Cosmetic World MAY 9, 2011
BULLETIN Kent Miller Studios, Macy’s Inc.
RIHANNA VISITS MACY’S
Award-winning popstar Rihanna visited Macy’s Herald Square in New York City on April 29 to celebrate the launch of her -Continued on Page 118
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CEW DISCUSSES TIME-DEFYING SCENTS Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) hosted their Women in Beauty Series in New York City on April 28 to discuss the timelessness of the fragrance industry with Veronique Gabai-Pinsky, global brand president of Aramis Designer Fragrances, BeautyBank and IdeaBank for The Estée Lauder Companies, and Christine Dagousset, executive vice president of fragrance and beauté for Chanel Inc. -Continued on Page 110
AHAVA REJUVENATES
The Procter & Gamble Company BRAND IMAGE recently announced that Ed Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, known Shirley, vice chairman of beauty in the global market for their mineraland grooming, will retire from based products, has recently rebranded its -Continued on Page 118 core skin care product lines to simplify CAMPINELL TO RETIRE the brand’s collection and refocus its AT L’ORÉAL USA attention on the practical needs of the Joseph Campinell, consumer. president of L’Oréal To steer the company in this new USA’s Consumer direction, Ahava has brought in beauty Products Division industry veteran Elana Drell Szyfer, will retire from the formerly of Estée Lauder, to lead as company, effective GM/CEO of North America and bring -Continued on Page 118 an overall cohesiveness to the brand. ID BEAUTY PARTNERS “Ahava means ‘love’ in Hebrew, which WITH FUSION BRANDS is reminiscent of our brand’s philosophy The Paris-based beauty corporaand values of ‘loving your skin’,” said Drell tion known for its technologySzyfer. “We’re incredibly true to who and driven skin care, cosmetic and -Continued on Page 118 what we say we are down to the littlest detail. We want to bring the experience ZRIHEN HOSTS of the Dead Sea to the consumer.” INSIDER’S BREAKFAST
CEW’s Carlotta Jacobson with The Estée Lauder Companies’ Veronique Gabai-Pinsky and Chanel’s Christine Dagousset.
FASHION GROUP HOSTS TRANSFORMATIONAL BEAUTY SYMPOSIUM The Fashion Group International hosted a business symposium with a panel of beauty industry experts to discuss the topic of transformational beauty. Held in New York City on April 28, the symposium featured the insights and ideas of esteemed panelists Caroline PieperVogt, CEO of Fusion Brands, Inc.; Marc Speichert, chief marketing officer for L’Oréal USA; Maureen Case, president of Specialty Groups Worldwide for The Estée Lauder Companies; and Kathleen McNeill, president of Beauty.com.
Caroline Pieper-Vogt, Marc Speichert, Maureen Case and Kathleen McNeill.
Moderator Karen Young, CEO of The Young Group, asked each panelist to describe their efforts towards transforming the beauty business by ways of reinvention and innovation. “Everything we do at Fusion Brands
Clarins’ Jonathan Zrihen and Rochelle Bloom of The Fragrance Foundation.
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