EPISODE · Jul 30, 2026 · 5 MIN
L'Oréal Beats on Haircare, Talc Evidence Questioned
from Beauty in Five
L'Oréal reports quarterly sales beat on haircare, mascara. Reuters reports the cosmetics group's quarterly sales came in above expectations on new hair products and mascaras, a read on where prestige demand is still holding. (Superhits 97.9 Terre Haute, IN, Market Screener, wallstreet:online) US judge questions evidence in J&J talc cancer suits. Global Cosmetics News reports a federal judge has raised questions over the science behind roughly 69,000 ovarian-cancer claims, with implications for how ingredient-liability risk is assessed. (Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: AliExpress Fined €550 Million by EU Over Counterfeit and Unsafe Product Sales (Global Cosmetics News) YSL Beauty names Alisha Boe Black Opium Ambassador to mark ‘thrilling new chapter’ (Cosmetics Business, WWD Beauty) Shiseido Identifies Cilantro Fruit Extract With Potential Senolytic Skin Benefits (Global Cosmetics News) PVH Taps Sephora's Veteran COO Alexis Rollier to Boost Operations - Modaes Global (modaes.com, Pulse 2.0) Gerresheimer sells U.S. and global plastics packaging operations to Apax (Premium Beauty News) easyJet partners with Luneia Brands to launch exclusive K-beauty inflight retail offering (Global Cosmetics News) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com
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Reuters reports L'Oréal posted 11.6 billion euros in second-quarter sales, up 6.3 percent on an adjusted like-for-like basis and ahead of a 5.7 percent Visible Alpha consensus, with the mass-market unit outperforming while Luxe lagged at 4.7 percent on continued weakness in China travel retail. Global Cosmetics News reports a US magistrate judge has ruled that plaintiffs in roughly 69,000 ovarian cancer suits over Johnson and Johnson's talc products must put forward admissible expert evidence on causation. Also moving: a 550 million euro Digital Services Act fine against AliExpress, YSL Beauty's Alisha Boe casting, Shiseido research on cilantro fruit extract, PVH's new CFO from Sephora, Gerresheimer's plastics divestment to Apax, and an easyJet K-beauty inflight box.
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