Beauty Biz articles from June 2005

Beauty Biz archives from June 2005

L'OREAL AND P&G VIE FOR BEAUTY'S TOP SPOT; BATTLE OF THE BIGS.
June 1, 2005... Special: Second-Half Preview Hot Products! Sexy Looks! Celebs Galore! Get Ready For an Action Packed Fall The Gloves Are Off: Activists Toughen Their Tactics

GETTING THE PICTURE.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Jenny B. Fine As we hit the midway point of the year and the decade, a clear picture of where the beauty industry is heading is beginning to emerge. The first five years of the 21st century have been one of great turbulence: The...

ON THE TOWN: NACDS ANNUAL MEETING.(National Association of Chain Drug Stores)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... A Who's Who of the mass market beauty industry turned out for this year's National Association of Chain Drug Stores' Annual Meeting -- attendance was so high, in fact, that a 10th hotel had to be added to this year's participation list. On...

PEOPLE, PLACES &LIPSTICKS ; THE BLOGOSPHERE COMES TO BEAUTY, STUNNING SPACES AND THE LUCKIEST LADY IN THE BUSINESS.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Jenny B. Fine, Rose Apodaca, Bryn Kenny Eye on Design Salons and spas are, of course, in the business of making clients look beautiful, so one could be forgiven for failing to notice the surroundings as you gaze in the mirror...

STYLE FILE ; MOTHERS KNOW BEST, FASHION IN TOYLAND AND SEX SELLS?
June 1, 2005... Byline: Megan McIntyre Stella's New Groove Apparently designing two signature collections a year and a co-branded activewear line with Adidas isn't enough for Stella McCartney. The multi-tasking new mother recently teamed up with...

SHOP KEEPER; WITH OVER 30,000 ITEMS, MORE IS MORE AT L.A.'S BEAUTY COLLECTION APOTHECARY.(Los Angeles)
June 1, 2005... Byline: Kavita Daswani California may boast one of the most crowded beauty retail scenes, but entrepreneur Shawn Tavakoli is carving out a new niche by focusing on two fundamentals: service and selection. Tavakoli is the founder of...

WHAT'S IN STORE; WHIPPED LIPS, LONG LASHES, CURRY FLAVORED MOUTHWASH AND A FRAGRANCE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Byline: Megan McIntyre 1. Breath Palette Water, available in 32 flavors, $6 for kit containing five single-use packets; Nordstrom, Saks, breathpalette.com. 2. Jivago Connect, $115; Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, jivagoinc.com. 3....

HAIR CARE; BIG NAME CELEBRITY STYLISTS, ARMED WITH THEIR BRUSHES AND A COTERIE OF GUSHING STARLETS, ARE MARCHING TO A STORE NEAR YOU.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Molly Prior Armed with a brag-worthy client list and a namesake salon or two, star hairstylists are marching en masse to retail stores with product lines designed to bottle their talent. Jonathan Antin, a West Hollywood...

WEIGHING THE FUTURE; AS L'OREAL AND PROCTER & GAMBLE VIE FOR THE TITLE OF WORLD'S BIGGEST BEAUTY COMPANY, THEIR CONTEST IS RESHAPING THE INDUSTRY AS WE KNOW IT.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Andrea Nagel, with Molly Prior, With contributions from Pete Born, Faye Brookman, Melissa Drier, Brid Costello and Jennifer Weil At this spring's key beauty trade shows, the atmosphere was electric, the industry abuzz. On...

WEIGHING THE FUTURE, CONTINUED.
June 1, 2005... Mass Market Hair Color and Care Hair color, a relatively large category with over $1 billion in U.S. sales last year (excluding Wal-Mart), is where many eyes are transfixed, especially considering the category decreased by almost 5...

SPOTLIGHT ON: GERMANY.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Melissa Drier According to Euromonitor data for 2004, L'Oreal had a 13.5 percent share (by retail value) of the German cosmetics and toiletries market, compared to a 10.5 percent share for P&G. L'Oreal led in consumer hair...

SPOTLIGHT ON: CHINA.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Betsy Lowther With its glossy counters and uniformed sales staff, the main floor of the landmark Beijing Wangfujing Department Store hardly looks like a weathered battlefield. But as anyone in the beauty industry knows, a pretty...

SPOTLIGHT ON: FRANCE.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Weil In its own backyard of France, L'Oreal is the hands-down beauty leader. According to retail data from U.K. tracking firm Euromonitor, L'Oreal commanded 27.8 percent of France's overall cosmetics and toiletries...

A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE; SAY SO LONG TO THE INGENUE. BEAUTY TAKES A BOLD TURN THIS FALL WITH SOPHISTICATED HAIR STYLES AND A PRONOUNCED EMPHASIS ON THE EYES.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Jenny B. Fine Drama Queen... All in favor of extravagant gestures for fall need look no further than the eye -- that's where makeup artists focused their dramatic efforts this fall. But rather than the dark, smokey look of...

ANTICIPATION; FALL IS SHAPING UP AS A FAST-PACED SEASON FILLED WITH NEW FACES, SOPHISTICATED STYLES AND -- OF COURSE -- PRODUCTS GALORE. HERE, A FIRST LOOK AT WHAT TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON IN THE SECOND HALF.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Jenny B. Fine and Bryn Kenny Take Two: Estee Lauder/Tom Ford Collaboration Dream team, power couple, dynamic duo: The accolades couldn't come fast enough last April when the Estee Lauder Cos. and Tom Ford announced they were...

ANTICIPATION, CONTINUED.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The Launch Juggernaut What would fall be without a phalanx of new fragrances? Here, an up-to-date roundup (as of press time) of the upcoming launches. Women's Alexander McQueen TBA Alfred Sung TBA American Beauty...

BEAUTY CONTESTED; THE BATTLE IS HEATING UP BETWEEN THE COSMETICS INDUSTRY AND ACTIVISTS GROUPS WHO ARE TARGETING THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF THE BUSINESS.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Natasha Singer When beauty manufacturers flew into New York last September for the annual Health & Beauty America expo at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, they blissfully checked into their hotels as usual and turned in for...

THE IT LIST: TELEVISION SHOWS.
June 1, 2005... Byline: Megan McIntyre When it comes to beauty and style coverage, the TV shows listed below sure do pull in the ratings. Interested in how to secure air time for your brand? Here, the lowdown on how often each show runs beauty- and...

ALL IN THE FAMILY.(Interview)
June 1, 2005... Following in your father's footsteps has particular resonance for Yves Calderone, director of fragrance development at Bath & Body Works. His dad is none other than master perfumer Nick Calderone. Q Does perfumery run in the genes? ...