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At the 2026 Fragrance Foundation Awards, L’Oréal won eight prizes across five brands Valentino, Miu Miu, Yves Saint Laurent, Prada, and Ralph Lauren which makes the group last year’s 3 wins look modest by comparison. Estée Lauder held its ground with three wins (Tom Ford Oud Voyager, Jo Malone Beach Blossom, and Frédéric Malle Portrait…
Listed beauty groups averaged 4.2% weighted like-for-like growth in Q1 26, but this masks a real divide. Half the peer group grew meaningfully while the other half was flat or in decline. I reckon that the differences partially come down to three variables: category mix, China exposure, and proximity to the Middle East conflict.
For years, beauty marketing operated on a simple hierarchy: Instagram for aspiration, TikTok for virality, YouTube for tutorials. Reddit was an afterthought, a forum for anonymous complaints. That is changing rapidly.
L’Oréal commanded more social media and search attention over the past twelve months than the next ten beauty groups combined.
Last week in beauty, L’Oréal is off to a strong year start with sales up 6.7% in Q1 26.
Galderma reported first-quarter 2026 net sales of $1.47bn, an increase of 25.5% at constant currency. Volume was the predominant driver across all categories, with additional contributions from pricing and product mix.
L’Oréal reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of €12.15 billion, an increase of 3.6% on a reported basis and 6.7% percent on a like-for-like basis after adjusting for IT project phasing, a growth rate which exceeds the pace of the global beauty market.
India is akready the seventh largest globally. Euromonitor puts sales at roughly $20bn in 2025, with annual growth exceeding 8% through 2029. When looking at prestige beauty that segment remained modest at $1bn in 2024, less than a quarter of France’s prestige beauty market. Yet Kearney projects a 14% CAGR until 2035, positioning India as…
Last week in beauty Unilever is doubling down on beauty, Puig as a CEO and L’Oréal continues to dominate beauty tech innovation. Subscribe to my newsletter for more weekly insights: https://lnkd.in/evr8EFGG
From tariffs refunds to a CEO stepdown, this was last week in beauty.