Cosmetics maker Coty Inc posted first-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, hit by sluggish sales in its biggest business, consumer beauty.

There’s talk this week that the CEO of Boots owner Walgreen Boots Alliance could be planning to take the company private in what could potentially be the biggest leveraged buyout in history

Switzerland’s Clariant expects its markets to stabilise at a lower level next year, the speciality chemicals company said on Wednesday after reporting weaker than expected earnings and sales in its third quarter.

In a surprise move, luxury department store Harrods has announced that it will open its first standalone store outside of London next spring with a specialist beauty unit at Intu’s Lakeside shopping centre in Essex.

The move is the latest step taken by Instagram in a bid to safeguard the well-being and mental health of its users.

UK high street and travel retail newsagent WH Smith has delivered a surprise with news that it’s buying US travel retail specialist Marshall Retail for $400m/£312m, radically expanding its travel retail chain.

The Hut Group has teamed up with Clearpay to offer customers in the UK access to interest-free, instalment payments ahead of the key Christmas trading period.

The grooming brand is set to make a major impact in beauty halls across the UK with dedicated Beast spaces to open in Frasers and Flannels stores in London, Glasgow, Dublin and more.

The Pittsburgh-based apparel and accessories retailer has revealed Mood, a new CBD-infused genderless wellness and personal care brand available exclusively at American Eagle stores and online.

As CBD oil becomes increasingly important to the consumer products sector, Selfridges is aiming to get in on the trend and is linking up with premium British CBD wellbeing start-up Grass & Co.