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Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. executive Melissa Bedolis Cattanach, a former editor at WWD, died Monday of complications from cancer. She was 46. Cattanach, a graduate of Hamilton College, began her journalism career in 1986 as an assistant to the managing editor for Harper’s Bazaar. She then joined Mademoiselle magazine as a senior editorial copywriter, staying until 1992, when she joined Fairchild Publications...
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Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Delfausse, vice president of package design at Estee Lauder Co., recently tackled the need for sustainable packaging by creating a glass bottle and metal sleeve for its Donna Karan Gold fragrance that can be separated and sorted for recycling, Cosmetics Design-Europe reports. Delfausee says other promising sustainable packaging solutions include take-back programs for troublesome packaging, [...]...
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Beauty Packaging Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Guillaume Jesel has been named senior vice president of global marketing, M·A·C Cosmetics. He will continue to report to John Demsey, group president, The Estée Lauder Companies. Most recently, Mr. Jesel served as vice president, global marketing, at M·A·C, where he served as a liaison with Tom Ford for his collaboration with the brand, and as executive director, international marketing, M·A·C. Before...
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Beauty Packaging Breaking News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Roger Caracappa, employed by Estée Lauder Cosmetics for over 36 years, died on July 20 at the age of 59. In 2002, he was named the Packaging Executive of the Year by Health & Beauty America and was inducted into the New Jersey Packaging Executive Hall of fame in 2004. Mr. Caracappa was said to be a proponent of education—as seen by his establishment of the Estée Lauder Packaging University and involvement...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Not so much "lipstick economics" as "Hi-De-Hi economics". The idea of lipstick economics comes from Leonard Lauder, who noticed post the terrorist attacks of 9/11 that his companies were selling a lot more lipstick. When the economy turns sour, observed the chairman of Estée Lauder, people spurn big ticket spending but try to boost their mood with little comfort purchases that might make them feel...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
In a move expected to significantly impact the luxury end of the Indian cosmetics sector, one of the world's leading manufacturers of beauty products,
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Freakonomics (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Louis Vuitton and Tiffany both brought counterfeiting suits against eBay recently, claiming eBay wasn't doing enough to eliminate counterfeits sold on its site. (EBay lost the Vuitton case in Europe but won the Tiffany case.) Similarly, Estee Lauder filed a lawsuit against CVS and Family Dollar last month, claiming the stores sold knock-offs of its brands. [...]
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Beauty Packaging Breaking News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has purchased a minority stake in a privately held Indian company that manufactures, markets and sells beauty products, under the Forest Essentials brand, which are based on Ayurvedic formulations. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed at press time. Forest Essentials, which was founded in 2000 by Mira Kulkarni, uses pure essential oils and natural plant extracts...
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Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The Estée Lauder Cos. has gained its first firm foothold in the booming beauty market of India by acquiring a minority stake in Forest Essentials, a fledgling ayurvedic skin, body and hair care manufacturer based in Nida, a suburb of Delhi.
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blog.stylehive.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
At the launch of Sensuous , a new summer fragrance from Estee Lauder , Liz Hurley proved that age is just a three letter word, looking even more stunning than when she first signed on as the brand’s spokesmodel back in 1995. The supermodel/actress, who was joined by fellow spokesmodels Gwyneth Paltrow , Hilary Rhoda , and Carolyn Murphy , looked striking in a Versace plunging v-neck electric purple...
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HAPPI Breaking News (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Mary Renaud has been named senior vice president, general manager, M·A·C International effective Aug. 1. Ms. Renaud was most recently the vice president, regional director for Europe and South Africa, M·A·C International. She succeeds Sandra Main who has been named senior vice president, general manager, international, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, a newly-created position at the company. Ms. Main will also...
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Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Photo: Kylieonline.com FRAGRANCE • German subsidiaries of LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics, Chanel, Estée Lauder, Clarins, L'Oréal, Coty Prestige Lancaster, Shiseido, and YSL Beauté have to pay fines for price-fixing and collusion. Apparently the group of them got together and talked about things like sales figures, product pricing, and how much they paid for advertising. Shady! [ WWD ] • Kylie...
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Beaut.ie - The Irish Beauty Blog (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Aha when I heard about this event I was on the phone like a shot to make my appointment. The aul eyebrows needed a serious overhaul. In I went to Brown Thomas yesterday morning. It was very hard to pass the handbag sale without stopping on the way in - but myself and my [...]
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Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Germany's Federal Cartel Office said Thursday it would fine the German subsidiaries of LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics, Chanel, Estée Lauder, Clarins, L'Oréal, Coty Prestige Lancaster, Shiseido, YSL Beauté and Cosmopolitan Cosmetics Prestige (now called P&G Prestige Products) for price-fixing and collusion.
