Beauty Biz articles from December 1 2004

Beauty Biz archives from December 1 2004

SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED; THE 2004 AWARDS ISSUE.
December 1, 2004... Listen To Your Mother! Estee Lauder's Lasting Legacy Ice Breaker: Why Spring Can't Come Soon Enough Caption(s): On the cover: Photographed by Michael Heiko. Makeup by Hagen Linss. Temporary tattoo courtesy of Temptu...

CONGRATULATIONS!(Editorial)
December 1, 2004... Byline: Jenny B. Fine While 2004 may be remembered as the year of the celebrity fragrance cavalcade, it's the industry itself that is the true star. During a time when war dominated the headlines, when gas prices reached unprecedented...

PEOPLE, PLACES & LIPSTICKS; HAIR CARE AND FRAGRANCE GO CUSTOM-CRAZY, A SCENT IN THE ORIENT AND MORE.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Bryn Kenny Make Scents YAO Your Absolute Own, a new custom fragrance company, is bringing Grasse to the masses. Consumers can now create their very own scent with the help of the $97 YAO Kit, which comes with eight different...

STYLE FILE ; RALPH PLAYS RUGBY, VOGUE'S NEW MAN, HARLEM HEATS UP AND OTHER NEWS FROM THE FASHION FRONT.(Vitals)
December 1, 2004... Byline: Ranya Husami A Good Sport Master of the megabrand Ralph Lauren has his eye on a different playing field -- Rugby. That's the moniker he's chosen for his newest brand, targeted to a younger, college-age clientele. The line...

SHOP KEEPER; ECKERD'S DOWNTOWN DIGS, BURDINES-MACY'S MAKEOVER AND MORE.(Private Edition)
December 1, 2004... Byline: Bryn Kenny, Rebecca Kleinman Makeover Miami Falling in line with the nationwide extreme makeover craze, Burdines-Macy's has given its Dadeland Mall flagship store in Miami a new image from the ground up -- with an emphasis on...

WHAT'S IN STORE; MID-WINTER SKIN SAVERS, TROUBLE-SHOOTING FOUNDATIONS AND LUXE LIPSTICKS.(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 2004... 1. Smashbox I Prime Under Eye Primer and Concealer, $24. 2. Sally Hansen Diamond Strength No Chip Nail Color, $4.50 each, available in 24 shades. 3. Biotherm Line Peel Daily Wrinkle Reducing Cream with Peel-Performance, $40. 4....

SKIN CARE; FROM BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY TO THE TOP UPCOMING LAUNCHES, AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE NEWS AND TRENDS DRIVING THE CATEGORY.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Bryn Kenny Makeup artist Sue Devitt is making her first foray into skin care with Microquatic, a line of four anti-aging treatment products. Devitt says she was inspired to create the line after countless requests from her...

NEW DAY DAWNING? THE OUTLOOK FOR SPRING IS BRIGHT, AS THE INDUSTRY LOOKS TO PUT THE BLOOM BACK ON BEAUTY.(toiletries)
December 1, 2004... Byline: Jenny B. Fine Upbeat. Optimistic. Positive. It's been a while since beauty execs used such words to describe their outlook for the future. Lately, though, they've been on the lips of retailers and manufacturers alike. "I am...

BREAK-THROUGH PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: MASS.
December 1, 2004... SKIN CARE L'Oreal Paris ReFinish Micro-Dermabrasion Kit Bringing the derm's office into the drugstore equaled skin care success for L'Oreal. Dermatological skin care lines have been flying off the shelves of prestige retailers,...

BREAK-THROUGH PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: PRESTIGE.
December 1, 2004... FRAGRANCE Curious Britney Spears by Elizabeth Arden The reigning queen of the pop scene hit solid gold at the fragrance bar. This was the year when celebrity fragrances took center stage at the fragrance bar, and none shone...

RETAILER OF THE YEAR.(Bloomingdale's SoHo)
December 1, 2004... PRESTIGE Bloomingdale's SoHo Bloomingdale's edgy downtown ethos electrified department store retailing. In the Eighties, Bloomingdale's was synonymous with entertainment, defining the department store experience for a generation...

MOST INNOVATIVE MARKETER: MASS/PRESTIGE.
December 1, 2004... PERSON Jill Scalamandre, Group Vice President, Avon An industry veteran's winning ways resulted in impressive growth for Avon. During the course of her 25-year career, Jill Scalamandre has proven her mettle as a marketer with...

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR.
December 1, 2004... PRODUCTS Kenzoki Performance-oriented skin care with a well-being bent resulted in one of the year's most innovative launches. Perhaps more than any other, skin care is a category driven by technological innovation. And this...

MOST INNOVATIVE AD CAMPAIGN.
December 1, 2004... PRESTIGE Chanel No. 5 Nicole Kidman lent her star power to Chanel and the results were red-carpet worthy. Take the hottest actress on the planet (Nicole Kidman), add the world's most famous fragrance brand (Chanel No. 5), mix in...

BEST EXECUTED LAUNCH STRATEGY: MASS.(marketing strategy)
December 1, 2004... FRAGRANCE All My Children Enchantment Wal-Mart and "All My Children" teamed up for a closely watched fragrance launch. Leave it to Wal-Mart to shake up the sluggish mass market fragrance sector. This year, the world's largest...

BEST EXECUTED LAUNCH STRATEGY: PRESTIGE.
December 1, 2004... FRAGRANCE Prada Fragrance Prada's long-awaited fragrance launch exceeded expectations, paving the way for a blockbuster beauty business. Miuccia Prada is one of the most iconoclastic designers working today and when she...

A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE; A LOOK BACK AT HOW ESTEE LAUDER BECAME THE BEST IN BEAUTY.
December 1, 2004... Although beauty lost its grandest dame this year, Estee Lauder's legacy will forever impact the industry. Her wit, wisdom and way with a makeup brush are legendary, but it's her business acumen that will live forever. As we head into the...