L'Oreal

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L'Oréal Beats Sales Forecasts as Growth Picks up in Third Quarter

29 October 2019 • By Reuters

29 October 2019 • By Reuters

Sales were up 11 percent to €7.18 billion as the cosmetics giant retained momentum the key Asian market, despite turmoil in Hong Kong.

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L'Oréal Beats Sales Forecasts as Growth Picks up in Third Quarter

Sales were up 11 percent to €7.18 billion as the cosmetics giant retained momentum the key Asian market, despite turmoil in Hong Kong.

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Big Beauty Companies Struggle to Launch the Next Glossier

12 July 2019 • By Cheryl Wischhover

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Big Beauty Companies Struggle to Launch the Next Glossier

Major beauty conglomerates like Revlon, L’Oréal and Procter & Gamble have been launching new brands at a rapid clip to compete with indie upstarts. But they’ve had few breakaway hits so far. Here’s what they’ve learned.

L'Oreal Names First Female President of Its Biggest Beauty Brand

20 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

20 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

Viguier-Hovasse, who has been running the company’s Garnier unit, succeeds Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou at the head of L'Oreal Paris.

L'Oreal Names First Female President of Its Biggest Beauty Brand

Viguier-Hovasse, who has been running the company’s Garnier unit, succeeds Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou at the head of L'Oreal Paris.

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Luxury Skincare Drives L'Oreal Sales

16 April 2019 • By Reuters

16 April 2019 • By Reuters

The beauty conglomerate posted higher-than-expected first-quarter sales, powered by growth in the division that makes luxury cosmetics and strong demand in Asian countries like China and India.

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Luxury Skincare Drives L'Oreal Sales

The beauty conglomerate posted higher-than-expected first-quarter sales, powered by growth in the division that makes luxury cosmetics and strong demand in Asian countries like China and India.

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Unilever, L'Oréal, Danone Deemed Most Ready for Climate Change

25 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

25 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

The Carbon Disclosure Project ranked the 16 largest consumer companies on measures including exposure to emissions, use of water and climate governance. Kraft Heinz and Estée Lauder ranked near the bottom.

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Unilever, L'Oréal, Danone Deemed Most Ready for Climate Change

The Carbon Disclosure Project ranked the 16 largest consumer companies on measures including exposure to emissions, use of water and climate governance. Kraft Heinz and Estée Lauder ranked near the bottom.

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China Puts a Pretty Face on Shiseido's Sales

17 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

17 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

Widening losses in the US and Europe and a company supply shortage caused a 29 percent slide in fourth-quarter operating profit, despite an 8.9 percent rise in 2018 sales.

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China Puts a Pretty Face on Shiseido's Sales

Widening losses in the US and Europe and a company supply shortage caused a 29 percent slide in fourth-quarter operating profit, despite an 8.9 percent rise in 2018 sales.

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Margin Concerns Dampen L'Oréal Shares After Solid Sales Report

8 February 2019 • By Reuters

8 February 2019 • By Reuters

The world's biggest beauty company reported forecast-beating sales figures for the fourth quarter, but disappointment about margins dampened enthusiasm.

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Margin Concerns Dampen L'Oréal Shares After Solid Sales Report

The world's biggest beauty company reported forecast-beating sales figures for the fourth quarter, but disappointment about margins dampened enthusiasm.

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L'Oréal Hoards Cosmetics in Britain as Brexit Looms

25 January 2019 • By Reuters

25 January 2019 • By Reuters

While the company stated that a no-deal Brexit would not have a major impact on sales, it is bulking up stocks in the United Kingdom, where it no longer has a manufacturing base.

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L'Oréal Hoards Cosmetics in Britain as Brexit Looms

While the company stated that a no-deal Brexit would not have a major impact on sales, it is bulking up stocks in the United Kingdom, where it no longer has a manufacturing base.

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China Feels the Lipstick Effect

23 January 2019 • By Zoe Suen and Casey Hall

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China Feels the Lipstick Effect

Luxury players worry as China's economy grows at its slowest pace in 28 years. Meanwhile sales of 'small luxuries' like lipstick — often in 'man-slaying colours' — are booming. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.

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Solving Beauty’s Packaging Problem

18 December 2018 • By Tamison O'Connor

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Solving Beauty’s Packaging Problem

Last year, the beauty sector generated 142.6 billion units of packaging — most of which ended up in landfill.