Beauty Features
Dana Gives Bath and Body Line a Summer Tryout
NEW YORK -- Instead of committing itself to a permanent bath collection, Dana Perfumes is getting into the bath and body category with a summer-only promotion called the Rain Blossom Bath Care line.
"Bath is such an important segment now," said...
— May 13, 1994
Flow of Launches Feeds New York Gains
NEW YORK -- Retailers here acknowledged that sales of bath, body and sun care products were still dwarfed by other areas of the beauty business.
Still, they were quick to point out many bright spots within the categories.
"There are a...
— May 13, 1994
Double Honors to Estee Lauder
NEW YORK -- It was a banner week for the Lauders.
On Tuesday, the Skin Cancer Foundation bestowed its first Skin Sense Award on Estee Lauder and her family, while on Thursday the American Society of Perfumers conferred its first Living Legend...
— May 13, 1994
Southeast Sizzles; Sun Sales up by 20%
ATLANTA -- Sales of sun, bath and body products have been a bright spot for Southeast retailers this year.
Each category has been showing strong gains so far, in some cases outpacing other areas of the cosmetics business, the retailers...
— May 13, 1994
L'Oreal Strengthens its Overseas Grip
NEW YORK -- L'Oreal Group's April 14 announcement that it intends to acquire control of Cosmair Inc. USA and three other of its overseas licensees will take the company down a complicated financial route to achieve a simpler management...
— May 13, 1994
Avon's New Sun Formula: Safe Tan, No Bugs
NEW YORK -- As part of a continuing expansion of the Skin-So-Soft brand of bath items and moisturizers, Avon is adding sun care to the line.
In an added twist, two of the products will carry the trend toward multifunctional sun care to a new...
— May 13, 1994
Self-Tanners Dominate West Coast Sun Sales
LOS ANGELES -- The sun is rising in the West.
Although it's still early in the season, West Coast retailers say some of their strongest business is in sun care, with self-tanning products tending to dominate the category.
Bath and body...
— May 13, 1994
