EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 4 MIN
Coty After Gucci, K-Beauty's Global Surge
from Beauty in Five
Coty to exit Gucci Beauty licence early. Coty is paying $400 million to end its flagship Gucci fragrance licence a year early, a move Reuters reports will dent near-term earnings. (Reuters) K-Beauty global sales up 131% in two years, per NIQ. NIQ data shows Korean beauty's global value sales rose 53% year-over-year and 131% over two years, a benchmark for the category's momentum. (Premium Beauty News) Also moving today: Louis Vuitton unveils $400 Beauty Sharpener and LV Crayon lip pencil collection (Cosmetics Business) Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder victim of mass Oracle breach | Compute... (Computer Weekly) After Temu, EU sanctions AliExpress over illegal product sales (Premium Beauty News) Is beauty’s refill movement actually working? (Cosmetics Business) 10Beauty raises USD 23.5 million to expand robotic manicures (Premium Beauty News) Is Superdrug owner AS Watson delaying its rumoured London IPO? (Cosmetics Business) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com
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Reuters reports that Coty's early exit from its Gucci Beauty licence, due back to Kering in mid-2027, will cost roughly 115 million dollars in annual adjusted earnings, about 15 percent of profit per Barclays estimates, as interim CEO Markus Strobel pivots toward prestige fragrance and debt reduction. NielsenIQ sizes the K-beauty wave at 53 percent year-over-year value growth and 131 percent over two years, crediting social-commerce discovery. Also today: Louis Vuitton's 400-dollar Beauty Sharpener, an Estée Lauder data breach tied to the Cl0p gang, a 550-million-euro EU fine against AliExpress, and a 23.5-million-dollar raise for robotic-manicure firm 10Beauty.
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