candle collection, an extension of its popular travel series highlighting various international locales. It is comprised of six candles,...
It’s official — Revlon is out of bankruptcy, and Ronald Perelman is out of Revlon. “I’m sure there will be plenty of changes. Ronald no longer holds the keys,” said one industry source, speculating about Revlon’s post-bankruptcy life. Perelman had helmed Revlon since the ’80s as majority owner and chairman,...
Fashion’s biggest night was big on beauty, too. The 2023 Met Gala, which also marked the opening of the Met Museum’s “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” exhibition, saw attendees going full-steam ahead on the fantastical — and the fun. Jared Leto, who arrived to the red carpet in...
Somavedic, known for its electromagnetic field blocking device, on Tuesday launched an app called Attune Health that allows users to track their personal wellness data. While wearables have become increasingly popular for tracking things like sleep and heart rate, Somavedic chose to harness the power of phones instead, making...
Ritual is entering the beauty category with its first skin care-focused supplement, called HyaCera, $54. The new product comes as the supplement market continues to grow, alongside interest in beauty ingestibles. According to Mintel, the U.S. supplement market is expected to grow to about $45 billion by 2027, driven...
Conventional wisdom isn’t what’s carried Alicia Grande to success. Rather, it was her unshakeable resolve, paired with a debut stock keeping unit so universally resonant it set a firm foundation for a robust product lineup that, 15 years later, is still growing. Here, the entrepreneur discusses her journey from...
Kory Marchisotto is no stranger to being first. The chief marketing officer of E.l.f. Beauty and president of Keys Soulcare, who first brought the brand on then-fledgling TikTok and whipped up the brand’s viral Jennifer Coolidge commercial for the Super Bowl in a mere three weeks, likes to be...
Taydra Mitchell Jackson, an alumnae of L’Oréal, P&G and Revlon who is currently Sundial Brands’ chief marketing officer, has always been guided by serving the multicultural beauty consumer. “The first third of my career was in big beauty, getting great experience but doing intrapreneurial type of projects serving the...
Sensitive skin care may be on the brink of an upgrade. Or, to speak more literally, a downgrade, in the sense that allergist and immunologist Dr. Martin Smith has teamed with Unilever alum Annie Meyer to inaugurate a skin care brand comprising products each made with fewer than 14...
