This Month
- Exclusive
- Executive shake-up
Aesop CEO exits as skincare group hits $1b in sales
Michael O’Keeffe, the long-serving Australian CEO of the skincare brand now owned by L’Oréal, is leaving after more than 20 years with the group.
- Carrie LaFrenz
The signs of poor health that your hands, nails and knuckles reveal
The clues to fighting illness, from eczema and psoriasis to arthritis and Parkinson’s, could be right before your eyes.
- Marina Gask
Popular beauty brand Wrinkles Schminkles seeks strategic partner
The beauty brand has appointed global advisory firm ANKURA Consulting to find it an investment partner after a decade of private ownership.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November
Bronzed Bali Body seeks capital injection to fund growth spurt
The founders of the self tanner and skincare company are hoping to catch a wave of offshore interest from international buyers.
- Carrie LaFrenz
September
The reason Gen Z is so obsessed with ageing
TikTok is driving anxiety among younger generations, but are there healthier ways to prevent looking old before your time?
- Gemma Brown
Heaven scent or mouldy stinker? Exclusive aromas are getting ‘out there’
Le Labo’s new coriander fragrance has been engineered to remind you of Mexico City’s central park. You’ll love it or hate it.
- Benjamen Judd
August
The CEO who pairs kids’ snacks with Perrier-Jouet
Shamini Rajarethnam, who runs Melbourne-based skincare brand Rationale, shares a few of her favourite things.
- Lauren Sams
June
Beauty-brand founders who started their careers in banking
Four successful women tell how they developed their skills at companies like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan before starting their own businesses.
- Lauren Sams
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Emma Lewisham wants to fix your skin problems (and help the planet)
The founder of the eponymous skincare brand left the tech world to create sustainable solutions, rather than just more beauty products.
- Lauren Sams
April
Everything you need to know about using ‘anti-ageing’ retinol
The vitamin A derivative that’s so clever it treats acne and the signs of old age has its share of critics as well as devout followers, including Nicole Kidman.
- Annabel Jones
Why this beauty company is saying, ‘Don’t use our products’
Tweens and teens are providing a new demographic for skincare, but it’s proving challenging for firms to manage – despite their shares surging.
- Jeannette Neumann
How Zoë Foster Blake bought back her business (for a tenth of the price)
This week on The Fin podcast, Lauren Sams takes us inside the deal to regain control of Foster Blake’s skincare business and tells us why there is so much takeover activity in the beauty industry.
March
The best skincare routine for every age, from teens to 70s
Skin changes over the years – and so should how you treat it. But it needn’t be a faff, say the leading experts.
- Ingeborg van Lotringen
Zoë Foster Blake: ‘I still think it’s hilarious that I’m in business’
This beauty entrepreneur sold her business for a fortune. And then she bought it back for a song.
- Lauren Sams
January
Kardashian-backed Kiwi edible collagen brand hits the market
Street Talk understands New Zealand manufacturing company ZURU Edge has appointed LINK to carve out Dose & Co.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Aussie skincare brand iKOU hunts strategic partner
The Blue Mountains-based luxury skincare brand is gathering interested parties for its first majority share sale.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
December 2023
Why the New York Knicks and Arsenal love this Australian brand
Randall Cooper started Premax skincare as a side interest to his busy sports physiotherapy practice. Now he’s got the world’s best athletes making orders.
- Philippa Coates
November 2023
Rich Lister Jo Horgan’s Mecca spits off $12 million dividend for 2022
The beauty and cosmetics queen had an improved 2022 when sales bounced back after the pandemic to top $971 million.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Entrepreneur proves ex-boyfriend faked ‘natural’ cosmetics range
The owner of a nature-themed cosmetics line was forced to acknowledge that a key anti-ageing ingredient was not real.
- Aaron Patrick
August 2023
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